A1 Skeptic
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These are the ramblings of a disturbed citizen and skeptic. I should stop reading the newspaper. Or watching TV. I should turn off NPR and disconnect from the Internet. We’d all be better off.
This family really is kind of cursed. And Caroline has now lost her father to assassination, her uncle to assassination, her mother to cancer, her brother to a plane accident, her daughter to cancer, and several nephews to drug overdoses. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/30/n...
Tatiana Schlossberg, journalist and granddaughter of John F. Kennedy, dies at 35 - The Boston Globe
Schlossberg revealed in November that she had received a terminal cancer diagnosis.
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December 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This family really is kind of cursed. And Caroline has now lost her father to assassination, her uncle to assassination, her mother to cancer, her brother to a plane accident, her daughter to cancer, and several nephews to drug overdoses. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/30/n...
Trump admits that his proposed ballroom — which apparently is four times the size of the White House — is a “monument.” Allegedly Trump told Jesse Waters “I’m building a monument to myself because no one else will.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-2...
December 22, 2025
This afternoon, President Donald J.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Trump admits that his proposed ballroom — which apparently is four times the size of the White House — is a “monument.” Allegedly Trump told Jesse Waters “I’m building a monument to myself because no one else will.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-2...
It has been pointed out to me if that anyone had said about the sanctified Charlie Kirk like what Trump said about the Reiners, the pitchforks would have come out in MAGA world, and there would have been calls to have that person fired (if not disemboweled).
December 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It has been pointed out to me if that anyone had said about the sanctified Charlie Kirk like what Trump said about the Reiners, the pitchforks would have come out in MAGA world, and there would have been calls to have that person fired (if not disemboweled).
Did this crypto-pedophile of a President really claim that Rob Reiner died of “Trump derangement syndrome” (instead of being murdered by his son, as was apparently the case)? Of course he did.
December 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Did this crypto-pedophile of a President really claim that Rob Reiner died of “Trump derangement syndrome” (instead of being murdered by his son, as was apparently the case)? Of course he did.
Not only are these not peace deals, but I don’t see any evidence Trump had anything to do with any of these “deals.” Completely different from the actual peace deal that Jimmy Carter negotiated in person. www.npr.org/2025/12/12/n...
Trump touts his peace deals - but many are already unraveling
President Trump has been racing to rack up peace deals — but keeping them intact is proving far more difficult.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Not only are these not peace deals, but I don’t see any evidence Trump had anything to do with any of these “deals.” Completely different from the actual peace deal that Jimmy Carter negotiated in person. www.npr.org/2025/12/12/n...
“If you have two guys on a stage and one guy says, ‘I have a solution to the Middle East problem,’ and the other guy falls in the orchestra pit, who do you think is going to be on the evening news?” That’s Roger Ailes’ “orchestra pit” theory of news. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-8...
December 8, 2025
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“If you have two guys on a stage and one guy says, ‘I have a solution to the Middle East problem,’ and the other guy falls in the orchestra pit, who do you think is going to be on the evening news?” That’s Roger Ailes’ “orchestra pit” theory of news. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-8...
In what must be one of the most pointless acts ever performed, John Lennon was killed 45 years ago today. America learned about it from Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/08/a...
John Lennon was killed 45 years ago today. America learned about it from Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football. - The Boston Globe
It was an indelible TV moment, much like Walter Cronkite’s trembly announcement in 1963 that President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated in Dallas.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In what must be one of the most pointless acts ever performed, John Lennon was killed 45 years ago today. America learned about it from Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/08/a...
Republicans win one, if only narrowly. It's not particularly good news for either side. rollcall.com/2025/12/02/t...
Republican Matt Van Epps wins Tennessee special election
Republican Matt Van Epps has won the special election for Tennessee’s 7th District, keeping the deep-red seat in party hands.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Republicans win one, if only narrowly. It's not particularly good news for either side. rollcall.com/2025/12/02/t...
