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1 week ago | 
pressenterprise.com | Rafael Perez
It is abundantly clear that President Donald Trump likes to put people of questionable intelligence and expertise in charge (as demonstrated recently by the Signal chat leak), in part because of the loyalty they appear to demonstrate. A leader like Trump can take a worse step still and choose to actually listen to such people – unfortunately their advice is either a product of some fantasy world or tailored to please the ears of the president.
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1 week ago | 
redlandsdailyfacts.com | Rafael Perez
Americans are waking up to the reality of the U.S. immigration system
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3 weeks ago | 
pasadenastarnews.com | Rafael Perez
Following President Trump's executive orders and threats aimed at ending diversity, equity, and inclusion policies at universities across the country, many institutions have apparently fallen in line. Among them are some of the most prestigious and famously liberal including Columbia, Rutgers, the University of Michigan, and the University of California system. Much has been said about how these universities and institutions are "bending the knee" to the subjugating power of Trump.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailynews.com | Rafael Perez
About 200 Chapman University students take part in a walkout and protest on Monday, March 17, 2025, against Trump’s policies, including immigration, DEI, and Palestine. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) UPDATED: April 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM PDTFollowing President Trump’s executive orders and threats aimed at ending diversity, equity, and inclusion policies at universities across the country, many institutions have apparently fallen in line.
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3 weeks ago | 
whittierdailynews.com | Rafael Perez
DEI at universities will continue despite feigned compliance with Trump policies
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3 weeks ago | 
sandiegouniontribune.com | Rafael Perez
President Trump and his friends have been busy wreaking havoc on our political system by shutting down independent government agencies, using the Justice Department to advance their political agenda, firing inspector generals, and flat-out ignoring court orders. His team has taken to hallucinating favorable legal interpretations, going as far as saying that there is no judicial check on the executive branch.
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1 month ago | 
ocregister.com | Rafael Perez
On Monday, several Trump Cabinet members including Pete Hegseth, the person in charge of our entire military, mistakenly sent war plans about the bombardment of Houthi rebels in Yemen to Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic and a private citizen. The Secretary of Defense is dishing about secret military operations on Signal, an unsecured messaging app, without even a quick look through the group chat member list to ensure that it only included the intended recipients.
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1 month ago | 
sgvtribune.com | Rafael Perez |Rafael Perez
Gavin Newsom’s strategy was to say as little as possible. Steve Bannon’s strategy was to flood the zone with excrement as he is disposed to do. Is there an odder couple than Newsom and Bannon linking up for a podcast? Two people who, individually, no one ever, under any circumstances wants to hear speak.
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1 month ago | 
dailynews.com | Rafael Perez
Pigs roam in a shed of the Piggly farm in Pegognaga, near Mantova, northern Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) PUBLISHED: March 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM PDTA long time ago on an island far, far away, a man by the name of Jeremy Bentham, with his beloved cat by his side (presumably), which he lovingly named, “The Reverend Sir John Langbourne,” wrote about the implications of his utilitarian views.
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1 month ago | 
dailynews.com | Rafael Perez
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, as Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., listen. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) PUBLISHED: March 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM PSTThere is a type of argument, known as evolutionary debunking arguments, that have been deployed as skeptical attacks on domains such as morality, religion, and our mind’s sensitivity to the truth.
