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Denis Mildon's avatar

AHHH BUT BRILLIANCE IS A THREAT IN A FASCIST REGIME.

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Bad Bunny's avatar

Now they've made so much headway with their persecution of their bogeymen BLM, CRT and DEI they're coming after HIQ (High IQ).

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Denis Mildon's avatar

The first thing Mao did in China was massacre the professors. The attack on Universities is not accident. It is common practice in totalitarian coups. Alas

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Brenda Bridgett's avatar

Everyone in the US needs to take heed from this and learn NONE of us are safe anymore. This country will hang its own citizens, I am beginning to believe.

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Bronwen's avatar

Dear Closer To The Edge:

I am sorry I cant comply with your requirement to fund you in order to read all your content.

I am a South African woman born in 1946. I am a widow. My SA Rands do not translate into much US value.

There are many people round the world like me, who really care about the crumbling United States. I have family living in your country. I fear for them. Thank you for allowing me to read some of your content. Thank you for speaking out and giving a voice to those at risk, and for continuing to be brave despite the growing risk.

Thank you for your bravery. Thank you for those sections of your publication you allow less well-off people to read. God bless you for the work you are doing. Stay safe.

Bronwen Eckstein in Johannesburg, South Africa

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Danny Delgado's avatar

It doesn’t have to be brilliance, simply being educated is enough to raise the red flag. 🤬

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Murray's avatar

No one is safe.

Everything is at stake.

There is no time to wait.

Push your Representatives to Initiate impeachment.

The vicious, ignorant cunt must go.

Parallels with Nazi Germany become undeniable.

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Virma's avatar

“the country that once welcomed her turned cold and suspicious — as if brilliance were a threat and dissent a crime.”

Yes, exactly. The country is being controlled by amateurs, and the emphasis on controlling thought is getting harsher by the day.

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Fay Roberts's avatar

​Thank you for this.

Please note, however, that Ranjani Svrinivasan is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/the-untold-story-of-ranjani-srinivasan-the-non-binary-scholar-who-chose-self-deportation-from-us/articleshow/119112587.cms

Kind regards,

Fay

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Clara Francillon's avatar

Yes, brilliance is a threat and dissent a crime in the Trump regime.

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Murray's avatar

Impeach! Impeach!

Impeach the filthy cunt!!

Surely there are multiple grounds to initiate proceedings.

Surely there are enough brave Republicans who retain some sense of decency.

There is no time to wait!

No one is safe!

Everything is at stake.

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Nanette Hart's avatar

This regime is so out of hand now! He & his cabinet and all must be impeached immediately!

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