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“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.

And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”

― Howard Zinn

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    Published On: 01/21/2026

    Published On: 01/21/2026

  • We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start

    Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania.

    Published On: 01/20/2026

    Published On: 01/20/2026

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  • Increasing Calls From the Public Saying “Fight or Resign”

    Elected officials who refuse to use their power should lose it.

    Published On: 01/22/2026

  • O Canada

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    Published On: 01/21/2026

  • Trump Is Screwing with the Midterms. Will He Succeed?

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    Published On: 01/20/2026

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    Published On: 01/20/2026

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    The trend of invading newsrooms, in violation of federal law, has now spread to the highest levels of the federal government

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