cjgphd.bsky.social
@cjgphd.bsky.social
Retired professor, current law student.
If Project 2025’s authors felt . . .that America was “in the late stages of a complete Marxist takeover, 'they may find the situation even more apocalyptic if a Democrat wins the presidency in 2028—and inherits the sweeping powers they have handed to the [WH]." www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Plan That Foretold Trump’s 2025
Reviewing Project 2025’s year of successes and shortcomings
www.theatlantic.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don't know how sincere MTG is. She's still an awful person. But, it will take Trump turning on his supporters to break the MAGA fever. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
‘I Was Just So Naïve’: Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Break With Trump
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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I’ve seen no serious engagement from senior Dems about what, exactly, they plan to do in terms of reasserting congressional power, as in identifying the available tools and thinking seriously about ways to use them to dig us out of the current state of total constitutional collapse.
Pelosi: "Right now, Republicans in Congress have abolished the Congress. They just do what the president insists that they do. That will be over as soon as we have the gavel."
December 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Maybe this year, I'll disengage a bit. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o...
Opinion | I Killed Color on My Phone. The Result Shocked Me.
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Reup of this public resource we created

Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)

with links to all the publicly available documents
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
A comprehensive timeline of the failure of federal law enforcement to address Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's crimes.
www.justsecurity.org
December 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
MSN
www.msn.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"... there’s time to contain the damage. This would mean treating stablecoin issuers as deposit takers, and requiring all U.S.-dollar stablecoin issuers that do business in the U.S. to pay insurance on their deposits." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
How Crypto Could Trigger the Next Financial Crisis
The danger of stablecoins lies in the ways they are meant to be safe.
www.theatlantic.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"When I asked him to square his nicotine habit and the time he spends tanning with the federal health advisories against both, he shifted in his chair. I’m not telling people that they should do anything that I do." #Vaccines www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"The voters, Congress, and, yes, the U.S. military must all now be more vigilant than at any time in our modern history." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The President Is Losing Control of Himself
Donald Trump’s outbursts on social media this week were different than usual.
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"At a time when Montana Republican leadership insists the state is becoming “deep red,” the losses in the state’s most Republican cities raised eyebrows of election veterans." montanafreepress.org/2025/11/19/c...
Candidates backed by donors that typically support Democrats will govern Montana’s reddest cities
Candidates supported by those who usually donate to Democrats win mayor races in Kalispell, Billings.
montanafreepress.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Opinion | Trump Is Pushing Us Toward a Crash. It Could Be 1929 All Over Again.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Here's a great suggestion for #NWE and #MTPSC to help bring our energy costs down. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Opinion | A Simple Fix to America’s Soaring Electricity Prices
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Why is this woman working her second job when our energy costs are sky rocketing? She is paid over $100K by the tax payers in #Montana. dailymontanan.com/2025/10/31/c...
Complaint: Public Service Commissioner Bukacek using state resources for private business • Daily Montanan
Public Service Commissioner Annie Bukacek is using state equipment to copy medical records unrelated to agency work, a complaint alleges.
dailymontanan.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
C'mon . . . we need more Republicans who are not afraid to right a wrong when they see it. www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
MSN
www.msn.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.

And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Try this calculator to determine what your monthly healthcare premium will be if ACA subsidies are not extended. www.kff.org/interactive/...
Calculator: ACA Enhanced Premium Tax Credit
The ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits are set to expire at the end of 2025. This calculator estimates how much out-of-pocket premiums would increase for families if Congress does not extend the credi...
www.kff.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I'm sorry there is no mechanism to gift this article. This is great information for data centers in Montana. We need to learn from other states. #Montana #Datacenters #NWE billingsgazette.com/opinion/colu...
Montana’s data center boom: A crossroads for energy, economy and common sense | Max Scheder-Bieschin
Opinion: The challenge is clear: capture data-center investment without imposing hidden burdens on everyday Montanans.
billingsgazette.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Letter to the Editor
Get educated and make sure to vote on local candidates, issues
It is easy to find out what is on your ballot through VOTE411.org, where you can find all of the information you need to make an informed decision
-Mary Robbins, LWV Akron
www.beaconjournal.com/story/opinio...
Get educated and make sure to vote on local candidates, issues in Summit County | Letter
The stakes are still high in "off-year" elections, president of the League of Women Voters of the Akron Area says.
www.beaconjournal.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Wow, we're in trouble! "Mr. Trump, with his thirst for money and power, has in one fell swoop both exposed and embraced the corruption at the heart of digital currencies — a corruption inherited from the libertarian ideals that created them." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
Opinion | How a Fringe Movement of Gun Nuts, Backwoodsmen and Free Marketers Paved the Way for Autocracy
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM