Not Unmindful weekly digest #5
It's been a busy week despite my limited schedule. New feature: starting the digest with the most recent story.
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Tim Truxell
Trump administration returns traitor's portrait to West Point
The Pentagon is returning a portrait of General Robert E. Lee at the military academy, as the Trump administration seeks to restore honors for American figures who fought to preserve slavery.
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Trump's federal takeover of DC echoes decades of racially charged rhetoric
Trump’s rhetoric on DC echoes a history of racist narratives about urban crime.
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When journalism also becomes a target: inside the neo-Nazi war freedom of the press
After he committed to unmasking extremist groups in North Carolina and beyond, reporter Jordan Green got a first-hand look at how a movement known as ‘militant accelerationism’ operates. We should all be worried,
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Racism endures
Despite what we've been told, discrimination dangerously across social groups. And this PEW report summarizes what Americans think of it.
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The Raids on Bolton's house is another dead canary in the coal mine
FBI Raids John Bolton continuing the pattern of authoritarian retaliation, showing a coordinated federal action.
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Just a reminder
Friend of Not Unmindful, Ty Seidule nails it again. And this isn't recent but a good reminder.
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Not Unmindful weekly digest #4
It's been busier than usual on the site this week.
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We can't count on the Supreme Court
The umpire picked a side: how John Robert and the Supreme Court is enabling fascism.
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The military won't save us
The military's changing role under Trump "We Used to Think the Military Would Stand Up to Trump. We Were Wrong."
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