Mavis Amundson
@mavisja.bsky.social
Journalist, author; PolSci; Supports democracy, rule of law, free press. Follows news in Europe. Baseball fan. www.mavisamundson.com
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How Kash Patel—whom past associates describe as a mediocre attorney who espoused moderate, or even liberal, views—came to lead Donald Trump’s F.B.I. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/p7CdzX
Kash Patel’s Acts of Service
The F.B.I. director isn’t just enforcing the President’s agenda at the Bureau—he’s seeking retribution for its past investigations of Donald Trump.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
How Kash Patel—whom past associates describe as a mediocre attorney who espoused moderate, or even liberal, views—came to lead Donald Trump’s F.B.I. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/p7CdzX
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At last Larry Summers exercises sound judgment, but we do need to know with greater specificity what "steps back" means. He should of course be resigning all appointments with Harvard and other institutions of higher learning. www.ft.com/content/bfd4...
Lawrence Summers to step back from public roles over ties to Epstein
Former US Treasury secretary sought paedophile’s advice over relationship he was pursuing
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
At last Larry Summers exercises sound judgment, but we do need to know with greater specificity what "steps back" means. He should of course be resigning all appointments with Harvard and other institutions of higher learning. www.ft.com/content/bfd4...
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President Donald Trump signaled a willingness to expand his military campaign in Latin America to include possible strikes in Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico
Trump Threatens Latin America But Leaves US Strategy Unclear
President Donald Trump suggested he could expand US military strikes in Latin America beyond Venezuela to targets on land in Colombia and even Mexico, spooking markets and raising fresh questions about his strategy for the region.
bloom.bg
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
President Donald Trump signaled a willingness to expand his military campaign in Latin America to include possible strikes in Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico
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Look, I know we're all sick of hearing "if this had happened with any other president ..." but it's absolutely true and absolutely can't be forgotten.
For some reason, this nation gives this idiotic spoiled brat a free pass from things that would destroy the administration of any other person.
For some reason, this nation gives this idiotic spoiled brat a free pass from things that would destroy the administration of any other person.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Look, I know we're all sick of hearing "if this had happened with any other president ..." but it's absolutely true and absolutely can't be forgotten.
For some reason, this nation gives this idiotic spoiled brat a free pass from things that would destroy the administration of any other person.
For some reason, this nation gives this idiotic spoiled brat a free pass from things that would destroy the administration of any other person.
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"Preservationists concerned by Trump’s public musings... about painting a 137-yr-old building next to the WH completely white sued him Friday to halt the work, arguing that he could not unilaterally alter “one of the most architecturally significant and historic structures in the Nation’s Capital.”"
Preservationists sue Trump over plans to paint Eisenhower building
The complaint alleges Trump’s plan would ‘permanently alter one of the most architecturally significant and historic structures in the Nation’s Capital’
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Preservationists concerned by Trump’s public musings... about painting a 137-yr-old building next to the WH completely white sued him Friday to halt the work, arguing that he could not unilaterally alter “one of the most architecturally significant and historic structures in the Nation’s Capital.”"
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Does it ever even occur to these people that unemployed people can't buy their stuff??
Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Does it ever even occur to these people that unemployed people can't buy their stuff??
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"Let others wallow in Watergate, we are going to do our job." Richard Nixon, before being totally consumed by Watergate
Trump: "What I just don't want Epstein to do is detract from the great success of the Republican Party ... don't talk about it too much, because honestly I don't want it taking away from us. It's really a Democrat problem. The whole thing is a hoax."
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"Let others wallow in Watergate, we are going to do our job." Richard Nixon, before being totally consumed by Watergate
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A weak President, walking past a U.S. flag near the ground.
America in decline under Trump.
America in decline under Trump.
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A weak President, walking past a U.S. flag near the ground.
America in decline under Trump.
America in decline under Trump.
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guy who shot himself in the foot yesterday wants credit for not doing it two days in a row
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
guy who shot himself in the foot yesterday wants credit for not doing it two days in a row
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NEW: The loudest critics of Trump in the judiciary have turned out to be Ronald Reagan-appointees. This week, another — Mark Wolf — joined their ranks, resigning to speak out against the president.
I spoke with Judge Wolf today. He’s worried. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I spoke with Judge Wolf today. He’s worried. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
NEW: The loudest critics of Trump in the judiciary have turned out to be Ronald Reagan-appointees. This week, another — Mark Wolf — joined their ranks, resigning to speak out against the president.
