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Them: Studying the humanities is such a waste of time. Why is understanding history, religion and culture useful?
Me: Gestures wildly at what is going on in geopolitics.
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Excellent & clear info.
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Extremely significant reporting here that suggests China does in fact see the Iran disaster as an inflection point for global balance of power and American hegemony
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/us/politics/china-iran-war-missiles-supplies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aFA.__r5.-vuRmQWKb2aL&smid=url-share
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FT: Talks between the United States and Iran in Pakistan have reached a stalemate over control of the Strait of Hormuz, two sources briefed on the negotiations say, with Iran insisting it retain authority over the waterway and rejecting joint control proposals

HERE YOU GO. That’s the reality.
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A new mucosal vaccine approach in mice boosted broad lung immunity against a range of threats, from viruses to bacteria to allergens. It provided protection against SARS-CoV2 infection for at least 3 months.

Would be amazing to have a universal vaccine in humans 💉

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea1260
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It's not too late to get the HPV vaccine. It works best when given younger, but adults can still benefit, especially if there's any chance of new exposures

people.com/woman-diagnosed-with-vulvar-cervical-anal-cancer-after-learning-her-husband-of-30-years-had-cheated-on-her-11943715
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If the Iran war sends the Saudi Arabian economy into a recession, sources believe its government would have to pare down to its most basic functions, such as funneling money to Jared Kushner.
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Scandal alert🚨 🚨 🚨

WLF—owned by Trump & Witkoff family members—entered into a HUGE deal with a SMALL company, Alt5 Sigma

That resulted in a payday to WLF of up to $500M--while Trump & Witkoff make related policy decisions

We @democracydefendersfund.org & Platkin LLP r fighting back!👇 -TN
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I genuinely struggle to imagine the minds of people who could live through the last year and a half and somehow still believe that liberal arts professors are the primary problem facing 2026 America - I struggle with that more than I do with imagining what it’s like to be an octopus.
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Shocking but not surprising:

Trump & his associates cash out while investors hold the bag

The SEC needs to do its job--protect investors, not the Trumps & Witkoffs

More on our @democracydefendersfund.org fight w/ Platkin in my @contrariannews.org column👇 -TN
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We have the President's son-in-law, who is lifelong buddies with Bibi and on the payroll of the Saudis (who, to be fair, aren't getting their $$ worth).

We have Trump's developer buddy whose spawn is in the fake $$ business with Trump's spawn.

And JD, fresh off doing Putin's bidding.
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Not once in this story does @politico.com mention that US factories employ ~89,000 fewer employees than a year ago.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2026/04/11/jamieson-greer-tariffs-manufacturing-economy-00867999
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The difference between Republicans and Democrats is that when Donald Trump is accused of raping underage girls, Republicans only make excuses for him. But when Eric Swalwell is accused of raping grown women, Democrats say, “If that proves to be true, there is NO excuse for that.”
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Bill Nye speaks out against cuts to NASA.

“The proposed cuts would terminate 53 NASA Science missions, throwing away more than $13 billion in taxpayer investment and halting the development of nearly every future NASA Science mission" ... “an insult to our astronauts and entire NASA workforce.”
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Per The New Yorker, the reorg “shuts down the Service’s nine regional offices and relocates its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City” where the “Service will now have, instead of a regional headquarters, a ‘state coördinator’ in the capitals of states where it has large holdings...
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“.. It's very alarming, and it's probably the single largest natural resource issue of our time.”

@pbsnews.org
www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/states-are-struggling-to-meet-their-clean-energy-goals-blame-data-centers
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The U.S. Supreme Court is going to “kill” Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), said former Vice President Kamala Harris today at the National Action Network (NAN) convention in New York. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/harris-warns-scotus-likely-to-gut-vra-calls-save-america-act-a-poll-tax/
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Here's How To Counter Trump's $10 Billion Lawsuit Against the IRS robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-counter-trumps-10-billion
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They don't want to be on the record as voting to support the war. So they avoid the vote taking altogether.
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I sometimes forget when Barack Obama became president, Democrats had two Senate seats in West Virginia, Montana, Arkansas and North Dakota. They had a Senate seat in Nebraska, Iowa, Louisiana and South Dakota.
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Except we’ve spent $50 billion, the Strait is closed and 3000 people are dead.

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-10/iran-us-peace-talks-look-tougher-than-february-negotiations
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A reminder— for most of the trump-vance era: vast majority of stuff you’ve read about or heard about re: the administration’s mass detention & mass deportation regime? The stuff that appalls you? Gotta keep in mind almost all of it you didn’t see live-streamed. The horrors go on behind closed doors…
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Scott does not understand NATO obligations. Nations defend one another against attacks. The US was never attacked by Iran. Therefore, there is no NATO obligation.

The one time Article 5 was invoked, it was to come to the aid of the US after the 9/11 attacks.
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Do not take your eyes off Minnesota, the trump administration and gop aren’t done with it yet and lack of public attention helps them
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In an american city, lots of people who didn’t commit any crimes are still afraid to *step outside* thinking an armed masked agent could be still right around the corner

To step outside. In the nominal land of the free
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Sen. Glenn Ivey with House Democrats stood at the Capitol, demanding Mike Johnson to open a session to vote on the #IranWarPowersResolution.

Sen. Ivey said to the press : “It is Congress who can declare war ; not a self-serving president guided by Netanyahu.”

#OpenTheIranWarVoteOnCongress
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