Jack C
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Whether it’s masked agents in Minneapolis or militants in the Middle East, we are seeing what happens when leaders prioritize “fire, ready, aim” over the rule of law, our columnist Tom Friedman writes.
Whether it’s masked agents in Minneapolis or militants in the Middle East, we are seeing what happens when leaders prioritize “fire, ready, aim” over the rule of law, our columnist Tom Friedman writes.
Opinion | Minneapolis and Gaza Now Share the Same Violent Language
When ICE and Hamas start looking the same, we are all in trouble.
nyti.ms
January 25, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Whether it’s masked agents in Minneapolis or militants in the Middle East, we are seeing what happens when leaders prioritize “fire, ready, aim” over the rule of law, our columnist Tom Friedman writes.
Whether it’s masked agents in Minneapolis or militants in the Middle East, we are seeing what happens when leaders prioritize “fire, ready, aim” over the rule of law, our columnist Tom Friedman writes.
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A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
A car that looks like it was designed by a 5 year old, also seems to be built by 5 year olds..... (no offense to 5 year olds!)
Ugliest vehicle ever made is recalled for the 8th time! 46,000 of these eyesores have parts that seem to fly off into traffic. Nice.
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Tesla Recalls Most Cybertrucks
More than 46,000 of the electric vehicles have a potential exterior panel issue, a federal agency says.
www.wsj.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A car that looks like it was designed by a 5 year old, also seems to be built by 5 year olds..... (no offense to 5 year olds!)
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DOGE has quietly deleted the biggest “savings” it once celebrated — but its list of savings is still full of errors. Why DOGE’s data is so wrong, and why it matters. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
Video: Musk’s Cost-Saving Claims Are Wrong in So Many Ways
We found huge errors in the “wall of receipts” for Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, where the group lists what it has saved by canceling federal contracts. After The New York...
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
DOGE has quietly deleted the biggest “savings” it once celebrated — but its list of savings is still full of errors. Why DOGE’s data is so wrong, and why it matters. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
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Yes
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yes
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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
apnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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The attacks on DEI are a pretext for a much more radical agenda of reversing the gains of the civil rights movement, an objective the Trump administration is pursuing with zeal. A Great Resegregation. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
February 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The attacks on DEI are a pretext for a much more radical agenda of reversing the gains of the civil rights movement, an objective the Trump administration is pursuing with zeal. A Great Resegregation. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Brain dead zombies?
#econsky
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Details (Inflation)
1️⃣Inflation Expectation (1-year):
Democrats: 5.1% 📈
Independents: 3.7% 📊
Republicans: 0.0% 🤯
2️⃣Inflation Expectation (5-year):
Democrats: 4.2% 📈
Independents: 3.3% 📊
Republicans: 1.5% ❄️
Such polarization undermines survey reliability.
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Details (Inflation)
1️⃣Inflation Expectation (1-year):
Democrats: 5.1% 📈
Independents: 3.7% 📊
Republicans: 0.0% 🤯
2️⃣Inflation Expectation (5-year):
Democrats: 4.2% 📈
Independents: 3.3% 📊
Republicans: 1.5% ❄️
Such polarization undermines survey reliability.
February 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Brain dead zombies?
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Come to think of it, that’s how he views most of the government.
Why did Trump have himself put in charge of the Kennedy Center?
Because he knows that the educated and cultured people who patronize it despise him.
So he seeks revenge. And he knows that his being in charge of the center will destroy it.
Because he knows that the educated and cultured people who patronize it despise him.
So he seeks revenge. And he knows that his being in charge of the center will destroy it.
February 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Come to think of it, that’s how he views most of the government.