John E. Sonntag
@sonntag54.bsky.social
Welcome to the latest version of the Trump Kakistocracy!
"In a video released last week, Senator Kelly and several other Democratic lawmakers reminded members of the military that they 'can refuse illegal orders.' That’s exactly right.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
Opinion | Mark Kelly Is Being Investigated for Telling the Truth
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November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"In a video released last week, Senator Kelly and several other Democratic lawmakers reminded members of the military that they 'can refuse illegal orders.' That’s exactly right.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
"In the event of a sudden pandemic, what should we do? This month, Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, offered a remarkably blunt answer: nothing.":
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Opinion | When the Next Pandemic Comes, MAHA Says, You’re on Your Own
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November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"In the event of a sudden pandemic, what should we do? This month, Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, offered a remarkably blunt answer: nothing.":
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"In my 25 years working as a lawyer on free-speech cases, I have seen a lot of overreach. I have never seen anything quite like this.":
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Opinion | Nobody Should Go to Jail for a Harmless Meme
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November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"In my 25 years working as a lawyer on free-speech cases, I have seen a lot of overreach. I have never seen anything quite like this.":
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"The grainy videos released by the Pentagon are just seconds long. Some show boats racing along the water, before they disappear in a ball of fire. In others, hazy figures can be seen moving around on deck before the vessel explodes.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
What the Pentagon’s Attack Videos Reveal About the Boat Strikes at Sea
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November 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"The grainy videos released by the Pentagon are just seconds long. Some show boats racing along the water, before they disappear in a ball of fire. In others, hazy figures can be seen moving around on deck before the vessel explodes.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"The ruling by Judge R. Brooke Jackson could be put on hold once the administration appeals, just as earlier rulings in Los Angeles and Illinois limiting immigration agents’ powers were quickly blocked by higher courts.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Colorado Judge Tells Immigration Agents to Stop Arrests Without Warrants
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November 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"The ruling by Judge R. Brooke Jackson could be put on hold once the administration appeals, just as earlier rulings in Los Angeles and Illinois limiting immigration agents’ powers were quickly blocked by higher courts.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot near the White House on Wednesday afternoon, the state’s governor said on social media, adding that there were conflicting reports about their condition.":
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Live Updates: Two National Guard Members Shot Near White House
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November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot near the White House on Wednesday afternoon, the state’s governor said on social media, adding that there were conflicting reports about their condition.":
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"On Monday, the United States formally designated President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and his allies in government as members of a foreign terrorist organization called Cartel de los Soles, a group that doesn’t exist."
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Opinion | The Incomprehensible March Toward Regime Change in Venezuela
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November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"On Monday, the United States formally designated President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and his allies in government as members of a foreign terrorist organization called Cartel de los Soles, a group that doesn’t exist."
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"...in his second term, as in his first, Mr. Trump is failing to deliver on all that talk.":
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Opinion | Trump Falls Short of His Populist Rhetoric
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November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"...in his second term, as in his first, Mr. Trump is failing to deliver on all that talk.":
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"In an interview with The New York Times, Erez Reuveni said he decided to work for the group Democracy Forward because 'this is really a make-or-break moment for the rule of law, for democracy, for the rights of all people who live in this country.'”:
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Justice Dept. Whistleblower Joins Legal Group Battling the Trump Administration
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November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"In an interview with The New York Times, Erez Reuveni said he decided to work for the group Democracy Forward because 'this is really a make-or-break moment for the rule of law, for democracy, for the rights of all people who live in this country.'”:
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"A spokesman for H.H.S. confirmed Dr. Abraham’s new position but declined to comment further. Dr. Abraham did not immediately respond to a request for comment."
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Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
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November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"A spokesman for H.H.S. confirmed Dr. Abraham’s new position but declined to comment further. Dr. Abraham did not immediately respond to a request for comment."
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"The stock market bounces in recent weeks are just one indicator of the profound uncertainty and heightened risks running through the global economy and financial system." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
Market Volatility Underscores Epic Buildup of Global Risk
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November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"The stock market bounces in recent weeks are just one indicator of the profound uncertainty and heightened risks running through the global economy and financial system." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
Is Thanksgiving dinner 25% cheaper in 2025, as Trump claimed? Here's what the data shows www.snopes.com/news/2025/11...
Is Thanksgiving dinner 25% cheaper in 2025, as Trump claimed? Here's what the data shows
The 2025 Walmart Thanksgiving meal basket is cheaper than the previous year's basket — but it also contains fewer items.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Is Thanksgiving dinner 25% cheaper in 2025, as Trump claimed? Here's what the data shows www.snopes.com/news/2025/11...
