A fold-out map of the Danube River, part of the display at the Newberry Library. (The section outside of the display case is, of course, a copy.) @newberrylibrary.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
A fold-out map of the Danube River, part of the display at the Newberry Library. (The section outside of the display case is, of course, a copy.) @newberrylibrary.bsky.social
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As the Trump administration has sent Border Patrol, National Guard and other federal forces to U.S. cities, it can be difficult to tell them apart, or to understand what powers each agency has. Here's a guide.
Who Are the Federal Forces Behind Trump’s Mass Deportations and Crime Crackdown?
As President Trump deploys ICE, Border Patrol, the National Guard and other forces to U.S. cities, here’s how to tell them apart — and what their powers are.
nyti.ms
October 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
As the Trump administration has sent Border Patrol, National Guard and other federal forces to U.S. cities, it can be difficult to tell them apart, or to understand what powers each agency has. Here's a guide.
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Both the U.S. marshal and the immigrant were shot by federal officers. You’d never know that from this headline.
October 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Both the U.S. marshal and the immigrant were shot by federal officers. You’d never know that from this headline.
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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The muted response to Israel’s attack on the Qatari capital simply reflects reality: the Gulf states do not have much influence over Israel. Instead, they will look to pressure its closest ally—America
Arab states’ response to Israel’s strikes on Doha has been mostly angry bombast
But they want Donald Trump to choose: them or Israel
econ.st
September 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The muted response to Israel’s attack on the Qatari capital simply reflects reality: the Gulf states do not have much influence over Israel. Instead, they will look to pressure its closest ally—America
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Economist Amartya Sen won a Nobel in part for asking: Why did India avoid the mass famines that killed tens of millions in China? His answer: a free press. Journalists could expose suffering and shame governments into action. Silence and avoidance, by contrast, can be deadly.
August 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Economist Amartya Sen won a Nobel in part for asking: Why did India avoid the mass famines that killed tens of millions in China? His answer: a free press. Journalists could expose suffering and shame governments into action. Silence and avoidance, by contrast, can be deadly.
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Definitely this. It took less than a week to go from 'we're just exercising our unique, temporary authority to police DC as a federal district' to 'Chicago is next' without anyone saying 'oh so just forget the Constitution then?'
August 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Definitely this. It took less than a week to go from 'we're just exercising our unique, temporary authority to police DC as a federal district' to 'Chicago is next' without anyone saying 'oh so just forget the Constitution then?'
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That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
August 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
June 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Thanks to @actonclimateus.bsky.social for confronting Lee Zeldin at the budget hearing today.
For over 50 years, the EPA delivered on its mission to protect health and climate.
This administration has quickly undone decades of work: firing experts, rolling back regulations, denying science.
For over 50 years, the EPA delivered on its mission to protect health and climate.
This administration has quickly undone decades of work: firing experts, rolling back regulations, denying science.
"EPA's actions have made families worse off, ignored science, and eroded America's trust in your agency all for the benefit of polluters."
Thank you @senwhitehouse.bsky.social for calling out Lee Zeldin's shameful #PollutersFirst Agenda, which is illegally cancelling grants that protect us.
Thank you @senwhitehouse.bsky.social for calling out Lee Zeldin's shameful #PollutersFirst Agenda, which is illegally cancelling grants that protect us.
May 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Thanks to @actonclimateus.bsky.social for confronting Lee Zeldin at the budget hearing today.
For over 50 years, the EPA delivered on its mission to protect health and climate.
This administration has quickly undone decades of work: firing experts, rolling back regulations, denying science.
For over 50 years, the EPA delivered on its mission to protect health and climate.
This administration has quickly undone decades of work: firing experts, rolling back regulations, denying science.
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Early spring chatter on the purple martin houses.
May 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Early spring chatter on the purple martin houses.
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Two years ago, war broke out in Sudan. In the time since, it has spiraled into the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
Now, there is no excuse for inaction.
Here’s how the world can help break the cycle that millions of Sudanese are trapped in: www.rescue.org/report/cost-...
Now, there is no excuse for inaction.
Here’s how the world can help break the cycle that millions of Sudanese are trapped in: www.rescue.org/report/cost-...
The Cost of Neglect: Two years of war in Sudan
As Sudan marks two years since the outbreak of war, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns of unprecedented humanitarian disaster and failed diplomacy. With millions displaced and famine sprea...
www.rescue.org
April 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Two years ago, war broke out in Sudan. In the time since, it has spiraled into the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
Now, there is no excuse for inaction.
Here’s how the world can help break the cycle that millions of Sudanese are trapped in: www.rescue.org/report/cost-...
Now, there is no excuse for inaction.
Here’s how the world can help break the cycle that millions of Sudanese are trapped in: www.rescue.org/report/cost-...
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The first Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot famously wrote, “Where conflicting interests must be reconciled, the question shall always be answered from the standpoint of the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run.”🧪🌲🌎 From chiefs 1997-2025: enewspaper.denverpost.com/infinity/art...
Trump’s approach has us worried for the future of public lands
Trump’s approach has us worried for the future of public lands
enewspaper.denverpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The first Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot famously wrote, “Where conflicting interests must be reconciled, the question shall always be answered from the standpoint of the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run.”🧪🌲🌎 From chiefs 1997-2025: enewspaper.denverpost.com/infinity/art...
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now they will start clear cutting the national forests from NC up2WV.they say logging.its where lithium deposits are.path of least resistance 1st.lithium extraction takes 500,000 gals of water/per ton.leaches hyrocloric acid into water tables.no fema$to NC.this is why.people will turn on em.
April 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
now they will start clear cutting the national forests from NC up2WV.they say logging.its where lithium deposits are.path of least resistance 1st.lithium extraction takes 500,000 gals of water/per ton.leaches hyrocloric acid into water tables.no fema$to NC.this is why.people will turn on em.
Words of wisdom.
Who ever said caring for forests was supposed to be easy? #forest #forests #forestry #forester #ecology #restoration #wildlife #biodiversity #love
April 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Words of wisdom.
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.