I spoke with Judge Wolf today. He’s worried. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I spoke with Judge Wolf today. He’s worried. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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"Zee check clear. So bad man can pretend we like the other. But next times I vant zee jewelries."
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"Zee check clear. So bad man can pretend we like the other. But next times I vant zee jewelries."
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For the first time in my life I wish I lived in DC
Friends!
On Dec. 3, Come join me, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social for a special conversation on “Pivoting to the People” and building power outside of institutions in an age of repression.
Tickets are free: RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/pivoting-t...
On Dec. 3, Come join me, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social for a special conversation on “Pivoting to the People” and building power outside of institutions in an age of repression.
Tickets are free: RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/pivoting-t...
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
For the first time in my life I wish I lived in DC
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Sanders: The wealthiest people on earth are pouring hundreds of billions into research and development for AI and robotics. You think they’re doing that because they’re thinking, “Oh man, this is going to be something that will improve life for working people, for low-income people.”?
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Sanders: The wealthiest people on earth are pouring hundreds of billions into research and development for AI and robotics. You think they’re doing that because they’re thinking, “Oh man, this is going to be something that will improve life for working people, for low-income people.”?
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Reporter: The fact that Trump is walking back those tariffs really undermines his own argument that consumers are not going to be hurt. Now we have a situation where the White House is arguing that removing tariffs will lower prices on groceries. It's kind of hard to make sense of.
November 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Reporter: The fact that Trump is walking back those tariffs really undermines his own argument that consumers are not going to be hurt. Now we have a situation where the White House is arguing that removing tariffs will lower prices on groceries. It's kind of hard to make sense of.
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Watch “Nuremberg” 🫳🏾🎤
ICEstapo detained 81 people in Charlotte, NC yesterday.
The internet is littered with videos of them using excessive force and ignoring legal documentation provided by the detainees.
Here’s my advice for ICEstapo:
Take a night off.
Go to the movies.
Watch “Nuremberg”.
Your time is coming.
The internet is littered with videos of them using excessive force and ignoring legal documentation provided by the detainees.
Here’s my advice for ICEstapo:
Take a night off.
Go to the movies.
Watch “Nuremberg”.
Your time is coming.
November 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Watch “Nuremberg” 🫳🏾🎤
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November 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Non-oligarch owned journalism still alive and well at the @inquirer.com
The Epstein emails didn't expose a nostalgic "lost New York" so much as the utter moral rot of a U.S. ruling patriarchy that could never get enough money...or teenaged girls
My new column on the midnight of elites, how #MeToo didn't go far enough...and pitchforks www.inquirer.com/opinion/epst...
My new column on the midnight of elites, how #MeToo didn't go far enough...and pitchforks www.inquirer.com/opinion/epst...
Epstein’s emails are the end of America as they ruined it
If the evil banality of the world's most powerful people exposed in the Epstein emails doesn't cause a revolution, nothing will.
www.inquirer.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Non-oligarch owned journalism still alive and well at the @inquirer.com
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The Inquirer is my local paper and if Will wrote it, you should read it.
Gift link: share.inquirer.com/SZHTRM
Gift link: share.inquirer.com/SZHTRM
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Inquirer is my local paper and if Will wrote it, you should read it.
Gift link: share.inquirer.com/SZHTRM
Gift link: share.inquirer.com/SZHTRM
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all the Prometheus, Icarus, Palantir, Erebor, etc. shows that none of these guys - none, and it is almost all guys - have actually done the reading
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
all the Prometheus, Icarus, Palantir, Erebor, etc. shows that none of these guys - none, and it is almost all guys - have actually done the reading
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Tired: "Great Depression"
Wired: "quiet time in the labor market"
Wired: "quiet time in the labor market"
Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Tired: "Great Depression"
Wired: "quiet time in the labor market"
Wired: "quiet time in the labor market"
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Again, this is an existential crisis for the entire financial & academic model of 🇺🇸 public universities, but the public doesn’t understand this, in part because our leaders have been on this issue. It’s maddening:
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New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts
Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Again, this is an existential crisis for the entire financial & academic model of 🇺🇸 public universities, but the public doesn’t understand this, in part because our leaders have been on this issue. It’s maddening:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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The news, again, from student journalists at an independent college paper. (This came out last night.)
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The news, again, from student journalists at an independent college paper. (This came out last night.)
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...