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Author, teacher, father of seven, really swell guy. Boston University faculty. williammckeen.com
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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“Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it’s because it is hard.”
William Zinsser #NationalAuthorsDay
November 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught
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October 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Great column
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
Opinion | Burnin’ Down the House
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October 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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October 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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What JD Vance, Kash Patel and a Throw Pillow Have in Common www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
Opinion | What JD Vance, Kash Patel and a Throw Pillow Have in Common
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
Trump hates America.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 19
Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
October 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
wmckeen.bsky.social
Fraidy-Cat at the Pentagon www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
Opinion | Fraidy-Cat at the Pentagon
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October 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Trump: What's the Deal? (Full 1991 BANNED Documentary)
The film was commissioned in 1988 by Leonard Stern. Donald threatened to sue any broadcaster or distributor that took on the film. It was screen only twice & subsequently suppressed.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Amy King (@poemz)
Dr. Jane Goodall recorded this interview in March 2025, with the understanding that it would be released only after her death. #drjanegoodall
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October 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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We went from taking out terrorists to terrorizing hotel staff. What a downgrade.

Are we great yet?
October 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Something Is Stirring in Christian America, and It’s Making Me Nervous www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Opinion | Something Is Stirring in Christian America, and It’s Making Me Nervous
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October 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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great column
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/o...
Opinion | The Appalling Campaign to Erase Jan. 6 Never Ends
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October 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Assholes: A Theory of Donald Trump - The Philosophers' Magazine
Matthew Meyer on a book that charts the rise of the American asshole.
philosophersmag.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Video: Opinion | Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Meta’s A.I. Chatbot Is Dangerous for Kids
Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta’s universe. But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrai...
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September 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines
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September 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Good piece www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
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September 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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genjcchristian.bsky.social
Identify him
bradlander.bsky.social Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · Sep 25
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
“Carr should be mocked mercilessly, the same way all bad actors/apparatchiks should be resisted who are trying to inflict their repressive ways on others by force. Mocking such people isn’t just our Constitutional right, but our moral duty.”

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Brendan Carr, Un-American Weasel
When Americans fail America
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September 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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msdesignerlady.bsky.social
OMG, have you guys seen this? 🤣😂🔥🔥🔥
September 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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He is obviously insane
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
‘Your Countries Are Going to Hell’: Trump Airs His Grievances at the U.N.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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From The New Yorker
September 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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'I am going on facts!' Crockett tears into MAGA colleagues for rhetoric after Kirk murder
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'I am going on facts!' Crockett tears into MAGA colleagues for rhetoric after Kirk murder
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September 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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#REMTop30
#MusicChallenge
Man on the Moon
A Top 10 hit in Canada, Iceland, Netherlands and New Zealand, this tribute to Andy Kaufman made it to No. 30 in America (and No. 2 on the Alternative Airplay chart).
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R.E.M. - Man On The Moon (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by remhq
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September 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM