Barb
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Educator in every imaginable role over many decades, teacher, administrator, teacher prep., ed leadership. Wife, mother, grandmother and friend. Active in OLLI and UUAA, my cults. Reader and Writer and curious for new ideas.
Ezra Klein writes of Dem's ethical responsibility to not approve the US budget in 3 weeks, get attention and have a unified alternative message that's attractive.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
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Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Ezra Klein writes of Dem's ethical responsibility to not approve the US budget in 3 weeks, get attention and have a unified alternative message that's attractive.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Political Styles of the Rich and Clueless
So good a set of insights.
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So good a set of insights.
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Political Styles of the Rich and Clueless
There are none so blind as those that will not see
open.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Political Styles of the Rich and Clueless
So good a set of insights.
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
So good a set of insights.
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
China’s going to have a lot of new potential friends knocking on its door.
April 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
China’s going to have a lot of new potential friends knocking on its door.
People: HE JUST DOESN’T CARE
April 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
People: HE JUST DOESN’T CARE
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Subjective criteria for a stint in El Salvador prisons!
Subjective criteria for a stint in El Salvador prisons!
ICE List Shows How Tattoos and Clothing Are Used to Label Immigrants as Gang Members
The ACLU obtained a checklist that shows how easy it is for ICE to declare an immigrant as an "Alien Enemy."
www.rollingstone.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Subjective criteria for a stint in El Salvador prisons!
Subjective criteria for a stint in El Salvador prisons!
Unbelievable, but then there's "un believable" now daily, and believer me these are amateurs.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Unbelievable, but then there's "un believable" now daily, and believer me these are amateurs.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Musk in search of a heart; Trump too, although they likely won't look too hard.
March 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Musk in search of a heart; Trump too, although they likely won't look too hard.
What does this remind you of? Careless regard for parental to child bond we had experience with at our own Southern border during T's last term, About 1000 have never been reunited. Careless and dangerous.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
Trump Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in Russia
A Democratic lawmaker is drafting a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking whether a database on thousands of children has been deleted.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What does this remind you of? Careless regard for parental to child bond we had experience with at our own Southern border during T's last term, About 1000 have never been reunited. Careless and dangerous.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Justice takes time but here's some!
Justice takes time but here's some!
Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte arrested in Manila after ICC warrant
Duterte is wanted by the international criminal court over his so-called ‘war on drugs’, which rights groups say left 30,000 people dead
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Justice takes time but here's some!
Justice takes time but here's some!
Yesterday, the United States was added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist, which identifies countries that the global civil rights watchdog believes are currently experiencing a rapid decline in civic freedoms.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/09/watchlist-decline-civic-freedoms-civicus
US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms
Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Yesterday, the United States was added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist, which identifies countries that the global civil rights watchdog believes are currently experiencing a rapid decline in civic freedoms.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/09/watchlist-decline-civic-freedoms-civicus
This is quite an article. Digital Services act of Europe is something we need to have actual Free Speech and not what the oligarchs & tech companies want us to be fed.
Three decades ago the social media companies were exempted from what news has to comply with.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Three decades ago the social media companies were exempted from what news has to comply with.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
www.theatlantic.com
March 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is quite an article. Digital Services act of Europe is something we need to have actual Free Speech and not what the oligarchs & tech companies want us to be fed.
Three decades ago the social media companies were exempted from what news has to comply with.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Three decades ago the social media companies were exempted from what news has to comply with.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Social Security and Sex Robots: Musk Veers Off Script With Joe Rogan www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
Social Security and Sex Robots: Musk Veers Off Script With Joe Rogan
Elon Musk’s three-hour interview with “The Joe Rogan Experience” offered a window into his worldview that was by turns crude and contradictory.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Social Security and Sex Robots: Musk Veers Off Script With Joe Rogan www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
Speaker Johnson, originally struck me as more sincere than the former ousted Speaker, but now despite his conservative, "George Will" sort of grooming, he's really a MAGA, and Trump advocate. Suggesting Zelensky resign sort of says it all. www.yahoo.com/news/speaker...