"Right now, job growth is low. Given President Trump’s immigration crackdown and the attendant decline in net immigration, we need to start thinking about low job growth as the new normal." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | We’re Seeing What a No-Immigration Economy Looks Like
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November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"Right now, job growth is low. Given President Trump’s immigration crackdown and the attendant decline in net immigration, we need to start thinking about low job growth as the new normal." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
"While President Trump certainly has supporters who adore him and feel no need to justify that, he survives — and too often prospers — with the crucial help of voters who basically regard him as the lesser of evils."
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Opinion | The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump
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November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"While President Trump certainly has supporters who adore him and feel no need to justify that, he survives — and too often prospers — with the crucial help of voters who basically regard him as the lesser of evils."
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"The Pentagon said on Monday that it was investigating Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona for 'serious allegations of misconduct,' less than a week after he took part in a video that reminded troops to refuse illegal orders.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Pentagon Opens Inquiry Into Senator Mark Kelly Over What Hegseth Calls ‘Seditious’ Video
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November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"The Pentagon said on Monday that it was investigating Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona for 'serious allegations of misconduct,' less than a week after he took part in a video that reminded troops to refuse illegal orders.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Reposted by John E. Sonntag
Their anti-intellectualism and misogyny are on full display.
Department Of Education No Longer Considers Nursing A 'Professional Degree' Thanks To 'Big Beautiful Bill'
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November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Their anti-intellectualism and misogyny are on full display.
"A federal judge threw out the criminal charges against James Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, on Monday after finding that the prosecutor President Trump handpicked to bring the cases had been illegally appointed.": www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Tosses Criminal Charges Against James Comey and Letitia James
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November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"A federal judge threw out the criminal charges against James Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, on Monday after finding that the prosecutor President Trump handpicked to bring the cases had been illegally appointed.": www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
"....Trump just might get a peace prize that would secure his place in history. Unfortunately, though, it is not that Nobel peace prize he so covets. It is the 'Neville Chamberlain Peace Prize...'"
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Opinion | Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize
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November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"....Trump just might get a peace prize that would secure his place in history. Unfortunately, though, it is not that Nobel peace prize he so covets. It is the 'Neville Chamberlain Peace Prize...'"
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"Meanwhile, Ukraine’s allies in Europe and across the globe now face increased pressure to show they can get Ukraine the economic and military support it needs to continue battling Russia without U.S. support."
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G20 Leaders Push Back on U.S. Peace Plan for Ukraine
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November 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"Meanwhile, Ukraine’s allies in Europe and across the globe now face increased pressure to show they can get Ukraine the economic and military support it needs to continue battling Russia without U.S. support."
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"There’s a phrase that encapsulates the theory: the Thucydides trap, referring to the violent clash that comes when a rising power challenges the ruling hegemon.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | The Thucydides Trap Is Coming for America
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November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"There’s a phrase that encapsulates the theory: the Thucydides trap, referring to the violent clash that comes when a rising power challenges the ruling hegemon.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
“'From the day I take the oath of office, we’ll rapidly drive prices down and make America affordable again,' Donald Trump promised Americans in summer 2024 as he ran for president. 'Prices will come down. You just watch. They’ll come down fast.'":
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Opinion | Does Trump Know the Price of Milk?
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November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“'From the day I take the oath of office, we’ll rapidly drive prices down and make America affordable again,' Donald Trump promised Americans in summer 2024 as he ran for president. 'Prices will come down. You just watch. They’ll come down fast.'":
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"Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in an interview that he personally instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to abandon its longstanding position that vaccines do not cause autism...": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines
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November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in an interview that he personally instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to abandon its longstanding position that vaccines do not cause autism...": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
"Mr. Vindman took issue with the president’s characterization saying that 'U.S. intelligence assessed that M.B.S. ordered the capture and kill,' referring to the C.I.A. conclusion that the crown prince directed the killing.":
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Trump and Prince Had ‘Disturbing’ Call After Khashoggi’s Murder, Lawmaker Says
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November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"Mr. Vindman took issue with the president’s characterization saying that 'U.S. intelligence assessed that M.B.S. ordered the capture and kill,' referring to the C.I.A. conclusion that the crown prince directed the killing.":
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"I was a litigator for 21 years, and it’s safe to say that I never witnessed the level of legal incompetence that we are witnessing from the Trump administration." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...
Opinion | The Comey Case Is a Comedy of Errors
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November 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"I was a litigator for 21 years, and it’s safe to say that I never witnessed the level of legal incompetence that we are witnessing from the Trump administration." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...
"When the American Conservative Union Foundation needed a venue for last month’s summit on 'ending Christian persecution,' it rented out a stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Senate Democrats Investigate Kennedy Center Deals With Trump Allies
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November 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"When the American Conservative Union Foundation needed a venue for last month’s summit on 'ending Christian persecution,' it rented out a stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...