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That time in 1988 Sesame Street ripped on Donald Trump
May 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
That time in 1988 Sesame Street ripped on Donald Trump
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If there is one thing you hear today, let it be Beth’s story.
May 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If there is one thing you hear today, let it be Beth’s story.
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The Berman Amendment, part of the Trading with the Enemy Act, restricts the President's power to regulate or ban the import or export of "informational materials". This includes publications, films, records, and other forms of communication, regardless of format or medium.
No can do Dumbass.
No can do Dumbass.
May 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The Berman Amendment, part of the Trading with the Enemy Act, restricts the President's power to regulate or ban the import or export of "informational materials". This includes publications, films, records, and other forms of communication, regardless of format or medium.
No can do Dumbass.
No can do Dumbass.
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The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.
An exhibit honoring victims of gun violence is taken down at ATF headquarters
The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.
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May 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.
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NY17 Constituent and local social worker Emily Feiner was singled out and forcibly removed during Rep. Mike Lawler's town hall.
May 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
NY17 Constituent and local social worker Emily Feiner was singled out and forcibly removed during Rep. Mike Lawler's town hall.
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
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snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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BREAKING: Senate kills resolution that would have effectively reversed Trump's 10% tariffs on all imported goods
Senate GOP leaders succeed in protecting Trump tariffs
It comes the same day the Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy contracted by 0.3% in the first quarter — the first contraction in three years.
www.axios.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
BREAKING: Senate kills resolution that would have effectively reversed Trump's 10% tariffs on all imported goods
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May 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
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April 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
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Veterans facing foreclosures as Trump administration pulls plug on Biden program: report
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Veterans facing foreclosures as Trump administration pulls plug on Biden program: report
At a time when veterans with VA loans are struggling to keep their homes out of foreclosure, the Veterans Administration (VA) under Donald Trump's stewardship has decided to pull the plug on a program...
www.rawstory.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Veterans facing foreclosures as Trump administration pulls plug on Biden program: report
www.rawstory.com/trump-vetera...
www.rawstory.com/trump-vetera...
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Denounce thy neighbor
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State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’
“It’s very ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-esque,” one official said.
www.politico.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Denounce thy neighbor
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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“Those of us who have lived in countries terrorized by a secret police force can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived.
Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“Those of us who have lived in countries terrorized by a secret police force can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
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A harrowing story of a USAID employee who was stranded in the the Democratic Republic of the Congo: “Carol feels a sense of deep betrayal, loss and anger. Our own government has treated her and the entire USAID workforce as if they were criminals.” www.thebulwark.com/p/abandoned-...
Abandoned in a Foreign War Zone
One USAID employee’s experience in Kinshasa as the agency was dismantled.
www.thebulwark.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A harrowing story of a USAID employee who was stranded in the the Democratic Republic of the Congo: “Carol feels a sense of deep betrayal, loss and anger. Our own government has treated her and the entire USAID workforce as if they were criminals.” www.thebulwark.com/p/abandoned-...
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Trump policies are causing tourists around the globe to either cancel or reconsider travel to the United States as they say they feel unwelcome or unsafe and are reluctant to support the economy of a country destabilizing its allies. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/t...
Foreign Travelers Are Rethinking Travel to the U.S.
A growing number of travelers say they are worried about feeling unwelcome or unsafe in America and are reluctant to support the economy of a country that may be destabilizing other nations.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Trump policies are causing tourists around the globe to either cancel or reconsider travel to the United States as they say they feel unwelcome or unsafe and are reluctant to support the economy of a country destabilizing its allies. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/t...
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A U.S. House subcommittee led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has called the chief executives of the nation's two largest public broadcasters to Capitol Hill to testify on Wednesday, with an eye to wiping out the federal funding their institutions receive.
Republican lawmakers seek to put PBS and NPR in the hot seat
A House subcommittee led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and named after Elon Musk's government-efficiency team has set its sights on the public broadcasters.
www.npr.org
March 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A U.S. House subcommittee led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has called the chief executives of the nation's two largest public broadcasters to Capitol Hill to testify on Wednesday, with an eye to wiping out the federal funding their institutions receive.
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“The Trump administration is refusing to provide information to Judge Boasberg — a former presiding judge of the nation’s national security surveillance court — even privately and in a secure facility for handling classified information.”
DOJ’s position is absurd.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
DOJ’s position is absurd.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
Judge Maintains Block on Trump Administration’s Deportations Under Wartime Law
The extraordinary move by the Justice Department was an escalation of its conflict with the judge in the case and, by extension, the federal judiciary.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“The Trump administration is refusing to provide information to Judge Boasberg — a former presiding judge of the nation’s national security surveillance court — even privately and in a secure facility for handling classified information.”
DOJ’s position is absurd.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
DOJ’s position is absurd.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
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There are multiple events every single week that at any other time in history would be career-ending scandals that you have to learn about in school, but instead they’re just replaced an hour or two later by the next five-alarm fire
Social Security official ended program for Maine newborns because he was ‘ticked’ at Mills
Rep. Chellie Pingree said the rationale given by Lee Dudek, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, is 'infuriating and absurd.'
www.pressherald.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
There are multiple events every single week that at any other time in history would be career-ending scandals that you have to learn about in school, but instead they’re just replaced an hour or two later by the next five-alarm fire
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The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
March 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
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We have overcome near-death experiences before.
We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis.
We are.
But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil.
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We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis.
We are.
But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil.
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
Yes, we still have a constitutional democracy
March 18, 2025
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March 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We have overcome near-death experiences before.
We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis.
We are.
But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil.
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis.
We are.
But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil.
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
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Webpage detailing Jackie Robinson’s military service removed by Pentagon in latest DEI purge
Jackie Robinson’s page on Pentagon website removed amid DEI purge
An article about Robinson’s military service and MLB career now shows the error message: ‘Page Not Found’
www.independent.co.uk
March 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Webpage detailing Jackie Robinson’s military service removed by Pentagon in latest DEI purge
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The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
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The U.S. Institute of Peace, a think tank funded by Congress, was the scene of a hostile takeover by the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has tried to install new leadership at the institute.
DOGE staff entered the U.S. Institute of Peace with D.C. police help
The U.S. Institute of Peace, a think tank funded by Congress, was the scene of a hostile takeover by the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has tried to install new leadership at the institute.
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The U.S. Institute of Peace, a think tank funded by Congress, was the scene of a hostile takeover by the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has tried to install new leadership at the institute.