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"The first is mockery and humor — preferably salacious."
You all now have your assignment. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/o...
You all now have your assignment. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/o...
Opinion | Three Well-Tested Ways to Undermine an Autocrat
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"The first is mockery and humor — preferably salacious."
You all now have your assignment. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/o...
You all now have your assignment. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/o...
So glad the homeland is secure www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
Kristi Noem’s Bag, With Security Badge and $3,000, Is Stolen
The homeland security secretary was dining at a Washington, D.C., restaurant. She also lost her passport and keys.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
So glad the homeland is secure www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
Good. Keep your short, vulgar fingers off our congestion tolls. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/n...
Embattled Congestion Pricing Program Gets Boost From Federal Judge
Judge Lewis J. Liman struck down several arguments in various lawsuits seeking to undo the New York City tolling program. Though weakened, the court cases continue.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Good. Keep your short, vulgar fingers off our congestion tolls. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/n...
We may soon have to find out if this is true.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders
Opinion | Even a rogue marshal’s service is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law.
www.democracydocket.com
April 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We may soon have to find out if this is true.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
Law firms are now discovering the Danegeld Rule. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
Law Firms Made Deals With Trump. Now He Wants More From Them.
To avoid retribution, big firms agreed to provide free legal services for uncontroversial causes. To the White House, that could mean negotiating trade deals — or even defending the president and his ...
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Law firms are now discovering the Danegeld Rule. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
Their English Lit professors could have explained this to them a long time ago: Once you pay the Danegeld, you never get rid of the Dane. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
What Harvard Learned From Columbia’s Mistake
If cooperation and even capitulation don’t get you anywhere, why give in to the Trump administration’s demands?
www.theatlantic.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Their English Lit professors could have explained this to them a long time ago: Once you pay the Danegeld, you never get rid of the Dane. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Columbia begins to toughen its language. view.info.alumdev.columbia.edu?qs=9c8c7ccdd...
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April 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Columbia begins to toughen its language. view.info.alumdev.columbia.edu?qs=9c8c7ccdd...
Scratch the Big Gretch as a candidate for higher office
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
Whitmer Shows How Democrats Are Playing With Fire in Cozying Up to Trump
The Michigan governor’s awkward Oval Office appearance reflected how several Democratic state leaders are cultivating cordial but politically risky relationships with the president.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Scratch the Big Gretch as a candidate for higher office
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
The Cantabs finally see the light. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands
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 8:05 PM
The Cantabs finally see the light. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
I'm still with him. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
Opinion | James Carville: How to Turn Trump’s Economic Chaos Against Him
Tie the president to the people’s pain, and make the message local.
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April 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I'm still with him. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
Chris Eisgruber continues to make me proud to be a Princetonian. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...
The University President Willing to Fight Trump
Christopher L. Eisgruber of Princeton University talks about the administration’s move to freeze billions of dollars in funding to higher education institutions.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Chris Eisgruber continues to make me proud to be a Princetonian. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...
If I were Greenland I'd be a little worried right now. Agent Orange just got humiliated and he's going to want to take it out on somebody.
April 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If I were Greenland I'd be a little worried right now. Agent Orange just got humiliated and he's going to want to take it out on somebody.
Heh. Seems silly but most of these pairings actually make a good deal of sense.
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qz.com/interesting-...
7 of the most interesting wine pairings you can try tonight
From Girl Scout cookies to Hot Pockets to Takis, these unexpected wine pairings will delight your palate
qz.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Heh. Seems silly but most of these pairings actually make a good deal of sense.
qz.com/interesting-...
qz.com/interesting-...
More of this, please. Put the blame where it belongs.
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8 companies already adding tariff surcharges. Expect more to follow
Companies across a variety of industries are adding fees explicitly tied to Trump's trade war
qz.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
More of this, please. Put the blame where it belongs.
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qz.com/companies-ad...
Once again the NYT tells us about the Gulf of Mexico without using its name. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Gulf Coast Shrimpers See Hope in Trump’s Tariffs
After years struggling to compete with cheaper, farm-raised imported shrimp, shrimpers from Florida to Louisiana are optimistic that the new tariffs will help them.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Once again the NYT tells us about the Gulf of Mexico without using its name. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Oh, Canada!
My suggestion for Canadian retaliation: welcome cross border smugglers! Latest in @TheAtlantic.com
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A New Golden Age for Bootleggers
Canada’s ultimate retaliation for Trump’s tariffs will be the cross-border smuggling of cheaper goods by Americans.
www.theatlantic.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Oh, Canada!
If your 401(k) has just been vaporized, don’t worry. You can easily get a job and go back to work once they disappear all the immigrants.
April 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If your 401(k) has just been vaporized, don’t worry. You can easily get a job and go back to work once they disappear all the immigrants.
The stock market fell today by the largest one-day amount since ... Trump's first term.
April 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The stock market fell today by the largest one-day amount since ... Trump's first term.
The claim here is, in essence, that Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours because it takes that long to catalog all the bad stuff Agent Orange and President Musk are doing. nymag.com/intelligence...
Cory Booker’s Speech Is the Broad Trump Indictment Democrats Need
The party has been searching for a precise silver-bullet argument against Trump 2.0. Booker has shown another way forward.
nymag.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The claim here is, in essence, that Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours because it takes that long to catalog all the bad stuff Agent Orange and President Musk are doing. nymag.com/intelligence...
