If the last two centuries have taught students of world history anything, it should be this: most peoples will eventually expel foreign occupiers, unless you inflict genocidal levels of violence upon them or explicitly integrate them into your empire.
Author: rssllchndlr
Portland’s Bizarre Experiment With Not Policing Proud Boys Rampage Ends in Gunfire
https://theintercept.com/2021/08/23/portland-police-proud-boys-protest/
Since we’re having a pity party for the Proud Boys, let’s see what they got up to over the weekend.
Mystery grows with key suspect in Haiti president killing
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-caribbean-united-nations-haiti-72c1f105550e1031212c30da17170fe9
Well this is about the least surprising development.
15 States Drop Opposition To Controversial Purdue Pharma Oxycontin Bankruptcy
“The Sacklers have never faced charges. Under this deal, they will admit no wrongdoing and will remain one of the wealthiest families in the U.S.”
Donald Rumsfeld, Rot in Hell
A brief respite from the hagiography of state media.
The ins and outs of Virginia’s confusing new marijuana legalization law
Former political consultant for ex-U.S. Rep. Scott Taylor indicted for election fraud
[Florida] State university faculty, students to be surveyed on beliefs
They’re losing in the “free marketplace of ideas,” so they’re going to try to just do McCarthyism again.
History As End: 1619, 1776, and the politics of the past
https://harpers.org/archive/2021/07/history-as-end-politics-of-the-past-matthew-karp/
On the 1619 Project, and why essentializing history only serves power.
