Mark Carney’s Quiet Capitulations to Trump Canada’s new prime minister talks like a critic but acts like a sycophant.
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The Mortal Storm Warning I have a thing for old black and white movies. Especially in anxious times, they slow me down and calm me. I think it has to do with telling a single story rather than flooding viewers with a barrage of plotlines, images, and settings. It almost feels as if someone is reading to me. I ...
https://arlenegoldbard.com/202....5/07/03/the-mortal-s

The most effective weapon against a dictator? A joke. What if we told you the best way to take down a dictator might involve… an alpaca? Or a sex strike? Or smacking a barrel with a baseball bat in the middle of a street? No, this isn’t a fever dream. It’s a strategy, pulled from the real, wild, world-tested playbook of Gene Sharp, the …
https://c4aa.org/news/the-most....-effective-weapon-ag

The Plot Against Iran How the International Atomic Energy Agency and its director became part of the U.S.-Israeli plan for war on Iran.
https://progressive.org/latest..../the-plot-against-ir

Reasons to Celebrate the Fourth of July We're living through what will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the most shameful periods in U.S. history. Let's use the holiday to affirm our commitment to progress.
https://progressive.org/op-eds..../reasons-to-celebrat