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Analysis of the issue of the Epstein files continues, with this piece by Rachel Louise Snyder being the most persuasive yet.
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Opinion | The Real Epstein Cover-Up
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November 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Analysis of the issue of the Epstein files continues, with this piece by Rachel Louise Snyder being the most persuasive yet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
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Hope for the threatened Monarch Butterfly, through technological innovation.
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Revolutionary tracking study follows monarch butterflies to Mexico…
Over 400 ultra-light transmitters deployed by over 20 partner organizations deliver unprecedented, individual-level view of monarch migration using…
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November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Hope for the threatened Monarch Butterfly, through technological innovation.
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A notable statement from the "other Catholic Church:"
"We oppose the indiscriminate mass deportation of people. We pray for an end to dehumanizing rhetoric and violence, whether directed at immigrants or at law enforcement."
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"We oppose the indiscriminate mass deportation of people. We pray for an end to dehumanizing rhetoric and violence, whether directed at immigrants or at law enforcement."
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U.S. Bishops Issue a “Special Message” on Immigration from Plenary Assembly in Baltimore
The bishops issued a Special Message addressing their concern for the evolving situation impacting immigrants in the United States. It marked the first time ...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A notable statement from the "other Catholic Church:"
"We oppose the indiscriminate mass deportation of people. We pray for an end to dehumanizing rhetoric and violence, whether directed at immigrants or at law enforcement."
www.usccb.org/news/2025/us...
"We oppose the indiscriminate mass deportation of people. We pray for an end to dehumanizing rhetoric and violence, whether directed at immigrants or at law enforcement."
www.usccb.org/news/2025/us...
The jury: "the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from 'point-blank range' was not an attempt to cause bodily injury."
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Subway sandwich thrower found not guilty in D.C. jury rebuke
The acquittal on a misdemeanor charge comes after the case came to represent broader resistance in the nation's capital to the Trump administration's law enforcement surge.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The jury: "the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from 'point-blank range' was not an attempt to cause bodily injury."
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The Trump administration's EPA is planning to allow the use of a 1960s era herbicide whose effects have been litigated.
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More Than Weeds: Herbicide Dicamba’s Return Could Impact Wildlife, Too | Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Dicamba is a controversial herbicide that has caused issues for both ecosystems and people. However, the EPA announced in July its intention to authorize its sale to farmers—again.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Trump administration's EPA is planning to allow the use of a 1960s era herbicide whose effects have been litigated.
vtecostudies.org/blog/more-th...
vtecostudies.org/blog/more-th...
MIT President Kornbluth openly rejects the Trump administration offer to sign a compact on campus behavioral regulation.
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Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
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October 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
MIT President Kornbluth openly rejects the Trump administration offer to sign a compact on campus behavioral regulation.
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“I’m absolutely disgusted that health insurance premiums will DOUBLE if the tax credits expire this year,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
“Rep. Greene is absolutely right,” said Rep. Schumer.
Greene’s criticism was dismissed by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who said she was ill-informed.
“Rep. Greene is absolutely right,” said Rep. Schumer.
Greene’s criticism was dismissed by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who said she was ill-informed.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“I’m absolutely disgusted that health insurance premiums will DOUBLE if the tax credits expire this year,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
“Rep. Greene is absolutely right,” said Rep. Schumer.
Greene’s criticism was dismissed by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who said she was ill-informed.
“Rep. Greene is absolutely right,” said Rep. Schumer.
Greene’s criticism was dismissed by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who said she was ill-informed.
"... we have a border ... and we have a shape, and that shape doesn't just go straight up. That shape is amorphous ... the air up here tends to get very dirty because it comes in from other countries where their air isn't so clean and the environmentalists refuse to acknowledge that." bit.ly/46ki0h0
Donald Trump United Nations General Assembly | Rev
Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly. Read the transcript here.
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September 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"... we have a border ... and we have a shape, and that shape doesn't just go straight up. That shape is amorphous ... the air up here tends to get very dirty because it comes in from other countries where their air isn't so clean and the environmentalists refuse to acknowledge that." bit.ly/46ki0h0
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An online petition to reinstate the Jimmy Kimmel comedy show.
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Reinstate Jimmy Kimmel and stop caving to authoritarian censorship!
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they ...
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September 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
An online petition to reinstate the Jimmy Kimmel comedy show.
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Sig Hecker, retired Los Alamos lab director, is the most informed voice on global nuclear proliferation. He asserts that we are in the most dangerous nuclear moment in decades.
Reflections on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years on
Siegfried Hecker, former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, expresses concern that, 80 years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that the world is on the wrong path—instead of c...
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September 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Sig Hecker, retired Los Alamos lab director, is the most informed voice on global nuclear proliferation. He asserts that we are in the most dangerous nuclear moment in decades.
