Timothy Griffin
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Timothy Griffin
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My grands call me Papi
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THESE are the documents that need to be released. Gift link, no paywall. #Khashoggi #vindman #saudi #corruption #assassination @indivisible.org
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Trump and Prince Had ‘Disturbing’ Call After Khashoggi’s Murder, Lawmaker Says
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November 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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"US would take charge of $100 billion in frozen Russian assets and receive '50% of the profits from this venture.'

European taxpayers, who provide almost all of the military and humanitarian support to Ukraine, are expected to contribute $100 billion to its reconstruction."
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The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
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November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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New from me, another article where I argue for being calm and not reacting to Trump.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The President Is Losing Control of Himself
Donald Trump’s outbursts on social media this week were different than usual.
www.theatlantic.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
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November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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The cost of Trump's immigration surge: Stalled investigations into child sexual abuse, Iranian oil smuggling and human trafficking, among others. My latest piece is a big team effort on how DHS has been transformed into the Department of Deportation.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
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November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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America is being run by mean girls and shitposters and trolls and the Comic Book Guys.
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America, the Juvenile
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled grade-schoolers.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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What Stuart Stevens says is perfectly obvious, and something you will not see reflected in any of the major media coverage.
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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“‘She is slowly breaking down’: Irish grandmother detained in US has deportation hearing delayed until December ***
Donna Hughes-Brown (58) has been detained since July in conditions her husband describes as ‘absolutely horrible’” Are we great yet? 10/30/25 www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘She is slowly breaking down’: Irish grandmother detained in US has deportation hearing delayed until December
Donna Hughes-Brown (58) has been detained since July in conditions her husband describes as ‘absolutely horrible’
www.irishtimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Trump's "China deal" puts the U.S. in better shape this week than last.

But what relative to the day he came to office?
❌ Access to rare earth minerals
❌ Soybean sales
❌ Access to Chinese markets
❌ Predictable rules
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
How Xi Walked Away From Trump Trade Talks Looking Stronger (Gift Article)
By withholding soybean purchases and rare-earth exports, China extracted relief from U.S. tariffs and delayed export controls, without conceding much in return.
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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David A. Graham writes in The Atlantic about the various ways Trump could rig the midterms. He notes that modern autocrats don’t cancel elections. They hold unfair elections to fool people into thinking they’re not living in a dictatorship. It’s called “competitive authoritarianism.” (Gift link)
Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way
Our election system is reaching a breaking point.
www.theatlantic.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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A good history lesson and reminder that today's issue can not be solved by the military.

Gift issue
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
October 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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@maxboot.bsky.social is a pessimist on peace and Palestinian self-determination: "To convert this ceasefire into a lasting peace will require sacrifices that neither Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya show any indication of making." Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/48Lo43V
Opinion | Why the Gaza ceasefire won’t lead to lasting peace
“A new Middle East” will require sacrifices that Israelis and Palestinians show no sign of making.
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October 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told
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October 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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“A lot of times, you know, babies don’t cough; they just stop breathing,” warned Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney as he discussed Mississippi's first infant death from whooping cough in 13 years.
Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases
A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.
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October 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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You won't read a better summation of the Hesgeth/Trump show than this one...

(From my subscription for you)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Pete Hegseth Is Living the Dream
A man who retired as a major lectures hundreds of generals about the need to meet his standards
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October 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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“…President Trump is remaking the country in his image: crude, harsh, gratuitously mean.” (Gift link)
Opinion | I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger
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September 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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a few thoughts (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
Opinion | The MAGA Movement Is Not a Debating Society
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September 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM