EBBaker
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May 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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There's a difference between a political and a professional military. America's military is professional. Russia's is political. But by imposing one standard for MAGA and another for everyone else, Hegseth and Trump are making America's military more like Russia's. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...
Opinion | What Rusting Russian Tanks Can Teach Us About the Pete Hegseth Group Chat
A politicized military is an ineffective military.
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
There's a difference between a political and a professional military. America's military is professional. Russia's is political. But by imposing one standard for MAGA and another for everyone else, Hegseth and Trump are making America's military more like Russia's. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...
It is important to remember what life was like before vaccinations. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | A Reminder of What Pre-Vaccine America Was Like (Gift Article)
The worst manifestations of preventable diseases have faded from public memory.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
It is important to remember what life was like before vaccinations. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Worth reading.
March 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Worth reading.
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My column: You Cannot Run a Country This Way www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
Opinion | You Cannot Run a Country This Way
Trump’s foreign policy philosophy is not “containment” or “engagement,” but “smash and grab.”
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
My column: You Cannot Run a Country This Way www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
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February 16, 2025
February 16, 2025
The sixty-first Munich Security Conference, the world’s leading forum for talking about international security policy, took place from February 14 to February 16 this year.
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February 17, 2025 at 5:11 AM
February 16, 2025
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“We are in the midst of a constitutional crisis right now,” law school dean tells @adamliptak.bsky.social “There have been so many unconstitutional and illegal actions in the first 18 days of the Trump presidency. We never have seen anything like this.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
Trump’s Actions Have Created a Constitutional Crisis, Scholars Say
Law professors have long debated what the term means. But now many have concluded that the nation faces a reckoning as President Trump tests the boundaries of executive power.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“We are in the midst of a constitutional crisis right now,” law school dean tells @adamliptak.bsky.social “There have been so many unconstitutional and illegal actions in the first 18 days of the Trump presidency. We never have seen anything like this.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
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Is he a Nazi… Yes he is.
February 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Is he a Nazi… Yes he is.
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“The Trump administration is not refusing to share power with an opposing party. It is refusing to follow the constitutional limits of a government that its own party controls completely,” Jonathan Chait argues.
Trump Signals He Might Ignore the Courts
Yesterday, the president said that no judge “should be allowed” to rule against the changes his administration is making.
www.theatlantic.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“The Trump administration is not refusing to share power with an opposing party. It is refusing to follow the constitutional limits of a government that its own party controls completely,” Jonathan Chait argues.
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“President Trump regards people who take their constitutional oath seriously as, by definition, his political enemies. His attack on public service is not about reform; it’s a first strike against a key obstacle to authoritarianism”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Total Contempt for Public Servants
Trump and Musk do not understand the value of an apolitical service that must obey the Constitution and the law.
www.theatlantic.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“President Trump regards people who take their constitutional oath seriously as, by definition, his political enemies. His attack on public service is not about reform; it’s a first strike against a key obstacle to authoritarianism”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The world’s richest man appears to be dismantling the government with an eye toward consolidating power and punishing his political enemies, @cwarzel.bsky.social writes. Will it work?
The ‘Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly’ of the United States Government
Elon Musk’s bureaucratic coup is underway.
www.theatlantic.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The world’s richest man appears to be dismantling the government with an eye toward consolidating power and punishing his political enemies, @cwarzel.bsky.social writes. Will it work?
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#FuckTrump and the idiots who voted for him!
February 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
#FuckTrump and the idiots who voted for him!
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We just published a 3,000 word feature on Elon Musk's incursion into the federal government.
Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
February 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
We just published a 3,000 word feature on Elon Musk's incursion into the federal government.
Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
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I want Elon arrested and deported! #FuckTrump #ArrestElon
February 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I want Elon arrested and deported! #FuckTrump #ArrestElon
"The Gulf of Empathy"
January 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"The Gulf of Empathy"
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Your money is an important part of your voice. I will be buying a Costco membership today. #resist
ICYMI — Sharpton led a buy-in to support Costco after they didn’t back down on DEI
January 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Your money is an important part of your voice. I will be buying a Costco membership today. #resist
PBS, NPR, and the BBC are excellent news sources. Social media ... not so much.
A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
PBS News Weekend full episode, Jan. 25, 2025
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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January 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
PBS, NPR, and the BBC are excellent news sources. Social media ... not so much.
I imagine the Chinese, the Russians, and the Iranians look forward to forging stronger relationships with several of our former trading partners.
President Donald Trump has retaliated with steep tariffs and immediately revoked visas of Colombian officials after the nation’s president said his country would not accept U.S. deportation flights.
Trump orders sanctions on Colombia after it refuses deportation flights
Trump retaliates with steep tariffs and immediately revokes visas of Colombian officials after the nation’s president says his country will not accept U.S. deportation flights.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I imagine the Chinese, the Russians, and the Iranians look forward to forging stronger relationships with several of our former trading partners.
Trump freed a Jan. 6 defendant charged with assaulting police. DOJ had him arrested again on a gun charge.
* www.jefftiedrich.com/p/this-week-...
* www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
* www.jefftiedrich.com/p/this-week-...
* www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Trump freed a Jan. 6 defendant charged with assaulting police. DOJ had him arrested again on a gun charge.
The charges against Daniel Ball, unrelated to Jan. 6, had been pending since 2023.
www.politico.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Trump freed a Jan. 6 defendant charged with assaulting police. DOJ had him arrested again on a gun charge.
* www.jefftiedrich.com/p/this-week-...
* www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
* www.jefftiedrich.com/p/this-week-...
* www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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January 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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