Is this a good thing? I don't know. It seems like a good thing. But anything with Trump's name associated with it is suspect to me. That's where I've arrived. I'll wait to hear what other people, those who are smarter than me, what they think. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/n...
Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to encourage families to claim ‘Trump Accounts’ - The Boston Globe
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged a historic $6.25 billion on Tuesday to provide an incentive to families to adopt new investment accounts for children.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Is this a good thing? I don't know. It seems like a good thing. But anything with Trump's name associated with it is suspect to me. That's where I've arrived. I'll wait to hear what other people, those who are smarter than me, what they think. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/n...
So, this is an interesting idea. Trying identify congressional districts where independent candidates could be successful. Elect enough of them, and you have some sway over both parties in Congress. www.npr.org/2025/12/01/g...
An independent effort says AI is the secret to topple 2-party power in Congress
Using artificial intelligence to identify congressional districts where independent candidates could win, an organization called the Independent Center is aiming to disrupt the two-party system.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
So, this is an interesting idea. Trying identify congressional districts where independent candidates could be successful. Elect enough of them, and you have some sway over both parties in Congress. www.npr.org/2025/12/01/g...
In the wake of the two Senators and four Congressmen reminding the military to refuse unlawful orders there was a lot of GOP pushback that Trump hasn't given any unlawful orders. Sure he has. He's ordered the military to blow up boats around the waters in Venezuela without any evidence against them.
November 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
In the wake of the two Senators and four Congressmen reminding the military to refuse unlawful orders there was a lot of GOP pushback that Trump hasn't given any unlawful orders. Sure he has. He's ordered the military to blow up boats around the waters in Venezuela without any evidence against them.
Has anybody thought about sending a subpoena to Mark Epstein to ask him what he meant when he wrote to his brother, "does Putin have the photo of Trump blowing Bubba?"
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Has anybody thought about sending a subpoena to Mark Epstein to ask him what he meant when he wrote to his brother, "does Putin have the photo of Trump blowing Bubba?"
There won't be any peace in Ukraine at least until Trump is out of office. It would take a concerted joint proposal from a new President and the EU to get anything realistic done. In the meantime, Putin keeps losing more and more young men to a pyrrhic cause. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...
The Question Hanging Over Peace Talks: What Will Putin Accept?
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November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
There won't be any peace in Ukraine at least until Trump is out of office. It would take a concerted joint proposal from a new President and the EU to get anything realistic done. In the meantime, Putin keeps losing more and more young men to a pyrrhic cause. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...
I did not have this on my bingo cards for 2025. thehill.com/regulation/c...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I did not have this on my bingo cards for 2025. thehill.com/regulation/c...
The Kennedy family has to be both the luckiest and unluckiest family in the world. Now Caroline Kennedy's 35 year old daughter has a terminal cancer diagnosis. Are you kidding me? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/22/m...
Tatiana Schlossberg, Caroline Kennedy’s daughter, reveals terminal cancer diagnosis - The Boston Globe
Schlossberg, 35, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, with a rare mutation found in less than 2 percent of cases.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The Kennedy family has to be both the luckiest and unluckiest family in the world. Now Caroline Kennedy's 35 year old daughter has a terminal cancer diagnosis. Are you kidding me? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/22/m...
It really is time to impeach RFK Jr. and charge him with perjury. At his Senate confirmation hearings he testified specifically to Sen. Bill Cassidy (who is also a doctor) that he would not revive claims linking vaccines to childhood autism. Now that is what he has done. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
The CDC revives debunked 'link' between childhood vaccines and autism
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage that previously stated "Vaccines do not cause autism" has been changed to cast doubt on the scientific research that supports the finding.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It really is time to impeach RFK Jr. and charge him with perjury. At his Senate confirmation hearings he testified specifically to Sen. Bill Cassidy (who is also a doctor) that he would not revive claims linking vaccines to childhood autism. Now that is what he has done. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
It's all in the headlines right here: "Trump Deflects Attention From His Ties to Epstein by Ordering Inquiry Into Prominent Democrats." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Live Updates: Trump Deflects Attention From His Ties to Epstein by Ordering Inquiry Into Prominent Democrats
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November 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
It's all in the headlines right here: "Trump Deflects Attention From His Ties to Epstein by Ordering Inquiry Into Prominent Democrats." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
For those of you who are policy wonks — and I do mean policy wonks — the following is an article from Amy Howe of SCOTUSBLOG on the tariff cases that the Supreme Court will hear next week. www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/trum...
