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How To Persuade the Undecided in an Era of Disinformation

David Litt The Contrarian
If America is going to survive this, communicating strategically isn’t just a job for politicians and professional commentators. Defeating Trump’s fire-hose strategy must be on your to-do list, too.

Friday Nite Videos | January 24, 2025

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How Saudi Arabia Bought Trump - And What They Want. Springtime for Elon (Song Parody). Trump Tech Requests. My Thoughts on the Trump Inauguration. Brooke Harrington - Trump’s “Broligarchy” of Tech Billionaires | The Daily Show.

Tidbits – Jan.23- Reader Comments: WHAT TO DO IF ICE COMES TO YOUR DOOR; KNOW YOUR RIGHTS; Israel Intensified Its Violence Against Palestinians in the West Bank; Betrayed by Vote on Laken Riley Act; LA Burned, Karen Bass; José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez; More

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Reader Comments: WHAT TO DO IF ICE COMES TO YOUR DOOR; KNOW YOUR RIGHTS; Israel Intensified Its Violence Against Palestinians in the West Bank; Author Sara Paretsky Betrayed by Vote on Laken Riley Act; LA Burned, Karen Bass; José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez;

No Innocents in Gaza’: Reflecting on Israel’s First Fascist War

Gideon Levy Haaretz
The only war that resembled this was the 1948 war that caused the Nakba, the motivations behind that war were different. That was a war to establish a Jewish state; this is a war to establish a fascist state. The State of Kahane has risen in Israel.

Federal Judges in Jan. 6 Cases Slam Trump’s Pardons

Kyle Cheney Politico
A prominent federal judge on Wednesday ripped President Donald Trump’s mass clemency for Jan. 6 rioters, saying the justification he offered in his proclamation was “flatly wrong” and a “revisionist myth.”

Trump-Three Days of Wannabe Presidency or Dictatorship

Heather Cox Richardson Letters from an American
Trump’s decision to pardon or commute the sentences of all the January 6 rioters convicted of crimes was a spur of the moment decision designed to get the issue behind him quickly. “Trump just said: ‘F*ck it: Release ‘em all,’” an advisor recalled.