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A 90-second failure of Newark Airport’s air-traffic safety systems, which blacked out communication to planes carrying thousands of passengers, has exposed a new level of crisis in U.S. air travel.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
A Frightening Moment to Fly
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A 90-second failure of Newark Airport’s air-traffic safety systems, which blacked out communication to planes carrying thousands of passengers, has exposed a new level of crisis in U.S. air travel.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
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Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
May 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
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An interesting and informative read about the long con we are witnessing: https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesbgreenberg/p/the-confidence-game-how-trumps-con
The Confidence Game: How Trump’s Con Threatens More Than the Truth
The confidence game doesn’t begin with a lie.
jamesbgreenberg.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
An interesting and informative read about the long con we are witnessing: https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesbgreenberg/p/the-confidence-game-how-trumps-con
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
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If the Supreme Court decides that the government can "erroneously" disappear you off the street to a foreign torture prison, and that federal courts have no power to do anything about it, that is, in a meaningful way, Pretty Much It www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
April 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If the Supreme Court decides that the government can "erroneously" disappear you off the street to a foreign torture prison, and that federal courts have no power to do anything about it, that is, in a meaningful way, Pretty Much It www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
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This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
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The United States recorded three #measles deaths in the first 24 years of the 21th century. In just over three months this year it has equaled that number. The most recent patient, an 8-year-old unvaccinated and previously healthy girl died late last week.
www.statnews.com/2025/04/06/m...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/06/m...
U.S. may be reverting to a time when measles deaths were not very rare, experts warn
Peter Marks: “Unless we dramatically change course, drastically change course, it's going to be a problem. This is what measles does.”
www.statnews.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The United States recorded three #measles deaths in the first 24 years of the 21th century. In just over three months this year it has equaled that number. The most recent patient, an 8-year-old unvaccinated and previously healthy girl died late last week.
www.statnews.com/2025/04/06/m...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/06/m...
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But really, who could’ve predicted any of this?
Tariffs on Canadian goods having a 'devastating effect,' U.S. farmers say | CBC News
American farmers say U.S.-imposed tariffs on Canadian goods are having a "devastating effect" on the local agriculture sector south of the border.
www.cbc.ca
April 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
But really, who could’ve predicted any of this?
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This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 106. Everything you need to know about a weekend in politics where Trump enriched himself with Saudi cash and played golf while stock market futures project a very Black Monday on Wall Street and people are rising up. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 106
… Millions of people turned out in over 1,300 cities and towns across America to protest Trump and Musk dismantling the US govt and derailing the economy.
open.substack.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 106. Everything you need to know about a weekend in politics where Trump enriched himself with Saudi cash and played golf while stock market futures project a very Black Monday on Wall Street and people are rising up. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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The Guardian reports that people at the SSA, the agency that manages benefits for nearly 70 million Americans, worry that it’s in a “death spiral” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doge’s attack on social security causing ‘complete, utter chaos’, staff says
Understaffed agency sent into ‘death spiral’ as employees warn Musk-led cuts will lead to structural collapse
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The Guardian reports that people at the SSA, the agency that manages benefits for nearly 70 million Americans, worry that it’s in a “death spiral” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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April 6, 2025
April 6, 2025 (Sunday)
After President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements on April 2 wiped $5 trillion dollars from the stock market, the Republican Party is scrambling.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
April 6, 2025
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When calculating the cost, don't forget lost alliances and global leadership.
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Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
April 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
When calculating the cost, don't forget lost alliances and global leadership.
D³
D³
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“What can you say? All these people …maybe also should have realized it was risky to put someone whose companies have filed for bankruptcy six times—and who was in fact convicted of fraud during the presidential campaign—in charge of managing the world’s largest economy.”
CEOs and Normal Humans Are Starting to Agree: On Trump and the Economy, They’ve Made a Huge Mistake — Slate
Welcome to Margin of Terror, a new column about how the electorate is receiving the second Donald Trump presidency.
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April 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“What can you say? All these people …maybe also should have realized it was risky to put someone whose companies have filed for bankruptcy six times—and who was in fact convicted of fraud during the presidential campaign—in charge of managing the world’s largest economy.”
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I want to sincerely thank every single one of my Senate Democratic colleagues who came to the floor, not to just support me, but to share incredibly powerful stories and ask important questions their constituents want answers to.
April 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I want to sincerely thank every single one of my Senate Democratic colleagues who came to the floor, not to just support me, but to share incredibly powerful stories and ask important questions their constituents want answers to.
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Black history will not be erased. I’m honored to help lead an effort to rename the House Press Gallery after Frederick Douglass -- an abolitionist, orator, and journalist.
April 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Black history will not be erased. I’m honored to help lead an effort to rename the House Press Gallery after Frederick Douglass -- an abolitionist, orator, and journalist.
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The tariffs today are the biggest self-destruct that the US has engaged in for a long time. But MAGA Now owns this. Check out my emergency video
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
April 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The tariffs today are the biggest self-destruct that the US has engaged in for a long time. But MAGA Now owns this. Check out my emergency video
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
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Dark Pence is back.
April 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Dark Pence is back.
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It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
April 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
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Ahhh yes. And now for the “re-whiting” of American history part of our program… “[the] Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology…”
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-e...
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-e...
Trump executive order targets "improper ideology" at Smithsonian
One of President Trump's latest executive orders calls for Vice President JD Vance to look into programs at the Smithsonian Institution that are federally funded and may deal with "divisive, race-cent...
www.yahoo.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Ahhh yes. And now for the “re-whiting” of American history part of our program… “[the] Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology…”
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-e...
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-e...
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Most Americans have no idea how much goodwill is generated by USAID around the world. That goodwill keeps Americans safer. The budget is minuscule compared to others and 97% must be spent on American products.
My dad was a civil engineer with USAID & I lived in 3rd World countries until age 17.
My dad was a civil engineer with USAID & I lived in 3rd World countries until age 17.
March 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Most Americans have no idea how much goodwill is generated by USAID around the world. That goodwill keeps Americans safer. The budget is minuscule compared to others and 97% must be spent on American products.
My dad was a civil engineer with USAID & I lived in 3rd World countries until age 17.
My dad was a civil engineer with USAID & I lived in 3rd World countries until age 17.
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⚠️ Official Advisories List for Travel To United States (Latest Update)
• Canada 🇨🇦
• United Kingdom 🇬🇧
• Germany 🇩🇪
• Finland 🇫🇮
• Norway 🇳🇴
• Ireland 🇮🇪
• Denmark 🇩🇰
• Belgium 🇧🇪
• France 🇫🇷
www.thetravel.com/these-are-al...
• Canada 🇨🇦
• United Kingdom 🇬🇧
• Germany 🇩🇪
• Finland 🇫🇮
• Norway 🇳🇴
• Ireland 🇮🇪
• Denmark 🇩🇰
• Belgium 🇧🇪
• France 🇫🇷
www.thetravel.com/these-are-al...
These Are All the Countries Warning of Travel to the U.S.: LIVE Travel Advisories for Foreign Nationals
If you’re a foreign national planning on visiting the U.S., we encourage you to keep a watchful eye on this page for new information
www.thetravel.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
⚠️ Official Advisories List for Travel To United States (Latest Update)
• Canada 🇨🇦
• United Kingdom 🇬🇧
• Germany 🇩🇪
• Finland 🇫🇮
• Norway 🇳🇴
• Ireland 🇮🇪
• Denmark 🇩🇰
• Belgium 🇧🇪
• France 🇫🇷
www.thetravel.com/these-are-al...
• Canada 🇨🇦
• United Kingdom 🇬🇧
• Germany 🇩🇪
• Finland 🇫🇮
• Norway 🇳🇴
• Ireland 🇮🇪
• Denmark 🇩🇰
• Belgium 🇧🇪
• France 🇫🇷
www.thetravel.com/these-are-al...
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The FBI is trying to criminalize Habitat for Humanity for receiving climate grants from the EPA.
Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for low-income people.
This clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become.
It's targeted harassment.
Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for low-income people.
This clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become.
It's targeted harassment.
March 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The FBI is trying to criminalize Habitat for Humanity for receiving climate grants from the EPA.
Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for low-income people.
This clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become.
It's targeted harassment.
Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for low-income people.
This clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become.
It's targeted harassment.
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SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series
The documentary was produced by a filmmaker tied to Russian propaganda efforts.
www.motherjones.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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If Musk, Capo Trump’s enforcer, meant to freeze the work of government, he’s doing a great job. By short-circuiting the legislative process, he has invited (and is receiving) lawsuits that will freeze everything in place. This is what Amateur Hour gets you.
February 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If Musk, Capo Trump’s enforcer, meant to freeze the work of government, he’s doing a great job. By short-circuiting the legislative process, he has invited (and is receiving) lawsuits that will freeze everything in place. This is what Amateur Hour gets you.