KBoone
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Curator, producer, mom, Lab lover, at once a proud San Franciscan and Coloradoan.
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If the planet continues to warm at its current rate, exposure to wildfire smoke will kill an estimated 70,000 Americans each year by 2050, according to new research. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...
September 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If the planet continues to warm at its current rate, exposure to wildfire smoke will kill an estimated 70,000 Americans each year by 2050, according to new research. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
If we don’t get clarity and stability on President Trump’s tariff policy, “we will see the short-term costs but not the long-term, investment-driven benefits,” Oren Cass says in a roundtable discussion on the economy.
If we don’t get clarity and stability on President Trump’s tariff policy, “we will see the short-term costs but not the long-term, investment-driven benefits,” Oren Cass says in a roundtable discussion on the economy.
Opinion | ‘No One Should Be Very Confident’: Four Economists Dissect Trump and the Economy
The rate cut was the least of it.
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September 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
If we don’t get clarity and stability on President Trump’s tariff policy, “we will see the short-term costs but not the long-term, investment-driven benefits,” Oren Cass says in a roundtable discussion on the economy.
If we don’t get clarity and stability on President Trump’s tariff policy, “we will see the short-term costs but not the long-term, investment-driven benefits,” Oren Cass says in a roundtable discussion on the economy.
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David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.
September 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.
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In an extraordinary turn, Susan Monarez, the CDC director, said she would not resign after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said she must quit or be fired.
CDC Director Susan Monarez Resists Ouster as Other Officials Resign
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is said to have demanded that the director, Susan Monarez, either quit or be fired. Her lawyers say she won’t resign.
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August 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
In an extraordinary turn, Susan Monarez, the CDC director, said she would not resign after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said she must quit or be fired.
Lauren Boebert, District 4, CO, on her constituents losing medicaid (these are not wealthy people btw): ... in a Zoom conference she said her constituents' health is “not my job” and for people affected by the cuts to “get a peloton and a gym membership.” A member of Congress, so out of touch
August 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Lauren Boebert, District 4, CO, on her constituents losing medicaid (these are not wealthy people btw): ... in a Zoom conference she said her constituents' health is “not my job” and for people affected by the cuts to “get a peloton and a gym membership.” A member of Congress, so out of touch
"I believe the Prince of Darkness could start a branch of hell in the District of Columbia (if he has not already done it), and carry it on unimpeached by the Congress of the United States, even though the Constitution were bristling with articles forbidding hells in this country". Mark Twain, 1867
August 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"I believe the Prince of Darkness could start a branch of hell in the District of Columbia (if he has not already done it), and carry it on unimpeached by the Congress of the United States, even though the Constitution were bristling with articles forbidding hells in this country". Mark Twain, 1867
Ron Chernow quotes Mark Twain (new book, excellent): "In a Capitol crawling with frauds, windbags, and rapacious lawmakers" Twain wrote.. "there are a lot of folks in Washington who need villifying". This, in 1867. How history repeats itself.
August 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Ron Chernow quotes Mark Twain (new book, excellent): "In a Capitol crawling with frauds, windbags, and rapacious lawmakers" Twain wrote.. "there are a lot of folks in Washington who need villifying". This, in 1867. How history repeats itself.
Ummm… HIPPA??
Trump Officials Demanded Confidential Data About Transgender Children Seeking Care www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
Trump Officials Demanded Confidential Data About Transgender Children Seeking Care www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
Trump Officials Demanded Confidential Data About Transgender Children Seeking Care
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Ummm… HIPPA??
Trump Officials Demanded Confidential Data About Transgender Children Seeking Care www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
Trump Officials Demanded Confidential Data About Transgender Children Seeking Care www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
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Russians are advancing in Zaporizhzhia oblast under the American flag.
August 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Russians are advancing in Zaporizhzhia oblast under the American flag.
Take a break from DC? If Stanford can recruit athletes who want to be paid (who still need to have great grades), and eek out some wins? this says it all about Real Leadership and passion... www.nytimes.com/athletic/654...
Pain took football away from Andrew Luck; what brought him back to Stanford?
Luck walked out on one locker room that needed him. He wasn't ready to walk away from another.
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Take a break from DC? If Stanford can recruit athletes who want to be paid (who still need to have great grades), and eek out some wins? this says it all about Real Leadership and passion... www.nytimes.com/athletic/654...
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Alejandro Barranco, a Marine veteran with two brothers on active duty, testified before a Senate committee today about his father’s arrest by masked immigration agents while at work. The American people have repeatedly rejected this cruelty.
Watch & share Alejandro’s story:
Watch & share Alejandro’s story:
July 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Alejandro Barranco, a Marine veteran with two brothers on active duty, testified before a Senate committee today about his father’s arrest by masked immigration agents while at work. The American people have repeatedly rejected this cruelty.
Watch & share Alejandro’s story:
Watch & share Alejandro’s story:
What's up? Pay attention to china? oh yeah we can't cuz we just fired all the experts in the State department. We are just so smart! www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
China-linked scam centers target U.S., congressional commission warns
Chinese industrial-scale scam centers are bilking Americans of more than $5 billion each year and giving Beijing a pretext to expand its influence across Asia.
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July 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
What's up? Pay attention to china? oh yeah we can't cuz we just fired all the experts in the State department. We are just so smart! www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hoping folks can see this video about where the us is headed in energy — vs China www.instagram.com/reel/DMHmczn...
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July 16, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Hoping folks can see this video about where the us is headed in energy — vs China www.instagram.com/reel/DMHmczn...
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The U.S. Department of Defense will begin using Grok, the AI chatbot built by Elon Musk’s start-up xAI that came under fire just last week after launching into an antisemitic rant and invoking Adolf Hitler.
Defense Department to begin using Grok, Musk’s controversial AI Model
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up said its models are now available to federal agencies.
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July 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The U.S. Department of Defense will begin using Grok, the AI chatbot built by Elon Musk’s start-up xAI that came under fire just last week after launching into an antisemitic rant and invoking Adolf Hitler.
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What could go wrong?
July 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
What could go wrong?
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Disabled veteran who is a U.S. citizen taken during Camarillo immigration raid
July 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Disabled veteran who is a U.S. citizen taken during Camarillo immigration raid
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This assault is not only on @padilla.senate.gov, but on freedom of speech and expression in our country.
These actions taken by Trump’s DHS communicates a message to all Americans that none of us is safe.
These actions taken by Trump’s DHS communicates a message to all Americans that none of us is safe.
Senator Padilla is forcibly shoved out of Kristi Noem's press briefing:
"I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary"
"I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary"
June 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This assault is not only on @padilla.senate.gov, but on freedom of speech and expression in our country.
These actions taken by Trump’s DHS communicates a message to all Americans that none of us is safe.
These actions taken by Trump’s DHS communicates a message to all Americans that none of us is safe.
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Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs
June 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs