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The New Year starts with a russian terrorist strike

8 Jan 2025 1 minute read 1 comment Cryptotexty

On January 1 2025, early in the morning, russians hit Kyiv with drones. Such attacks happen all the time. Thanks to the air defense, Kyiv is not in ruins. But that's what these terrorists want to achieve - to spread despair and horror among the civil...

The horror show of Douglas Murray

6 Jan 2025 2 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR James Bloodworth's article, "Saving the West, One Polemic at a Time," critically examines Douglas Murray, a prominent right-wing intellectual and author. Bloodworth highlights Murray's rise to fame, controversial rhetoric, and framing of Western...

The UN mission in Mali and problems for peacekeeping

6 Jan 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR Clair MacDougall and Maggie Dwyer's article, "Troops Benefit From Their Roles, but Are Big Peacekeeping Ops Over?" explores the personal and broader implications of United Nations peacekeeping missions, mainly through the experiences of Liberian...

Trump, Christianism and the US Military

6 Jan 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

  TLDR Cathy Young's article, "In Pete Hegseth's Totalitarian Vision, Opponents of Christian Nationalism Are Commies and Political Enemies," critiques Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense, as a dangerous ideologue promoting Chri...

Why Johnson's Speakership Fight Tomorrow Means So Much More Than People Think

3 Jan 2025 3 minute read 4 comments Cje95

Last year ended with quite the theatrics in the House of Representatives, which essentially ended in a bandaid for a few things and a punt on the rest. Even during the vote to pass the Continuing Resolution for government funding, a significantly hig...

BlueSky as a savior?

2 Jan 2025 2 minute read 8 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR Katherine Alejandra Cross's article, "Bluesky Won't Save Us" critiques Bluesky as an insufficient solution to social media's problems. While Bluesky markets itself as a decentralized, user-driven alternative to Twitter, its reliance on centraliz...

What Canada becoming the 51st State Means

31 Dec 2024 1 minute read 1 comment Rider Fleetwood

What happens if Canada becomes the 51st state? President Donald Trump has posted a number of times, offering a 60% tax reduction for Canadians, an inevitable boost in the economy, and military protection in exchange for becoming the 51st state. But s...

The Vital Group Members And The Public Forget About In A Government Shutdown

27 Dec 2024 3 minute read 2 comments Cje95

Edit: Another one that I have been late to publish but that I think still needs to be published because of the fallout or lack there of due to the consiquences.   Working for Congress over the last few years has opened my eyes in so many ways. I have...

With So Many Cooks In The Kitchen Speaker Johnson's CR Was Always In Trouble

24 Dec 2024 4 minute read 2 comments Cje95

This is a couple of days late but I have been traveling and wanted to give everyone an FYI on what was going on. This will likely be the same issue in just a few months (March) as well!    In case you haven't seen, within the last few hours, the bipa...

Trump is a promoter of Christian nationalism (Christianism)

22 Dec 2024 1 minute read 4 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR The article by Thomas Zimmer from The UnPopulist (December 20, 2024) critiques Russell Vought, the incoming Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in Donald Trump's administration. Zimmer examines Vought's role in implementing a C...