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As Trump Says He’s Stamping Out Antisemitism, He Advances Similar Tropes www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
Denouncing Antisemitism, Trump Also Fans Its Flames
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
As Trump Says He’s Stamping Out Antisemitism, He Advances Similar Tropes www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
This made me smarter and scared me.
How Trump could make Americans permanently poorer
The most surprising consequence of Trump’s trade war.
www.vox.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This made me smarter and scared me.
Regulate the fuck out of this shit.
California warns ICE: Immigration detention centers across state need 'significant improvements'
As Trump ramps up his deportation agenda, state Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta signaled that California would not let up on scrutinizing facilities for detained immigrants.
www.latimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Regulate the fuck out of this shit.
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This is a very good point. About a very feeble excuse.
April 15, 2025 at 5:12 AM
This is a very good point. About a very feeble excuse.
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Best news about Harvard since it beat Yale 29-29.
Breaking News: Trump officials said they would freeze $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard after the university refused the administration’s demands.
Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands
Federal officials said they would freeze the money after Harvard said it would not submit to requests to overhaul hiring and report international students who break rules.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Best news about Harvard since it beat Yale 29-29.
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Law enforcement wearing masks, again, even as one of the Trump administration conditions for universities is that no-one can wear a mask that disrupts their surveillance.
Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? 😕🇺🇸
April 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Law enforcement wearing masks, again, even as one of the Trump administration conditions for universities is that no-one can wear a mask that disrupts their surveillance.
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I sense a lot of people in the U.S. waiting for the movie moment when Trump dissolves Congress and marches his shock troops into major cities to decide this is fascism. That’s pretty unlikely to happen; things will carry on similarly, just with ever-more constraints on what you can do or say
April 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I sense a lot of people in the U.S. waiting for the movie moment when Trump dissolves Congress and marches his shock troops into major cities to decide this is fascism. That’s pretty unlikely to happen; things will carry on similarly, just with ever-more constraints on what you can do or say
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Our recent report finds that transgender people face increased risks, such as being denied access and verbal and physical assault, when required to use bathrooms according to their sex assigned at birth. bit.ly/transrestroom
Transgender Woman Arrested After Using Bathroom at Florida State Capitol
Marcy Rheintgen said she was held in jail overnight after she deliberately challenged a state law by entering a women’s bathroom in the government building.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Our recent report finds that transgender people face increased risks, such as being denied access and verbal and physical assault, when required to use bathrooms according to their sex assigned at birth. bit.ly/transrestroom
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FT ed board weighs in on the White House war on federal statistics. I hope more media outlets do as well. Still waiting for more market participants who rely on these critical data series to speak up.
www.ft.com/content/a2cb...
www.ft.com/content/a2cb...
The White House war on federal statistics
Economists and scientists worry over disappearing data and advisory groups
www.ft.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
FT ed board weighs in on the White House war on federal statistics. I hope more media outlets do as well. Still waiting for more market participants who rely on these critical data series to speak up.
www.ft.com/content/a2cb...
www.ft.com/content/a2cb...
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Transgender adults in California were also more likely to have suicidal thoughts: 60.7% of transgender adults experienced suicide ideation in 2022–2023 compared to 18.7% of cisgender adults. Explore AskCHIS for more data: healthpolicy.ucla.edu/our-work/ask.... #TransDayofVisibility #tdov
AskCHIS™
AskCHIS™ is an online health query tool that allows you to quickly search for health statistics on your county, region, and state. AskCHIS draws upon responses from the California Health Interview Sur...
healthpolicy.ucla.edu
March 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Transgender adults in California were also more likely to have suicidal thoughts: 60.7% of transgender adults experienced suicide ideation in 2022–2023 compared to 18.7% of cisgender adults. Explore AskCHIS for more data: healthpolicy.ucla.edu/our-work/ask.... #TransDayofVisibility #tdov
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yeah makes sense, he’s the president www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
yeah makes sense, he’s the president www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
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yep, this is what i think is going on. there is an underlying moral economy where service jobs are feminine and thus undesirable whereas factory jobs are masculine and thus good.
March 17, 2025 at 2:54 AM
yep, this is what i think is going on. there is an underlying moral economy where service jobs are feminine and thus undesirable whereas factory jobs are masculine and thus good.
