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Sabotaging Ourselves
Politics

Sabotaging Ourselves

Fifteen years of service. Gone in six hours. That’s the start of this post by my friend, David Biggs, a former Foreign Service Officer and team lead in science diplomacy…
by rogersiggs July 28, 2025July 28, 2025
On Trump, Iran, and the Wreckage of Performative Foreign Policy
Politics

On Trump, Iran, and the Wreckage of Performative Foreign Policy

“If Trump didn’t destroy Fordow, and he didn’t eliminate their enriched uranium, and he scuttled a diplomatic agreement, and he pushed Russia and Iran closer to each other, and he…
by rogersiggs June 24, 2025June 24, 2025
“No Kings”: When Democracy Is Handcuffed, Resistance Must Rise
Politics

“No Kings”: When Democracy Is Handcuffed, Resistance Must Rise

In less than a full week, two elected officials have been assaulted and detained by federal agents. This isn’t bureaucracy misfiring—it’s the script of authoritarianism, unfolding in real time. No…
by rogersiggs June 17, 2025June 23, 2025
It’s Already Happened Here
Personal Politics

It’s Already Happened Here

Like I’ve said before, I’m a systems thinker, and patterns across history, fiction, and political thought really resonate with me. Lately I’ve been working my way back through various books…
by rogersiggs June 13, 2025June 13, 2025
Echoes of Dissent
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Echoes of Dissent

By now, it should be clear: Year Zero and Operation: Mindcrime didn’t invent dystopias—they echoed the ones rooted in our real past. Those echoes are echoing again in Los Angeles…
by rogersiggs June 10, 2025June 10, 2025

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