Linda Echols
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one category of show prep material for TRMS staff is something we've always called "subway reading".
it's something that's not exactly current events or new reporting... but nevertheless relevant food for thought given the news we're in.
today's subway reading:
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
it's something that's not exactly current events or new reporting... but nevertheless relevant food for thought given the news we're in.
today's subway reading:
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
www.bbc.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
one category of show prep material for TRMS staff is something we've always called "subway reading".
it's something that's not exactly current events or new reporting... but nevertheless relevant food for thought given the news we're in.
today's subway reading:
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
it's something that's not exactly current events or new reporting... but nevertheless relevant food for thought given the news we're in.
today's subway reading:
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
I'm attending Democratic Party of Georgia's event, “Halloween Sign Waving at Rep McCormick's Office: "What Scares Us Most"” - sign up now to www.mobilize.us/georgiademoc...
Halloween Sign Waving at Rep McCormick's Office: "What Scares Us Most" · Democratic Party of Georgia
Join us for a Halloween Sign Waving in front of Congressman Rich McCormick's office--we will be holding signs and delivering cards with the theme of What Scares Us Most about the Trump administration....
www.mobilize.us
October 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I'm attending Democratic Party of Georgia's event, “Halloween Sign Waving at Rep McCormick's Office: "What Scares Us Most"” - sign up now to www.mobilize.us/georgiademoc...
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September 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
April 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
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BREAKING: There was a second Hegseth group chat?!?
April 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
BREAKING: There was a second Hegseth group chat?!?
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John Ullyot, former chief Pentagon spokesman, who resigned last week:
“It’s been a month of total chaos at the Pentagon. From leaks of sensitive operational plans to mass firings, the dysfunction is now a major distraction for the president — who deserves better from his senior leadership.”
“It’s been a month of total chaos at the Pentagon. From leaks of sensitive operational plans to mass firings, the dysfunction is now a major distraction for the president — who deserves better from his senior leadership.”
Opinion | Former Top Pentagon Spokesperson Details ‘Month From Hell’ Inside the Agency
The total chaos at the Department of Defense is becoming a major distraction for the Trump administration, writes John Ullyot.
www.politico.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
John Ullyot, former chief Pentagon spokesman, who resigned last week:
“It’s been a month of total chaos at the Pentagon. From leaks of sensitive operational plans to mass firings, the dysfunction is now a major distraction for the president — who deserves better from his senior leadership.”
“It’s been a month of total chaos at the Pentagon. From leaks of sensitive operational plans to mass firings, the dysfunction is now a major distraction for the president — who deserves better from his senior leadership.”
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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
www.wired.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
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The El Salvador story is less about Abrego Garcia himself than about the right to due process.
The assault on Harvard is less about the school itself (there are and will be others) but attempted federal control of private universities. 1/
The assault on Harvard is less about the school itself (there are and will be others) but attempted federal control of private universities. 1/
April 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The El Salvador story is less about Abrego Garcia himself than about the right to due process.
The assault on Harvard is less about the school itself (there are and will be others) but attempted federal control of private universities. 1/
The assault on Harvard is less about the school itself (there are and will be others) but attempted federal control of private universities. 1/
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The media demanded Biden personally solve a shortage of baby food formula and kept after him for weeks about it while Trump's FDA isn't even bothering to warn people about E. coli outbreaks and it won't even be a story by tomorrow.
April 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The media demanded Biden personally solve a shortage of baby food formula and kept after him for weeks about it while Trump's FDA isn't even bothering to warn people about E. coli outbreaks and it won't even be a story by tomorrow.
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Trump and Elon say they aren’t cutting social security… but what good is social security if nobody can get it?
April 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Trump and Elon say they aren’t cutting social security… but what good is social security if nobody can get it?
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Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
April 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
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Tariffs are bad
Believing that poorer countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, Ecuador, Morroco, Botswana, Myanmar, Pakistan have somehow "ripped off" the US is beyond laughable. These places provided cheap labour for products Americans want.
Unbelievable to hear richest country in world playing victim.
Believing that poorer countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, Ecuador, Morroco, Botswana, Myanmar, Pakistan have somehow "ripped off" the US is beyond laughable. These places provided cheap labour for products Americans want.
Unbelievable to hear richest country in world playing victim.
April 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Tariffs are bad
Believing that poorer countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, Ecuador, Morroco, Botswana, Myanmar, Pakistan have somehow "ripped off" the US is beyond laughable. These places provided cheap labour for products Americans want.
Unbelievable to hear richest country in world playing victim.
Believing that poorer countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, Ecuador, Morroco, Botswana, Myanmar, Pakistan have somehow "ripped off" the US is beyond laughable. These places provided cheap labour for products Americans want.
Unbelievable to hear richest country in world playing victim.
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No lies told here.
March 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
No lies told here.
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Congratulationz to all my friends at Ted Lasso,,, I think we all need something to BELIEVE in right now ,,, and if y’all need Flavor Flav to step up and sponsor your women’s soccer team,,, I gots you. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
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@jasonsudeikis.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Congratulationz to all my friends at Ted Lasso,,, I think we all need something to BELIEVE in right now ,,, and if y’all need Flavor Flav to step up and sponsor your women’s soccer team,,, I gots you. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
@jasonsudeikis.bsky.social
@jasonsudeikis.bsky.social
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Empty egg shelves AGAIN today at my local supermarket in Orlando.
Thanks, Trump. 😡
Thanks, Trump. 😡
February 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Empty egg shelves AGAIN today at my local supermarket in Orlando.
Thanks, Trump. 😡
Thanks, Trump. 😡
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"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
Opinion | Three Former E.P.A. Leaders: You’ll Miss It When It’s Gone
When the next environmental catastrophe arrives, who will be there to deal with the emergency and its aftermath?
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
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After secretly helping Trump’s last three presidential campaigns, Russia is getting its money’s worth from him.
What a good deal for Putin: Trump siding with him on Ukraine, legitimizing his tyrannical reign, and breaking with Western allies.
What a good deal for Putin: Trump siding with him on Ukraine, legitimizing his tyrannical reign, and breaking with Western allies.
Vladimir Putin’s investment in Donald Trump pays off bigly
After secretly helping Trump's last three presidential campaigns, Russia is getting its money's worth from him.
www.motherjones.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
After secretly helping Trump’s last three presidential campaigns, Russia is getting its money’s worth from him.
What a good deal for Putin: Trump siding with him on Ukraine, legitimizing his tyrannical reign, and breaking with Western allies.
What a good deal for Putin: Trump siding with him on Ukraine, legitimizing his tyrannical reign, and breaking with Western allies.
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The wealth of Dr. Mehmet Oz has swelled in part from for-profit health care companies over which he’d wield significant power if confirmed as Trump’s Medicare pick.
Trump’s Medicare pick Dr. Oz holds millions in companies that he’d oversee if he’s confirmed
Oz's net worth is between $98 million and $332 million, according to an analysis of his disclosure, which lists asset values in ranges but does not give precise dollar figures.
fortune.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The wealth of Dr. Mehmet Oz has swelled in part from for-profit health care companies over which he’d wield significant power if confirmed as Trump’s Medicare pick.