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  <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:29:25 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>Time to think beyond Trump, but to do that we need a key data point — the process, not the outcome, of the 2026 elections. If Trump manages to intimidate voters, politicians, business people and judges to subvert the elections, we are going to have a completely different country than the democracy we&apos;ve had so far. The next 10 months are going to define the next 10+ years and beyond. So far, only the markets passed the stress test.&lt;blockquote&gt;It’s hard to know what Mr. Trump might do next, which feeds public anxiety. But as his popularity ebbs, so does his political capital. His approval rating has sunk, his mass deportations are seen as excessive, tariffs are unpopular, and even GOP voters disliked his Greenland demands. Democrats took November’s races in Virginia and New Jersey in a rout. The GOP House majority is in peril, and the Senate is competitive. Mr. Trump’s attempts to gerrymander a safer House majority have backfired as Democrats have done the same.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ultimate check on power is an election, and on that score Mr. Trump’s bull-dozing governance may be building the opposition that costs his party its majority in November.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-greenland-congress-supreme-court-restraints-84dbc858&quot;&gt;https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-greenland-congress-supreme-court-restraints-84dbc858&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=timelets&amp;ditemid=1660781&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 06:32:30 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>American institutions took major hits in just two decades:&lt;br /&gt;1. Misguided, expensive wars in the Middle East.&lt;br /&gt;2. The financial Crisis and the bailout.&lt;br /&gt;3. Covid &amp; vaccinations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the background we had globalization and major demographic changes that impacted jobs, voting patterns and racial relations. If Trump wins he&apos;ll try and at least partially succeed in further eroding public trust in American institutions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Top U.S. officials shared a batch of evidence to support their claims that the Kremlin is engaged in an active and aggressive push to influence the vote in favor of Trump. In a rare move, the Justice Department disclosed internal Russian strategy meeting notes that U.S. intelligence agencies had obtained, which reveal granular details about the Kremlin’s strategy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One Russian document listed “target audiences” including residents of swing states, such as Arizona and Pennsylvania, Hispanic and Jewish Americans, gamers, and users of the social-media site Reddit. It also detailed efforts to create online communities to unite voters who shared perceived Republican values.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-accuses-russia-of-spending-millions-to-influence-u-s-voters-be531b99&quot;&gt;https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-accuses-russia-of-spending-millions-to-influence-u-s-voters-be531b99&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=timelets&amp;ditemid=1595708&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2023 20:47:38 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;...материалы по хтоническому змею у народов, не достигших государственности, чрезвычайно скудны. У них его еще нет. У них преобладает змей водяной, но перенесен- ный в фантастическую даль.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...[более поздние] греческие материалы очень интересны. Они дают дальнейшую ступень превращения водяного змея в хтонического и доброго в злого. &lt;br /&gt;...[следующий шаг] змей переносится не только в земную глубь, но и на небо.&lt;br /&gt;... Это перенесение имело ряд последствий. Во-первых, меняется объект поглощения. Змей поглощает уже не людей, он поглощает солнце, и он убивается как поглотитель солнца. С другой сторо- ны, он иногда сам представляется солнцем.&lt;br /&gt;...четвертое последствие этого перенесения: все, окружающее змея, и сам он принимают огненную природу и окраосу. Река становится границей царства живых и мертвых и вместе с тем она становится рекой огненной. Огненным становится и озеро, огненным становится и сам змей.&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;Происшедшая со змеем перемена вполне объяснима. Если техни- чески беспомощному охотнику прежде всего нужна была власть над волей животного, то скотоводу, управляющему животными по своей воле, такое стремление совершенно чуждо. Ему нужны солнце, дождь и реки.&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;Полного развития достигает змей в солнечном царстве мертвых только при развитии земледелия, при умении наблюдать солнце, при зависимости от солнца и его сезонного возвращения и урожая. ...древний Египет действительно дает нам, может быть, наиболее полную форму змея, за исключением змея, дающего дождь, так как урожай в Египте зависит не от дождя, а от ежегодного сезонного разлива Нила.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--- В. Пропп. Исторические корни волшебной сказки.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=timelets&amp;ditemid=1543904&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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