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Slideshow of today in Washington DC, and how it looks when a terrorizing government scares people away.
By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...
By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...
August 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Slideshow of today in Washington DC, and how it looks when a terrorizing government scares people away.
By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...
By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...
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As federal cuts finalized, state lawmakers in Ohio also gave cuts to public broadcasting ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/04/a...
As federal cuts finalized, state lawmakers in Ohio also gave cuts to public broadcasting • Ohio Capital Journal
Millions of dollars in federal budget cuts to public media have been finalized by President Donald Trump, but state lawmakers in Ohio also made budget cuts in funds meant for public broadcasting,…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
As federal cuts finalized, state lawmakers in Ohio also gave cuts to public broadcasting ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/04/a...
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I would read a story about what American rabbis are telling their congregations these days, as Israel continues its relentless attacks and Gaza falls further into mass starvation.
July 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I would read a story about what American rabbis are telling their congregations these days, as Israel continues its relentless attacks and Gaza falls further into mass starvation.
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No one seems to be mentioning that President Pedophile, who’s been photographed with young girls at Epstein’s parties, who was convicted of rape, & has admitted on videotape of sexual assault, was also the owner of the Miss Teen Universe Pageant and regularly invaded the teenager’s dressing rooms.
July 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
No one seems to be mentioning that President Pedophile, who’s been photographed with young girls at Epstein’s parties, who was convicted of rape, & has admitted on videotape of sexual assault, was also the owner of the Miss Teen Universe Pageant and regularly invaded the teenager’s dressing rooms.
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"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Cut taxes for the rich, cut benefits for the poor, then have your talking heads tell everyone they should just work til they die.
The Republican agenda.
The Republican agenda.
July 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Cut taxes for the rich, cut benefits for the poor, then have your talking heads tell everyone they should just work til they die.
The Republican agenda.
The Republican agenda.
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Global clashes and trade wars hammered Midwestern states’ agricultural economies early this year. Overall, 39 states including Ohio saw drops in gross domestic product ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/midwe...
Midwest farm economies suffered while some Sun Belt states kept rolling in early 2025 • Ohio Capital Journal
Global clashes and trade wars hammered Midwestern states’ agricultural economies early this year. Overall, 39 states including Ohio saw drops in gross domestic product.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Global clashes and trade wars hammered Midwestern states’ agricultural economies early this year. Overall, 39 states including Ohio saw drops in gross domestic product ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/midwe...
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What could go wrong?
July 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
What could go wrong?
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We keep getting coverage on whether Joe Biden had lost a step.
Meanwhile ...
Meanwhile ...
I encourage everyone to read this letter.
Please then realize the president is imposing a tax on American consumers to leverage a foreign nation into making a domestic political decision that will help one of his political allies.
Please then realize the president is imposing a tax on American consumers to leverage a foreign nation into making a domestic political decision that will help one of his political allies.
July 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
We keep getting coverage on whether Joe Biden had lost a step.
Meanwhile ...
Meanwhile ...
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Commentary: Ohio’s biennial budget is a slow, grinding assault on public education. This is a violence that unfolds over years and generations. It bleeds opportunity and shatters potential. It’s not breaking news, but it breaks futures all the same ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/09/n...
Not with a bang, but a budget: Ohio lawmakers’ slow violence • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio’s biennial budget is a slow, grinding assault on public education. This is a violence that unfolds over years and generations. It bleeds opportunity and shatters potential. It’s not breaking…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Commentary: Ohio’s biennial budget is a slow, grinding assault on public education. This is a violence that unfolds over years and generations. It bleeds opportunity and shatters potential. It’s not breaking news, but it breaks futures all the same ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/09/n...
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Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kristi-...
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
This article first appeared at ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative...
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July 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kristi-...
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“How many bodies did you guys grab today?” Garcia said one agent asked.
“Oh, we grabbed 31,“ the other replied.
“That was a good day today,” the first agent responded.
Later, he said he overheard an agent tell someone, “Trump is really working us.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“Oh, we grabbed 31,“ the other replied.
“That was a good day today,” the first agent responded.
Later, he said he overheard an agent tell someone, “Trump is really working us.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
June 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“How many bodies did you guys grab today?” Garcia said one agent asked.
“Oh, we grabbed 31,“ the other replied.
“That was a good day today,” the first agent responded.
Later, he said he overheard an agent tell someone, “Trump is really working us.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“Oh, we grabbed 31,“ the other replied.
“That was a good day today,” the first agent responded.
Later, he said he overheard an agent tell someone, “Trump is really working us.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Witkoff, March 21: "Why would they want to absorb Ukraine? For what purpose, exactly? They don’t need to absorb Ukraine."
Putin, June 20: "Russians and Ukrainians are one people and in that sense the whole of Ukraine is ours."
Putin, June 20: "Russians and Ukrainians are one people and in that sense the whole of Ukraine is ours."
June 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Witkoff, March 21: "Why would they want to absorb Ukraine? For what purpose, exactly? They don’t need to absorb Ukraine."
Putin, June 20: "Russians and Ukrainians are one people and in that sense the whole of Ukraine is ours."
Putin, June 20: "Russians and Ukrainians are one people and in that sense the whole of Ukraine is ours."
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It's pretty notable that mainstream, establishment discourse never ever ever considers giving liberal politicians credit for crime reductions. It's almost axiomatic that if crime goes down under a center-left leader it's either unremarked upon, or must be driven by something else.
June 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It's pretty notable that mainstream, establishment discourse never ever ever considers giving liberal politicians credit for crime reductions. It's almost axiomatic that if crime goes down under a center-left leader it's either unremarked upon, or must be driven by something else.
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Last night.
I understand that "Dems in disarray" has a rhythm that "GOP in disarray" doesn't.
But in 40+ years there's been no Dem-disarray remotely comparable to Trump/Musk/Leo/etc fratricide.
Has there been even *one* "GOP in disarray" big headline?
Maybe I've missed it.
But in 40+ years there's been no Dem-disarray remotely comparable to Trump/Musk/Leo/etc fratricide.
Has there been even *one* "GOP in disarray" big headline?
Maybe I've missed it.
June 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Last night.
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And yes, if the Trump administration extends this to my employer, Columbia University, it's be a disaster. About 40% of our students come from outside the U.S.
opir.columbia.edu/sites/opir.c...
opir.columbia.edu/sites/opir.c...
May 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
And yes, if the Trump administration extends this to my employer, Columbia University, it's be a disaster. About 40% of our students come from outside the U.S.
opir.columbia.edu/sites/opir.c...
opir.columbia.edu/sites/opir.c...
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This is completely insane. Kristi Noem is telling Harvard's thousands of foreign students that they "must transfer or lose their legal status" -- and that newly admitted students can't enroll.
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05...
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05...
May 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is completely insane. Kristi Noem is telling Harvard's thousands of foreign students that they "must transfer or lose their legal status" -- and that newly admitted students can't enroll.
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05...
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05...
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As Trump berates Walmart for raising prices because of his tariffs, remember that he has precious little experience running public companies that are answerable to shareholders — and even less experience running successful public companies.
Free link ⤵️
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Trump Attacks Walmart for Tariff-Related Price Increases
The retailer’s CEO last month was among a small group of executives who warned the president that tariffs would result in price hikes.
www.wsj.com
May 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
As Trump berates Walmart for raising prices because of his tariffs, remember that he has precious little experience running public companies that are answerable to shareholders — and even less experience running successful public companies.
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www.wsj.com/business/ret...
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so to be clear about what happened here, the Trump White House released audio meant to make Joe Biden look bad to Axios hours after the US's credit rating was downgraded.
Trump wanted a distraction and the usual suspects in the press are happy to oblige.
Trump wanted a distraction and the usual suspects in the press are happy to oblige.
May 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
so to be clear about what happened here, the Trump White House released audio meant to make Joe Biden look bad to Axios hours after the US's credit rating was downgraded.
Trump wanted a distraction and the usual suspects in the press are happy to oblige.
Trump wanted a distraction and the usual suspects in the press are happy to oblige.
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I get that people have to sell books. And I get that DNC Vice-Chair elections matter.
But if a Democratic President accepted a $400 million gift from the Qatari royal family, coverage would be breathless, non-stop and wall-to-wall -- no room for any other story.
But if a Democratic President accepted a $400 million gift from the Qatari royal family, coverage would be breathless, non-stop and wall-to-wall -- no room for any other story.
May 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I get that people have to sell books. And I get that DNC Vice-Chair elections matter.
But if a Democratic President accepted a $400 million gift from the Qatari royal family, coverage would be breathless, non-stop and wall-to-wall -- no room for any other story.
But if a Democratic President accepted a $400 million gift from the Qatari royal family, coverage would be breathless, non-stop and wall-to-wall -- no room for any other story.
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🔥 DENIRO AT CANNES: “In my country we’re fighting like hell for the democracy we once took for granted… Art looks for truth, embraces diversity — that’s why we are a threat to autocrats and fascists.” 🇺🇸
May 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
🔥 DENIRO AT CANNES: “In my country we’re fighting like hell for the democracy we once took for granted… Art looks for truth, embraces diversity — that’s why we are a threat to autocrats and fascists.” 🇺🇸