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Journey to American Democracy: The Battle of the Bulge
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Journey to American Democracy: The Battle of the Bulge
This new series in Journey to American Democracy comes to you thanks to that odd way history has of braiding the past and the present.
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Prepare for a transatlantic divorce
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Prepare for a transatlantic divorce
It would be painful but Europe would be more able to stand on its own than many seem to think. Anyway, there may be no choice. English original of article published in Italian today by La Stampa
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Podiatrist's daughters say bone spur diagnosis that helped Trump avoid Vietnam draft was 'favor'
Elysa Braunstein said her father diagnosed Donald Trump with bones spurs at the height of the Vietnam War as a favor to his landlord, Fred Trump.
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Maduro in Minneapolis
Murderous Lies
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I Don't Care
A doctor asks to check her pulse.
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The Future of Democracy Depends on the Republican Party
The Battle for a Liberal Society is Happening Within the Political Right
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Support for abolishing ICE hits a a new high
Americans have turned sharply against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and say it too often resorts to violence
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Shale chiefs warn Trump that Venezuelan oil will hobble US drillers
Presidentās effort to drive down crude prices will hit sector struggling to sustain output growth
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Nigel Farage may be riding high in the polls, but he has no idea how to be a prime minister
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Nigel Farage may be riding high in the polls, but he has no idea how to be a prime minister
The Reform leader undoubtedly has charisma, but lacks the judgement, gravitas or respect for truth needed to lead a country
https://open.substack.com/pub/alanrusbridger/p/nigel-farage-may-be-riding-high-in?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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BBC News - Who was Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE?
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Renee Nicole Good: Who was the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis?
A mother of three and award-winning poet, Good's sudden death sparks protests across the US.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jepdjy256o
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January 7, 2026
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January 7, 2026
This morning, a federal agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good as she was driving away from ICE agents on a residential street in Minneapoli...
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/january-7-2026?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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āYou gonna murder someone else? You canāt kill us all, Nazis.ā
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āYou gonna murder someone else? You canāt kill us all, Nazis.ā
Renee Good is dead, and she shouldnāt be.
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/you-gonna-murder-someone-else-you?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.
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We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.
Watching from afar further shift in a worsening polity
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Russia is running out of money
Go behind the propaganda, and the intensifying strain is evident
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When the interpreter wept: What automation erases inside Europeās institutions
We are building a world that treats translation as a problem to be solved. But translation was never just a technical challenge ā it is an act of witnessing.
https://www.politico.eu/article/when-the-interpreter-wept-what-automation-erases-inside-europes-institutions/
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Asked why Keir Starmer has not followed through on his commitment to ban all apps producing deep fakes, after X's Grok engine generated multiple AI-generated sexual images of children, his spokesman would not commit to either banning the app, or stopping posting there
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Keir Starmer Says āAll Options Are on the Tableā to Stop Elon Muskās Grok Creating Deep Fakes of Children
The Prime Minister's spokesman told Byline Times that X's creation of sexual deep fakes was "completely unacceptable" but did not commit to direct action against the company
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/07/keir-starmer-says-all-options-are-on-the-table-to-stop-elon-musks-grok-creating-deep-fakes-of-children/
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The Body You'll Have Tomorrow
He canceled his insurance yesterday...
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How Trump became just another Republican president -
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How Trump became just another Republican president
His enthusiasm for big business and foreign intervention is more Reaganite than populist
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The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
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MAGA Republicans Condone the War for Oil
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MAGA Republicans Condone the War for Oil
Democrats can still do plenty
https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/maga-republicans-condone-the-war?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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The Worst Person in Tech
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The Worst Person in Tech
2025ās winner has taken a huge early lead in 2026 that will be hard to beat
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The Russian Strategy Would Normally Be Seen As A Failure
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Weekend Update #166: The Russian Strategy Would Normally Be Seen As A Failure
Zelensky Chooses Budanov; Putin Says Jump, Trump Says "How High?"
https://open.substack.com/pub/phillipspobrien/p/weekend-update-166-the-russian-strategy?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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3 days ago
Kemi Badenochās Shadow Attorney General Lord Wolfson has recused himself from advising her on Ukraine This is because of his other role representing Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich in his fight against sanctions Just think about that
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Farageās Ā£10k petrostate perk
Money trumps morality once again...
https://open.substack.com/pub/writesbright/p/farages-10k-petrostate-perk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=e7vbo
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Pardon my coup
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Pardon my coup
Accurate political journalism requires a bias toward democracy
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The Dangerous Revision Of Jan 6 History On The Official WH Website
As I wrote to you last night, five years on from January 6, Donald Trump is trying to rewrite the history of the insurrection.
