Slowtalking
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And still, there are those who say that Americans can’t do irony.
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
And still, there are those who say that Americans can’t do irony.
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The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
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Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
![I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes" When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egd33s7iuqsmwlwab6mbtrqi/bafkreiaaicjid4jg3oongeah73ukqvwsqv4vwbp75q4f755nldtcfermhi@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
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Putin said that “it was Donald’s proposal.” Says the US has good relations with Hungary, and Kremlin has “good relations with Viktor”:
“If our negotiations reach the point where we use Budapest as the venue, I would be very pleased.”
“If our negotiations reach the point where we use Budapest as the venue, I would be very pleased.”
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Putin said that “it was Donald’s proposal.” Says the US has good relations with Hungary, and Kremlin has “good relations with Viktor”:
“If our negotiations reach the point where we use Budapest as the venue, I would be very pleased.”
“If our negotiations reach the point where we use Budapest as the venue, I would be very pleased.”
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Former Kremlin Deputy Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak wrote a letter to Putin condemning the war against Ukraine shortly before his resignation in September, Agentstvo Media reports.
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Former Kremlin deputy chief of staff reportedly wrote Putin letter condemning war in Ukraine before his resignation in September — Meduza
Former Kremlin Deputy Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin condemning Moscow’s war against Ukraine shortly before his resignation in September, Agentstvo…
meduza.io
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Former Kremlin Deputy Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak wrote a letter to Putin condemning the war against Ukraine shortly before his resignation in September, Agentstvo Media reports.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Wer nicht so viel Zeit hat, um die vielen Punkte in den Ukraine-Papieren zu lesen und zu analysieren: Weil Putin lügt und Verträge bricht, wenn es ihm passt: Entscheidend für ALLES sind die Sicherheitsgarantien für die Ukraine.
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Wer nicht so viel Zeit hat, um die vielen Punkte in den Ukraine-Papieren zu lesen und zu analysieren: Weil Putin lügt und Verträge bricht, wenn es ihm passt: Entscheidend für ALLES sind die Sicherheitsgarantien für die Ukraine.
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Dans sa logorrhée d'hier au Kirgyzstan, Poutine avait aussi insisté sur la reconnaissance juridique du contrôle russe de la Crimée et des oblasts de Donetsk et Louhansk, des "points clés" d'un éventuel accord de paix. Pas très surprenant. Mais quid de Zaporijjia et Kherson? 1/
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Dans sa logorrhée d'hier au Kirgyzstan, Poutine avait aussi insisté sur la reconnaissance juridique du contrôle russe de la Crimée et des oblasts de Donetsk et Louhansk, des "points clés" d'un éventuel accord de paix. Pas très surprenant. Mais quid de Zaporijjia et Kherson? 1/
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How corruption investigations are being handled in Ukraine are a strength not a weakness and to see why you only need to compare their respect for rule of law to wanton, much more pervasive high-level corruption in Russia and the US.
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
How corruption investigations are being handled in Ukraine are a strength not a weakness and to see why you only need to compare their respect for rule of law to wanton, much more pervasive high-level corruption in Russia and the US.
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Can someone show the White House Press Corpse a montage of the reporters who covered previous administrations, the ones who weren't complete cowards?
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Can someone show the White House Press Corpse a montage of the reporters who covered previous administrations, the ones who weren't complete cowards?
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The New York Times reports that German Chancellor Merz found out about the U.S. “peace plan” from newspapers — the Americans hadn’t told him anything and he was shocked to read it.
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The New York Times reports that German Chancellor Merz found out about the U.S. “peace plan” from newspapers — the Americans hadn’t told him anything and he was shocked to read it.
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Once CIA saw itself as above politics. But Ratcliffe is a political animal. CIA trained the shooter to kill and evacuated him and tens of thousands of others who served the US in Afghanistan. They will now be collectively punished by the POTUS who signed a surrender agreement with the Taliban.
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Once CIA saw itself as above politics. But Ratcliffe is a political animal. CIA trained the shooter to kill and evacuated him and tens of thousands of others who served the US in Afghanistan. They will now be collectively punished by the POTUS who signed a surrender agreement with the Taliban.
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🇩🇰🇺🇸 The Danish government has set up a “night watch” in the foreign ministry, to monitor Donald Trump’s pronouncements and movements while Copenhagen sleeps, - The Guardian
November 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🇩🇰🇺🇸 The Danish government has set up a “night watch” in the foreign ministry, to monitor Donald Trump’s pronouncements and movements while Copenhagen sleeps, - The Guardian
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Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
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A colleague of mine introduced me to the acronym PICNIC from their other half who works in IT. Means 'Problem In Chair, Not In Computer'.
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A colleague of mine introduced me to the acronym PICNIC from their other half who works in IT. Means 'Problem In Chair, Not In Computer'.
