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Dreher has succumbed to the abuse of Trump. He lives by lies. He thinks Zelenskyy was the bad guy in the Oval Office.
Sullivan has not succumbed to our "sociopathic president":
... What the world saw last Friday was the same, central Trump dynamic: the leader of a smaller democracy that has withstood three years of brutal attack by a far larger dictatorship ... was still publicly humiliated, because he dared air his concern of no security guarantees against Russia. “Just say thank you,” Vance harangued him. “Have you said thank you once?” I cannot recall any visiting head of state who has ever, ever been thrown out of the White House the way Zelensky was. Why? Because he did not submit.
... The challenge for liberals of all stripes is a familiar one in dystopian democracies and rigid dictatorships: Live not by lies. Keep your grip on reality. Avoid the propaganda now washing down on you like torrential rain. Find a refuge, as I did on Wednesday — a place where eternal truths remain, or where free thinking can endure (Spinoza is a role model, which is why the Dishcast discusses him this week).
Avoid hysteria, which Trump wants and exploits. But avoid also being co-opted by a single one of his lies, to see clearly, and to speak simply. Read those you disagree with; get off most social media; choose doubt over certainty; restraint over impulse; resist this authoritarian and irrational moment by refocusing above all on the simple truth, as best as you can, and fighting all those on both extremes trying to annihilate it. ...
Here.
It's a magnificent essay which everyone should read.
Rod Dreher was a Hillarycon in 2016 because of, wait for it, The Madness of King Donald. And so was J. D. Vance.
... Last month Trump called on Hamas
to release the hostages by Feb. 15 or "all hell is going to breakout."
That deadline came and went. This time, Trump is describing his
ultimatum as the "last warning!" ...
“I have just met with your former hostages whose
lives you have destroyed," Trump added. "This is your last warning! For
the leadership, now is the time to leave Gaza, while you still have a
chance.” ...
The Trump Administration has already approved nearly $12 billion in major foreign military sales to Israel, according to the State Department’s website. ...
Hamas still is holding 59 hostages in Gaza, many of whom are believed to be dead. ...
More.
Trump announces plan to stop making new pennies, citing production costs
In the U.S., discontinuing the penny entirely may require congressional approval.
When detectives reached out to accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione’s mother after the first photos of the suspect emerged, she said she wasn’t certain it was him – but told investigators the shooting “might be something that she could see him doing,” a New York Police Department official said Tuesday.
Here.
Nobody in Haiti today can afford the fancy Haitian dishes this chef describes, so they eat . . . you know.
Don't listen to Trump's lies. Haitian chef explains country's rich culinary tradition.
54% of survey respondents said Harris isn't qualified to serve as president. ... 56% of independents; 37% of African Americans; and 48% of Hispanic voters said she isn't qualified.
"It's the TQ+ that I'm not going to support," she
said, referring to transgender and queer or questioning people.
What we know: TVA ordered rolling blackouts for the first time in 90 years amid freezing temps
One place at a time.
America and its free market capitalism depends on rules, a shared commitment to them and to their enforcement:
Sound money, not fiat money;
truth, not "my truth";
law and order, not one law for me and another for thee.
When you can't trust anybody anymore, it is over. People vote with their feet, as do corporations.
Crime, Homelessness, Taxes: Hollywood Big Shots Fleeing LA...
As Violent Crime in LA Rises, Demand for Private Security Among Wealthy Soars...
UPDATE: In Atlanta's Buckhead Neighborhood, Rising Crime Fuels Move to Secede...
AMAZON relocating workers from Seattle office due to crime...
DC WAWA closes amid ongoing shoplifting, violence...
WALGREENS closing more stores in San Fran due to organized theft...
Violence rises as employees fight back against shoplifters, thieves...
Chicago's Wealthy Neighborhoods Hire Private Police as Crime Rises...