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Friday Nite Videos | May 29, 2026

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The Hidden Wealth Transfer in the SpaceX IPO. Neil deGrasse Tyson on Aliens and Trump UFO Files. Thousands Celebrate End of Orbán's 16-Year Rule. Trump’s Approval Rating and America’s 250th Party. What You Learned About Genetics Is (Mostly) Wrong.

Friday Nite Videos | April 10, 2026

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Is This the End of Viktor Orbán in Hungary? Purple Rain | Bruce Springsteen. Trump Had No Idea Melania Was Making an Epstein Statement. Why I Support The California Billionaire Tax. A Housing Scam Trapping Millions Of Americans.

Is This the End of Viktor Orbán in Hungary?

For 16 years Viktor Orbán has used a parliamentary supermajority to effect constitutional control over institutions, targeting minorities, political opponents and the independent media 

The Friends of Viktor Orbán

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
Orbán has brought together a mind-boggling assortment of elites in the cause of ethno-nationalistic anti-liberalism—a cause, clearly, that can unite communists and capitalists, Jews and antisemites.

The Kimmel Saga: Evidence the Tide May Be Turning

Paul Krugman Paul Krugman Substack
It's clear that Trump is rushing to lock in permanent power. But there is hard evidence that he may not enjoy the success that Vladimir Putin and Victor Orban did. Is the Jimmy Kimmel affair the harbinger of a failed Trumpian putsch?

Why Fascists Hate Universities

Jason Stanley The Guardian
Authoritarians and would-be authoritarians are only too aware that universities are primary sites of critique and dissent. Attacks on universities are the canary in the coalmine of fascism.
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