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According to Putnam, the more we prioritize our private bubbles over public life, the more we disconnect from our local surroundings. This has weakened American democracy. Fewer people are engaged in politics, and those who do are often at the political poles. With less social capital, our neighborhoods are connected by fewer informal, reciprocal... See more
Peter Thiel, the billionaire who has built doomsday bunkers in New Zealand, is talking again about the Apocalypse, prophecies, and the Antichrist on the YouTube channel Hoover Institution, which is associated with Stanford University.
What he says is full of contradictions. I will share a few points in this thread!... See more
“We've never had a president as aggressive as Trump,” says @MarkHalperin. “We've never seen the Democratic Party be this far to the left … They've lost some fundamental strengths and asymmetrical advantages that they have had for years and years … In every previous cycle, I could tell you the names of people from the losing party who could run for... See more
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In April, Pete Hegseth fired three of his most senior advisors at the Pentagon—Dan Caldwell, Darin Selnick, and Colin Carroll—without explanation. Now, all three speak in depth about what happened inside Hegseth’s chaotic Department of Defense. https://t.co/OZx7Z4LIIc
Reminder that Peter Thiel is, to put it mildly, not a cypherpunk https://t.co/aZQ1AUUCOb
the rise of white Christian nationalism and the adaptation of white evangelicalism to a form of dominating partisanship is felt strongly by many in multiracial congregations. A particular stress and strain is being exerted on these tender communities. What, I’ve wondered, does the reconciliation movement look like as racial antagonisms are provoked... See more