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Gift article, so everyone who wants to can read it. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/c...
Alarmed by Trump Cuts, Scientists Are Talking Science. For 100 Hours.
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May 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“It’s just really deeply concerning to see the U.S. government deciding to use their limited resources in terms of enforcement of immigration laws to target someone whose speech they just disagree with, but otherwise doesn’t seem to violate our First Amendment.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...
Trump Seeks to Expel a Green Card Holder, Mahmoud Khalil, Over Student Protests (Gift Article)
Immigration officers arrested a Columbia University graduate for helping lead campus protests against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. President Trump said the case was “the first arrest of many to...
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March 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Washington Post said it was "not at liberty to give a reason," according to Common Cause, one of the groups that
ordered the ad. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/b...
Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk (Gift Article)
The newspaper told Common Cause, an advocacy group, that it was pulling its special ad, which would have covered the front and back pages of some Tuesday editions.
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February 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is such an insightful discussion on tariffs and China. Mind-opening, and kind of mind-blowing. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/p...
China Seems Unstoppable. Trump Thinks Otherwise. (Gift Article)
What’s behind the trade war that the president didn’t back away from.
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February 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is securing real beneifits as he helps Trump disrupt the federal government. Just how? The NYT takes a deep look today at these benefits: federal investigations targeting Musk companies that have been disrupted or now may die.

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Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up (Gift Article)
Government investigations into Mr. Musk’s companies are stalling amid President Trump’s firings and Biden administration resignations.
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February 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Unnerving. David Sanger and Sabrina Tavernise make the process and the ramifications totally comprehensible. Gift link so all can listen. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/p...
How China Hacked America’s Phone Network (Gift Article)
It’s an alarming new breach, and its scope demonstrates the growing power of one of the United States’ biggest adversaries.
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December 13, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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Evan Gershkovich reporting. Gift link.
Tracking Putin’s Most Feared Secret Agency—From Inside a Russian Prison and Beyond
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Tracking Putin’s Most Feared Secret Agency—From Inside a Russian Prison and Beyond
The spy unit that arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter is leading the biggest campaign of internal repression since the Stalin era.
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December 13, 2024 at 12:06 PM
very nice intvu with Elisabeth Bumiller, one of the finest NYT Washington Bureau chiefs ever, with Lauren Watson/CJR. Love EB's 4 rules: share credit, take blame; listen; empower those working for you; and finally, don't surprise your bosses -- overshare instead. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Q&A: Elisabeth Bumiller Reflects on Her Tenure as DC Bureau Chief at the Times
Reflections on a political cyclone
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December 4, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries.

It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.

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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures
In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or pro...
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December 4, 2024 at 5:36 PM
IF you have a great collection of clothes or other fabrics, AND you can deal with introducing tiny wasp eggs into your home, there's apparently a good solution to MOTHS. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/m...
Moths Were Destroying My Clothes. Tiny Parasitic Wasps Saved Them. (Gift Article)
A “weird city version” of common countryside wisdom saved my favorite outfits.
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November 26, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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Some exciting news from @economist.com. All American service members—all 1.3m active duty, and those retired—now have free access to The Economist's website, thanks to a deal with DoD. If I'm not mistaken, you can access it through DoD's library pages: www.dodmwrlibraries.org. Happy reading.
DoD MWR Libraries
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November 22, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Vincenzo Barney wrote a piece for Vanity Fair on Augusta Britt, who was a 16-year-old, pistol-packing runaway when she met 42-year-old Cormac McCarthy. It's quite a tale. I listened to the audio version. www.nytimes.com/audio/app/20...
Download New York Times Audio
An iOS app featuring exclusive shows, narrated articles and more. Currently available for New York Times news subscribers.
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November 22, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Just finished the audio version of "James." So glad Percival Everett is being recognized. Other really notable writers were too. (gift link so everybody can read) www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/b...
Percival Everett, Author of ‘James,’ Wins National Book Award for Fiction
Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.”
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November 21, 2024 at 4:29 AM