Jeffrey Weiser
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“Few writers for the stage — or the page, for that matter — have exhibited the rhetorical dazzle of Mr. Stoppard, or been as dauntless in plumbing the depths of intellect for conflict and drama.” Gift Link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...
Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88
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November 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“Few writers for the stage — or the page, for that matter — have exhibited the rhetorical dazzle of Mr. Stoppard, or been as dauntless in plumbing the depths of intellect for conflict and drama.” Gift Link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“But the shortest answer for why Democrats caved is that Chuck Schumer is the party’s leader in the Senate. The fish rots from the head.” newrepublic.com/article/2029...
Chuck Schumer Needs to Go
The Democratic Senate leader has lost the thread. Everyone is suffering because of his lack of judgment.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“But the shortest answer for why Democrats caved is that Chuck Schumer is the party’s leader in the Senate. The fish rots from the head.” newrepublic.com/article/2029...
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Ticket sales for the Washington National Opera have collapsed since Trump took over the Kennedy center
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Washington National Opera may move out of Kennedy Center due to Trump ‘takeover’
Ticket sales at about 40% unsold compared with before president made himself chair of US performing arts center
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Ticket sales for the Washington National Opera have collapsed since Trump took over the Kennedy center
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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How Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic mother of five who was referred to in the society pages as Mrs. Paul Pelosi, embraced a fight against a deadly virus afflicting gay men and intravenous drug users. @adamnagourney.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
A Light in Very Dark Days: Nancy Pelosi and AIDS
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November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
How Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic mother of five who was referred to in the society pages as Mrs. Paul Pelosi, embraced a fight against a deadly virus afflicting gay men and intravenous drug users. @adamnagourney.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Kim Davis, who has been divorced three times and married four, has become one of the nation’s most steadfast defenders of “biblical marriage.” www.huffpost.com/entry/kentuc...
The Closed-Door Supreme Court Meeting That Everyone Should Be Paying Attention To
Kim Davis, the thrice divorced and four times married Kentucky clerk, wants SCOTUS to repeal same-sex marriage.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Kim Davis, who has been divorced three times and married four, has become one of the nation’s most steadfast defenders of “biblical marriage.” www.huffpost.com/entry/kentuc...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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This is absolutely right on every point and everyone who sits on a governing board or serves as president or provost or similar should please make the time to read it.
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Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
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October 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is absolutely right on every point and everyone who sits on a governing board or serves as president or provost or similar should please make the time to read it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
“Conservatives hope that Mr. Kirk’s death will help cement both conservative and conservative Christian values in American life for decades to come.” Gift article
September 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“Conservatives hope that Mr. Kirk’s death will help cement both conservative and conservative Christian values in American life for decades to come.” Gift article
Donald Trump’s Big Gay Government
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August 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
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America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
The authoritarian checklist
It is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy
donmoynihan.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
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RFK Jr. and the Trump administration are canceling vaccine development for bird flu and other dangerous diseases - an action which puts us and our kids in danger.
RFK Jr. cuts $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts, dealing major blow to promising area of research
The cuts add to mounting evidence that Kennedy is pursuing an aggressive anti-vaccine agenda.
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August 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
RFK Jr. and the Trump administration are canceling vaccine development for bird flu and other dangerous diseases - an action which puts us and our kids in danger.
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Elegant resignation letter from @jonathancapehart.bsky.social.
Lots of departures, but his is one of the biggest blows to the Washington Post.
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Lots of departures, but his is one of the biggest blows to the Washington Post.
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Goodbye, Washington Post
"A swirl of terrified excitement" for 18 years, 5 months and 16 days
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July 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Elegant resignation letter from @jonathancapehart.bsky.social.
Lots of departures, but his is one of the biggest blows to the Washington Post.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Lots of departures, but his is one of the biggest blows to the Washington Post.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
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I think the word "Nazi" is quite overused these days, but demanding a list of people who attended an event at which speech about and by people the Florida regime clearly considers undesirable is....some real Nazi-ass shit.
Florida AG demands names of guests and performers who attended a drag show - www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/flor...
July 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I think the word "Nazi" is quite overused these days, but demanding a list of people who attended an event at which speech about and by people the Florida regime clearly considers undesirable is....some real Nazi-ass shit.
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A big one. RIP, Robert Wilson. Responsible for many hours of mine spent at BAM over the years. Even when unsatisfying dramatically, always stunning and haunting to watch. A truly unique aesthetic, one that will forever be instantly identified as only his.
July 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A big one. RIP, Robert Wilson. Responsible for many hours of mine spent at BAM over the years. Even when unsatisfying dramatically, always stunning and haunting to watch. A truly unique aesthetic, one that will forever be instantly identified as only his.
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"The policies of this administration reinstate an era in which the rights conferred to all people in the United States by the Constitution are subject to a sliding scale of extralegal violability depending on one’s race, ethnicity or assumed immigration status."
Call this fascism Juan Crow.
Call this fascism Juan Crow.
Opinion | Juan Crow Is Back With a Vengeance
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July 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"The policies of this administration reinstate an era in which the rights conferred to all people in the United States by the Constitution are subject to a sliding scale of extralegal violability depending on one’s race, ethnicity or assumed immigration status."
Call this fascism Juan Crow.
Call this fascism Juan Crow.
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The downsizing of the National Weather Service and the NOAA appears to be part of an effort to privatize the work of such agencies.
In several instances, the companies poised to step into the void have deep ties to people tapped by Trump to run weather-related agencies. apnews.com/article/trum...
In several instances, the companies poised to step into the void have deep ties to people tapped by Trump to run weather-related agencies. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump appointees have ties to companies that stand to benefit from privatizing weather forecasts
Downsizing at the National Weather Service appears to be part of an effort by Republicans to privatize such agencies.
apnews.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The downsizing of the National Weather Service and the NOAA appears to be part of an effort to privatize the work of such agencies.
In several instances, the companies poised to step into the void have deep ties to people tapped by Trump to run weather-related agencies. apnews.com/article/trum...
In several instances, the companies poised to step into the void have deep ties to people tapped by Trump to run weather-related agencies. apnews.com/article/trum...
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If there was ever a time to call your Senator, this is it.
Voting has begun on the GOP plan to cut off health care for working-class Americans and slash taxes for the wealthiest.
Voting has begun on the GOP plan to cut off health care for working-class Americans and slash taxes for the wealthiest.
June 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If there was ever a time to call your Senator, this is it.
Voting has begun on the GOP plan to cut off health care for working-class Americans and slash taxes for the wealthiest.
Voting has begun on the GOP plan to cut off health care for working-class Americans and slash taxes for the wealthiest.
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They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
“The administration also unveiled a plan to require job applicants to write short essays describing how they plan to advance Trump’s priorities.” wapo.st/4l7nGiY
Trump accelerates push to reward loyalty in federal workforce
Many critics say the administration is scrapping a nonpartisan, merit-based civil service in favor of a biased, politicized system.
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June 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
“The administration also unveiled a plan to require job applicants to write short essays describing how they plan to advance Trump’s priorities.” wapo.st/4l7nGiY
Outrageous. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/c...
National Parks Are Told to Delete Content That ‘Disparages Americans’
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June 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Outrageous. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/c...