Elizabeth Langosy
@strongnana.bsky.social
Mama, nana, writer, gardener, outdoor rambler
Excellent news. Hope this is the first of many refusals and that we band together to support our educational institutions in the face of Trump's unlawful and revenge-fueled demands.
Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands (Gift Article)
Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions and report international students who broke rules, among other steps. Harvard called the demands unlawful.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Excellent news. Hope this is the first of many refusals and that we band together to support our educational institutions in the face of Trump's unlawful and revenge-fueled demands.
Gift article from WaPo. "Noem said in the guidance that immigrants must prove that it is more likely than not that they will be tortured if removed. If they cannot prove that, they will be removed... Or, she wrote, ICE may choose another country for removal."
‘One million.’ The private goal driving Trump’s push for mass deportations.
Immigration officers and analysts are increasingly skeptical the Trump administration can deport that many immigrants in a single year.
wapo.st
April 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Gift article from WaPo. "Noem said in the guidance that immigrants must prove that it is more likely than not that they will be tortured if removed. If they cannot prove that, they will be removed... Or, she wrote, ICE may choose another country for removal."
Gift article from the Washington Post. "Labeling people dead strips them of the privacy protections granted to living individuals... This is in addition to the harm inflicted on those suddenly declared dead, who become unable to legally earn a living wage or draw benefits they may be eligible for. "
Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead
A senior executive who objected was marched out of his office and put on leave, while earlier warnings about the agency’s deaths database were ignored.
wapo.st
April 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Gift article from the Washington Post. "Labeling people dead strips them of the privacy protections granted to living individuals... This is in addition to the harm inflicted on those suddenly declared dead, who become unable to legally earn a living wage or draw benefits they may be eligible for. "
"Mr. Trump and his allies are aggressively attacking the players and machinery that power the left, taking a series of highly partisan official actions that, if successful, will threaten to hobble Democrats’ ability to compete in elections for years to come."
With Orders, Investigations and Innuendo, Trump and G.O.P. Aim to Cripple the Left (Gift Article)
The president and his allies in Congress are targeting the financial, digital and legal machinery that powers the Democratic Party and much of the progressive political world.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"Mr. Trump and his allies are aggressively attacking the players and machinery that power the left, taking a series of highly partisan official actions that, if successful, will threaten to hobble Democrats’ ability to compete in elections for years to come."
"It is all about displays of brute strength. He gets off on that, and in that sense, it seems not so much an autocracy but a flexocracy. Let me show you how I can flex my bicep as I use it to power my fist coming into your face."
Opinion | ‘Is the Destruction the Point?’: Three Opinion Writers on Trump’s First 50 Days (Gift Article)
Michelle Goldberg and Frank Bruni join Patrick Healy to discuss the issues that have defined Trump’s presidency thus far.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"It is all about displays of brute strength. He gets off on that, and in that sense, it seems not so much an autocracy but a flexocracy. Let me show you how I can flex my bicep as I use it to power my fist coming into your face."
The USA has been added to the Civicus watchlist for violations of civic freedom.
Watchlist March 2025 - Civicus Monitor
CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist: 5 countries where there has been a decline in civic freedoms
monitor.civicus.org
March 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The USA has been added to the Civicus watchlist for violations of civic freedom.
Long Covid is terrible
Covid’s Long-Term Effects on the Lungs, Gut, Brain and More (Gift Article)
Five years on, scientists are starting to understand how the virus can lead to long-term, sometimes invisible changes.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Long Covid is terrible
March 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Covid didn’t just change billions of individual lives. It changed our country’s basic approach to public health, in fundamental ways that are becoming fully visible only now — and which the Trump administration looks likely to render irreversible."
Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear (Gift Article)
What once belonged to all of us now belongs to corporations.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"Covid didn’t just change billions of individual lives. It changed our country’s basic approach to public health, in fundamental ways that are becoming fully visible only now — and which the Trump administration looks likely to render irreversible."
"The Democrats bolted for the door, having metaphorically done what Nancy Pelosi did five years ago when she tore up Trump's speech in this chamber. They had given hope to the resistance and shown the world what they are against. Now can they show the world what they are for?"
Trump turns Congress speech into a sordid campaign rally, igniting a Democrat fightback
In a long and menacing – but also boring – speech to Congress, Trump mocked his opponents. Across the aisle the resistance was stirring
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"The Democrats bolted for the door, having metaphorically done what Nancy Pelosi did five years ago when she tore up Trump's speech in this chamber. They had given hope to the resistance and shown the world what they are against. Now can they show the world what they are for?"
"Bad ideas do a lot of the work of building autocracy. By forcing us to engage with them, they make our conversations, our media and our society dumber."
Opinion | The Barrage of Trump’s Awful Ideas Is Doing Exactly What It’s Supposed To (Gift Article)
Amid an onslaught of bad ideas, Democrats need to muster a better vision for the future.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"Bad ideas do a lot of the work of building autocracy. By forcing us to engage with them, they make our conversations, our media and our society dumber."