Shmarc
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Still a historian, even though it’s no longer my day job. Always a Chicagoan, even when I lived and loved elsewhere. Always a Cubs fan. Always a Springsteen fan, always.
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“Reiner’s death marks an incongruously tragic end for an artist who exuded warmth and whose work, even at its darkest, seemed to reflect a belief in essential human decency.”
Rob Reiner Left a Remarkable Pop Culture Legacy. His Work as an Activist Was Just as Impressive.
The director of beloved films including 'The Princess Bride' and 'When Harry Met Sally' also championed causes like marr
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December 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
“Reiner’s death marks an incongruously tragic end for an artist who exuded warmth and whose work, even at its darkest, seemed to reflect a belief in essential human decency.”
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“The editor interviewed him in the 1960s for the job of political correspondent.
‘Are you interested in politics, Mr Stoppard?’
‘Indeed I am.’
‘So then can you tell me the name of the prime minister?’
‘I said I was interested, not that I was obsessed!’”
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‘Are you interested in politics, Mr Stoppard?’
‘Indeed I am.’
‘So then can you tell me the name of the prime minister?’
‘I said I was interested, not that I was obsessed!’”
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RIP Tom Stoppard: England’s great (Jewish) playwright
Tom Stoppard died today aged 88 – which, as a lover of cricket, he would be the first to say was a decent innings.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“The editor interviewed him in the 1960s for the job of political correspondent.
‘Are you interested in politics, Mr Stoppard?’
‘Indeed I am.’
‘So then can you tell me the name of the prime minister?’
‘I said I was interested, not that I was obsessed!’”
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
‘Are you interested in politics, Mr Stoppard?’
‘Indeed I am.’
‘So then can you tell me the name of the prime minister?’
‘I said I was interested, not that I was obsessed!’”
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
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This is a fact! Alt-IRS approves.
Undocumented immigrants paid $100 billion in taxes in 2022. It would cost $300 billion to deport them all. They're here, they're working, they're contributing. Give them a pathway to citizenship.
October 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is a fact! Alt-IRS approves.
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ROVE: “.. Using Charlie’s murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it.”
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September 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
ROVE: “.. Using Charlie’s murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it.”
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“Republican leaders are rushing because they are afraid the public will discover what the bill would do—rip health care from millions, explode the deficit, and cause what might be the biggest transfer in government resources from poor to rich in American history.”
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Trump’s About to Slash Medicaid. TV News Has Barely Noticed.
The rush job to pass the big beautiful bill has had its intended outcome: not giving the public time to catch on to the consequences.
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June 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“Republican leaders are rushing because they are afraid the public will discover what the bill would do—rip health care from millions, explode the deficit, and cause what might be the biggest transfer in government resources from poor to rich in American history.”
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Wanna see something cool?
At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.
The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥
At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.
The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥
May 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Wanna see something cool?
At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.
The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥
At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.
The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥
I haven’t wanted or needed to say this in awhile: Go Big Red!
Cornell too!
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Cornell Sues DOE for ‘Unlawful’ Cuts to Indirect Costs for Research Grants
University administrators announced in a Monday statement that Cornell joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy and DOE Secretary Chris Wright which cut research grant funding for indire...
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April 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I haven’t wanted or needed to say this in awhile: Go Big Red!
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Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.
April 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.
Wow
Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.
April 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Wow
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April 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
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NEW: In a court filing this evening, the Trump administration said that it had mistakenly deported a Maryland father to a notorious Salvadoran prison due to an "administrative error." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
April 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
NEW: In a court filing this evening, the Trump administration said that it had mistakenly deported a Maryland father to a notorious Salvadoran prison due to an "administrative error." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...