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Bruce Barnard
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Retired, well mostly; advocate for human rights, labor, wilderness, biodiversity, and the Oxford comma.
Chuck Schumer Is a Convenient Punching Bag. There Was No Happy Outcome for the Shutdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
Opinion | Chuck Schumer Is a Convenient Punching Bag. There Was No Happy Outcome for the Shutdown.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns
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November 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Nancy Pelosi Knew Her ‘Why’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Nancy Pelosi Knew Her ‘Why’
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November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Trump’s Roaring 2020s Could Be Headed for a Crash www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Roaring 2020s Could Be Headed for a Crash
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November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
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October 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court
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October 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Judge Reinstates Over 500 Voice of America Journalists and Staff www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

The last paragraph may well be the most critical issue the courts face. It is nice to hear a Reagan appointed judge call out the game for what it is.
Judge Reinstates Over 500 Voice of America Journalists and Staff
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September 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Britain, Australia and Canada Recognize a Palestinian State www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w...
Britain, Australia and Canada Recognize a Palestinian State
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September 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Q&A: ‘A Shutdown Is Simply a Counterproductive Response to Trump’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...

An alternate perspective
Opinion | Q&A: ‘A Shutdown Is Simply a Counterproductive Response to Trump’
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September 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
As Partisans Battle Over History, Former Presidents Try Another Tack www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/a...

I hope this gets some traction
As Partisans Battle Over History, Former Presidents Try Another Tack
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September 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
How Democrats Can Shut Down the Government With Voters on Their Side www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...

This approach seems viable.
Opinion | How Democrats Can Shut Down the Government With Voters on Their Side
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September 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Reposted by Bruce Barnard
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
August 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
How to Fix America’s Two-Party Problem www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | How to Fix America’s Two-Party Problem (Gift Article)
Proportional representation could help restore American democracy.
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August 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It Was a Promising Addiction Treatment. Many Patients Never Got It. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/m...

Combine stigma, ignorance, and the pursuit of profit and this is what society gets ….
It Was a Promising Addiction Treatment. Many Patients Never Got It.
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August 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Trump Went to War With the Ivies. Community Colleges Are Being Hit. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/m...
Trump Went to War With the Ivies. Community Colleges Are Being Hit.
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August 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A.I. Is Not a 21st-Century Enlightenment www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/o...
Opinion | A.I. Is Not a 21st-Century Enlightenment
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August 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I Hate, Therefore I Am www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
Opinion | I Hate, Therefore I Am
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July 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Why American Jews No Longer Understand One Another www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/o...

A thoughtful perspective
Opinion | Why American Jews No Longer Understand One Another
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July 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
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July 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Reposted by Bruce Barnard
Illinois Federation of Teachers Statement in Response to Trump Excluding Undocumented Children from Head Start
📰 Read the full statement from @djmontgomery.bsky.social: https://www.ift-aft.org/post/illinois-federation-of-teachers-statement-in-response-to-trump-excluding-undocumented-children-from
July 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
MAGA Is Tearing Itself Apart Over Jeffrey Epstein www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/o...
Opinion | MAGA Is Tearing Itself Apart Over Jeffrey Epstein
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July 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Democrats Can Finally Stop Pandering to Farmers www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/o...
Opinion | Democrats Can Finally Stop Pandering to Farmers
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July 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
What to Know About the Collapse of the F.D.A. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/m...

This is truly frightening.
What to Know About the Collapse of the F.D.A.
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July 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Jeff Flake: In Today’s G.O.P., Voting Your Conscience Is Disqualifying www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/o...

Interesting perspective
Opinion | Jeff Flake: In Today’s G.O.P., Voting Your Conscience Is Disqualifying
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July 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM