Carol Pogash
@cpogash.bsky.social
Bay Area journalist & author.
NYT contributor.
https://www.nytimes.com/by/carol-pogash
“Quotations from Chairman Trump" an early warning of what was TK.
“As Real As It Gets: The Life of a Hospital at the Center of the AIDS Epidemic.”
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NYT contributor.
https://www.nytimes.com/by/carol-pogash
“Quotations from Chairman Trump" an early warning of what was TK.
“As Real As It Gets: The Life of a Hospital at the Center of the AIDS Epidemic.”
www.pogash.com
Ms. Noem and Mr. Bovino are lying in defiance of obvious truths
— NYT Editorial
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— NYT Editorial
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Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Ms. Noem and Mr. Bovino are lying in defiance of obvious truths
— NYT Editorial
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
— NYT Editorial
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Talking truck books with Charles, the librarian.
January 25, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Talking truck books with Charles, the librarian.
How does a toddler provide informed consent?
When choice trumps health of vulnerable population.
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When choice trumps health of vulnerable population.
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Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional
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January 24, 2026 at 4:50 PM
How does a toddler provide informed consent?
When choice trumps health of vulnerable population.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
When choice trumps health of vulnerable population.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
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Greenland, Iceland, what's the difference
January 21, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Greenland, Iceland, what's the difference
Stuck in the 1950s: Trump refers to "San Francisco communists."
January 20, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Stuck in the 1950s: Trump refers to "San Francisco communists."
Entering Castro territory. Trump rambling for an hour.
January 20, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Entering Castro territory. Trump rambling for an hour.
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Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
January 12, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
Trump used to ask, "Where’s my Roy Cohn?" We know the answer: Stephen Miller. JD Vance, Hegseth & Kristi Noem are struggling understudies.
January 10, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Trump used to ask, "Where’s my Roy Cohn?" We know the answer: Stephen Miller. JD Vance, Hegseth & Kristi Noem are struggling understudies.
Incredible tale, well told.
Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91
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January 10, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Incredible tale, well told.
Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
Did Rubio & Trump expect the Venezuelan government & military to evaporate?
January 3, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Did Rubio & Trump expect the Venezuelan government & military to evaporate?
Reposted by Carol Pogash
This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner
January 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner
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Has anyone in the press asked how many people were killed?
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Has anyone in the press asked how many people were killed?
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Off to a good start
January 2, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Off to a good start
Best Class Secretary, Michelle Cottle.
The 2025 Politics Yearbook: Most Likely to Be Extreme and Chaotic
The 2025 Politics Yearbook: Most Likely to Be Extreme and Chaotic
Opinion | The 2025 Politics Yearbook: Most Likely to Be Extreme and Chaotic
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January 2, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Best Class Secretary, Michelle Cottle.
The 2025 Politics Yearbook: Most Likely to Be Extreme and Chaotic
The 2025 Politics Yearbook: Most Likely to Be Extreme and Chaotic
The truth about DOGE.
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
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December 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The truth about DOGE.
How the White House gets to unanimity: Representative Joyce Beatty of Ohio, a Democrat, said on social media that she “was muted on the call and not allowed to speak or voice my opposition.”
Trump and His Loyalists Move to Name the Kennedy Center for Him
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December 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
How the White House gets to unanimity: Representative Joyce Beatty of Ohio, a Democrat, said on social media that she “was muted on the call and not allowed to speak or voice my opposition.”
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While hiking in the Italian Alps, a nature photographer came upon a surface speckled with more than 2,000 dinosaur footprints that scientists are calling “remarkable.” nyti.ms/44zfQc8
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
While hiking in the Italian Alps, a nature photographer came upon a surface speckled with more than 2,000 dinosaur footprints that scientists are calling “remarkable.” nyti.ms/44zfQc8
Trump has gone back to asserting that he cut drug prices by 400, 500 or even 600 percent. But a 100 percent price cut would mean a cost of $0. -- Chris Cameron, NYT.
December 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Trump has gone back to asserting that he cut drug prices by 400, 500 or even 600 percent. But a 100 percent price cut would mean a cost of $0. -- Chris Cameron, NYT.
Music heals, if only for a few minutes. -- While I waited for latkes this evening at Saul's Deli, Berkeley.
December 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Music heals, if only for a few minutes. -- While I waited for latkes this evening at Saul's Deli, Berkeley.
Motto Oxymoron. .
From a Chinese company that makes great wool caps.
From a Chinese company that makes great wool caps.
December 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Motto Oxymoron. .
From a Chinese company that makes great wool caps.
From a Chinese company that makes great wool caps.
Still, quicksand has a reputation, one that he said was cemented by what people see on television. -- nice line.
Stuck in Quicksand, a Hiker in Utah Has His SOS Answered
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December 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Still, quicksand has a reputation, one that he said was cemented by what people see on television. -- nice line.
Authors on the Winning Side: Anthropic will pay authors approximately $3,000 per book. Let's hope for more AI settlements TK. If you're on the list, it's in your inbox.
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors
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December 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Authors on the Winning Side: Anthropic will pay authors approximately $3,000 per book. Let's hope for more AI settlements TK. If you're on the list, it's in your inbox.
Would Treasury Secretary Bessent care to amend his statement?
NYT 9/27/25
NYT 9/27/25
November 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Would Treasury Secretary Bessent care to amend his statement?
NYT 9/27/25
NYT 9/27/25
Maureen Dowd, NYT, Jack Schlossberg story, 11/16/25.
Today, his sister, Tatiana, a new mother, wrote about her terminal leukemia, in The New Yorker.
Today, his sister, Tatiana, a new mother, wrote about her terminal leukemia, in The New Yorker.
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Maureen Dowd, NYT, Jack Schlossberg story, 11/16/25.
Today, his sister, Tatiana, a new mother, wrote about her terminal leukemia, in The New Yorker.
Today, his sister, Tatiana, a new mother, wrote about her terminal leukemia, in The New Yorker.