Gift article - Ukraine is the battlefield we should be committed to, not the stupid and counterproductive attack on Iran. Now that effort is crippling what should be a 1st priority. This adminiustration is both incompetent and evil. wapo.st/4fTRFK8

Ukraine fails to halt Russian barrage as Zelensky blames partners for ‘horrific casualties’

U.S.-made systems are Kyiv’s only means to shoot down ballistic missiles, and Ukraine says it has run out of interceptors. Seventeen Ukrainians died overnight.

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free NYTs column by Thomas Friedman on Mamdani's failure as a statesman and opportunity to be one in a city of 3/4 million Jews and Muslims and the political parties in Israel with both as members, and seeking the 2 state solution. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o...

Opinion | Mamdani’s Netanyahu Stunt Was a Waste of His Talent and Our Time (Gift Article)

What if Mamdani actually wanted to be a bridge builder between Israelis and Palestinians, a role for which he has the unique capacity and talent?

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DSA? No f...ing way! This is unbelievable. The co-chair of party lays out radical platform that should sink any DSA candidate. If this it, they need to quit. www.foxnews.com/video/640229...

DSA co-chair Megan Romer outlines socialist agenda | Fox News Video

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade discusses Democratic Socialists of America co-chair Megan Romer's comments on the organization's agenda on ‘The Will Cain Show.’

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Then continue talking to yourself. I have minimum interest in one person and have been talking about the issue, not her.

@bsky.app CDC buries report on effectiveness of Covid boosters (around 50% less hospitalizations), almost certainly on anti-vacine position of DHS. Link is subscription free: wapo.st/4vjk9To

Opinion | Why the CDC refusing to publish covid vaccine research is so worrying

The publication of the study in another journal doesn’t erase the troubling questions raised by its suppression.

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Yeah likewise a shame Hama didn't count heads and realize they had no hope of winning the war they started or that Israel might know they lived in Gaza and seek to blow themn to smitereens. Of course if they were "good guys" they could have come out like men and surrendered anytime to stop the bombs

Friedman fills out the ME score card for post Oct 7: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...

Opinion | Everybody Is a Loser in This Middle East War

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Centrist blacks vs cultural warrior whites is the main split in te Democratic Party today. The former gave us Biden and victory. NYTs article, no paywall: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/o...

Opinion | These Are the Voters Who Can Keep Democrats From Going Off the Rails

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Fans - support the NAACP encouragement of black athletes to boycott the SEC conference teams who's states are all disenfranchising their black voters since the SC reactionary ruling: The NAACP’s boycott call is a wake-up moment for the American Black athlete www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

The NAACP’s boycott call is a wake-up moment for the American Black athlete | Howard Bryant

In a country where their rights are being attacked from all sides, it’s time for Black college athletes to utilize their power

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Student-athletes more likely to attend school than peers, new research finds. Along with lower teen pregnancy rates and obvious health benefits, girls in sports is a success story of our time and shouldn't be messed with by adding unwanted biological males in the mix. Link is free wapo.st/4eaq1Jx

to abide by conflicting state statutes.The terminations are an escalation of the administration’s efforts to enforce President Trump’s executive order that the government recognize only person’s sex assigned at birth." NYTs Typical of why Trump is wrong & dealing in bad faith on transgender issues

"The Trump administration on Monday terminated multiple civil rights settlements aimed at ensuring transgender students’ rights to equal opportunity to an education, forcing school officials to choose whether to comply with the government’s interpretation of federal anti-discrimination laws or

Richard Dawkins on our binary sex: "....the Universal Biological Definition (UBD), based on gamete size. Gametes come in two radically different sizes: the phenomenon of anisogamy. Female gametes are very much larger than male gametes, with no intermediates whatsoever,

Newsome fights Trump AI plan ".....on Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a Democrat, defied Mr. Trump by issuing an executive order that requires safety and privacy guardrails for A.I. companies contracting with the state. .. “We’re not going to sit back and let that happen,” Mr. Newsom said.

In his "press conference" Trump said it's essentially over - Iran has no navy, air force, etc, as if that's it. The same was true about Iraq and Afghanistan. We lost our ass in both.

NYTs reports that before Citizen's United, billionaires were responsible for .3% of campaign contribuitions and now contribute 19%. The article documents individual states and campaigns and the effectiveness of their targeted donations. Depressing! No paywall: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

Billionaires Are Swaying Elections in All Corners of America

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Doc on the very depressing take over of Florida's New College by the Governor and MAGA GOP. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

‘Only Nazis ban books’: on the frontlines with students fighting Trump over higher education

Documentary First They Came for My College goes inside the fight for academic freedom at Florida’s New College

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Jesse Jackson Funeral in Chicago - moving, great gospel music, and both Bidens, both Clintons, Obama, Kamala, and Newsome in attendance. www.c-span.org/event/public...

Hesgeth claimed that we now totally control the sky over Iran and will thus dictate what follows. 1. He never said what follows, or what we want to follow. 2. I think the same could have been said about Iraq shortly after that war began.

Today's NYT's article on changing positions of our medical associations on "gender affirming" surgeries. No paywall. "...anyone who questions these treatments, even mildly, is invariably accused of bigotry. " www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/o...

Opinion | Medical Associations Trusted Belief Over Science on Youth Gender Care

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I'm not getting why any Democratic Senators or Representatives, or self respecting Republican ones would even attend tonight's SOTU speech. Yes, the tradition is to go if for no other reason than to express respect for our democratic government and the office of the President. When the President

Before rejecting out of hand, Sullivan was one of if not the main voice which effectively pushed gay marriage and a very early Obama supporter. Don't agree with him on all things, but he has valuable things to day here. open.substack.com/pub/andrewsu...

What The Dems Should Say On Trans Rights

They can own the compassionate, sane center on this. Just drop the crazy.

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The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that President Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed sweeping tariffs on imports from nearly every U.S. trading partner, a major setback for his administration’s second-term agenda. Paywall free: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

Justices Strike Down Trump’s Tariffs

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Friedman on Bibi's ruse. Paywall free www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o...

Opinion | Netanyahu Plays Trump and American Jews for Fools — Again

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PS Fuck off, you ignorant twit.

After Donations, Trump Administration Revoked Rule Requiring More Nursing Home Staff - $4.8 million in donations ended administrations defense of new law adding to staff. It was estimated to save 13k lives a year. Much of Trump's support is from older Americans. Today's NYTs.

This alarming article - no paywall - is about the US losing it's previous #1 ranking for university research to China. Of the top 10 world universities producing research, of US institutions only Harvard is in the top 1 with the other spaces taken by China. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...

Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip

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A WaPo article today is about the unprecedented actions Trump is taking to rig the 2026 election. This is existential and what Gov Newsome has been warning about. This is also a good example of continued good reporting at the WaPo - not so much editorials. Paywall free link: wapo.st/4syrYUW

Trump is trying to change how the midterm elections are conducted

Many of these endeavors go far beyond typical political persuasion, challenging long-established democratic norms.

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One "expert" - DK who - said the feds will do the investigation (FBI) and charging (DOJ) on this murder, and the state has no authority involving federal agents. If true, get ready for a whitewashing as Patel and Bondi will never cross Trump and his "story". If correct, an official police state.

WaPo: Tech moguls close to Trump see the midterms as a path to long-term power Gear up for another tech-bro billionaire onslaught on our democracy. paywall free link: wapo.st/4scVCiD

Tech moguls close to Trump see the midterms as a path to long-term power

As politicians in both parties raise concerns about the impacts of AI, political groups backed by tech investors and Meta plan to intervene in midterm races.

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