Jim Nugent
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Trump's West Point commencement audience is totally silent as he rants about trophy wives and yachts
May 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Trump's West Point commencement audience is totally silent as he rants about trophy wives and yachts
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If the Trump administration succeeds in blocking Harvard from enrolling international students, the hardest-hit group would be students from China, who make up the school’s biggest share of current students from overseas.
In Attacks on Harvard, Chinese See Yet Another Reason to Write Off the U.S.
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
If the Trump administration succeeds in blocking Harvard from enrolling international students, the hardest-hit group would be students from China, who make up the school’s biggest share of current students from overseas.
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TAPPER: The one thing I hear from almost every small business owner is the uncertainty. They don't know how to plan for the future because they have no idea what's gonna come.
BESSENT: Strategic uncertainty is a negotiating tactic
BESSENT: Strategic uncertainty is a negotiating tactic
May 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
TAPPER: The one thing I hear from almost every small business owner is the uncertainty. They don't know how to plan for the future because they have no idea what's gonna come.
BESSENT: Strategic uncertainty is a negotiating tactic
BESSENT: Strategic uncertainty is a negotiating tactic
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News outlets publish countless lists of who might emerge as pope from a conclave, Francis X. Rocca writes. "It will matter more than you might think: The media have never had so much influence on a conclave":
This Conclave Will Be Different
The media have never had so much influence on the men who pick the pope.
bit.ly
May 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
News outlets publish countless lists of who might emerge as pope from a conclave, Francis X. Rocca writes. "It will matter more than you might think: The media have never had so much influence on a conclave":
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Alexis Herman, a Democratic Party insider who grew up under segregation in Alabama and went on to become the first Black secretary of labor, died on Friday in Washington. She was 77.
Alexis Herman, First Black Secretary of Labor, Dies at 77
A social worker, she became a Democratic Party insider and joined President Bill Clinton’s cabinet during his second term.
www.nytimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Alexis Herman, a Democratic Party insider who grew up under segregation in Alabama and went on to become the first Black secretary of labor, died on Friday in Washington. She was 77.
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In an extraordinary on-air rebuke, one of the top journalists at “60 Minutes” directly criticized the program’s parent company, Paramount, in the final moments of its Sunday night CBS telecast, its first episode since the program’s executive producer, Bill Owens, announced his intention to resign.
‘60 Minutes’ Rebukes Paramount On-Air Over Executive Producer’s Exit
The show’s top producer abruptly said last week he was quitting. “Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways,” the correspondent Scott Pelley told viewers.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
In an extraordinary on-air rebuke, one of the top journalists at “60 Minutes” directly criticized the program’s parent company, Paramount, in the final moments of its Sunday night CBS telecast, its first episode since the program’s executive producer, Bill Owens, announced his intention to resign.
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A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the government from enforcing part of one of President Trump’s executive orders that directs agencies to withhold funds from cities and counties that don’t cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
Judge Blocks Trump From Defunding 16 Sanctuary Cities: ‘Here We Are Again’
A federal judge in San Francisco who issued a nearly identical order in 2017 found himself intervening again to stop President Trump from punishing cities over their immigration policy.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the government from enforcing part of one of President Trump’s executive orders that directs agencies to withhold funds from cities and counties that don’t cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
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A federal judge blocked part of an expansive executive order signed last month seeking to overhaul election laws, writing on Thursday that President Trump did not have the authority to require documentary proof of citizenship for all voters.
Trump’s Executive Order on Proof of Citizenship for Elections Is Partly Blocked by Judge
The president does not have the authority to require proof of citizenship for all voters, a federal judge ruled.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
A federal judge blocked part of an expansive executive order signed last month seeking to overhaul election laws, writing on Thursday that President Trump did not have the authority to require documentary proof of citizenship for all voters.
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Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
April 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
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This is evil. Pure evil.
February 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is evil. Pure evil.
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everyone seeing how when you takeaway the DEI the planes start falling out of the sky
💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes.
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
February 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
everyone seeing how when you takeaway the DEI the planes start falling out of the sky
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This is the way.
February 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is the way.
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One of the most powerful political cartoons I have seen.
Follow the artist at @ellabaron.bsky.social.
Follow the artist at @ellabaron.bsky.social.
February 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
One of the most powerful political cartoons I have seen.
Follow the artist at @ellabaron.bsky.social.
Follow the artist at @ellabaron.bsky.social.
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Elon getting ratioed on his own platform 👌
February 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Elon getting ratioed on his own platform 👌
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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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Some came with complaints about Elon Musk. Others chided the GOP to push back against President Trump’s moves to trample the constitutional power of Congress. In districts around the U.S. over the past week, Republican lawmakers faced a groundswell of fear and disaffection from constituents.
Republicans Face Angry Voters at Town Halls, Hinting at Broader Backlash
After a monthlong honeymoon for the G.O.P. at the start of President Trump’s term, lawmakers are confronting a groundswell of fear and disaffection in districts around the country.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Some came with complaints about Elon Musk. Others chided the GOP to push back against President Trump’s moves to trample the constitutional power of Congress. In districts around the U.S. over the past week, Republican lawmakers faced a groundswell of fear and disaffection from constituents.
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So you can just say you work at DOGE and pillage anything from our documents you want. The law truly doesn't exist anymore! Cool!
3 men claiming to be from DOGE show up at San Francisco City Hall, demand records
San Francisco city officials are investigating after three men who claimed to be from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) showed up at City Hall on Friday demanding records from offices bef...
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
So you can just say you work at DOGE and pillage anything from our documents you want. The law truly doesn't exist anymore! Cool!
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I mean, great job for San Francisco to not turn anything over to them. I mean, even if they HAD been from DOGE, and even if DOGE was more than just the Hitler Youth trying to dismantle the government, DOGE is a Federal group. They have no City governmental authority.
February 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I mean, great job for San Francisco to not turn anything over to them. I mean, even if they HAD been from DOGE, and even if DOGE was more than just the Hitler Youth trying to dismantle the government, DOGE is a Federal group. They have no City governmental authority.
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www.politico.com/news/2025/02... ha! What selfish fools
Trump’s cuts hit red states, triggering GOP pushback
GOP lawmakers try to intervene with the Trump administration as local fallout grows.
www.politico.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
www.politico.com/news/2025/02... ha! What selfish fools
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Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
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Two lawyers, one Yale educated, one Harvard educated; one the VP, one a senator, suggesting that decisions made by courts aren’t legitimate if they don’t like the outcome. This is dangerous territory.
February 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Two lawyers, one Yale educated, one Harvard educated; one the VP, one a senator, suggesting that decisions made by courts aren’t legitimate if they don’t like the outcome. This is dangerous territory.