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🎭 Ah yes, nothing screams modern literary analysis like a pretentious deep dive into Luigi Pirandello's existential crisis in "Broken Men." 📝 Join The Nation as they bravely attempt to dissect the psyche of fictional Italians, while you try not to forget your password or your will to live. 😂
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/luigi-pirandello-one-none-grand-review/ #literaryanalysis #LuigiPirandello #BrokenMen #existentialcrisis #TheNation #humor #HackerNews #ngated

Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/jeffrey-epstein-israel-foreign-policy-elite/

The prospect of chaos and war excited Jeffrey Epstein. The late New York financier and child abuser kept a keen eye on news about foreign conflicts that could be exploited for commercial gain. On February 21, 2014, Epstein sent an e-mail to Ehud Barak, the former Israeli prime minister, with whom he would partner the following year as investors in a security tech firm Reporty Homeland Security (later renamed Carbyne). Epstein wrote, “with civil unrest exploding in ukraine syria, somolia [sic], libya, and the desperation of those in power, isn’t this perfect for you.” Barak tried to tamp down his friend’s enthusiasm, noting, “You’re right [in] a way. But not simple to transform it into a cash flow.”This exchange, which was reported by Drop Site News, gets at the heart of one of the more hidden aspects of the Epstein scandal. Epstein’s name is inextricably linked with sexual predation, as it should be. But it should just as readily be linked to global militarism and authoritarianism. Epstein trafficked not just in the bodies of the children he abused but also in social connections that could bring elites together. He well understood that the “desperation of those in power” could make them eager to buy what he was selling: connections with other powerful figures and security systems to clamp down on dissent.The Epstein scandal has once again exploded thanks to the release this week by House Democrats of an immense cache of e-mails between Epstein and many of his famous associates. As my Nation colleagues Chris Lehmann and Joan Walsh have written, these e-mails are politically damaging to Donald Trump, adding yet more evidence that the president was close friends with Epstein for many years, aware of Epstein’s predations, and possibly a participant in some of Epstein’s crimes.Trump richly deserves whatever reputational harm and possible legal retribution may come to him as a result of his ties to Epstein. But, at its heart, this has always been a scandal about the ruling class as a whole, not one individual or political party.The Epstein e-mails document his ties to a wide swath of the US and global elite in ways that transcend partisan lines. Among those Epstein was on easy terms with were former treasury secretary Larry Summers (who held high office under both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama) as well as Trump adviser Steve Bannon and right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel. Even Noam Chomsky wrote glowingly of his “highly valued friend.”

Cubans Watch the Escalating US-#Venezuela Crisis

For most people on the island, the threat is just one more worry amid a grueling economic crisis.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/cuba-venezuela-trump-war/#

from #TheNation
Marc Frank
November 26, 2025

#Cuba, November 26—The #Cuban government and people are warily watching the #US most recent effort to overthrow the #Venezuelan government of #NicholasMaduro as they struggle to recover from Hurricane Melissa and contain mushrooming cases of dengue, chikungunya and oropouche. For most Cubans the threat is just one more worry amid a grueling economic crisis that has left residents spending their energy navigating collapsing infrastructure, runaway inflation and shortages of basic goods.
“If #Trump and #MarcoRubio succeed that would be terrible for us,” #Havana handyman Bernardo said, requesting his last name not be used.
“I am critical of my government but that does not mean I want Rubio as governor here"...

#news #politics #USpol #LatinAmerica

On October 18, No Kings protests will have millions of Americans from every state, the federal district, and all but one of the territories (none planned in American Samoa), as well as several dozen internationally saying that they want democratic rule in the United States: https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/no-kings-day-october-preview-trump/

#nokings #47 #thenation #democracy #authoritarianism #fascism #johnnicols #us #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica

As a ceasefire is implemented in the Holy Land, the Palestinians still need the help and support of the world: https://www.thenation.com/article/world/gaza-still-needs-you/

Please give if you can.

As an aside, it seems like there is some kind of typo about a number of 38 million persons; I believe this should be 3.8 million.

#palestine #gaza #humanitarianism #jackmirkinson #thenation

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NP: Well, here's the thing. I certainly had no intention when I went [to that joint session of Congress] to do that ... but on the first page, he was lying. So I just tore the page [to mark where the lies were], so I could go back to this page to see where he was lying. And then I realised, he was lying on every page. Every page had a tear where he had lied. And, it was so disrespectful of the Congress. It was horrible.

#TheNation
#JohnNichols
#NancyPelosi

https://www.thenation.com/podcast/archive/sms-091725/

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Good News for a Change

What do the kids say? Is it "based"? 🤔🤷🏿‍♀️

"Turning Point did not work to bring people together; it worked to bring about a country where anyone who wasn’t a white Christian nationalist wasn’t welcome"

#charliekirk #TheNation #news #politics

The Nation: Charlie Kirk's Legacy Deserves No Mourning

The Nation: "There is not requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign..."

The Nation: "He created a professor watchlist explicitly designed to get academics fired..."

The Nation: "Turning Point did not work to bring people together; it worked to bring about a country where anyone who wasn't a white Christian nationalist wasn't welcome"

MAGA conservatives are paralyzed by their fear of the future, still worshipping Trump’s reckless tax-and-spend disaster. Clinging to the past won’t save them—or the country. #MAGA #WakeUp #TheNation www.thenation.com/article/soci...

MAGA Conservatives Are Terrifi...