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New episode with great @OlufemiOTaiwo on Ezra/Coates and “the right kind of politics” open.spotify.com/episode/5Mp…

Listen to the @LeftAnchor team and me talk about redeeming #thePromiseofAmerica by Taking Hold of Our History and Making America Radical Again #MARA podcasts.apple.com/ke/podcas…

Is it radical to demand the immediate and total abolition of the economic system of half the country

Not only does Plato not accept the friend-enemy distinction as foundational to politics, Socrates' response to Polemarchus in The Republic is in part a critique of a theories not dissimilar to Schmitt's own - and those of Schmitt''s contemporary epigones. Thread:🧵🔽

We’d be in a much stronger position right now if mainstream Democrats had taken a common sense stand for First Amendment principles instead of piling on undergraduate standing up for Palestine. Oops.

Turning and turning in the widening gyro

Israel and the US are in a dilemma. They can't effect regime change, their declared goal, unless they commit troops, and neither can do this. Iran is not Iraq: It is bigger in size and population centres, it has a capable army, and it is not isolated like Saddam's Iraq. 1/

Just an incredible piece out of POLITICO Europe: Cardinals are watching ‘Conclave’ the movie for guidance on the conclave IRL A majority of the cardinals were appointed by Pope Francis and haven’t been around long enough to know how it all works. politico.eu/article/cardinal…

1. Politically, the key thing to understand is tariff crisis is above all else a constitutional crisis. Under USA constitution, power of tariffs belongs to congress, not president.