not sure this is enough for me. Its too late and too large a faux pas to recover from. In my opinion.

This. This. This.

I believe the united states government was effectively shut down in April 2025. This funding situation is a red herring.

This is what MAO did during the cultural revolution. Intellectuals and ‘professionals’ got sent to work in the communes. Hard to believe that MAGAts are asking for commmnist policies, but then the Kirk thing has surprised me in terms of the policies they want now. Since Kirks policies are no longer acceptable?

As an amateur history reader, particularly the late Roman Empire (Byzantium), i found this fascinating. Favourite phrase? the “protestantianisation of Islam!”