James Gleick
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Author. Chaos, The Information, Time Travel.
Other work can be found at https://around.com.
My new history of the telephone will appear in October.
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Other work can be found at https://around.com.
My new history of the telephone will appear in October.
On the open social web I'm gleick@mas.to.
Pam Bondi should be aware that there is precedent in her lifetime for convicting and imprisoning an Attorney General guilty of obstructing justice.
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Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
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February 7, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Pam Bondi should be aware that there is precedent in her lifetime for convicting and imprisoning an Attorney General guilty of obstructing justice.
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This is what Trump said yesterday—not just in his head, but out loud—at the National Prayer Breakfast:
“They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would’ve had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego, though.
“They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would’ve had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego, though.
February 6, 2026 at 7:33 PM
This is what Trump said yesterday—not just in his head, but out loud—at the National Prayer Breakfast:
“They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would’ve had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego, though.
“They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would’ve had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego, though.
I understand that a pathological narcissist is installed in the U.S. presidency; I understand that this demented individual feels entitled to illegally destroy thousands of jobs in an effort to have his name glorified at an airport and a train station.
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But
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But
Officials Pressed Schumer to Help Name Penn Station, Dulles for Trump
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February 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I understand that a pathological narcissist is installed in the U.S. presidency; I understand that this demented individual feels entitled to illegally destroy thousands of jobs in an effort to have his name glorified at an airport and a train station.
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But
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But
“Donald Trump has clearly lost control of his emotions, his contact with reality, and such fidelity to truth as he ever had.
This is a problem for everyone on Earth: That a furious 79-year-old has asserted one-man authority
This is a problem for everyone on Earth: That a furious 79-year-old has asserted one-man authority
Management Under a Mad King: The Courtiers Who Try to Clean Up.
'Governance' has become a matter of threats and decrees straight from Donald Trump's id. Three examples. And meanwhile, Jeff Bezos destroys a crucial American institution.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
“Donald Trump has clearly lost control of his emotions, his contact with reality, and such fidelity to truth as he ever had.
This is a problem for everyone on Earth: That a furious 79-year-old has asserted one-man authority
This is a problem for everyone on Earth: That a furious 79-year-old has asserted one-man authority
If anyone hurts Trump's feelings, he sues them for billions of dollars. This woman was genuinely and maliciously defamed. Why can't she sue Trump?
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‘They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo
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February 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM
If anyone hurts Trump's feelings, he sues them for billions of dollars. This woman was genuinely and maliciously defamed. Why can't she sue Trump?
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It took Trump barely a year to destroy the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He fired its artistic board and staff, replaced them with stooges, drove away performers and audiences, decimated attendance, and pasted his name on the walls. Now, he's shutting it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
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Trump Says Kennedy Center Will Close for 2-Year Reconstruction Project
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February 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
It took Trump barely a year to destroy the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He fired its artistic board and staff, replaced them with stooges, drove away performers and audiences, decimated attendance, and pasted his name on the walls. Now, he's shutting it.
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A ruling and a sermon:
Matthew 19:14: “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
John 11:35 is famously the shortest Bible verse: “Jesus wept.”
Matthew 19:14: “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
John 11:35 is famously the shortest Bible verse: “Jesus wept.”
U.S. District Judge Fred Biery finds that Trump and his apparachiks are demonstrating “the perfidious lust for unbridled
power and the imposition of cruelty”; that they “know no bounds and are bereft of human decency.”
And adds, “the rule of law be damned.”
He attaches a photograph to his ruling.
power and the imposition of cruelty”; that they “know no bounds and are bereft of human decency.”
And adds, “the rule of law be damned.”
He attaches a photograph to his ruling.
January 31, 2026 at 9:23 PM
A ruling and a sermon:
Matthew 19:14: “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
John 11:35 is famously the shortest Bible verse: “Jesus wept.”
Matthew 19:14: “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
John 11:35 is famously the shortest Bible verse: “Jesus wept.”
U.S. District Judge Fred Biery finds that Trump and his apparachiks are demonstrating “the perfidious lust for unbridled
power and the imposition of cruelty”; that they “know no bounds and are bereft of human decency.”
And adds, “the rule of law be damned.”
He attaches a photograph to his ruling.
power and the imposition of cruelty”; that they “know no bounds and are bereft of human decency.”
And adds, “the rule of law be damned.”
He attaches a photograph to his ruling.
January 31, 2026 at 9:17 PM
U.S. District Judge Fred Biery finds that Trump and his apparachiks are demonstrating “the perfidious lust for unbridled
power and the imposition of cruelty”; that they “know no bounds and are bereft of human decency.”
And adds, “the rule of law be damned.”
He attaches a photograph to his ruling.
power and the imposition of cruelty”; that they “know no bounds and are bereft of human decency.”
And adds, “the rule of law be damned.”
He attaches a photograph to his ruling.
Still not satisfied, Trump demands another $10 billion from America’s taxpayers.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
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Trump Sues I.R.S. Over Tax Data Leak, Demanding $10 Billion
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January 30, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Still not satisfied, Trump demands another $10 billion from America’s taxpayers.
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Why is this always so hard, NY Times?
January 28, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Why is this always so hard, NY Times?
The New York Times photographer David Guttenfelder is doing great work in Minneapolis. Here is a paramilitary force attacking its own citizenry on American soil.
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Outcry in Italy as U.S. Says ICE Agents Will Join Olympics Delegation
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January 27, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The New York Times photographer David Guttenfelder is doing great work in Minneapolis. Here is a paramilitary force attacking its own citizenry on American soil.
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Nonsense. A "joint federal and state" investigation is the last thing we need. We need state prosecutors to do their job unhindered: indict the murderers for murder and indict Noem, Patel, Bovino, and Bondi for obstruction of justice.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/u...
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G.O.P. Senator Cassidy Calls for Investigation of Fatal Minnesota Shooting
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Nonsense. A "joint federal and state" investigation is the last thing we need. We need state prosecutors to do their job unhindered: indict the murderers for murder and indict Noem, Patel, Bovino, and Bondi for obstruction of justice.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/u...
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Murder is a state crime. Local prosecutors must indict the murderers of Renee Good and Jeffrey Pretti, even though federal authorities are trying to block and obstruct them.
January 24, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Murder is a state crime. Local prosecutors must indict the murderers of Renee Good and Jeffrey Pretti, even though federal authorities are trying to block and obstruct them.
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
The video shows a man forced to the ground and pummeled by masked men. Then, when he is completely helpless, they shoot him in the back.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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Video Shows Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The video shows a man forced to the ground and pummeled by masked men. Then, when he is completely helpless, they shoot him in the back.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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Every public official—Trump, Vance, Bondi, Noem, and on down—lying to cover up the ICE killings is guilty as an accessory to murder. If the Trump era ever ends, there must be a reckoning.
January 24, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Every public official—Trump, Vance, Bondi, Noem, and on down—lying to cover up the ICE killings is guilty as an accessory to murder. If the Trump era ever ends, there must be a reckoning.
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From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
It would be useful for reporters writing about Trump's silly "Board of Peace" to mention one country that is definitely not a member: the United States.
Trump doesn't have the power. Any international treaty requires the vote of two-thirds of the Senate.
Trump doesn't have the power. Any international treaty requires the vote of two-thirds of the Senate.
January 23, 2026 at 8:36 PM
It would be useful for reporters writing about Trump's silly "Board of Peace" to mention one country that is definitely not a member: the United States.
Trump doesn't have the power. Any international treaty requires the vote of two-thirds of the Senate.
Trump doesn't have the power. Any international treaty requires the vote of two-thirds of the Senate.
"Who the hell knows? I'm president, I'll just take 'em."
—Donald Trump
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—Donald Trump
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January 16, 2026
Well, President Donald J.
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January 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
"Who the hell knows? I'm president, I'll just take 'em."
—Donald Trump
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—Donald Trump
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Trump selling pardons for cash with utter shamelessness and, thanks to John Roberts, impunity.
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Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
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January 16, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Trump selling pardons for cash with utter shamelessness and, thanks to John Roberts, impunity.
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Fixed it for you, New York Times.
January 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Fixed it for you, New York Times.
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Not the Gestapo, it´s the Sturmabteilung
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Sturmabteilung - Wikipedia
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January 15, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Not the Gestapo, it´s the Sturmabteilung
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“Now we have Minneapolis, America’s laboratory of democratic destruction, where ICE agents have gone full Sturmabteilung, terrorizing and even killing not only people with brown skin, but anyone who protests or gets in their way.”
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The Minneapolis Crucible
Will we forge democracy anew?
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January 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
“Now we have Minneapolis, America’s laboratory of democratic destruction, where ICE agents have gone full Sturmabteilung, terrorizing and even killing not only people with brown skin, but anyone who protests or gets in their way.”
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Prepare to see the American Gestapo deployed to polling places in November.
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Trump And Stephen Miller Have Created A Secret Police Force In Plain Sight
After promising to focus on deporting criminal illegal immigrants, Trump is instead using militarized immigration agencies to terrorize cities where he is unpopular.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Prepare to see the American Gestapo deployed to polling places in November.
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His family identified the injured detainee as Orbin Mauricio Henríquez Serrano; he was dumped in Texas and the family set up a GoFundMe. www.gofundme.com/f/justice-an...
CBP official Bovino also got a softball interview on Monday from Esme Murphy (WCCO – 1/11).
CBP official Bovino also got a softball interview on Monday from Esme Murphy (WCCO – 1/11).
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January 14, 2026 at 9:22 PM
His family identified the injured detainee as Orbin Mauricio Henríquez Serrano; he was dumped in Texas and the family set up a GoFundMe. www.gofundme.com/f/justice-an...
CBP official Bovino also got a softball interview on Monday from Esme Murphy (WCCO – 1/11).
CBP official Bovino also got a softball interview on Monday from Esme Murphy (WCCO – 1/11).