Victor Shammas

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Associate Professor of Sociology in Norway—with a global perspective. Research: victorshammas.com. Newsletter on politics, culture, and social theory: theorybrief.com.

“When President Harry Truman left office in 1953, he did not even own a car. He and his wife returned to Missouri by train and lived for a time on his Army pension. He refused to take any job that he regarded as commercializing his public service, explaining, "I knew that they were not interested in hiring Harry Truman, the person, but what they wanted to hire was the former president of the United States." Mr. Trump has said that when he leaves office, he plans to take with him a $400 million Boeing 747 that was a gift from Qatar, and to display it at his presidential library.”
Kristi Noem at a January 8th press conference behind a podium carrying the slogan "ONE OF OURS, ALL OF YOURS". Source URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQN0h23kM-M
A TV remote control with blue buttons that read "Mute", "Pause", "Stop", "Stifle", "Silence", "Shun", "Sack", "Banish", "Oust", "Muzzle", "Axe", "Dismiss", "Torment", and a red button reading "Deport".
“Sixty percent of Republicans, 36% of independents and 17% of Democrats rate big business positively, with the latter two figures being new lows for those groups. Compared with four years ago, Democrats’ rating has fallen the most (down 17 points), while independents’ rating is 10 points lower and Republicans’ is essentially the same. However, Republicans’ positive rating has dropped from 78% in 2019, mirroring the trend in their confidence in big business.” https://news.gallup.com/poll/694835/image-capitalism-slips.aspx
"Therefore, the International Association of Genocide Scholars: Declares that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948); Declares that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity as defined in international humanitarian law and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; Calls upon the government of Israel to immediately cease all acts that constitute genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity against Palestinians in Gaza, including deliberate attacks against and killing of civilians including children; starvation; deprivation of humanitarian aid, water, fuel, and other items essential to the survival of the population; sexual and reproductive violence; and forced displacement of the population;"