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Opinion | Democrats Sure Taught Trump a Lesson
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November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Can we please stop calling it "Daylight Saving Time"? Losing an hour of precious sunlight every morning does not "save" daylight. It merely steals it from dawn and gives it to dusk. It's like the reverse Robin Hood principle, but with daylight.
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Daylight Losing Time
by David Balashinsky WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH These slogans, examples of "doublethink" from George Orwell's 1...
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November 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Can we please stop calling it "Daylight Saving Time"? Losing an hour of precious sunlight every morning does not "save" daylight. It merely steals it from dawn and gives it to dusk. It's like the reverse Robin Hood principle, but with daylight.
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Artificially delaying daylight by an hour does not "save" daylight. It merely prolongs darkness in the morning and daylight at night, neither of which is healthy or desirable. This essay was written for spring so it's 8 months out of date but still timely.
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Daylight Losing Time
by David Balashinsky WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH These slogans, examples of "doublethink" from George Orwell's 1...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Artificially delaying daylight by an hour does not "save" daylight. It merely prolongs darkness in the morning and daylight at night, neither of which is healthy or desirable. This essay was written for spring so it's 8 months out of date but still timely.
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Anything that makes abortion more accessible to more women is a win, but this doesn't change the fact that in some jurisdictions basic reproductive healthcare has been criminalized. This is what happens when a fetus has more rights than the woman carrying it.
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F.D.A. Approves Generic Abortion Pill as Opponents Push Trump for New Restrictions
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October 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Anything that makes abortion more accessible to more women is a win, but this doesn't change the fact that in some jurisdictions basic reproductive healthcare has been criminalized. This is what happens when a fetus has more rights than the woman carrying it.
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This is a superb essay by @pastpunditry.bsky.social. The only thing I would add is that one could backdate the history of conservative "cancel culture" even earlier, if we consider the first Red Scare in the WWI era and the "gag rule" in the antebellum period. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
Opinion | The Right Didn’t Catch Cancel Culture From the Left
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September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is a superb essay by @pastpunditry.bsky.social. The only thing I would add is that one could backdate the history of conservative "cancel culture" even earlier, if we consider the first Red Scare in the WWI era and the "gag rule" in the antebellum period. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
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Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
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September 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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1/2 It's not surprising that Trump would be pulling strings to help Cuomo win.
1/2 It's not surprising that Trump would be pulling strings to help Cuomo win.
Mamdani Holds Huge Lead in Mayor’s Race, Times/Siena Poll Finds
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September 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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1/2 It's not surprising that Trump would be pulling strings to help Cuomo win.
1/2 It's not surprising that Trump would be pulling strings to help Cuomo win.
2/2 Trump, found by a jury to have sexually abused E.J.Carroll, must have an affinity for Cuomo, found by the AG's office to have sexually harassed women employees. Apparently, their attitude toward women unites them more than their political views divide them.
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September 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
2/2 Trump, found by a jury to have sexually abused E.J.Carroll, must have an affinity for Cuomo, found by the AG's office to have sexually harassed women employees. Apparently, their attitude toward women unites them more than their political views divide them.
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In her 1990 divorce deposition, Trump’s first wife, the late Ivana Trump, accused Trump of having assaulted her, including pulling out handfuls of her hair, pushing her to the floor, and raping her.
Trump minimizes domestic abuse during a talk at the Museum of the Bible: "Things that take place in the home, they call crime ... If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see?"
September 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
In her 1990 divorce deposition, Trump’s first wife, the late Ivana Trump, accused Trump of having assaulted her, including pulling out handfuls of her hair, pushing her to the floor, and raping her.
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Opinion | I’ve Seen How Russia Is Torturing Prisoners of War, and It’s Horrifying
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August 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Opinion | The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away
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August 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Opinion | The Supreme Court Has Finally Found a President It Likes
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August 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Trump is putting the planet and future generations at risk for the short-term profits of his fossil fuel executive friends.
July 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Trump is putting the planet and future generations at risk for the short-term profits of his fossil fuel executive friends.
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Opinion | Juan Crow Is Back With a Vengeance
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July 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Opinion | What Happens When Doctors Can’t Trust the Government?
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July 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Beyond the Light Show: The Effects of Fireworks on Animals and People
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July 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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One of our leading citywide elected leaders and candidates for mayor peacefully asks masked ICE agents to see a warrant and is violently arrested.
Horrifying and disturbing for what it is and what it represents. Fascism. www.amny.com/news/brad-la...
Horrifying and disturbing for what it is and what it represents. Fascism. www.amny.com/news/brad-la...
BREAKING | Comptroller Brad Lander arrested at ICE court hearing | amNewYork
City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested and accosted by masked federal agents at immigration court in Lower Manhattan.
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June 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
One of our leading citywide elected leaders and candidates for mayor peacefully asks masked ICE agents to see a warrant and is violently arrested.
Horrifying and disturbing for what it is and what it represents. Fascism. www.amny.com/news/brad-la...
Horrifying and disturbing for what it is and what it represents. Fascism. www.amny.com/news/brad-la...
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In April, GALDEF launched a fundraising campaign for two vital projects with an ambitious goal of raising a combined total of $12,000 by June 30. So far we've raised $8,290.
Please consider donating to help us reach our goal in the final weeks of the campaign!
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June 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In April, GALDEF launched a fundraising campaign for two vital projects with an ambitious goal of raising a combined total of $12,000 by June 30. So far we've raised $8,290.
Please consider donating to help us reach our goal in the final weeks of the campaign!
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Please consider donating to help us reach our goal in the final weeks of the campaign!
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An IT worker for the nat'l parks drove to a bridge & called a friend to talk him down.
A Medicaid researcher killed herself after repeating "I’m not enough" to her family.
A Social Security worker, whose data was under siege by DOGE, died at her cubicle. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
A Medicaid researcher killed herself after repeating "I’m not enough" to her family.
A Social Security worker, whose data was under siege by DOGE, died at her cubicle. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
White House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It’s working.
Federal workers describe struggling with panic attacks, depression, suicidal thoughts. “Why doesn’t anyone care?”
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May 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
An IT worker for the nat'l parks drove to a bridge & called a friend to talk him down.
A Medicaid researcher killed herself after repeating "I’m not enough" to her family.
A Social Security worker, whose data was under siege by DOGE, died at her cubicle. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
A Medicaid researcher killed herself after repeating "I’m not enough" to her family.
A Social Security worker, whose data was under siege by DOGE, died at her cubicle. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Opinion | Trump Is Daring Us to Impeach Him Again
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June 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Protesters filled plazas, streets and parks across the U.S. on Saturday, gathering at demonstrations to call for protecting American democracy from President Trump. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4e3BIzD
June 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Protesters filled plazas, streets and parks across the U.S. on Saturday, gathering at demonstrations to call for protecting American democracy from President Trump. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4e3BIzD