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“You are meant to feel powerless. That is what a strongman wants: to make you feel as if nothing can stop the takeover of your country.”
But we are not helpless — unless we act that way, as too many of us are sadly doing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...
But we are not helpless — unless we act that way, as too many of us are sadly doing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...
Opinion | Democrats Can Stop Trump and Save America
The Democratic Party can’t stop America’s spiral into autocracy and oligarchy unless it casts off its stale talking points and reimagines what it stands for.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“You are meant to feel powerless. That is what a strongman wants: to make you feel as if nothing can stop the takeover of your country.”
But we are not helpless — unless we act that way, as too many of us are sadly doing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...
But we are not helpless — unless we act that way, as too many of us are sadly doing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...
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These cowardly puppets would’ve stayed mute if their guy had blamed Poland for Germany’s 1939 invasion — something not even Adolf Hitler dared to do
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
As Trump Turns Against Ukraine, Republicans in Congress Stay Quiet
Congressional Republicans have mostly tempered their criticism or deferred to the president as he topples what were once their party’s core foreign policy principles.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
These cowardly puppets would’ve stayed mute if their guy had blamed Poland for Germany’s 1939 invasion — something not even Adolf Hitler dared to do
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
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Texas institutions could lose over $310 million in #research funding under the #NIH's new reduction of money for “indirect cost”. California faces cuts of more than $800 million. A pharmaceutical sciences professor breaks down the impact on both red and blue states: https://buff.ly/41ctAbv 🧪🩺
How much does scientific progress cost? Without government dollars for research infrastructure, breakthroughs become improbable
It costs money to maintain the various facilities, utilities and personnel that allow scientists to conduct research in the first place. Without federal support, institutions are left scrambling.
buff.ly
February 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Texas institutions could lose over $310 million in #research funding under the #NIH's new reduction of money for “indirect cost”. California faces cuts of more than $800 million. A pharmaceutical sciences professor breaks down the impact on both red and blue states: https://buff.ly/41ctAbv 🧪🩺
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My colleague Adrian Vermeule’s “Move along, nothing to see here” reading of JD Vance’s hint about defying court rulings that he thinks have improperly restricted the Executive Branch is too clever by half in light of what Trump and Musk have been openly threatening.
www.wsj.com/opinion/jd-v...
www.wsj.com/opinion/jd-v...
Opinion | JD Vance’s Tweet Is No Crisis
Judges also have an obligation to respect the separation of powers. Usually they do so.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
My colleague Adrian Vermeule’s “Move along, nothing to see here” reading of JD Vance’s hint about defying court rulings that he thinks have improperly restricted the Executive Branch is too clever by half in light of what Trump and Musk have been openly threatening.
www.wsj.com/opinion/jd-v...
www.wsj.com/opinion/jd-v...
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"Govt is important. We need it to regulate a whole range of things. When it fails in those functions, people die. That Trump is indifferent to his responsibilities & incompetent means we can expect more deadly accidents in every aspect of society regulated by the federal govt — which is all of them"
DCA crash puts Trump's appalling unfitness on full display
When crisis hits, he makes it worse.
www.publicnotice.co
February 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
"Govt is important. We need it to regulate a whole range of things. When it fails in those functions, people die. That Trump is indifferent to his responsibilities & incompetent means we can expect more deadly accidents in every aspect of society regulated by the federal govt — which is all of them"
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Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
January 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
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People with less knowledge about #AI are actually more open to using it, challenging the assumption that tech-savvy individuals are the most eager adopters. Business professors explain the “lower literacy-higher receptivity” link – when people think it’s ‘magic’:
Knowing less about AI makes people more open to having it in their lives – new research
People with less AI literacy often see the technology as ‘magical’ and awe-inspiring.
theconversation.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
People with less knowledge about #AI are actually more open to using it, challenging the assumption that tech-savvy individuals are the most eager adopters. Business professors explain the “lower literacy-higher receptivity” link – when people think it’s ‘magic’:
November 16, 2024 at 3:49 PM