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Larry David wrote a quick little NYTimes Op-ed masterfully destroying Bill Maher for having dinner with Trump without even mentioning his name….titled "Larry David: My Dinner with Adolf" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
April 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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“Trump has governed like a late-19th-century president, with his penchant for tariffs, his unusual relationship with a major industrial titan, and his bald-faced corruption,” writes @dkthomp.bsky.social.
The Story of the Gilded Age Wasn’t Wealth. It Was Corruption.
Richard White, the historian and author of The Republic for Which It Stands, explains what made the late 19th century gilded.
www.theatlantic.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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This article might dampen your weekend mood, but it's a must read.

The situation in the US government is already dire, but trying to comprehend what comes next is even more unsettling.
The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think
What’s happening to the US government right now is bad. What comes next is worse.
buff.ly
March 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.
February 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.
February 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Drugmakers including Purdue Pharma paid middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers to not restrict painkiller prescriptions, a New York Times investigation has found. nyti.ms/3ZCBEQR
December 17, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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“‘…Nancy Mace came to a national foster youth event, told participating youth that it was a safe space—and literally had one of them arrested by Capital police for simply shaking her hand and asking about trans rights,’ said Lisa Dickson, a veteran advocate for foster youth from Ohio…”
December 11, 2024 at 2:29 PM
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A company controlled by Goldman Sachs has made millions of dollars from sewage sludge sold to use as fertilizer, which has been linked to “forever chemicals.” Now the company is part of a major lobbying effort to limit the ability of farmers to sue to clean up fields polluted by the fertilizer.
Their Fertilizer Poisons Farmland. Now, They Want Protection From Lawsuits.
A company controlled by Goldman Sachs is helping to lead a lobbying effort by makers of fertilizer linked to “forever chemicals.”
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 8:22 PM