Val Tavai
@valtavai.bsky.social
Samoan-Filipino, she/he, writer, humanist, advocate, warrior, lover of dogs-books-old films that make me cry-responsible people who care for cultures and histories, low tolerance for bullshit, Christian Nationalists, homophobes and racists. #DEIISNOTDEAD
Live Updates: Wall Street Reels From Shock of Trump Tariffs www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Trump Tariffs Live Updates: Wall Street Reels From Shock of Trump Tariffs
Stocks tumbled in the U.S., Asia and Europe. Allies and adversaries alike were weighing their responses.
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April 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Live Updates: Wall Street Reels From Shock of Trump Tariffs www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record
The New Jersey senator spent much of his speech, which ended after more than 25 hours, assailing the Trump administration. He eclipsed Strom Thurmond’s filibuster of a civil rights bill in 1957.
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April 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
Pentagon Set Up Briefing for Musk on Potential War With China www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Pentagon Set Up Briefing for Musk on Potential War With China
The access would be a major expansion of Elon Musk’s government role and highlight his conflicts of interest.
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March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Pentagon Set Up Briefing for Musk on Potential War With China www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Columbia Makes Concessions to Trump Amid Bid to Reclaim Federal Funds www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
Columbia Makes Concessions to Trump Amid Bid to Reclaim Federal Funds
The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.
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March 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Columbia Makes Concessions to Trump Amid Bid to Reclaim Federal Funds www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest.
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March 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
White House Plans to Pause $175 Million for Penn Over Transgender Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
White House Expected to Pause $175 Million for Penn Over Transgender Policy
The decision is the latest clash between a university and the administration as it pushes schools to end diversity programming and adopt stricter discipline, among other things.
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March 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
White House Plans to Pause $175 Million for Penn Over Transgender Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
A Haunting Coda: The 7 Days Gene Hackman’s Wife Could No Longer Care for Him www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/u...
Gene Hackman Lost His Wife and Caregiver, and Spent 7 Days Alone
The exact details may never be known, but Mr. Hackman, 95 with advanced Alzheimer’s, was alone for about a week after his wife and sole caregiver died.
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March 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A Haunting Coda: The 7 Days Gene Hackman’s Wife Could No Longer Care for Him www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/u...
Tesla for Sale: Buyer’s Remorse Sinks In for Elon Musk’s E.V.-Owning Critics www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/b...
Tesla for Sale: Buyer’s Remorse Sinks In for Elon Musk’s E.V.-Owning Critics
The backlash against the electric vehicle company has intensified as the billionaire ally of President Trump exerts his power over the federal government.
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March 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Tesla for Sale: Buyer’s Remorse Sinks In for Elon Musk’s E.V.-Owning Critics www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/b...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Columbia University Loses $400 Million in Federal Grants and Contracts www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
Trump Live Updates: News on Russia Sanctions, Iran Talks, Student Loans and More
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March 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Trump Administration Live Updates: Columbia University Loses $400 Million in Federal Grants and Contracts www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
Many Chinese See a Cultural Revolution in America www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/b...
Many Chinese See a Cultural Revolution in America
People in China are expressing alarm at what seems to be an authoritarian turn in the United States, long their role model of democracy, that feels familiar.
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March 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Many Chinese See a Cultural Revolution in America www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/b...
Could Trump Shut Down the Department of Education? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/u...
Could Trump Shut Down the Department of Education?
Donald Trump said he would use the department to further his priorities. He also said he would close it. Both options would face difficulties.
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March 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Could Trump Shut Down the Department of Education? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/u...
How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy
The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies.
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March 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
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"Be friendly and even with others. Unguarded, intemperate chatter will put you in their power; excessive silence may leave them unclear as to what you mean. Keep a middle course: Don’t swagger with self-confidence, but don’t be a doormat either." —Dudjom Rinpoche #DailyDharma
Three Fundamental Teachings of Dudjom Rinpoche - Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
On the anniversary of the prolific teacher and Dzogchen master’s passing, Tricycle takes a look back at three of his essential teachings.
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February 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"Be friendly and even with others. Unguarded, intemperate chatter will put you in their power; excessive silence may leave them unclear as to what you mean. Keep a middle course: Don’t swagger with self-confidence, but don’t be a doormat either." —Dudjom Rinpoche #DailyDharma
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Wait a minute...
February 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Wait a minute...
I almost forgot not to post on FACEBOOK today... but I did remember to bring my lunch!... pork laulau and rice made locally... ONO!
a man is eating food with chopsticks from a pan
ALT: a man is eating food with chopsticks from a pan
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February 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I almost forgot not to post on FACEBOOK today... but I did remember to bring my lunch!... pork laulau and rice made locally... ONO!
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"When Kimberlé Crenshaw’s intersectionality framework is banned, when Nikole Hannah-Jones’s 1619 Project is deemed dangerous, when Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and other literary masterpieces are labeled “inappropriate,” the message is clear: our full humanity threatens the established order."
First Person: 'They ban books by Black authors. Then they tell us to celebrate Black History Month.' - Open Campus
As state legislatures and boards of regents debate whose histories deserve telling, those of us behind bars have long faced explicit bans on texts that challenge dominant narratives or examine racial ...
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February 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"When Kimberlé Crenshaw’s intersectionality framework is banned, when Nikole Hannah-Jones’s 1619 Project is deemed dangerous, when Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and other literary masterpieces are labeled “inappropriate,” the message is clear: our full humanity threatens the established order."
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A new form of liberal resistance is emerging, Jay Caspian Kang writes, fuelled by the rage of people who feel like the norms of their country have been stripped away and that those who have been elected to fight for them have abandoned their posts.
What Will Democratic Resistance Look Like?
Amid the internal crisis of the Democratic Party, historical precedents can both inform and obscure our understanding of how the left might regroup.
www.newyorker.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A new form of liberal resistance is emerging, Jay Caspian Kang writes, fuelled by the rage of people who feel like the norms of their country have been stripped away and that those who have been elected to fight for them have abandoned their posts.