16 things most Americans don’t know are an ‘American thing’ according to non-Americans

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/16-things-most-americans-dont-know-are-only-an-american-thing-ex1/

"I'm not anti-American, I just want them to learn things" ~ Miriam Margolyes [and the rest of the world]

#MiriamMargolyes #AmericanIdiot #USpol #AntiIntelectualism #education #USimperialism #CriticalThinking #AmericanExceptionalism #idiocracy

"I'm not anti-American, I just want them to learn things" ~ Miriam Margolyes [and the rest of the world]

#MiriamMargolyes #AmericanIdiot #USpol #AntiIntelectualism #USimperialism #idiocracy #AmericanExceptionalism

Donald John “Two-Weeks” Trump: The Work-Experience Boy from Hell

He’s always a mate of a mate and he’s never paying you back. So it is with the deal-maker president, whose “two weeks” has become the most transparent stall in modern diplomacy. Part Three of the Iran war series: the farce, the spoiler in Tel Aviv, the donors and enforcers, and the West Australian gas giant cashing in on the carnage.

https://urbanwronski.com/2026/06/09/donald-john-two-weeks-trump-the-work-experience-boy-from-hell/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@CStamp/116602299034114575

“LARP 4th of July is a drama about the wasted American dream,” the group writes on Facebook. “It is a story about hope, about a small homeland, about finding one's place in the community.”

#AmericanExceptionalism

America’s Suicide Pact

America’s suicidal march began long before Donald Trump. Trump and the buffoons around him are the inevitable final chapter of the decaying empire. ~ Chris Hedges, May 08, 2026

https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/americas-suicide-pact

#ChrisHedges #hypermasculinity #USpol #hypermilitarism #EpsteinClass #Trump #AmericanExceptionalism #Neoliberal

America’s Suicide Pact

America’s suicidal march began long before Donald Trump. Trump and the buffoons around him are the inevitable final chapter of the decaying empire.

The Chris Hedges Report
Poor primary #education, mis- and #disinformation, naive #AmericanExceptionalism and uncritical #patriotism may delay the realization #PaulKrugman is referring to here for a very long time, if not indefinitely …

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mlnqow522k2n
Nick Bryant had this comment about #AmericanExceptionalism: "Acts of political violence are fast becoming as much a feature of American life as school shootings. They set apart the United States."
#politics #GunControl