Speaker Johnson: Claims Trump is too Russia-friendly are 'a joke'
Mike Johnson, the leader of the US House of Representatives and a loyal ally of Donald Trump, has rejected accusations the president is too friendly toward Russia. "It's pretty absurd for anyone in th...
www.yahoo.com
March 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Speaker Johnson, originally struck me as more sincere than the former ousted Speaker, but now despite his conservative, "George Will" sort of grooming, he's really a MAGA, and Trump advocate. Suggesting Zelensky resign sort of says it all. www.yahoo.com/news/speaker...
Horticulturists, Biologists, Engineers: Federal ‘Bloat’ or Valued Experts? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
Horticulturists, Biologists, Engineers: Federal ‘Bloat’ or Valued Experts?
President Trump’s effort to remake the government is a direct challenge to a decades-long effort to build a civil service stocked with experts. Critics say it will backfire.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Horticulturists, Biologists, Engineers: Federal ‘Bloat’ or Valued Experts? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
Aleichem said, "Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor."
March 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Aleichem said, "Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor."
Musk posted 3 weeks back of throwing US Aid in the wood chipper with such glee, and now shredding some new agency. The many civil servants who have done meaningful work, were unceremoniously dismissed in a day's time to walk out of with nothing more than a box of office supplies.
The People Carrying Out Musk’s Plans at DOGE (Gift Article)
The Times identified 50 people within the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a group formed by Elon Musk that in a short few weeks has radically upended federal agencies.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Musk posted 3 weeks back of throwing US Aid in the wood chipper with such glee, and now shredding some new agency. The many civil servants who have done meaningful work, were unceremoniously dismissed in a day's time to walk out of with nothing more than a box of office supplies.
Ukraine as most consequential but most all have a level of consequence and impact
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | Trump’s First Full Month in Office Is Over. Here’s Which Actions Mattered Most.
From DOGE to Ukraine to the Eric Adams case, these are the most consequential actions by the new administration so far.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Ukraine as most consequential but most all have a level of consequence and impact
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Here we are again with this hierarchy of some persons being of greater worth than others. It's a frightening world when lead by such a prehistoric mind.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
Trump Plans ‘Gold Card’ Alternative to Green Cards for ‘High Level People’ (Gift Article)
President Trump said the cards would have “a higher level of sophistication” than green cards and cost applicants about $5 million.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Here we are again with this hierarchy of some persons being of greater worth than others. It's a frightening world when lead by such a prehistoric mind.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
What is Russia’s role in the Israel-Gaza crisis? www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
What is Russia's role in the Israel-Gaza crisis?
Putin sees Israel as a key pillar of Russia's foreign policy in the Middle East, but the bilateral relationship has ruptured since October 7.
www.brookings.edu
February 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
What is Russia’s role in the Israel-Gaza crisis? www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
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So good on positive solutions, and the brazen corruption thru Trump's crypto, to foreign influence. But also great thoughts on the attention economy and monetizing it towards social health instead of no duty of care shown by social media's business plan.
So good on positive solutions, and the brazen corruption thru Trump's crypto, to foreign influence. But also great thoughts on the attention economy and monetizing it towards social health instead of no duty of care shown by social media's business plan.
A Democrat Who Is Thinking Differently | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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February 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tnQ...
So good on positive solutions, and the brazen corruption thru Trump's crypto, to foreign influence. But also great thoughts on the attention economy and monetizing it towards social health instead of no duty of care shown by social media's business plan.
So good on positive solutions, and the brazen corruption thru Trump's crypto, to foreign influence. But also great thoughts on the attention economy and monetizing it towards social health instead of no duty of care shown by social media's business plan.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/b...
The Influence of Foreign Aid (Gift Article)
America is losing a diplomatic tool the government has relied on for decades.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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