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As time goes on, the ultimate goal of Trump/Project 2025 becomes apparent: information control. Trump is decimating economic and labor statistics, rewriting history, and attempting to rewrite science with "Restoring Gold Standard Science", his May 23 E.O. Be aware.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Ruling by Willful Blindness
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August 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
As time goes on, the ultimate goal of Trump/Project 2025 becomes apparent: information control. Trump is decimating economic and labor statistics, rewriting history, and attempting to rewrite science with "Restoring Gold Standard Science", his May 23 E.O. Be aware.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...
What do you want to bet that this militarization of the police will be in full force in every blue state in America before the 2026 mid-terms?
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...
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Opinion | It Was Never Just About Crime
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What do you want to bet that this militarization of the police will be in full force in every blue state in America before the 2026 mid-terms?
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...
Did Ukraine make a mistake when it returned its nuclear arms to Russia in 1994 as part of the Budapest Memorandum? Here's the story. You decide.
www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/s...
www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/s...
Ukraine Gave Up a Giant Nuclear Arsenal 30 Years Ago. Today There Are Regrets. (Published 2022)
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August 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Did Ukraine make a mistake when it returned its nuclear arms to Russia in 1994 as part of the Budapest Memorandum? Here's the story. You decide.
www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/s...
www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/s...
The Grifter in Chief. Bought off by a company that makes paper-thin bandages from dried placenta and charges the government and hospitals exorbitant prices. Where do the placentas come from? Do the donors know?
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
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Trump Delayed a Medicare Change After Health Company Donations
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August 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The Grifter in Chief. Bought off by a company that makes paper-thin bandages from dried placenta and charges the government and hospitals exorbitant prices. Where do the placentas come from? Do the donors know?
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
@bsky.app Tom Friedman's opinion piece in the NYT yesterday should be required reading for anyone who believes the US is not at a profoundly dangerous tipping point.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...
Opinion | The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away
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August 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
@bsky.app Tom Friedman's opinion piece in the NYT yesterday should be required reading for anyone who believes the US is not at a profoundly dangerous tipping point.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...
Israel's assault on Palestinians in Gaza is increasingly recognized for what it is: genocide. Israel's treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank buttresses that truth and demands attention on the world stage to prevent further escalation there.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...
In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide
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July 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Israel's assault on Palestinians in Gaza is increasingly recognized for what it is: genocide. Israel's treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank buttresses that truth and demands attention on the world stage to prevent further escalation there.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...
@bsky.app The EPA is undergoing a "reduction in force", eliminating its scientific research arm. Bye bye CDC, FDA, NIH, DHHS, and now, EPA. I nominate Margaret Atwood for a Nobel Prize not only Handmaid's Tale, but also for Oryx and Crake, both incredibly prescient.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...
E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm
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July 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
@bsky.app The EPA is undergoing a "reduction in force", eliminating its scientific research arm. Bye bye CDC, FDA, NIH, DHHS, and now, EPA. I nominate Margaret Atwood for a Nobel Prize not only Handmaid's Tale, but also for Oryx and Crake, both incredibly prescient.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...
@bsky.app David French has written the closest thing to a cogent explanation of the outsized effect of Jeffrey Epstein on MAGA that I have seen. It leaves out only the putative connection of Epstein with Israel's Mossad described by Michele Goldberg in today's NYT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/o...
Opinion | MAGA Is Tearing Itself Apart Over Jeffrey Epstein
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July 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@bsky.app David French has written the closest thing to a cogent explanation of the outsized effect of Jeffrey Epstein on MAGA that I have seen. It leaves out only the putative connection of Epstein with Israel's Mossad described by Michele Goldberg in today's NYT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/o...
@bsky.app If the issues weren't so deadly serious, this would be comical reading.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | ‘Egregious.’ ‘Brazen.’ ‘Lawless.’ How 48 Judges Describe Trump’s Actions, in Their Own Words (Gift Article)
Dozens of judges, appointed by presidents of both parties, have stood up to the administration’s lawlessness.
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July 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
@bsky.app If the issues weren't so deadly serious, this would be comical reading.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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@bsky.app Is Trump about to be hoisted on his own petard? Hope so. Moving manufacturing back to the U.S. is gonna be tough. Too high prices for raw materials. Too few workers. Too little health care. Too many ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/b...
Why Factories Are Having Trouble Filling Nearly 400,000 Open Jobs
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July 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
@bsky.app Is Trump about to be hoisted on his own petard? Hope so. Moving manufacturing back to the U.S. is gonna be tough. Too high prices for raw materials. Too few workers. Too little health care. Too many ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/b...
Trump has just been played big time by Netanyahu. This is what the United States gets when it elects a tone deaf pathologic narcissist as President. In effect, he has declared war on Iran. At least W. went to Congress to declare war on Iraq - or not.
June 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Trump has just been played big time by Netanyahu. This is what the United States gets when it elects a tone deaf pathologic narcissist as President. In effect, he has declared war on Iran. At least W. went to Congress to declare war on Iraq - or not.
Vance Boelter killed not only Melissa Hortman and her husband, he killed their dog. What is it about people who shoot dogs, their own and the dogs of their human victims?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/o...
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Opinion | Right-Wing Violence Is Not a Fringe Issue
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June 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Vance Boelter killed not only Melissa Hortman and her husband, he killed their dog. What is it about people who shoot dogs, their own and the dogs of their human victims?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/o...
