Friar3
@friar3.bsky.social
A retired pastor, and a stargazer who writes haiku.
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Yes exactly.
NEW: There's no reason to act like Trump is pursuing a trade policy or an industrial revitalization strategy.
These are just sanctions, imposed to intimidate countries and companies into submission like they're universities or law firms. They're what a mob boss would do.
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These are just sanctions, imposed to intimidate countries and companies into submission like they're universities or law firms. They're what a mob boss would do.
prospect.org/economy/2025...
They’re Not Tariffs, They’re Sanctions
Stop trying to place coherence on a policy that’s really just a mob boss breaking legs and asking for protection money.
prospect.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Yes exactly.
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NEW: Noah Weiland spoke to Dr. Marks & we updated the article:
“I did everything I possibly could for this administration to work with them in an effort to restore confidence in vaccines,” Dr. Marks said in the interview.
“It became clear that’s not what they wanted.”
“I did everything I possibly could for this administration to work with them in an effort to restore confidence in vaccines,” Dr. Marks said in the interview.
“It became clear that’s not what they wanted.”
Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’ (Gift Article)
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
NEW: Noah Weiland spoke to Dr. Marks & we updated the article:
“I did everything I possibly could for this administration to work with them in an effort to restore confidence in vaccines,” Dr. Marks said in the interview.
“It became clear that’s not what they wanted.”
“I did everything I possibly could for this administration to work with them in an effort to restore confidence in vaccines,” Dr. Marks said in the interview.
“It became clear that’s not what they wanted.”
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We'll have one of the reporters who wrote this incredible piece on @allinwithchris.bsky.social tonight
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
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www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We'll have one of the reporters who wrote this incredible piece on @allinwithchris.bsky.social tonight
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"There should be consequences. I suspect there won’t be. I hope I’m wrong in saying that." Trump 2.0 in three sentences.
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:
The Scandal Will Also Be in How They Brush It Aside
There should be consequences for top government officials convening on Signal to discuss war plans. We fear there won’t be.
www.thebulwark.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"There should be consequences. I suspect there won’t be. I hope I’m wrong in saying that." Trump 2.0 in three sentences.
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:
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"The point of sports is to teach us about life. Which means learning to understand unfairness. To absorb it. To grow from it. To be resilient. And maybe most importantly: To feel empathy for others when life is unfair to them."
Fairness Is Overrated
A meditation on winning, losing, and kids' sports.
www.thebulwark.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"The point of sports is to teach us about life. Which means learning to understand unfairness. To absorb it. To grow from it. To be resilient. And maybe most importantly: To feel empathy for others when life is unfair to them."
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Conservatives Boycott Computers After Noticing Keyboard Can Be Used To Type ‘Trans’
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March 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Conservatives Boycott Computers After Noticing Keyboard Can Be Used To Type ‘Trans’
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“Don’t cry. This isn’t Venezuela,” she told him. “They have a justice system here.”
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They were arrested during routine ICE check-ins. Then they disappeared.
Deportation proceedings are often shrouded in secrecy. But lawyers say the lack of information about the Venezuelan migrants deported under the Alien Enemies Act is nearly unprecedented.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“Don’t cry. This isn’t Venezuela,” she told him. “They have a justice system here.”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Tesla investor calls on Musk to quit DOGE or Tesla. Tells Sky News this is first time he has said it but it needs to be said .
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Tesla investor calls for Elon Musk to step down as boss
Wealth manager Ross Gerber tells Sky News that Elon Musk's time has become too stretched and his work alongside President Trump too divisive.
news.sky.com
March 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Tesla investor calls on Musk to quit DOGE or Tesla. Tells Sky News this is first time he has said it but it needs to be said .
news.sky.com/story/its-a-...
news.sky.com/story/its-a-...
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NASA announced plans for the astronauts’ return via SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft five months before Trump returned to office. A planned White House welcome for the astronauts could highlight the awkward relationship between Trump, NASA and DOGE.
Trump takes credit for astronauts’ planned return. He had little to do with it.
Trump revels in the prospect of welcoming astronauts home — and in taking credit.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NASA announced plans for the astronauts’ return via SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft five months before Trump returned to office. A planned White House welcome for the astronauts could highlight the awkward relationship between Trump, NASA and DOGE.
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Previously: The governor's “border emergency” has lasted even longer than the governor’s COVID-19 declaration. In this time, the Texas Legislature has allocated more than $11 billion to fund the sprawling tentacles of the Operation Lone Star.
Abbott’s Border Disaster Has Created a No-Bid Bonanza for Private Contractors
There is now a powerful, well-heeled constituency that has built up around Operation Lone Star.
www.texasobserver.org
March 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Previously: The governor's “border emergency” has lasted even longer than the governor’s COVID-19 declaration. In this time, the Texas Legislature has allocated more than $11 billion to fund the sprawling tentacles of the Operation Lone Star.
Veterans Group Wants to Make Elon the Supervillain of the Midterms
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Veterans Group Wants to Make Elon the Supervillain of the Midterms
A new ad campaign from VoteVets goes after vulnerable House Republicans by turning the spotlight on DOGE.
open.substack.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Veterans Group Wants to Make Elon the Supervillain of the Midterms
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A federal judge barred President Donald Trump on Saturday from using a wartime powers act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members without a hearing, ordering the administration to turn around any planes that had already taken off after the Alien Enemies Act quietly went into effect.
Judge blocks Trump after he invokes wartime Alien Enemies Act to speed up deportations
Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act against Tren de Aragua members. A federal judge later ordered the administration to turn around any planes that had already taken off.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A federal judge barred President Donald Trump on Saturday from using a wartime powers act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members without a hearing, ordering the administration to turn around any planes that had already taken off after the Alien Enemies Act quietly went into effect.
Sofia Gubaidulina, Composer Who Provoked Soviet Censors, Dies at 93 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/a...
Sofia Gubaidulina, Composer Who Provoked Soviet Censors, Dies at 93
Blacklisted at home but finding acclaim abroad, she sought to bridge East and West, the sacred and the secular, in vivid, colorful compositions.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Sofia Gubaidulina, Composer Who Provoked Soviet Censors, Dies at 93 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/a...
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"Suddenly Elon’s popping off about cutting entitlements and shutting down Social Security phone services. Jesus!—Oh, sorry, no offense Russ. I mean, Holy Christ!—Oops, sorry again, Russ. Anyway, those are our voters who call Social Security on the phone."
The Plot Against Elon
Someone in the White House has to realize by now that Musk is a liability.
www.thebulwark.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Suddenly Elon’s popping off about cutting entitlements and shutting down Social Security phone services. Jesus!—Oh, sorry, no offense Russ. I mean, Holy Christ!—Oops, sorry again, Russ. Anyway, those are our voters who call Social Security on the phone."
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Elon Musk’s sudden change from a “tech support” T-shirt to a suit “has a way of looking like a demotion,” our White House reporter Shawn McCreesh writes.
What Elon Musk’s Suit Says About Trump and Power
When Elon Musk puts on a nice suit, it has a way of looking like a demotion.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Elon Musk’s sudden change from a “tech support” T-shirt to a suit “has a way of looking like a demotion,” our White House reporter Shawn McCreesh writes.
