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Welcome to Wyoming. “Its suicide rate is about double the national figure. It usually ranks in the top three states for suicide, along with Montana and Alaska. The two biggest factors, experts say, are the isolation of living in a sparsely populated state and easy access to guns.” - NYT. 8/4/2026
Achtung! Citizens. Orders from Herr Drumpf! • Officials have been directed to “remove improper ideology” from museums. • National Park Service must remove signs about slavery. • We're awaiting confirmation that • black is white • down is up • left is right. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...
Opinion | Trump's Smithsonian Attacks Are Attacks on America’s Future (Gift Article)
This is how we decide who we are and who we want to be.
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Florida worries about college students. 30 years ago my profs (at Fairfield Univ. and NYU) never treated me like a small child. In fact, colleges are supposed to teach & challenge, EXCEPT in Florida. As Daffy Duck might say, “Hey, DeSantis, You’re desth-picable”. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...
Florida Professor Fired for Assigning a Profane Story, Lawsuit Says (Gift Article)
South Florida State College fired an English professor after she assigned a story about a teacher who talks about sex with her students. Now the professor is suing.
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Not my usual 'cup of tea'. I preface this simply because I found Gina Kolata's article about ovarian cancer worth passing along for 2 reasons. 1st, we—my wife and I—are humans of a certain age. 2nd, the topic of cancer, scares the shit out of almost everyone. FYI. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/h...
There’s a Way to Prevent Ovarian Cancer. Few Know About It. (Gift Article)
The vast majority of cases begin in the fallopian tubes — and removing them can reduce the risk by nearly 80 percent.
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As the saying goes, 'Everything Drumpf touches dies'. Like, the Kennedy Center. Read this NYT piece. • A few people still tour the center. • The opera is gone. • Artwork has disappeared. • The Orchestra pit is scattered with trash. • Flower beds are disappearing. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...
Trump Gutted the Kennedy Center. A Tour Guide Wants You to See It Anyway. (Gift Article)
In a dogged demonstration of love for a Washington institution, Sandy Weiswasser is among a few dozen volunteers still showing dwindling visitors a hollowed-out building.
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Drumpf selected RFK Junior to oversee national health. What could possibly go wrong? • More measles cases reported in the US in the last 2 years than from 2000 thru 2024 COMBINED. • Cyclosporiasis Outbreak expands to Nine States. • 1,700 H.I.V. Treatment Sites Closed After Trump Aid Cuts.
Woke up, got outta bed, and everything is dandy. Just eff-ing Dandy. • Attacks in Red Sea Send Oil Prices Over $100 a Barrel. • More Farmers Around the World at Risk. • Drumpf's Stupid Strategy: Resurrect Global Tariffs. As Rick Wilson reminded us, “Everything Trump Touches Dies”
Can a film give us rationality? Consider one person’s 3-hour “Odyssey”. • When is war justified? • What moral boundaries do we owe our enemies? • What transgressions merit the ultimate punishment? • Who, in the end, determines civilization’s common set of values? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/o...
Opinion | How Christopher Nolan Proved the ‘Odyssey’ Haters Wrong (Gift Article)
The success of “The Odyssey,” and the potent political ideas at its core, only prove how tiresome the prerelease debate about “woke” really was.
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Poor Poor Donnie Drumpf. So many people in need. So little time to a] cut retirement benefits, b] deport caregivers, and/or c] encourage seniors to hurry up and die. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...
How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Hurting Elder Care (Gift Article)
Retirement communities already grappling with labor shortages are being forced to terminate caregivers at a time when more Americans are living longer.
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Hey Donnie. We're at war with Iran, our military is humbled, more US soldiers are dead, our reputation is in tatters, gas prices are going up (AGAIN), Hogsbreath is checking T levels, and nobody likes you Donnie. (PS. The reflecting swamp is a nice touch.) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/o...
Opinion | It’s No Longer So Much Fun to Be MAGA in Washington (Gift Article)
It’s a vibe shift.
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From the “you just can’t make this shit up” file, “MyPillow Founder Not Registered to Vote in State He Wants to Lead”. (NYT) This week Drumpf endorsed his buddy, Mike Lindell, a leader of the election denial movement, for Minnesota governor. As I said…
Drumpf Tries (and fails) to Make His Case: • Drumpf's Election Claims Land With a Whimper Among Republicans. • His Homeland Security Chief Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time. • And then there’s that pesky war. . . . www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/o...
Opinion | The Odyssey, by Donald Trump (Gift Article)
The president lacks not only a coherent strategic concept but an elementary understanding of what strategy is.
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OK. ok. Drumpf always makes sense. Monday: “Fighting With Iran Has Resumed” and The Blockade and the Tolls are back! Tuesday: No Tax on ships BUT he will Restore the Blockade in the Strait. Q: If there is a blockade, there are no ships, so there is no tax to collect, Right?
Drumpf's All Over The News, and not in a good way. 1. Judge Says Drumpf's Lawsuit With I.R.S. Was Self-Dealing. 2. U.S. & Iran Edge Toward War Again. 3. Fed Abandons Discrimination Cases. 4. Drumpf Renews Shipping Blockade. (see item 2). 5. And then there's AI. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/b...
