Larry Allen
@larryallen.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus of Lamar University, Ph.D in Economics, University of Arkansas, Author, A lifetime of random reading in Economics, World History, Philosophy, World Literature
“Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Moments ago, feds shove protesters out of the way as more NYPD officers arrive on scene. reporting for @thecity.nyc
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Moments ago, feds shove protesters out of the way as more NYPD officers arrive on scene. reporting for @thecity.nyc
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This turns a bad peace proposal into a filthy deal www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This turns a bad peace proposal into a filthy deal www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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🐛 Rising from the earth: Europe’s first ever #soil law was published in the EU’s Official Journal today! 🎉
After adoption of the #SoilMonitoring Law in October, this marks the final milestone of the process and opens the door to implementation.
A first step in the right direction for our soils!
After adoption of the #SoilMonitoring Law in October, this marks the final milestone of the process and opens the door to implementation.
A first step in the right direction for our soils!
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🐛 Rising from the earth: Europe’s first ever #soil law was published in the EU’s Official Journal today! 🎉
After adoption of the #SoilMonitoring Law in October, this marks the final milestone of the process and opens the door to implementation.
A first step in the right direction for our soils!
After adoption of the #SoilMonitoring Law in October, this marks the final milestone of the process and opens the door to implementation.
A first step in the right direction for our soils!
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Building on monitoring and conservation policies for global soil biodiversity
->Nature | #conservation #soil biodiversity | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->Nature | #conservation #soil biodiversity | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Building on monitoring and conservation policies for global soil biodiversity
Convention on Biological Diversity. Decision 15/28: biodiversity and agriculture. CBD https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-15/cop-15-dec-28-en.pdf (2022). FAO, ITPS, GSBI, SCBD & EC. State of Knowledge of Soil Biodiversity – Status, Challenges and Potentialities. Summary for Policy Makers (FAO, 2020). Guerra, C. A. et al...
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
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The Ukrainian front is not about to collapse. But the Russians want you to think that
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025
The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions.
understandingwar.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The Ukrainian front is not about to collapse. But the Russians want you to think that
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
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The US government is totally audience-captured by a tiny faction of internet fascists, and spends huge amounts of time trying to impress them, dedicating official communications channels to barely-concealed in-group references, and making horrific, murderous policy decisions to thrill this group
November 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The US government is totally audience-captured by a tiny faction of internet fascists, and spends huge amounts of time trying to impress them, dedicating official communications channels to barely-concealed in-group references, and making horrific, murderous policy decisions to thrill this group
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Record profits. Mass layoffs. Workers squeezed while CEOs cash out. That’s not a healthy economy — it’s a rigged one. And Republicans keep doubling down with more tax cuts for the rich.
November 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Record profits. Mass layoffs. Workers squeezed while CEOs cash out. That’s not a healthy economy — it’s a rigged one. And Republicans keep doubling down with more tax cuts for the rich.
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The senseless gun violence must stop. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families tonight.
apnews.com/article/stoc...
apnews.com/article/stoc...
4 dead and 10 wounded in shooting at banquet hall in Stockton, California
Authorities in Stockton, California, say four people are dead and 10 wounded following a shooting during a family gathering at a banquet hall.
apnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The senseless gun violence must stop. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families tonight.
apnews.com/article/stoc...
apnews.com/article/stoc...
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A bi-partisan inquiry into Hegseth and Trump’s Venezuela boat strikes and killings is afoot: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Congressional committees vow to boost oversight in killing of boat strike survivors
The Senate and House armed services committees’ pledge followed a Washington Post report revealing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered that a U.S. strike leave no survivors.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A bi-partisan inquiry into Hegseth and Trump’s Venezuela boat strikes and killings is afoot: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Trump and Witkoff seem to believe that all Americans care about is making money. When it comes to Ukraine, however, polls show clearly that American care about right and wrong. Trump is out of step with American people on Ukraine/Russia.
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Trump and Witkoff seem to believe that all Americans care about is making money. When it comes to Ukraine, however, polls show clearly that American care about right and wrong. Trump is out of step with American people on Ukraine/Russia.
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I’ll let the lawyers and the court s determine the legality is such an order, but Hegseth’s order is grotesquely immoral and extremely damaging to Americas reputation around the world.
SCOOP: For the Trump admin's Sept. 2 strike targeting 11 men on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs, SecDef Hegseth gave an order, officials say, to kill them all. When two men were still alive, orders were given to strike again, finishing them off.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I’ll let the lawyers and the court s determine the legality is such an order, but Hegseth’s order is grotesquely immoral and extremely damaging to Americas reputation around the world.
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Farming with a sustainable future. #PNWfarmers #PNW #Farming #Sustainable #SoilHealth #ClimateChange
These Oregon farmers say ancient methods are key to a sustainable future
Oregon farmers and ranchers using regenerative agriculture practices are increasing profits while restoring soils and addressing climate change.
www.statesmanjournal.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Farming with a sustainable future. #PNWfarmers #PNW #Farming #Sustainable #SoilHealth #ClimateChange
Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People
November 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People
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"There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one of which is the risk of endangering them"
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one of which is the risk of endangering them"
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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SCOOP: For the Trump admin's Sept. 2 strike targeting 11 men on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs, SecDef Hegseth gave an order, officials say, to kill them all. When two men were still alive, orders were given to strike again, finishing them off.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
SCOOP: For the Trump admin's Sept. 2 strike targeting 11 men on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs, SecDef Hegseth gave an order, officials say, to kill them all. When two men were still alive, orders were given to strike again, finishing them off.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy with Eliot Higgins
YouTube video by The Atlantic
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
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The old world order is gone. A new era of rising autocrats, global disruption, and geopolitical competition is here. My new book, Autocrats vs. Democrats, explores where America goes from here. www.amazon.com/dp/0358677874
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The old world order is gone. A new era of rising autocrats, global disruption, and geopolitical competition is here. My new book, Autocrats vs. Democrats, explores where America goes from here. www.amazon.com/dp/0358677874
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The United States did not start the war in Ukraine. We owe Putin nothing. Giving him concessions now, like recognizing territories he annexed, would make the US look so weak.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The United States did not start the war in Ukraine. We owe Putin nothing. Giving him concessions now, like recognizing territories he annexed, would make the US look so weak.
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Thanks to Dr. Gloria Duffy and @cwclub for a thoughtful conversation. We covered my path from Montana to Moscow, the lessons learned along the way, and the ideas behind Autocrats vs. Democrats. Check out our discussion here: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archi...
Michael McFaul: Autocrats vs Democrats and the New Global Order
The international order in which most of us grew up is over, and a new cold war is setting in. That’s the growing consensus of people adjusting to the aggressive rise of China, the Russian invasion…
www.commonwealthclub.org
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Thanks to Dr. Gloria Duffy and @cwclub for a thoughtful conversation. We covered my path from Montana to Moscow, the lessons learned along the way, and the ideas behind Autocrats vs. Democrats. Check out our discussion here: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archi...
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a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
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Hope matters, but without a clear map of how the system is failing, it can’t change anything. The slide happens because core democratic functions are weakening under real structural pressures. Naming that isn’t surrender, it’s the work required to understand what has to be rebuilt.
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Hope matters, but without a clear map of how the system is failing, it can’t change anything. The slide happens because core democratic functions are weakening under real structural pressures. Naming that isn’t surrender, it’s the work required to understand what has to be rebuilt.