The 2025 National Security Strategy of the #USA seems to point towards a white supremacist nation.
How far the mighty have fallen!
(Actually, I never thought they were that mighty - just loud and obnoxious.)
#politics #progressivism

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-5-2025

December 5, 2025

Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.

Letters from an American
Trump's "peace plan" for #Ukraine is really about the #US and #Russia gutting it like a trout. And kicking the #EU in the balls to boot. It's demeaning, insulting, and malevolent. IOW, classic Trump/Putin.
#progressivism #politics
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-21-2025
November 21, 2025

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.

Letters from an American

Europe still has much to offer the world. We just need to believe in ourselves and be confident in our resources and capabilities.

#Europe #WeAreEurope #Startups #future #economy #progressivism #technology #innovation #EU #EuropeanUnion #euro

https://youtu.be/L_tWbrvd3E0?si=7uJed0Yo6fZrGEgL

Welcome to Europe: Birthplace of Industry, Home of Frontier Tech

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The Left’s Shameful Hypocrisy in the Government Shutdown: Anti-Worker Politics Disguised as Progressivism

The current government shutdown has exposed something deeply disturbing about the state of so-called progressivism in America. As the federal government teeters on the brink of chaos, there are voices, voices that claim to be on the left, calling for the shutdown to continue. They present it as some kind of moral or political strategy, a way to "punish" the administration or make a political statement. But what they fail—or refuse—to acknowledge is the human cost of this so-called […]

https://theinterfaithintrepidart.com/2025/11/10/the-lefts-shameful-hypocrisy-in-the-government-shutdown-anti-worker-politics-disguised-as-progressivism/

"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross." Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951)

#progressivism

What happened the last time business had unfettered control over the US economy? Heather Cox Richardson explains.
Spoiler alert: it wasn't pretty.
#progressivism #economy #US

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-28-2025

October 28, 2025

In the election of 1920, Americans handed a landslide victory to the Republicans and their presidential candidate Warren G.

Letters from an American

#SlamFrank... tramples sensitive taboos with its premise alone - a community #theater performs a #hiphop #musical about #AnneFrank and her family during their years hiding from the #Nazis. You are almost guaranteed some mid-show walkouts, which make a statement in a space small enough that the #actors will definitely notice.

The Franks and their plight are in no way the targets of this show’s derision. But Andrew Fox, who wrote the #music and #lyrics, and Joel Sinensky, who wrote the #book, do use Anne and her family to say some pointed, politically incendiary things about the sanctification of #identitypolitics, empty #progressivism, the logical endpoint of #tribalism, #victimhood as a permanent stance and egregious failures to learn the lessons of #history.

Inspired by a 2022 #Twitter debate over the “#whiteprivilege” of Anne Frank, who was 15 when she died in a concentration camp in 1945..."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/theater/slam-frank-crooked-cross-review.html

‘Slam Frank,’ a Daring Satire, and ‘Crooked Cross’ Demand Our Attention

A gleefully provocative new musical and a quiet 1930s domestic drama speak to each other across time, resounding quite loudly in our present.

The New York Times
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One thing that annoys me about UK Labour right now is their continuing acceptance of reactionary rhetoric.

Yes it politically squeezes the tories out of existence, but it also pushes the opposition to Reform.

I'd much rather a labour party that ceases the centre-right even at the expense of conservatives ceasing back ground.

Labour need to focus on a progressive vision that appeals to the base and can garner support from the disillusioned right.

#UKPol #Labour #Progressivism #Populism

TODAY IN HISTORY: October 14, 1912 – Theodore Roosevelt Shot while Campaigning for President

💥 Shot in the chest, Roosevelt kept speaking.

His Progressive vision changed America — and codified exclusion.

History’s reminder: "progress" isn't always "progress" and always has a price.

#History #Politics #Progressivism #Brewminate