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27 November 1942 | A Polish woman Anna Smoleńska (b. 28 Feb 1920) was incarcerated in #Auschwitz.
A girl scout, student of history of arts, author of the 'Kotwica - Fighting Poland' emblem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotwica).
She received no. 26008 & perished in the camp on 19 March 1943.
A girl scout, student of history of arts, author of the 'Kotwica - Fighting Poland' emblem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotwica).
She received no. 26008 & perished in the camp on 19 March 1943.
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
27 November 1942 | A Polish woman Anna Smoleńska (b. 28 Feb 1920) was incarcerated in #Auschwitz.
A girl scout, student of history of arts, author of the 'Kotwica - Fighting Poland' emblem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotwica).
She received no. 26008 & perished in the camp on 19 March 1943.
A girl scout, student of history of arts, author of the 'Kotwica - Fighting Poland' emblem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotwica).
She received no. 26008 & perished in the camp on 19 March 1943.
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Europe’s antitrust chief Teresa Ribera has unleashed a blistering attack on Trump administration, accusing Washington of using “blackmail” to strong-arm the EU into watering down its tech rules
“It is blackmail,” the Spanish commissioner told POLITICO
“It is blackmail,” the Spanish commissioner told POLITICO
Top EU official accuses US of ‘blackmail’ in trade talks
Renewed U.S. pressure for the EU to recalibrate its digital rules is unacceptable, says Teresa Ribera.
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Europe’s antitrust chief Teresa Ribera has unleashed a blistering attack on Trump administration, accusing Washington of using “blackmail” to strong-arm the EU into watering down its tech rules
“It is blackmail,” the Spanish commissioner told POLITICO
“It is blackmail,” the Spanish commissioner told POLITICO
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Budget sketch! www.ft.com/content/903c...
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Budget sketch! www.ft.com/content/903c...
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Watching the Ken Burns series on the Revolution and learning that the Marquis de Lafayette was 19 years old and if you need me I will be walking into the ocean.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Watching the Ken Burns series on the Revolution and learning that the Marquis de Lafayette was 19 years old and if you need me I will be walking into the ocean.
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‘The clip, which appeared on live television, shows the President of the United States snapping at a female reporter “Quiet, Piggy!”’
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
‘The clip, which appeared on live television, shows the President of the United States snapping at a female reporter “Quiet, Piggy!”’
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
An excellent analysis from Meduza
Leaked Kremlin calls expose U.S.–Russia backchannel talks on a Ukraine peace plan — but the real mystery is who leaked them and why. The leak raises questions about who’s steering the bus and what factions are up and down. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
What do the Witkoff–Ushakov and Ushakov–Dmitriev transcripts reveal about U.S.–Russian negotiations? Who leaked them — and why? — Meduza
On November 25, Bloomberg published an explosive report containing transcripts of two phone calls: one between top Kremlin advisers Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev, and another between Ushakov and…
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November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
An excellent analysis from Meduza
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My daughter and I visited the house we lived in when she was a baby, and she was shocked a 29-year-old Navy guy could afford a nice house in a safe neighborhood.
That wasn’t crazy in 1996 — but today, a nice house is out of reach for so many young people. That has to change.
That wasn’t crazy in 1996 — but today, a nice house is out of reach for so many young people. That has to change.
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My daughter and I visited the house we lived in when she was a baby, and she was shocked a 29-year-old Navy guy could afford a nice house in a safe neighborhood.
That wasn’t crazy in 1996 — but today, a nice house is out of reach for so many young people. That has to change.
That wasn’t crazy in 1996 — but today, a nice house is out of reach for so many young people. That has to change.
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tfw when you have a lead on the greatest assassination conspiracy theory of all-time but you're "just gonna have to leave there" but it interferes with your revenge against your ex-fiancée
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
tfw when you have a lead on the greatest assassination conspiracy theory of all-time but you're "just gonna have to leave there" but it interferes with your revenge against your ex-fiancée
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The multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇸 American romantic drama “CASABLANCA” directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Dooley Wilson premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New York City #OnThisDay in 1942
🎬 #WarnerBros
🎬 #WarnerBros
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇸 American romantic drama “CASABLANCA” directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Dooley Wilson premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New York City #OnThisDay in 1942
🎬 #WarnerBros
🎬 #WarnerBros
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The word is fascist.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The word is fascist.
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Listen, this administration isn’t “making America great.” It’s targeting our neighbors, tearing families apart, and putting lives on the line. Democrats on Oversight are standing up because this fight isn’t about left or right. It’s about right and wrong. Period.
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Listen, this administration isn’t “making America great.” It’s targeting our neighbors, tearing families apart, and putting lives on the line. Democrats on Oversight are standing up because this fight isn’t about left or right. It’s about right and wrong. Period.