Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The GOP’s Struggle To Prove Its Biden Probes Are Legit
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., wants to frame Republican probes as impartial. He has his work cut out for him.
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Omar Accidentally Spends a Decade as an Antisemite
No matter what she says, no matter how often she lies, partisan Democrats will do everything they can to defend Ilhan Omar.
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Barr Blows Up Durham Probe To Save Trump
The Durham investigation was Bill Barr’s personal project and it turns out that it was a monstrous abuse of power
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Not Every Atrocity Is About White Supremacy
Why I am skeptical of the reflex to attribute violence to structural racism
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GOP Won’t Tell Americans the Real Cause of $31T Debt
The rich used to pay taxes. Now they loan money to the US government – at a profit that everyone else pays for
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Tune Out Any ‘Journalist’ Relying on Russia Hoaxer
The NYT’s reliance on a quote from Stefan Halper’s attorney to make its case is so laughable, Americans should disregard the entire article.
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Chicago Public Schools Is a Criminal Enterprise
by Erin Geary February 1, 2023 If you’ve ever watched an episode of Abbott Elementary, I was a white version of Janine. A passionate, naive, twenty-something teacher unleashed and ready to show my hard-work and dedication. I was going to be THE role model of a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teacher who was there to save young, untapped minds from … Read More
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The Anti-Gun Violence Hustle
In a recent mayoral debate at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Helen Gym, who had been an outspoken opponent of increasing the city’s policing budget in 2020, called gun violence the “single greatest threat to everything that we have ever hoped for in this city.”
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Fetterman & the Stolen Valor of the Working Class
I find distasteful the moral repugnance of John Fetterman’s misappropriation of hardscrabble totems for electoral advantage.
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End of Covid Means Meltdown for Anti-vaxxers
Anti-vaxxers built their identities around the pandemic – now they’re losing their minds (even more)
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