@edscarvalone.bsky.social
Sheila Jordan, RIP. Thanks for the memories — including this extraordinary performance.
youtu.be/egGsH0iXMNw?...
youtu.be/egGsH0iXMNw?...
August 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Sheila Jordan, RIP. Thanks for the memories — including this extraordinary performance.
youtu.be/egGsH0iXMNw?...
youtu.be/egGsH0iXMNw?...
If you're a jazz fan, then you may also be a fan of singer Sheila Jordan. She's a national treasure -- and she could use your help right about now. www.gofundme.com/f/support-sh...
Donate to Support Sheila Jordan's Hospice Care, organized by Tracey Jordan
Dear Friends, Jazz Family & Colleagues,
As you may have heard, my mom, NEA Jazzm… Tracey Jordan needs your support for Support Sheila Jordan's Hospice Care
www.gofundme.com
August 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you're a jazz fan, then you may also be a fan of singer Sheila Jordan. She's a national treasure -- and she could use your help right about now. www.gofundme.com/f/support-sh...
Thanks, New York GOP congressional members Mike Lawler and Nicole Malliotakis, for not fighting for your constituents www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
HHS layoffs include head of the World Trade Center Health Program
As part of its widespread layoffs at U.S. health agencies, the Trump administration fired John Howard, the longtime head of the World Trade Center Health Program.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Thanks, New York GOP congressional members Mike Lawler and Nicole Malliotakis, for not fighting for your constituents www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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My thoughts on the Signal business: "nobody wearing an American military uniform can doubt that if they took details of an ongoing operation off a classified system and transmitted them on an unclassified commercial platform, they would be court martialled and probably go to prison."
www.aei.org
March 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
My thoughts on the Signal business: "nobody wearing an American military uniform can doubt that if they took details of an ongoing operation off a classified system and transmitted them on an unclassified commercial platform, they would be court martialled and probably go to prison."
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Do you get it yet, law firms?
What’s happening isn’t an isolated threat to Paul Weiss or Covington or Perkins Coie.
It’s an existential threat to the independence of the legal profession.
You’re a fool if you think you won’t be next.
Say something. Do something.
What’s happening isn’t an isolated threat to Paul Weiss or Covington or Perkins Coie.
It’s an existential threat to the independence of the legal profession.
You’re a fool if you think you won’t be next.
Say something. Do something.
March 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Do you get it yet, law firms?
What’s happening isn’t an isolated threat to Paul Weiss or Covington or Perkins Coie.
It’s an existential threat to the independence of the legal profession.
You’re a fool if you think you won’t be next.
Say something. Do something.
What’s happening isn’t an isolated threat to Paul Weiss or Covington or Perkins Coie.
It’s an existential threat to the independence of the legal profession.
You’re a fool if you think you won’t be next.
Say something. Do something.
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A strong statement from the head of Voice of America, who points out that Trump‘s move to silence this important journalistic entity will help the tyrannical governments of Russia, China, Iran, and other repressive states. This is not America First; this is the abandonment of democracy.
March 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
A strong statement from the head of Voice of America, who points out that Trump‘s move to silence this important journalistic entity will help the tyrannical governments of Russia, China, Iran, and other repressive states. This is not America First; this is the abandonment of democracy.
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"To eliminate these institutions turns our backs on those around the world who have counted on us. It was about America’s integrity. There will be celebrations in the autocratic halls of power this weekend in Moscow, Minsk, Beijing, Pyongyang and Tehran." www.steveherman.press/p/requiem-fo...
Requiem for the voice that carried a nation’s conscience
VOA's signal for 83 years crossed borders and ideologies—now its silence will speak volumes.
www.steveherman.press
March 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"To eliminate these institutions turns our backs on those around the world who have counted on us. It was about America’s integrity. There will be celebrations in the autocratic halls of power this weekend in Moscow, Minsk, Beijing, Pyongyang and Tehran." www.steveherman.press/p/requiem-fo...
Squashing VOA is another move by our government that will make Vladimir Putin very happy.
Statement from the director of the Voice of America (who has been placed on administrative leave).
March 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Squashing VOA is another move by our government that will make Vladimir Putin very happy.
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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Trump is killing the Voice of America. VOA has been a global force against authoritarian government since 1942. It broadcast messages of freedom and democracy around the world throughout the cold war. It has been a beacon for truthful news and information ever since. This is an act of sabotage.
March 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Trump is killing the Voice of America. VOA has been a global force against authoritarian government since 1942. It broadcast messages of freedom and democracy around the world throughout the cold war. It has been a beacon for truthful news and information ever since. This is an act of sabotage.
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What better way to combat antisemitism than by stripping funds from a university with the highest percentages of Jewish undergraduates of any school in the Ivy League?
March 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
What better way to combat antisemitism than by stripping funds from a university with the highest percentages of Jewish undergraduates of any school in the Ivy League?
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The Trump Vance performance today was one of the great foreign policy fails in US history, the biggest Oval Office clusterfuck the public has ever had the chance to watch in real time. But it was much worse than that. Another piece from me. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-thinks...
Trump Thinks He Humiliated Zelensky. He Really Humiliated the United States
Trump’s Oval Office mob show proves he’s no Don Corleone. He’s Luca Brasi—with nukes.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The Trump Vance performance today was one of the great foreign policy fails in US history, the biggest Oval Office clusterfuck the public has ever had the chance to watch in real time. But it was much worse than that. Another piece from me. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-thinks...
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Just like 1984's Winston Smith after Big Brother declared "we have always been at war with Eastasia," GOP senators are frantically tossing their past statements down the memory hole
My senator, Roger Wicker of Mississippi deleted his tweet from this morning supporting President Zelenskyy.
March 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Just like 1984's Winston Smith after Big Brother declared "we have always been at war with Eastasia," GOP senators are frantically tossing their past statements down the memory hole
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Trump is dismantling America's defenses against Russian intelligence and political-warfare operations as he allies himself with Putin against Ukraine and our NATO allies. He is openly inviting a Russian attack on Europe -- and the subversion of American democracy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...
Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations (Gift Article)
The Trump administration has reassigned or forced out several dozen government employees who had been working to fight foreign interference in U.S. elections at multiple agencies, according to current...
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Trump is dismantling America's defenses against Russian intelligence and political-warfare operations as he allies himself with Putin against Ukraine and our NATO allies. He is openly inviting a Russian attack on Europe -- and the subversion of American democracy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...
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It’s wild how quickly major media outlets are sane-washing utterly insane Cabinet nominations.
RFK Jr. wants to tackle chronic disease. Despite controversial views on vaccines, his focus on healthy food and taking on special interests may find broad support — and face political headwinds.
RFK Jr. wants to 'Make America Healthy Again.' He could face a lot of pushback
RFK Jr. wants to tackle chronic disease. Despite controversial views on vaccines, his focus on healthy food and taking on special interests may find broad support — and face political headwinds.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2024 at 9:30 PM
It’s wild how quickly major media outlets are sane-washing utterly insane Cabinet nominations.