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They’re Not Hiding It and It's Not Irony
The Trump administration just quietly removed a memorial to Black U.S.
18 hrs ago • 
Mike Brock
A Letter to America
From an American with Love
Nov 11 • 
Mike Brock
Chuck Schumer Doesn’t Know What Time It Is
After forty days.
Nov 10 • 
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The Two Materialisms: Why I’m a Liberal
A Comprehensive Defense of the Liberal Tradition and a Case for Its Renewal
Nov 9 • 
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The Cycle Theory of Moral Cowardice
Jason Calacanis and the Sophisticated Art of Excusing Everything
Nov 8 • 
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Who’s Actually Practicing Taqiyya?
Shaun Maguire—venture capital partner, SpaceX bet winner, sophisticated bigot—wants you to know that Zohran Mamdani “comes from a culture that lies…
Nov 8 • 
Mike Brock
The Rule of Law, and the Failure to Defend It
A recording from Mike Brock's live video
Nov 8 • 
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44:57
The Judicial Counterrevolution
How the Supreme Court Abandoned Constitutional Governance
Nov 7 • 
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Mike Solana’s Selective Populism
There’s a new species of populism emerging from Silicon Valley: billionaires performing outrage on behalf of the people they exploit.
Nov 7 • 
Mike Brock
Oligarchs, Accommodation, and Accountability
Why "business is business" isn't good enough, why Congress should use its contempt power, and what moral fidelity demands when democracy fights back.
Nov 6 • 
Mike Brock
52:14
Twelve Citizens and the Social Contract
Twelve citizens sat in a room and remembered who they were.
Nov 6 • 
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Laura Ingraham Tries to Repair the Simulation. Hilarity Ensues.
Within twenty-four hours of Republicans getting crushed in elections they’d convinced themselves were winnable, Fox News deployed the counter-move.
Nov 6 • 
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