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/the-dangerous-revision-of-jan-6-history?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=e7vbo
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Whoās who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter -
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Whoās who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Muskās big tent
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Can You Do Regime Change Without Changing A Regime?
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Can You Do Regime Change Without Changing A Regime?
The Monroe Doctrine was not "F&ck Around And Find Out"; Marco Rubio's Last Chance
https://open.substack.com/pub/phillipspobrien/p/can-you-do-regime-change-without?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum)
Venezuela and the end of Pax Americana
https://substack.com/@anneapplebaum/note/c-195990827?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=e7vbo
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Day of Infamy
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Day of Infamy
Unfortunately, this isnāt a bad dream
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4 days ago
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5 days ago
I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
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Farage is a foot soldier in Trumpās oil war
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U.S. attacks Venezuela
Our Constitution places the gravest decisions about the use of military force in the hands of Congress for a reason.
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Why has a former Murdoch executive been appointed to run government communications?
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Why has a former Murdoch executive been appointed to run government communications?
Ex Sun editor David Dinsmore has been given the task of truth-teller in chief over the machinery of government. It feels like magical thinking
https://open.substack.com/pub/alanrusbridger/p/why-has-a-former-murdoch-executive?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Martin Davies (@martindavies631844)
Russia is using an army of bots to inflate support for Nigel Farage and Reform. Farage and Reform are traitors to everything English and British. Traitors.
https://substack.com/@martindavies631844/note/c-194598615?r=e7vbo
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Martin Davies (@martindavies631844)
Russia is using an army of bots to inflate support for Nigel Farage and Reform. Farage and Reform are traitors to everything English and British. Traitors.
https://substack.com/@martindavies631844/note/c-194598615?r=e7vbo
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Phillips P. OBrien (@phillipspobrien)
Not sure people are getting the real importance of the Russians fooling Trump about the Ukrainians attacking Putin's house. It was to demonstrate just how much they control his thinking--how much he i...
https://substack.com/@phillipspobrien/note/c-193122322?r=e7vbo
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Trump Strikes Venezuela; Arrests President Maduro
As youāre likely aware by now, overnight, the Trump administration, without alerting Congress first, went into Venezuela and arrested its President, NicolĆ”s Maduro, on charges stemming from a newly an...
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/trump-strikes-venezuela-arrests-president?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=e7vbo
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The Chief Justice's Report on the State of the Judiciary
As is the custom, on the last day of the year, Chief Justice John Roberts issued a report on the state of the federal judiciary.
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/the-chief-justices-report-on-the?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=e7vbo
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January 2, 2026
Just after midnight on January 1, in a private ceremony in the long-closed former City Hall subway station in Manhattan, New York Attorney General Letitia James swore Zohran Mamdani into office as may...
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Seth Cotlar
8 days ago
Hold the phone, are you telling me that the guy on the right created a chatbot that is producing child pornography? And are you also telling me that the President whose campaign he funded and who was Jeffrey Epstein's "best friend" for a while wants to prevent any form of AI regulation? Weird.
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My favourite posts from 2025
They might - or might not - be yours
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US retreats from Donald Trumpās Italian pasta tariffs -
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US retreats from Donald Trumpās Italian pasta tariffs
Rome says proposed levies of up to 92% set to be reduced after US commerce department review
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A Tale Of One City And Two Henry Smiths
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A Tale Of One City And Two Henry Smiths
These two London landlords are separated by four centuries ā but joined by a common name and business interests.
https://open.substack.com/pub/londoncentric/p/henry-smith-aitch-group-london-charity-foundation?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Jack Bilbo, 1942, quoted in Owen Hatherle, 2025, pg 348. Wake up, people!
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Empty Stages
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Empty Stages
Two workers on a platform, grinning for a photoāone thumbs up, one throwing a sign. Behind them, the letters they just bolted to the facade: D.J. TRUMP AND...
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The failure to modernise the House of Lords is yet another sign of how broken Britain is
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The failure to modernise the House of Lords is yet another sign of how broken Britain is
You read these never-ending debates over supposedly reforming the Upper House and wonder if anything will ever really change
https://open.substack.com/pub/alanrusbridger/p/the-failure-to-modernise-the-house?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Things are falling apart: where to look for leadership?
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Things are falling apart: where to look for leadership?
ā¦. in the most unlikely places.
https://open.substack.com/pub/annpettifor/p/things-are-falling-apart-where-to?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Inherent Contempt
Itās quicker than going to court, like Congress can to enforce a subpoena in a civil case.
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/inherent-contempt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=e7vbo
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Personal reflections on a Trumpian 2025
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Personal reflections on a Trumpian 2025
The implications of a year in Trump's new America and why I started tracking Trump - and why I'm not stopping.
https://open.substack.com/pub/christinapagel/p/personal-reflections-on-a-trumpian?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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