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Trump’s Youth Support Has Faded. These 11 Young Trump Voters Explain Why. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Trump, Vance, the Economy: 11 Voters Discuss
The group discusses the president’s job performance so far across issues such as the economy and immigration.
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September 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
February 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
AI gives Musk 2 left feet, and a mighty wet big toe.

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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.

Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This prescient piece, "We'll Miss Democracy When It's Over" by Jesse Larner, was published on January 20, 2025. dispatchesmag.com/ideas-miss-d...
#endofdemocracy #oligarchy #autocracy
We'll Miss Democracy When It's Over | Dispatches Magazine
"Donald Trump, in office or on the campaign trail, is not like any other American president."—Jesse Larner
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February 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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NEW: Judge Dale Ho appoints Paul Clement to present “friend of the court” arguments on the government’s motion to dismiss Eric Adams’s charges.
February 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
February 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Trump and Musk’s takeover of the US government is a human disaster

HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website bsky.app/profile/cram...

Meanwhile in Texas, health officials are scrambling to get a handle on a measles outbreak and suspect 200-300 are infected
February 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.
February 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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It’s remarkable how quickly the Trump team has sabotaged all the things that actually made the U.S. influential on the global stage.

Free trade economics, strong diplomatic networks and alliances, the soft power of democratic culture and values, the hard power of a competent military …
February 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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True.
February 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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The greatest business battle EVER to be fought will come when President Elon starts trying to implement AI for federal processes.

The battle will be fought over which company’s AI will be used by the feds.

This is a zero sum battle that will create more chaos than this country has ever seen
February 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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My former law school dean, Harold Koh, used to admonish incoming law students to "Never let your skill exceed your virtue."

A while back, I wrote about how lawyers, in particular, have skills they can use for good or evil. Reupping here cafe.com/notes-from-c...
Note From Asha: Never Let Your Skill Exceed Your Virtue - CAFE
By Asha Rangappa Dear Listener, This is the wisdom that the former dean of Yale Law School, Harold Koh, used to bestow on the newly-arrived law students on their first day of school. Taken from a Kore...
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February 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Hagan Scotten graduated first in his class at Harvard Law (2010), after serving 9 years in the Army Special Forces, which included 3 combat tours in Iraq. His letter to Emil Bove is below. Hats off to him, and Danielle Sassoon.
February 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
A very good piece by E.J. Dionne, Feb 9, 2025.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Democrats, Trump has given you a mission. Accept all of it.
The republic is under siege. What can be done?
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM