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Brandon Lisi

@brandonmlisi

Historian, Writer, & Archivist at the Ayn Rand Archives. I tell philosophically meaningful stories from history. All views are my own.

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Brandon Lisi
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Any and all views expressed on this platform (or any other platform) are my own. I'm not authorized to speak for my employer.
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Explore highlights from Ayn Rand’s five-decade public speaking career, curated by historian and archivist @brandonmlisi. Link in the first comment 👇
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"By retroactively seizing earned wealth, California is acting as a ruler rather than a servant, treating its greatest producers like a piggy bank to be raided." Read @BakulaRobertas's analysis of California's wealth tax👇 (📷: Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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The Atlas Prize challenges exceptional young minds to engage deeply with the ideas of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged and demonstrate the power of their reasoning before a global audience for the chance to win up to $100,000. Get the details at hubs.la/Q04cF0zW0.
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Ayn Rand, Immigrant: The Story of Her Journey to America In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, @BenBayer interviews @agustinavcid and @brandonmlisi about their new article: “’I Chose to Be an American:’ Ayn Rand’s Immigration Story.”
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@LevatterRoss @agustinavcid @AlexNowrasteh January 20, 1905, in the Julian calendar converts to February 2, 1905, in the Gregorian calendar (which was not officially implemented in Soviet Russia until February 1918).
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This week marks 100 years since Ayn Rand immigrated to America. To commemorate it, @brandonmlisi and I did something that's never been done before: We're telling Rand's story focusing on her immigration journey and life as a newcomer in America.
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Next week, on the 100th anniversary of Ayn Rand’s immigration to America, we at the @aynrandinst are publishing an essay that I coauthored with @brandonmlisi telling Ayn Rand’s immigration story. Her journey didn’t start when she boarded a ship from Europe to America, but earlier, as a young Russian girl watching American movies and admiring this country from afar. 🧵
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Ayn Rand once described leaving Soviet Russia for America as feeling like she was “walking on air.” This February 2, join us for a special birthday celebration exploring the moment she first stepped into freedom. ▶ Register for the event: hubs.la/Q040z2mk0
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Andy Borregales, the rookie kicker for the New England Patriots, is an immigrant from Venezuela 🇻🇪 His family had to leave Caracas because of the Chávez dictatorship. He’s now close to making it to the Super Bowl! 🇺🇸
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Renee Good Killing and Tribalism in America The killing of Renee Good in Minnesota at the hands of an ICE agent further revealed the tribal divide in America. What does this mean for the rule of law and the future of America? @agustinavcid and Onkar Ghate discuss.
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Today is the 100th anniversary of the day that Ayn Rand escaped Leningrad, en route to the U.S. Join us on Rand’s birthday, Feb. 2, to celebrate her journey. [aynrand.org/birthdayinberl…]
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Ostracizing antisemites like Nick Fuentes is necessary and just. The “cancel culture” concept only obscures what’s wrong with today’s political culture. Read @BenBayer's recent analysis! 📷: Paul Taylor / Stone / via Getty Images hubs.la/Q03-SGQX0
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I'm researching Ayn Rand's immigration story for a project, and it's so charming and wonderful to see how much she loved America from early on, and how she observed and enjoyed American culture. Months after arriving here in 1926 (alone, having escaped Soviet Russia), she wrote to a friend: "The only thing that remains for me is to rise, which I am doing with my characteristic straight-line decisiveness." You can sense through her words her enthusiasm to be in America, and her confidence that this was the country where she'd be able to fulfill her ambition (which she definitely did). At the Ayn Rand Archives we have much of Rand's correspondence throughout her life. You can read young Rand's letter to her friend here: aynrand.org/archives/lette…
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RFK Jr.’s Irrational Anti-Vaccine Policies: Interview with Dr. Amesh Adalja In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, @_samantha_joy interviews @AmeshAA about the alarming trend of vaccine conspiracism, now not just being spread by online conspiracy theorists, but also by the leaders of the nation’s top scientific institutions.
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I've said it before, I'll say it again. Donald Trump is the living embodiment of tribal lone wolf type of amoralist skewered by Ayn Rand in this essay. Far from caring of nothing but himself, he has no self to care for. courses.aynrand.org/works/selfishn…
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I interviewed @windyjosh92, an @IJ lawyer suing the federal government over draconian immigration enforcement against his American citizen client. Josh details constitutional violations in ICE raids, and we also unpack the government’s reality-denying communication style and more. Watch here: youtu.be/1KEOmlA-YRo?si…
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Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, Heritage, and Conservatism's Moral Decay The Tucker Carlson-Nick Fuentes-Heritage Foundation debacle is just the latest episode in conservatism’s decay drama. At the root of the movement’s decadence is conservatives’ lack of moral judgement, and their attachment to a religious-type tribalism. @Nikos_17, @elanjourno, @BenBayer, and Onkar Ghate discuss.
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