Trump’s tariffs to face Supreme Court scrutiny
Updated on Oct. 31 at 8:42 a.m. On Nov. 5, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a pair of challenges to President Donald Trump’s power to impose sweeping […]
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October 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For those of you who are policy wonks — and I do mean policy wonks — the following is an article from Amy Howe of SCOTUSBLOG on the tariff cases that the Supreme Court will hear next week. www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/trum...
Well, here it is: “Speaker Johnson dismisses Trump 2028 talk, but applauds the ‘trolling’.” He “did not see a path to amending the Constitution to allow the president to seek a third term, but that it was fun to pretend he could, to inflame Democrats.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Johnson Dismisses Trump 2028 Talk — But Applauds the ‘Trolling’
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October 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Well, here it is: “Speaker Johnson dismisses Trump 2028 talk, but applauds the ‘trolling’.” He “did not see a path to amending the Constitution to allow the president to seek a third term, but that it was fun to pretend he could, to inflame Democrats.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Here we go again. Last week at Boston College, in a speech entited “How to Implement the MAGA Agenda,” right-wing zealot Nick Solheim told listeners they needed to be “willing to be killed” for their conservative beliefs. Trust me, they aren't. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/27/m...
What to know about right-wing commentator’s controversial speech to Boston College Republicans - The Boston Globe
A speech last week by right-wing commentator Nick Solheim has sparked a BC investigation and condemnation by the GOP group that hosted him.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Here we go again. Last week at Boston College, in a speech entited “How to Implement the MAGA Agenda,” right-wing zealot Nick Solheim told listeners they needed to be “willing to be killed” for their conservative beliefs. Trust me, they aren't. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/27/m...
Here we go again. Last week at Boston College, in a speech entited “How to Implement the MAGA Agenda,” right-wing zealot Nick Solheim told listeners they needed to be “willing to be killed” for their conservative beliefs.Give me an effing break! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/27/m...
What to know about right-wing commentator’s controversial speech to Boston College Republicans - The Boston Globe
A speech last week by right-wing commentator Nick Solheim has sparked a BC investigation and condemnation by the GOP group that hosted him.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Here we go again. Last week at Boston College, in a speech entited “How to Implement the MAGA Agenda,” right-wing zealot Nick Solheim told listeners they needed to be “willing to be killed” for their conservative beliefs.Give me an effing break! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/27/m...
So, this is complete nonsense. It's what they want to scare you with: oh we'll get Trump a 3rd term. Sorry right-wingers, not going to happen anymore than getting Obama a 3rd term. By 2028 Trump will have full-blown dementia, and the economy will be in shambles. thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
So, this is complete nonsense. It's what they want to scare you with: oh we'll get Trump a 3rd term. Sorry right-wingers, not going to happen anymore than getting Obama a 3rd term. By 2028 Trump will have full-blown dementia, and the economy will be in shambles. thehill.com/homenews/sta...
Oh yeah, Trump isn't taking his salary, but he wants $230 million for having been properly investigated.
October 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Oh yeah, Trump isn't taking his salary, but he wants $230 million for having been properly investigated.
Well, this was just about Trump's best day ever. The hostages were exchanged and he got a standing ovation in the Knesset. It's not going to get much better than this.
October 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Well, this was just about Trump's best day ever. The hostages were exchanged and he got a standing ovation in the Knesset. It's not going to get much better than this.
One really can't get a more glaring difference then how Jane Goodall is being remembered in death and how Trump is being remembered while he's alive.
October 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
One really can't get a more glaring difference then how Jane Goodall is being remembered in death and how Trump is being remembered while he's alive.