Obamas Issue Statement About Murder of Alex Pretti

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1. Stuart Crocker says:

   January 26, 2026 at 10:45 am

   intentionally creating chaos to justify increased repression

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2. j cynthia mcdermott says:

   January 26, 2026 at 11:13 am

   Short Cuts: Democracy Under Siege

   January 26, 2026Grief, Satire, and Moral Resistance: Two Voices, One Warning

   Yesterday felt impossible for many of us — a day of grief, anger, helplessness, and moral shock. In moments like these, clarity often comes not from headlines, but from voices willing to speak uncomfortable truths. Historian Timothy Snyder and philosopher Cornel West do exactly that, from different directions, but toward the same urgent warning.Part I — Timothy Snyder: A Dark Satire of Constitutional Collapse

   Through a chilling parody of the Bill of Rights, Timothy Snyder exposes what democracy looks like once it has been hollowed out by authoritarianism. His satirical rewriting replaces freedom with loyalty, law with obedience, and justice with fear. What makes the piece so unsettling is not its exaggeration, but its plausibility.Snyder reminds us that constitutions do not fail all at once. They erode clause by clause, norm by norm, as cruelty becomes policy and corruption becomes routine. Satire becomes a warning flare — signaling that political reality has begun to resemble parody.Part II — Cornel West: The Moral and Spiritual Cost

   In a brief but searing Facebook talk, Cornel West names the lived experience of this erosion. Using the historically charged term “niggerization,” West describes the process by which dignity, voice, safety, and humanity are stripped away — a process that once targeted Black Americans but is now being generalized across society.He frames this moment as a spiritual crisis, a moral catastrophe, and a descent into authoritarian cruelty. His call is not only political but deeply human: to resist with love, truth-telling, solidarity, and moral courage.Why These Two Voices Matter Together

   Snyder shows us the legal and constitutional wreckage. West reveals the human and spiritual devastation. Together, they offer a stark diagnosis: democracy is not only under attack — it is being slowly reprogrammed.And yet, both insist that resistance remains possible. In naming what is happening, they return agency to the people. Grief becomes clarity. Satire becomes warning. Moral outrage becomes resolve.In times like these, truth-telling is itself an act of courage.

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3. Roy Turrentine says:

   January 26, 2026 at 12:19 pm

   We need 10-20 republicans with a spine. Democrats are powerless to fight this peacefully. I think we need to retro-fit Trump’s party with spines from cadaver hogs, there being an obvious shortage of human spinal material.

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