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one interesting thing about this is that no one on the “maybe tariffs are good” side of things has made an argument for why americans would be better off more low end manufacturing jobs versus making service jobs better paying and unionized
"I disagree with the Democrats who live in the framework that we just need cheap goods from China and Mexico, and their message is: 'Washing machines and avocados are going to get more expensive,'" @faiz.bsky.social tells @axios.com.
Why some Democrats are warm to Trump's tariffs
It's the latest example of Democrats' soul-searching and agenda-tweaking in the aftermath of Trump's election.
www.axios.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
one interesting thing about this is that no one on the “maybe tariffs are good” side of things has made an argument for why americans would be better off more low end manufacturing jobs versus making service jobs better paying and unionized
Brown University Professor Is Deported Despite a Judge’s Order www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Brown University Professor and Doctor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Brown University Professor Is Deported Despite a Judge’s Order www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
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Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week.
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
NOAA firings hit the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting
Dismissed researchers were improving severe weather predictions
www.science.org
March 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week.
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
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If you're wondering why you haven't seen more organized disruptive action from Democrats at the speech tonight, I've heard from multiple people on Capitol Hill that House Dem leadership actively organized against any strong actions tonight. They are leading, but in the wrong direction.
March 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
If you're wondering why you haven't seen more organized disruptive action from Democrats at the speech tonight, I've heard from multiple people on Capitol Hill that House Dem leadership actively organized against any strong actions tonight. They are leading, but in the wrong direction.
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Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog).
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)
While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…
www.techdirt.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week
The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk’s team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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Got out to North Hollywood this afternoon to protest Elon Musk.
Cheered by honking supporters, sidewalk art from the big group here earlier today, and the guy in Rivian who asked “what’s a coup.”
Keep it up out there. #TeslaTakedown
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
Cheered by honking supporters, sidewalk art from the big group here earlier today, and the guy in Rivian who asked “what’s a coup.”
Keep it up out there. #TeslaTakedown
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
February 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Got out to North Hollywood this afternoon to protest Elon Musk.
Cheered by honking supporters, sidewalk art from the big group here earlier today, and the guy in Rivian who asked “what’s a coup.”
Keep it up out there. #TeslaTakedown
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
Cheered by honking supporters, sidewalk art from the big group here earlier today, and the guy in Rivian who asked “what’s a coup.”
Keep it up out there. #TeslaTakedown
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
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A 10% universal tariff on $3.25 trillion of annual US merchandise imports would potentially raise ~$300 billion.
Last year, US personal income tax brought in nearly 30x that.
Last year, US personal income tax brought in nearly 30x that.
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick says President Trump’s goal is to abolish the IRS and “let all the outsiders pay.”
February 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
A 10% universal tariff on $3.25 trillion of annual US merchandise imports would potentially raise ~$300 billion.
Last year, US personal income tax brought in nearly 30x that.
Last year, US personal income tax brought in nearly 30x that.
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My university library is assembling a list of resources for disappeared US government #data. Check it out: subjectguides.library.american.edu/data_rescue
Subject Guides: Government Information Data Rescue: Home
Links to trusted repositories that have rescued U.S. government data
subjectguides.library.american.edu
February 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My university library is assembling a list of resources for disappeared US government #data. Check it out: subjectguides.library.american.edu/data_rescue
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I'm a subscriber, all the way here in NYC. Their fire coverage has been extraordinary, and if you are an even occasional tourist in greater LA, their restaurant coverage is superb.
Shoutout to the Los Angeles Times reporters who are doing essential journalism under very difficult circumstances.
They’ve dropped their paywall, but their ongoing coverage is a good reminder of why local newsrooms need support — and what we lose when those outlets are hollowed out.
They’ve dropped their paywall, but their ongoing coverage is a good reminder of why local newsrooms need support — and what we lose when those outlets are hollowed out.
5 dead, more than 2,000 structures burned as new fire hits Hollywood Hills
More than 2,000 structures have burned and at least five people are dead in wildfires burning across L.A. County. Red flag warnings remained in effect for Los Angeles County and much of Ventura County...
www.latimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I'm a subscriber, all the way here in NYC. Their fire coverage has been extraordinary, and if you are an even occasional tourist in greater LA, their restaurant coverage is superb.
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This is really cool. Many people don't know this but California is home to 109 federally recognized tribes. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Biden to create two national monuments in California honoring tribes
The Chuckwalla and Sáttítla national monuments would safeguard landscapes that Native American tribes have revered for thousands of years.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is really cool. Many people don't know this but California is home to 109 federally recognized tribes. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...