Trump Is Snapping Up Stakes in Private Companies. Could A.I. Be Next? (Gift Article)
Some tech executives are nervous that recent scrutiny of artificial intelligence models could be a prelude to a demand by the Trump administration for an ownership stake.
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Drumpf has “officially” refused to sign the Housing Bill . . . because congress—thank God—has not passed his stupid Save Act. One can assume that Drumpf would have loved living during the great depression. (Image: Dorothea Lange, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Thank you Bonnie. Reading, this morning, about Bonnie Tyler and that huge, beautiful VOICE of hers, I thought I'd take a break from the awful, demented, self-absorbed criminal in the White House and instead remember and celebrate the talent that was Bonnie Tyler. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/a...
Bonnie Tyler, Who Sang ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart,’ Dies at 75
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Drumpf. Such a fucking doofus. At the NATO summit this week he told reporters that the "Islamic Republic of Japan" had fired more than 100 missiles at a U.S. aircraft carrier. You, Donnie, are an idiot. Please, just shut up. About everything. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
Trump Claims ‘Islamic Republic of Japan’ Shot at US Aircraft Carrier in Jaw-Dropping Gaffe at NATO Summit
Trump appeared to confuse Iran with Japan during a stunning verbal slip at the NATO summit as he touted the effectiveness of Patriot missile defense systems.
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Drumpf’s “Crystal Ball” • World Cup as a Break From Politics. (Then "Red Card" Donnie Got Involved) • Preventing Gun Violence. (Drumpf Suppresses Reports) • Drumpf Courted Black Voters (Now he Downplays Black Unemployment) • Drumpf predicts a Foreign Investment Boom. (It Ain’t Here) Such Vision.
Columnist Frank Bruni asks a question: “How do we want the world to see us?” • Drumpf rounds up, cages & deports innocent people, • paves over the Rose Garden, • demolishes the East Wing, • plans an iconic arch, • hosts a UFC match for his 80th. Click & Read! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/o...
Opinion | The Bling and Brutality of American ‘Diplomacy’
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Just in case you missed this . . . Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Blocking Drumpf's exec. order banning birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants and some temporary foreign visitors. And Shame on Alito, Thomas and Gorsuch. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u...
Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Blocking a Key Trump Policy
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Today's NYT editorial concludes that Drumpf's war is a disaster. He “prosecuted it recklessly and in open defiance of the law. . . . the U.S. is emerging weaker—militarily, diplomatically and economically—and will pay strategic costs for years to come." Duh. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...
Opinion | President Trump Lost This War
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Molly Jong-Fast reminds us that ALL of our voices matter in the age of Drumpf. During Donnie's first term, “it was trendy, and even lucrative, to stand up to him." Today, in many quarters, the silence seems deafening. Read Molly's column from Sunday's NYT. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/o...
Opinion | If These Celebrities Are Democracy’s Last Hope, We’re in Trouble
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All Americans take note: this story from the NYT states that a recent deal with Kazakhstan just might — Hold Please!—this deal WILL DEFINITELY BENEFIT the Drumpf family & others. (Hey Howard! Congrats). Note to MAGA voters: Remember to ask for your cut. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/w...
Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit.
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Emily Davies, in NYT, reminds us that Nixon tried to use the C.I.A. to block the F.B.I.’s investigation into the 1972 break-in at the Watergate. Nixon’s criminality is well documented. But then, so is Drumpf’s. Thanks to JD for telegraphing his tactics for 2028. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/u...
Vance Downplays Watergate and Compares Himself to Nixon
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The Drumpf presidency? Maureen Dowd distills it. “A historian once told me that the presidency would distill Donald Trump to his essence. That essence, it turns out, is trillions of microscopic organisms that suck up all the oxygen and endanger life around them.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...
Opinion | Creature From the Green Lagoon
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Drumpf's Cry Baby update from NYT. • Drumpf Blames Vandals for Reflecting Pool Problems. • Kennedy Center Shows No Sign of Donnie’s Name. • Drumpf Makes Big Claims About the Iran Talks. Iran Keeps Contradicting Him. • Senate Votes to Check Trump’s War Powers. Wah, Wah, Wah etc.
It’s time for Amendment XXV. Drumpf looks in the mirror and thinks he’s the Sundance Kid. He now claims that Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni was desperate to be in a photo with him. Donnie, no one wants to be in the same room with you. Hey, JD. It's time. Think 25th. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/w...
Italy Doesn’t ‘Beg,’ Giorgia Meloni Tells Trump
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So let’s get this right. 1. The blue bottom of the reflecting pond is peeling away (large pieces of the blue paint are floating in the pool.) 2. The Iran war is a disaster. “Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars” lost. Welcome to Drumpf's delusional world. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...
The Costs of the Iran War: Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars
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Generalissimo Drumpf promised to 1.“Annihilate” Iran’s military capabilities, 2. Abolish its nuclear ambitions, 3. Topple its theocratic leadership, and 4. Liberate its people. Bottom line: Donnie, you’re “0 for 4”. FYI, batting “0” is not good. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/w...
Trump Winds Down the War He Started With Goals Unmet
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Recall, again, Drumpf’s recent post of a vile AI clip about the Obamas. And then there’s last night's UFC event—which Drumpf hosted. Drumpf has nothing to say about the UFC asshole’s slur: "Michelle Obama is a man! Am I right America?” Draft-dodger Drumpf is just fine with that….