Alexander Stille
@astille.bsky.social
Columbia Journalism Professor, writes a lot on Italy. Author of The Sullivanians and other books
Official who could have warned of imminent forced into early retiredment by DOGE: As the Texas Floodwaters Rose, One Indispensable Voice Was Silent www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/o...
Opinion | As the Texas Floodwaters Rose, One Indispensable Voice Was Silent
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July 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Official who could have warned of imminent forced into early retiredment by DOGE: As the Texas Floodwaters Rose, One Indispensable Voice Was Silent www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/o...
The Trump administration has cut 100s of jobs at NWS, with staffing down by at least 20% at nearly half of the 122 NWS field offices nationally and at least half dozen no longer staffed 24 hours. 100s forecasters were encouraged to retire early.https://shorturl.at/FkMlu
July 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The Trump administration has cut 100s of jobs at NWS, with staffing down by at least 20% at nearly half of the 122 NWS field offices nationally and at least half dozen no longer staffed 24 hours. 100s forecasters were encouraged to retire early.https://shorturl.at/FkMlu
West Point Is Supposed to Educate, Not Indoctrinate www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Opinion | West Point Is Supposed to Educate, Not Indoctrinate
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May 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
West Point Is Supposed to Educate, Not Indoctrinate www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
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Greyhound, I promise I will never talk smack about you ever again.
Bravo
Bravo
May 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Greyhound, I promise I will never talk smack about you ever again.
Bravo
Bravo
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Carl Sagan on how humanity can create its purpose and make its existence meaningful.
May 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Carl Sagan on how humanity can create its purpose and make its existence meaningful.
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
@nathantankus.bsky.From conversation on @pkrugman.bsky.social 's substack: "this is an extraordinary financial crisis because it is a financial crisis, more than any other financial crisis ever, that is directly connected to the erratic and bizarre and dangerous behavior of one person."
April 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
@nathantankus.bsky.From conversation on @pkrugman.bsky.social 's substack: "this is an extraordinary financial crisis because it is a financial crisis, more than any other financial crisis ever, that is directly connected to the erratic and bizarre and dangerous behavior of one person."
From ultramoderate D. Brooks: "It’s time for a national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
Opinion | Time for a Civic Uprising
It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.
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April 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
From ultramoderate D. Brooks: "It’s time for a national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
shorturl.at/HYPjD Trump is killing a major export: Colleges and universities are among America’s most competitive international exporters. In dollar terms, last year, the US sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined.
Opinion | Trump is killing one of our strongest exports
The president wants to balance U.S. trade deficits? He can’t do it without this industry he hates.
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April 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
shorturl.at/HYPjD Trump is killing a major export: Colleges and universities are among America’s most competitive international exporters. In dollar terms, last year, the US sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined.
Incredible: you would think you should a little something about the thing you shoot your mouth off on national TV. Survivor benefits: an essential feature of social security
Jeanine: We found out there are people who are between the ages of one and four who are getting social security
Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.
Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.
April 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Incredible: you would think you should a little something about the thing you shoot your mouth off on national TV. Survivor benefits: an essential feature of social security
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You may be fearing your 401k is no longer enough for you to retire. But with all the cuts to NIH and Medicare you also won't live as long. So the policies are integrated.
April 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You may be fearing your 401k is no longer enough for you to retire. But with all the cuts to NIH and Medicare you also won't live as long. So the policies are integrated.
“Target destroyed!” On #FoxNews you would never know that #Trump tanked stock market in the worst week since the pandemic. It’s not a news network. www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump touts airstrike on Houthis, showing video: Will 'never sink our ships again'
President Trump on Friday shared a video that showed a U.S. attack on Houthi rebels as the administration continues its daily attacks on the terrorist organization.
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April 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“Target destroyed!” On #FoxNews you would never know that #Trump tanked stock market in the worst week since the pandemic. It’s not a news network. www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
In 73 days Trump started a trade war, poisoned our closest alliances, threatened Canada and Greenland, blown up NATO, offered Ukraine to Putin, gutted scientific research & tanked the economy. If U wanted to destroy our country couldnt have done better than #Trump
April 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
In 73 days Trump started a trade war, poisoned our closest alliances, threatened Canada and Greenland, blown up NATO, offered Ukraine to Putin, gutted scientific research & tanked the economy. If U wanted to destroy our country couldnt have done better than #Trump
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Can’t help but feel that if President Bernie Sanders pulled this move the entirety of American business would try to get him pushed out of office immediately.
April 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Can’t help but feel that if President Bernie Sanders pulled this move the entirety of American business would try to get him pushed out of office immediately.
2 months in: Start a trade war with our closest allies, blow up NATO, hand Ukraine to Putin, crash the economy, kill scientific research, threaten to invade Canada and Greenland. If you wanted to design a president to destroy our country you could do much better than #Trump
April 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
2 months in: Start a trade war with our closest allies, blow up NATO, hand Ukraine to Putin, crash the economy, kill scientific research, threaten to invade Canada and Greenland. If you wanted to design a president to destroy our country you could do much better than #Trump
Along with gutting IRS to make it harder to collect taxes, Trump using IRS to track down illegal immigrants -- individual returns have ALWAYS BEEN PRIVATE -- now illegal immigrants who work, pay taxes without getting benefits will get arrested..https://shorturl.at/xxMBz
The IRS is in turmoil. Taxpayers are taking notice. - The Washington Post
The IRS is bracing for a $500 billion drop in tax revenue this year, in part due to President Donald Trump’s rapid demolition of parts of the agency. And a look at the unprecedented deal brewing betwe...
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April 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Along with gutting IRS to make it harder to collect taxes, Trump using IRS to track down illegal immigrants -- individual returns have ALWAYS BEEN PRIVATE -- now illegal immigrants who work, pay taxes without getting benefits will get arrested..https://shorturl.at/xxMBz
The problem is that the #Trump administration is likely to keep moving the goal posts to make #Columbia make concession after concession. It is not a good faith actor. If they cared about antisemitism and hate speech they wouldnt have released the 1600 people who stormed the capitol
It will never be enough. The goal is to break the University, not have them meet demands.
Taunting Columbia with the hope of compliance just sweetens the pot with humiliation.
Taunting Columbia with the hope of compliance just sweetens the pot with humiliation.
In the NYT right now, from a Justice Dept lawyer: “I will tell you right now that Columbia has not in my opinion — and the opinion of the Department of Justice — has not cleaned up their act,” Mr. Terrell said. “They’re not even close, not even close to having those funds unfrozen.”
March 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
if this isnt McCarthyism, what is it? "the administration is targeting legal immigrants who have expressed views that the government believes threaten national security and undermine foreign policy." Crackdown Expands to Legal Immigrants and Tourists www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
Trump’s Deportation Agenda Expands to Legal Immigrants and Tourists
U.S. border officials are using more aggressive tactics at ports of entry as the administration scrutinizes green card and visa holders who have expressed opposition to its policies.
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March 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
if this isnt McCarthyism, what is it? "the administration is targeting legal immigrants who have expressed views that the government believes threaten national security and undermine foreign policy." Crackdown Expands to Legal Immigrants and Tourists www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
More tribute to the Sultan: The firm agreed to contribute $40 million in legal services to causes Mr. Trump has championed, including “the President’s Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Law Firm Bends in Face of Trump Demands
Paul, Weiss — one of three law firms targeted by President Trump as part of his retribution campaign — said it resolved the conflict by agreeing to a range of commitments.
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March 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
More tribute to the Sultan: The firm agreed to contribute $40 million in legal services to causes Mr. Trump has championed, including “the President’s Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
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I don’t want to exaggerate my powers of prediction but I posted this ten years ago:
March 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I don’t want to exaggerate my powers of prediction but I posted this ten years ago:
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