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The Supreme Court's conservative majority rejects science, history and reality itself. Editorial from Scientific American Scientific American scientificamerican.com/article/the-su…

Amazing how clearly Vance marks the apotheosis of the Republican party. More than Reagan, GWB, or even Trump, an empty vessel helping undertaxed oligarchs consolidate power while using culture wars to distract. For his patrons, only deference; for the public, grievance and spite.

In my case, I traveled to archives on 4 continents, interviewed survivors or those tortured, talked to guards, sneaked into detention camps still open today, and read hundreds of works from scholars who've devoted their lives to studying camps in some form. Then I wrote a book.

Trump’s mass deportation plan draws on the same pseudoscience and bigotry that built support for concentration camps in the 20th century. Crucial history from Andrea Pitzer on Scientific American scientificamerican.com/article/trumps…

I wrote for Scientific American about how the pseudoscience and hatred fueling Trump's mass deportation plans mirror grim concentration camp history from around the world. scientificamerican.com/article/trumps…

I wish Andrea could be working on her beautiful books about other things, but given the risk we're facing, I am very grateful that she's putting these threatened atrocities in the context that matters.

I spoke to Gideon Ezra, Likud MK, former dep dir Shin Bet in 2002 as allegations of U.S. torture emerged. I was with AP and as the convo wound down I switched to Hebrew. He loosened up and said in a “good news” way that Israel could resume “physical pressure” defying its courts-

Which had ruled against the practice in 1999. How, I asked. The U.S. sets a template he said that overrides norms. The U.S. sets norms. What’s happening now in Beit Lid, what Maduro is doing today doesn’t happen without signs that Jan 6 will be gotten away with.

1. This History Thread is about Rice, Regimes & Revolution in Burma (Myanmar.) Despite much of the land being well-suited for productive agriculture, food insecurity has frequently been a result of conflict & dictatorship + a cause of instability. 🌾🌾🌾 #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

That's roughly $1,841 per person. By comparison, a bus ticket to New York costs about $215, while a flight costs about $350. It would have WAY cheaper to just give migrants money for tickets. Abbott's effort not only made it a political stunt, it lined a contractor's pocket.

Why we need professional journalists: JD Vance rep tells @wsj about Anna Kilgore, a Springfield OH woman whose cat went missing in August, so Kris Maher drives to her house. She found the cat in her basement and apologized to her Haitian neighbors.

Your regular reminder that I'm not on here much these days. But you can find me on Blu*sky with the same handle! Hope to see you all there...