I need to read some of Gessen’s books and that might be a great one to start with. They’re such a brave soul and I’m glad we have their voice in this madness.
This one I just read is very good - One Long Night by Andrea Pitzer, who is a journalist, but does the topic justice, I think (histories by journalists can sometimes be hit or miss). It’s a tome (just over 400 pages), but it is a good, engaging read, and I like how she connects the entire concept of concentration camps across time…
Well, I’m a little pale to have drapetomania, so what will they call it when I flee this shithole country?
Rapist meets rapist.
The “Blame Canada” song from South Park was always a satire of America, but at least a comforting one, as it showed American self-awareness. Its last two lines: “We must blame them and cause a fuss/Before somebody thinks of blaming us!” This is now happening, as reality, and it has to be faced.
Do you feel safer?
because there has been no violation of the Court’s orders
Isn’t that for the court (judge) to decide for itself? (Not the DOJ!)
‘Make it make sense:’ Hegseth banned cultural awareness events across the military. Except one.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put an end to Black History Month and other celebrations of identity. But St. Patrick’s Day got a pass, and some are asking why.
Snyder is in Canada at the moment, teaching at the University of Toronto, so he’s getting a good view of where we stand.
wooo boy.
From the hearing:
DOJ: Babbles a bunch of stuff. And the order was invalid
Boasberg: Then you appeal. That’s your option
DOJ: The planes were in the sky
Boasberg: So isn’t the better approach to follow the order?
DOJ: That’s not the approach we’ve taken. The President can do what he wants
Nazis didn’t need an excuse to kill opponents, although Aktion T4 did involve finding the mentally ill, intellectually impaired, and neurodivergent, and emptying the psych hospitals that way.
It was the Soviets who raised pathologising dissent to an art form.
But St. Patrick’s Day got a pass, and some are asking why.
Because USians of Irish descent aren’t “Irish.” They’re “white.”
Which doesn’t make a lot of sense either, but there it is.
The President was just asking questions!
The article has a paywall but I glimpsed the excuse – St. Patrick’s day isn’t a cultural celebration that only some people can participate in, because it’s really a Christian holiday!
Wow.
And… ouch!
Fascists are always just hypothesising or joking, until they aren’t.