Senator Sanders calls for the resignation of RFK Jr.
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Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign
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August 31, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Senator Sanders calls for the resignation of RFK Jr.
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Climate researchers are responding to the "DOE Climate Report." This is a bit-by-bit analysis. More will probably follow.
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Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims
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August 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Climate researchers are responding to the "DOE Climate Report." This is a bit-by-bit analysis. More will probably follow.
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President Trump planned to bestow "his Excellency Vladimir Putin" with a gift of an American Bald Eagle Desk Statue. But the meeting ended early.
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Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
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August 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
President Trump planned to bestow "his Excellency Vladimir Putin" with a gift of an American Bald Eagle Desk Statue. But the meeting ended early.
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David Sanger, NYTimes: "Mr. Putin has accomplished a major war goal: He has gotten out of the box of sanctioned autocrat, and was greeted by the president of the United States as a peacemaker. He has bought time. He has defused all that talk of sanctions on his oil sector. And he gave up nothing."
No Deal, but No Consequence for Putin
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August 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
David Sanger, NYTimes: "Mr. Putin has accomplished a major war goal: He has gotten out of the box of sanctioned autocrat, and was greeted by the president of the United States as a peacemaker. He has bought time. He has defused all that talk of sanctions on his oil sector. And he gave up nothing."
Some good ideas on how to fix the problem of gerrymandering congressional district lines. What remains is developing an acceptable algorithm for generating the district boundaries -- a challenge for the applied mathematicians out there.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
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Opinion | Geometry Solves Gerrymandering
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August 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Some good ideas on how to fix the problem of gerrymandering congressional district lines. What remains is developing an acceptable algorithm for generating the district boundaries -- a challenge for the applied mathematicians out there.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
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Conservative Michael Strain of the AEI: "It is a threat to the long-term prosperity of the economy to have the president ... bullying the Fed chairman. I think Mr. Powell has displayed an enormous amount of integrity and has dealt with this bullying and harassment very well."
Tariff-driven inflation accelerating with 'worst yet to come,' AEI's Michael Strain says
New inflation figures showed signs that President Trump’s tariffs are starting to have an impact on consumer prices. Overall inflation held steady, but core inflation, which is closely watched by the ...
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August 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Conservative Michael Strain of the AEI: "It is a threat to the long-term prosperity of the economy to have the president ... bullying the Fed chairman. I think Mr. Powell has displayed an enormous amount of integrity and has dealt with this bullying and harassment very well."
Senator Bill Cassidy may want to comment.
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Federal mRNA funding cut is 'most dangerous public health decision' ever, expert says
Many public health experts and scientists say they are stunned by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s decision to cancel nearly half a billion dollars in federal funding for future vaccine develop...
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August 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Senator Bill Cassidy may want to comment.
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Political appointees at the Department of Energy have released a report on the impact of greenhouse gases. A handful of scientists have responded here on how their published work was interpreted.
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Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work
A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.
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August 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Political appointees at the Department of Energy have released a report on the impact of greenhouse gases. A handful of scientists have responded here on how their published work was interpreted.
www.wired.com/story/scient...
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Sen. Bernie Sanders on the sale of Paramount to Skydance: "The Redstone family ... could only receive this [$2.4 billion] if the Trump administration approved this deal... In other words, the Redstone family diminished the freedom of the press in exchange for a $2.4 billion payday."
F.C.C. Approves Skydance’s $8 Billion Merger With Paramount
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July 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Sen. Bernie Sanders on the sale of Paramount to Skydance: "The Redstone family ... could only receive this [$2.4 billion] if the Trump administration approved this deal... In other words, the Redstone family diminished the freedom of the press in exchange for a $2.4 billion payday."
Budget cuts from the Trump administration will force the closure of labs that have data collection campaigns that are decades in duration.
After 7 Decades of Measurements From a Peak in Hawaii, Trump’s Budget Would End Them
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July 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Budget cuts from the Trump administration will force the closure of labs that have data collection campaigns that are decades in duration.
"For science funding overall — which includes money for basic, applied and developmental work, as well as for facilities for research and development — .... the federal budget would fall from $198 billion to $154 billion, a drop of 22 percent."
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Trump Administration Live Updates: State Department Tells Workers Layoffs Will Begin Soon
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July 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
"For science funding overall — which includes money for basic, applied and developmental work, as well as for facilities for research and development — .... the federal budget would fall from $198 billion to $154 billion, a drop of 22 percent."
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A great analysis of Amendment 14 from Heather Cox Richardson.
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June 27, 2025
After the Supreme Court today decided the case of Trump v.
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July 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A great analysis of Amendment 14 from Heather Cox Richardson.
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