Israel attacked Iran preemptively to forestall U.S. - Iran negotiations to recreate JCPOA. And to keep Netanyahu in power. Not because Iran had reached the finish line for producing its own nuclear weapon. Unnecessary death and destruction will follow.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/w...
Great-Grandson of Islamic Republic’s Founder Was in Streets as Israel Fired on Tehran
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June 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Israel attacked Iran preemptively to forestall U.S. - Iran negotiations to recreate JCPOA. And to keep Netanyahu in power. Not because Iran had reached the finish line for producing its own nuclear weapon. Unnecessary death and destruction will follow.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/w...
Yes. Trump's federalizing of the California National Guard to quash peaceful protests against the government's rounding up of law-abiding immigrants is as bad as it seems. Worse. As today's NYT editorial makes clear.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...
Opinion | Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency
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June 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Yes. Trump's federalizing of the California National Guard to quash peaceful protests against the government's rounding up of law-abiding immigrants is as bad as it seems. Worse. As today's NYT editorial makes clear.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...
After 2 months of bob and weave, the DOJ brought Kilmar Albrego Garcia back to the U.S. where he was indicted - but not charged - for egregious "crimes." Yesterday Pam Bondi threw "murder" into the heady brew. None of us is immune such deceitful corrupt actions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
Return of Wrongly Deported Man Raises Questions About Trump’s Views of Justice
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June 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
After 2 months of bob and weave, the DOJ brought Kilmar Albrego Garcia back to the U.S. where he was indicted - but not charged - for egregious "crimes." Yesterday Pam Bondi threw "murder" into the heady brew. None of us is immune such deceitful corrupt actions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
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☀️THE SUMMER FIGHT FOR SCIENCE☀️
🫵 WHO: You + all our friends
🧪 WHAT: Share science with your neighbors and tell them about the impact of proposed budget cuts.
🇺🇸 WHERE: Your local community
🏖️ WHEN: Now to Sept 30th
🔬 WHY: The 9/30 budget vote will determine the future of science in America.
🫵 WHO: You + all our friends
🧪 WHAT: Share science with your neighbors and tell them about the impact of proposed budget cuts.
🇺🇸 WHERE: Your local community
🏖️ WHEN: Now to Sept 30th
🔬 WHY: The 9/30 budget vote will determine the future of science in America.
May 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
☀️THE SUMMER FIGHT FOR SCIENCE☀️
🫵 WHO: You + all our friends
🧪 WHAT: Share science with your neighbors and tell them about the impact of proposed budget cuts.
🇺🇸 WHERE: Your local community
🏖️ WHEN: Now to Sept 30th
🔬 WHY: The 9/30 budget vote will determine the future of science in America.
🫵 WHO: You + all our friends
🧪 WHAT: Share science with your neighbors and tell them about the impact of proposed budget cuts.
🇺🇸 WHERE: Your local community
🏖️ WHEN: Now to Sept 30th
🔬 WHY: The 9/30 budget vote will determine the future of science in America.
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Gifted article. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...
The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Gifted article. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...
Are you ready for this? Trump has given birth to "Gold Standard Science" via Executive Order. Trump appointees will review scientific publications under the lens of the standard. Research is subject to edits and the authors, to prosecution. Bye bye science.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...
The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Are you ready for this? Trump has given birth to "Gold Standard Science" via Executive Order. Trump appointees will review scientific publications under the lens of the standard. Research is subject to edits and the authors, to prosecution. Bye bye science.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...
This is one of the articles I will save for my now-15-month-old granddaughter Sylvia. Brooks reminds us who we are and what we are willing to die for.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/o...
Opinion | I’m Normally a Mild Guy. Here’s What’s Pushed Me Over the Edge.
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is one of the articles I will save for my now-15-month-old granddaughter Sylvia. Brooks reminds us who we are and what we are willing to die for.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/o...
Opinion | Beware: We Are Entering a New Phase of the Trump Era
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May 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A shout-out to George T. Conway, III. A we watch Trump devolve from narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) to pathological narcissism to malignant narcissism to worse, I am reminded of Conway's prescient article in The Atlantic on October 3, 2019, entitled "Trump is Unfit for Office." Read it.
May 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A shout-out to George T. Conway, III. A we watch Trump devolve from narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) to pathological narcissism to malignant narcissism to worse, I am reminded of Conway's prescient article in The Atlantic on October 3, 2019, entitled "Trump is Unfit for Office." Read it.
Lydia Polgreen give the important backstory of Cyril Ramaphosa. Who bested whom in the Oval? Ramaphosa may yet get the last word. He certainly had the best quip of the day: "I'm sorry I don't have a plane to give you."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...
Opinion | Trump Didn’t Want a Deal in the Oval Office. He Wanted a Humiliation.
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May 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Lydia Polgreen give the important backstory of Cyril Ramaphosa. Who bested whom in the Oval? Ramaphosa may yet get the last word. He certainly had the best quip of the day: "I'm sorry I don't have a plane to give you."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...
Today the cowards in Congress delivered the head of John the Baptist to King Trump.
May 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today the cowards in Congress delivered the head of John the Baptist to King Trump.
Richard Poplak, an SA journalist, sets the record straight on his country post-apartheid. The oppressed did not seek retribution against the oppressors but rather focused on "truth and reconciliation." For the middle-class white Afrikaner, it was not enough.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/o...
Opinion | A South African Grift Lands in the Oval Office
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May 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Richard Poplak, an SA journalist, sets the record straight on his country post-apartheid. The oppressed did not seek retribution against the oppressors but rather focused on "truth and reconciliation." For the middle-class white Afrikaner, it was not enough.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/o...