Stephen
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Stephen
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Another old guy with a brain.
On the road to autocracy.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Raising Billions in Federal Funds. That’s Not a Good Thing.
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February 18, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Kennedy paving the way for the next pandemic,

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Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
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February 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Can your guess what the end game is here …. ?

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
Trump’s Call to ‘Nationalize’ Elections Adds to State Officials’ Alarm
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February 5, 2026 at 4:01 PM
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
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January 31, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Paywall-free news coverage of ICE raids, deportation campaign aids those who need it most chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...
Paywall-free news coverage of ICE raids, deportation campaign aids those who need it most
Paywalls create a two-tiered citizenry — one that can afford to be informed, and one that cannot, actor and political activist John Cusack writes.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Trump's deployment of National Guard members to Chicago cost taxpayers $21 million, congressional report says chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Trump's deployment of National Guard members to Chicago cost taxpayers $21 million, congressional report says
A Congressional Budget Office report released on Wednesday estimates the domestic deployments costs at nearly $496 million nationwide —including $21 million in Illinois.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“Cruelty is. the point.”

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Opinion | The Cruelty Is the Point for ICE
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January 25, 2026 at 5:56 PM
DHS lies again to cover up their ICE thugs. Even the Wall Street Journal analysis proves this was an execution.
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Tragic decline of a fabled organization. What self-serving leadership can do to crush integrity and loyalty to the constitution by Patel, et. al. Truly demoralizing.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/m...
Takeaways From The Times’s Inside Look at the F.B.I.
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January 23, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The Trump administration puts $0 value on an American life. of course, it’s good for business.

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Trump’s E.P.A. Has Put a Value on Human Life: Zero Dollars
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January 21, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Another stupid decision. Science to improve future food security is key to long-term growth, lower prices, and world peace.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/s...
For the World’s Food Supply, Federal Funding Cuts Have Long-Term Impacts
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January 16, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Tyler Technologies and Cook County drop the ball installing new computer systems. School districts and municipalities in the county suffer fun shortages.

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City still missing over a third of its property tax revenue from 2025 - Evanston RoundTable
The City of Evanston is entering 2026 without approximately $25 million in property taxes still owed from last year's bills, as delays persist in the Cook
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January 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Supreme Court Increasingly Favors the Rich, Economists Say
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January 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Our cyber security management apparently wants to disclose sensitive data to whom?

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Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
At least six career staff were placed on leave after DHS opened an investigation into whether they misled the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, into taking the test.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Crony capitalism infiltrates our economy.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Asia surprisingly is leading the way in reducing CO2 content in energy usage. US not so much.

Source: Reuters
December 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
One example of ‘lost science” caused by the Trump administration science cutbacks. This policy is reducing America’s technological standing in the world and eventually will hurt our long-term economic competitiveness.

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His Group Made World-Class Measurements of Atomic Elements
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December 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
How can MAGA continue to support a president who clearly supports criminals over working Americans. First Honduran drug criminal Hernandez and now this guy.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
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November 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New study debunks false assertions that fluoride causes lower mental acuity.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass...
Massive Study Finds No Link Between Fluoride in Tap Water and Lower Child IQ
Researchers tracked thousands of Americans for decades, finding no links between ingesting recommended levels of fluoride and lower cognitive skills
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November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Obamacare. We subsidize via the tax code healthcare premiums for individuals to the tune of $3.5 trillion over 10 yrs if they are paid by employers if they are paid by employers. Yet Republicans won’t fund $800 billion for people without employer paid insurance? Why? What is the difference?
October 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM