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Eileen Kohan
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Stay curious.
From Historian David McCullough:
“…Congress acts when the country wants action… If we don’t vote… what good are we as citizens? What will history say of us?” #historymatters
November 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
These are the women who mentored me in grammar school & college. Could not be more proud of their action.https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sisters-charity-nuns-criticize-cardinal-dolans-comments-likening-charl-rcna233768
Sisters of Charity nuns criticize Cardinal Dolan's comments likening Charlie Kirk to a saint
While Dolan called the late conservative activist a "modern-day St. Paul," a congregation of New York nuns say his words "do not reflect the qualities of a saint."
www.nbcnews.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Again - NY Mets eliminated from the playoffs.
September 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Will this be on MSM news this evening? Not ok!
Frankly this feels like a show of force in many ways. CBP has their own press guys here, lots of their own folks taking photos of bystanders
July 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Here’s an idea. Someone could purchase the home & donate to a family in need. @archdioceseofchicago @padresj.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/r...
Leo Lived Here: The Price Goes Up for the Pope’s Childhood Home
www.nytimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Disappointing. Unfortunate use of verb “collaborating”.
April 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Devastating - removing more & more career opportunities for those who love their country & want to give back. www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs
The youth volunteers who were working on projects ranging from rebuilding homes destroyed in storms to distributing supplies for hurricane recovery were suddenly pulled from service. Why? DOGE cuts.
www.wired.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
“Seeking truth is a journey without end.” view.hu.harvard.edu?qs=351b45ebf...
view.hu.harvard.edu
April 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This is my congressman. Subjected to months of his ads in 2024. Just sad. $ & power, not constituents www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
He Said He Would Ban Congressional Stock Trading. Now in Office, He Trades Freely.
Representative Rob Bresnahan Jr., who campaigned on prohibiting stock trading by members of Congress, has emerged as one of the most active stock traders in the freshman class.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Reposted by Eileen Kohan
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
April 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
“Washington has become the court of Nero… submissive courtiers & a jester high on ketamine…”
March 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
“The national-security system of the West is led by two men who cannot be trusted to defend America’s allies—and who deeply sympathize with the world’s most aggressive dictator.”
At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"I think hard times are coming, when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now... We will need writers who can remember freedom: poets, visionaries—the realists of a larger reality." Ursula K. Le Guin, N.B.A.s, 2014
February 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
SAVE YOUR HISTORY BOOKS!!!https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/nyregion/stonewall-transgender-parks-service.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website
The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights. Later, the Q+ also disappeared.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Space X launch over El Segundo,CA tonight.
February 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Nonetheless, character—the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life—is the source from which self-respect springs.” Joan Didion ‘On Self Respect’ 1961
November 14, 2024 at 8:49 PM