How stupid is stupid?

January 2026 the Trump administration escalated a campaign against Venezuela that went far beyond the sanctions regime that began under the Obama‑Biden era. The strategy combined

The administration justified the actions as a fight against “narco‑terrorism” and a means to force a political transition. In practice, the policy produced a cascade of humanitarian, legal, security and diplomatic harms that outweighed any short‑term pressure on the Maduro regime. This paper evaluates those negative outcomes across five thematic domains, drawing exclusively on contemporary news reports (Reuters, Al Jazeera, CNN, BBC, The Guardian,…

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How stupid is stupid?

Michigan candidate says he tells daughters to ‘lie back and enjoy’ if rape is inevitable

https://nypost.com/2022/03/09/michigan-candidate-robert-regan-says-he-tells-daughters-to-lie-back-and-enjoy-if-rape-is-inevitable/ Obviously a deranged individual…. A Michigan Republican said he tells his daughters to “lie back and enjoy it” if rape is inevitable in remarks that drew harsh backlash from party leaders Tuesday. The Kent County candidate — who won a four-way special election to snag the Republican nomination for the seat last week — also recently said that Russia’s…

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Tennessee school board bans teaching of Holocaust graphic novel Maus

In a McMinn County Schools board meeting in January, members said that they felt that the inclusion of swear words in the graphic novel were inappropriate for the eighth grade curriculum. In the meeting’s minutes, the director of schools, Lee Parkinson, was quoted as having said, “there is some rough, objectionable language in this book.” Members also objected to a cartoon…

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