PatrickinParis
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PatrickinParis
@patrickinparis.bsky.social
an American in Paris: Dual citizen of the United States and the Republic of Ireland, Educator, Retired Attorney, Democrat, Christian, gay, married, father. Who said life was simple?
Trump’s Fury at Gavin Newsom Backfires—and Reveals His Own Weakness newrepublic.com/article/1966... via @newrepublic.com
Trump’s Fury at Gavin Newsom Backfires—and Reveals His Own Weakness
The media has it wrong. Trump is not coming across as fearsome and strong. Instead, his watch-me-play-fascist-on-TV routine is self-evident overkill.
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June 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
From an English-language newsletter originating in Paris:

TRAVEL WARNINGS AGAINST THE USA

Now, several countries are warning their citizens against visiting the USA as tourists:
Canada
Germany
Denmark
U.K.
China
Ireland
France
Finland
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden.
June 1, 2025 at 5:54 AM
The Zionist colonization of Palestine continues.
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MSN
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May 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The article reports that France will recognize the State of Palestine.
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MSN
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May 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
...as Trump continues to show the world that the United States has become toothless.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...
Trump Administration Updates: President Grants Clemency to a Former Governor and a Gang Leader
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May 29, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The new leaders of the Free World are emerging.
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Germany Says It Will Step Up Weapons Support for Ukraine
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May 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
We are learning to dissociate Israel's objectives from its rhetoric.

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U.N. Condemns Israel’s New Aid Program in Gaza, After Chaotic Start
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May 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Opinion | How Do We Fix the Scandal That Is American Health Care? (Published 2023)
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May 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This should not surprise anyone.
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Trade War Forces Tough Question for Retailers: Raise Prices or Eat the Cost? (Gift Article)
A trade war with China and tariff threats on other countries are ramping up pressure on stores that sell products from overseas — which, for some categories, is just about all of them.
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April 14, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Maybe trump will have to give President Xi a call...
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China Halts Critical Rare Earth Exports as Trade War Intensifies (Gift Article)
Beijing has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the world’s car, semiconductor and aerospace industries.
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April 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The Israeli military, publicly confronted by a credible video, is now changing its story.Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/w...
Israel Says Its Account of Rescue Workers Killed in Gaza Was Partly ‘Mistaken’ (Gift Article)
The Israeli military had previously asserted that the workers had been “advancing suspiciously” toward its troops. A video obtained by The New York Times on Friday appeared to contradict that account.
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April 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The brain drain from the US has begun. Maybe trump should set up an Iron Curtain to prevent scientists from leaving the country, the way his buddies in Russia did during the Cold War.
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As Trump Administration Cuts Funding, Researchers Turn to European Universities
European universities have begun recruiting researchers who lost their jobs in the administration’s cost-cutting efforts, or are anxious over perceived threats to academic freedom.
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March 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I was skeptical of trump's ability to dumb down the federal government further, after his first term in office.

I stand corrected.

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Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in Group Chat With Atlantic Journalist
The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.
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March 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
For those who want to understand better Israeli-Palestinian relations, this film should be a revelation. I hope to see it soon, if I can find it showing locally.

‘No Other Land’ Won an Oscar. Many People Hope You Don’t See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Opinion | ‘No Other Land’ Won an Oscar. Many People Hope You Don’t See It.
Criticism of the documentary that chronicles West Bank violence is a microcosm of the conflict.
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March 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The New York Times' account of Mahmoud Khalil's arrest.

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How Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia Student Activist, Landed in Federal Detention (Gift Article)
Mahmoud Khalil never shielded his face with a mask the way some protesters did. That made him a target when President Trump decided to move aggressively against campus activists.
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March 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"No Other Land" won the Oscar for Best Documentary. But no US distributor will distribute the film in the United States. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/m...
‘No Other Land’: An Eye-Opener About the West Bank and the Movies (Gift Article)
A team of Palestinian and Israeli directors take a daring approach to the subject. But the Oscar-nominated film could not find a U.S. distributor.
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March 3, 2025 at 6:36 AM
“Trump is transparently and unabashedly doing Russia’s bidding in this and many other ways, aligning the U.S. with our adversaries and against our treaty allies." ”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/trump-diplomacy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z04.rQ3V.352uiA9w9Flo&smid=bs-share
Under Trump, America’s New Friends: Russia, North Korea and Belarus (Gift Article)
When it comes to the war in Ukraine, President Trump finds common cause with the world’s outlier states and stands against traditional U.S. allies like Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan and Ital...
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February 26, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Yesterday a motion before the UN Security Council to condemn Russia for its aggression in Ukraine was defeated on the basis of "no" votes cast by Russia and three of its puppet states: Byelorus, North Korea, and the United States.
February 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Trump Uses Lies to Lay the Groundwork for Radical Change
Condoms for Gaza? Ukraine started the war with Russia? The president’s manipulations of the truth lay the groundwork for radical change.
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February 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Sunday morning in Paris. On my way to church.
February 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
"Mr. Trump also suggested that future security of Ukraine would not be an American problem. “This War is far more important to Europe than it is to us,” he wrote. “We have a big, beautiful Ocean as separation.”

This is precisely what the Republicans were saying up to December 7, 1941.
February 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The Crown of Thorns is behind the screen. It is displayed for veneration from 3 to 5 each day.
February 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM