Nostr notes by Nina Bernstein

Paul Krugman: “When we do a post-mortem on how the Iran debacle ...

2026-03-24T12:00:49Z

Paul Krugman: “When we do a post-mortem on how the Iran debacle happened, arrogant ignorance may still get top billing. But grotesque venality will come a close second.”

From Springfield, Ohio, which was a stop on the Underground ...

2026-03-05T13:25:06Z

From Springfield, Ohio, which was a stop on the Underground Railroad, and is now a place where a growing movement offers shelter from ICE to Haitians facing arbitrary, racist termination of their legal status. Remember “eating the dogs, eating the cats”? #GIFTLink #Resist #ICE #Haiti https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/us/trump-immigration-ice-raids-safe-houses.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Q1A.wjRb.iD3yra5Pdp2r&smid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/us/trump-immigration-ice-raids-safe-houses.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Q1A.wjRb.iD3yra5Pdp2r&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Cost of the Iran War — Live Ticker ...

2026-03-03T02:23:09Z

Cost of the Iran War — Live Ticker

https://iran-cost-ticker.com/

ICYMI — and there are hundreds more children detained. ...

2026-02-01T15:16:51Z

ICYMI — and there are hundreds more children detained. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/opinion/ice-kids-liam-ramos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.I1A.VgvE.nxkLJRdtXiPY&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Jamelle Bouie, in podcast conversation, tells it like it is: ...

2026-02-01T15:15:42Z

Jamelle Bouie, in podcast conversation, tells it like it is: “…they are sending ICE agents to Springfield, Ohio, to round up Haitians. Haitians who are legal immigrants. They remove their temporary protected status and they’re sending ICE agents to round them up. That is ethnic cleansing. That’s all that is.” #Giftlink https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/opinion/ice-minnesota-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.I1A.e4I-.0E19me8K5nD5&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Jamelle Bouie: “ICE and C.B.P. still roam the streets, and ...

2026-01-28T14:13:00Z

Jamelle Bouie:
“ICE and C.B.P. still roam the streets, and Trump’s authoritarian aspirations have not dimmed. But surveying the wreckage of Operation Metro Surge — of this reactionary administration’s crushing defeat at the hands of another band of tenacious Northerners — it does look to me like MAGA’s Gettysburg.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/opinion/minneapolis-ice-trump-gettysburg.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

This is what America looks like in Minnesota. Billions of tax ...

2026-01-28T12:24:22Z

This is what America looks like in Minnesota.
Billions of tax dollars have gone to recruit and outfit these paramilitary squads, now bringing those distant “forever wars” home to us. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/ice-agent-weapons-minneapolis.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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2026-01-25T02:24:55Z

@nprofile…t20x The German case underscores that we have to ...

2026-01-23T13:43:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…wktr
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nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqt5nk7ggtnztkrvc2u23z3wlat2acl4he2gn6zzstma7hlpnnp6ms85t20x (nprofile…t20x) The German case underscores that we have to focus on what is right and wrong, not what is made “legal” under a despotic regime. We are only now getting the kind of Brown Shirt violence that Germans experienced before Hitler took power. Resistance now is crucial, and still possible. Join a group like Indivisible, protest — there are solidarity rallies for Minneapolis-St Paul around the country — or at least call your reps.

It is time to recognize not only the brutality and lawlessness of ...

2026-01-21T13:56:47Z

It is time to recognize not only the brutality and lawlessness of ICE, but to see that it is the shock troops of American tyranny.
What should ordinary Germans have done in 1934? There is action we US citizens can take right now to resist. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security runs out Jan 30. Call your senators & representatives today & demand they use the appropriations bill to rein in ICE and freeze its budget, and vote no on any appropriation that doesn’t. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/ice-shooting-renee-good.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GFA.Zy6q.ULc1u59zH1a8&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Paul Krugman: “How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of ...

2026-01-20T13:35:16Z

Paul Krugman:
“How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia? …The answer…lies in the straight line from Bush vs Gore & the Roberts Supreme Court, to January 6th, to the execution of Renee Good. However, what’s more important is that we realize where we are right now, that we don’t try to sugarcoat & sanewash what’s happening: A petulant, violent and deranged individual is running America.”

Source: the Guardian « I’m a nobody. A dad in [conservative] ...

2026-01-17T14:54:59Z

Source: the Guardian
« I’m a nobody. A dad in [conservative] Florida,” Davis wrote. “And I’m the one who bought nazis.us because [Trump’s Republican party] went full fascist and … not a soul in power thought to actually raise hell. So I did.”
Davis, who lists no party affiliation, added that if establishment figures “won’t fight Nazis, then a nobody fucking will”.

https://share.google/OJhaGF5MMqC4gk72x

“…she was among a number of people granted clemency by Trump ...

2026-01-16T19:00:04Z

“…she was among a number of people granted clemency by Trump who have been charged with new crimes after receiving a second chance.”
Fraud? Fine if you donate the proceeds to Trump and MAGA. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/16/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Paul Krugman: “While our institutions & our elites have ...

2026-01-15T13:09:01Z

Paul Krugman: “While our institutions & our elites have failed us, ordinary Americans are rising to the occasion. If Minneapolis is a laboratory of democratic destruction, it has also become a laboratory of civil resistance — organized civil resistance, of a kind we haven’t seen since the civil rights movement. When ICE is on the rampage, crowds of brave Americans, summoned by texts and whistles, quickly gather to stand against the masked men with guns.” #Resist #MLPS

“None of this means that America is destined to become a fully ...

2026-01-13T13:36:55Z

“None of this means that America is destined to become a fully fascist country. For now, we are trapped in the space between the liberal democracy most Americans grew up in and the dark, belligerent authoritarian state that our government seeks to impose.” Organize. You still have a right to protest. Use it or lose it. #GIFT #RESIST https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/opinion/resistance-libs-trump-fascism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFA.TxRD.YadghWqbChgu&smid=nytcore-ios-share

James Fallows nails it. “No sane American leader would ever ...

2026-01-12T02:55:04Z

James Fallows nails it.
“No sane American leader would ever think: Let’s offend or attack an ally, to get something we already have, and take on extra burdens we don’t want.

But that is what our Mad King and his toadies are proposing. No person who talks about this as a “reasonable” possibility should be listened to on any other topic.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/fallows/p/in-the-time-of-the-mad-king?r=ad0yf&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

Another meticulous NYT video analysis that refutes the ICE/Trump ...

2026-01-08T13:35:24Z

Another meticulous NYT video analysis that refutes the ICE/Trump propaganda and shows that the shooting in Minneapolis was murder as abuse of power. Note that the agents do not provide medical help and actually block a physician who wants to check for a pulse, then drive away. https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010631041/minneapolis-ice-shooting-video.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

“John Feeley, a career diplomat and former ambassador to Panama ...

2026-01-06T03:06:29Z

“John Feeley, a career diplomat and former ambassador to Panama who resigned in protest during Trump’s first term, said that to understand what’s unfolding in Venezuela, look to the mob, not traditional foreign policy doctrines. “When Donald Trump says, ‘We’re going to run the place,’ I want you to think of the Gambino family taking over the Colombo family’s business out in Queens,” he said. “They don’t actually go out and run it. They just get an envelope.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/opinion/trump-venezuela-regime-change.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

All these references to the U.S. government« capturing » or « ...

2026-01-04T00:56:06Z

All these references to the U.S. government« capturing » or « extracting » Maduro are loaded. No matter how loathsome he is, « abducting » or seizing is more accurate— and US military killed 40 people in the process. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/us/politics/trump-capture-maduro-venezuela.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

More scathing Jim Fallows: “For the many, many people in the ...

2026-01-03T22:44:18Z

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More scathing Jim Fallows:
“For the many, many people in the press who wrote that Trump’s “America First” doctrine would free the country from foreign entanglements, let’s see those “I was wrong” columns.”

“This is an overthrow of a foreign government. It’s an act of ...

2026-01-03T22:39:42Z

“This is an overthrow of a foreign government. It’s an act of war. It is an open-ended declaration of foreign occupation. And as all at the microphone either proudly declared and reluctantly admitted, it was pulled off without consultation with anyone outside their little circle.
That’s what’s impeachable. If Trump understood what he was saying, he was violating all concepts of checks-and-balances. If he didn’t understand, he is incapacitated.” https://open.substack.com/pub/fallows/p/blind-into-caracas?r=ad0yf&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

This video investigation documents the outrageous, lawless ...

2025-12-20T15:29:21Z

This video investigation documents the outrageous, lawless brutality of the paramilitary Border Patrol against U.S. citizens. It combats the lying, fascistic propaganda of Bovino & Trump. This alone justifies a subscription to the NYT. Can’t afford it? Try your local library for access. https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010596053/la-raid-immigration-us-citizens-video-investigation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Mr. Reuveni, the whistleblower, said he decided to work for ...

2025-11-25T13:34:40Z

Mr. Reuveni, the whistleblower, said he decided to work for Democracy Forward because “all people have a right to safety, liberty, due process, and to me personally, it’s very important to fight the fight that articulates that point of view.” #resist immigration #DOJ ICE https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/politics/erez-reuveni-democracy-forward.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

The brutal injustice of the immigration detention system. My ...

2025-11-21T16:44:50Z

The brutal injustice of the immigration detention system. My comment on a powerful story that evoked memories of covering it years ago. #immigration https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/4bvu7u?rsrc=cshare&smid=url-share

The brilliant Jamelle Bouie. So satisfyingly scathing and direct ...

2025-11-19T14:16:00Z

The brilliant Jamelle Bouie. So satisfyingly scathing and direct instead of meal-mouthed. “Their obsession with national greatness — with ethnic chauvinism and so-called traditional values — is little more than a cover story for common thieves whose great aspiration is to steal and loot with abandon.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/opinion/rolex-gold-trump-corruption.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Good reporting by the Harvard Crimson. Perhaps finally - years ...

2025-11-17T12:53:18Z

Good reporting by the Harvard Crimson. Perhaps finally - years after his sexism was on display — the NYT will realize that Larry Summers’ baggage outweighs anything he has to say.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/17/summers-epstein-wing-man-woman-described-as-mentee/

My comment on a powerful video bringing home the brutal ...

2025-11-17T12:21:02Z

My comment on a powerful video bringing home the brutal lawlessness of ICE and its detention jails. #resust #ICE #immigratiin https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/4bsqdi?rsrc=cshare&smid=url-share

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2025-11-17T12:16:00Z

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/opinion/ice-detention-legal-immigration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“Ali is an asylum seeker fleeing the Taliban,” the bishop, ...

2025-11-16T12:26:08Z

“Ali is an asylum seeker fleeing the Taliban,” the bishop, Matthew Heyd, said. “His family is settled here, and he’s a student at Bard. These are exactly the kinds of folks we want here.” #Asylum #immigration #Bard resist https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/nyregion/afghan-asylum-immigration-bard-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“This represents saving higher education, saving public ...

2025-11-15T12:01:08Z

“This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty and staff and students,” said Ms. Dubal, who is also a law professor at the University of California, Irvine. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/us/trump-university-of-california-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Besides claiming unilateral powers to spend, deport, and kill, ...

2025-11-10T07:32:39Z

Besides claiming unilateral powers to spend, deport, and kill, Trump’s administration has undertaken a far-reaching campaign to investigate and prosecute the president’s adversaries.
“Americans proudly say that we live in the longest-lived democracy in the world,” Judge Wolf said in the interview. “But that should teach us that all the others failed.” #resist https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/us/politics/mark-wolf-federal-judge-resigns.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Will Gov Hochul really nix raising taxes on folks paid $1 million ...

2025-11-07T07:54:59Z

Will Gov Hochul really nix raising taxes on folks paid $1 million a year before her election? In NYC, Mamdani called for people who make $1 million a year to be taxed 2% more so childcare could be a public good like schools, roads fire fighters. He won handily.
“The freak-out about millionaires getting taxed is mostly coming from the millionaires,” said the deputy majority leader in the state senate. “And not even all of them!” #taxtherich #Mamdani #Musk https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/nyregion/mamdani-hochul-childcare-tax.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“The G.O.P.’s biggest single donor has a path to becoming a ...

2025-11-07T07:17:11Z

“The G.O.P.’s biggest single donor has a path to becoming a trillionaire in charge of a robot army,” said Ben Wikler, a former chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, where Mr. Musk poured tens of millions into a State Supreme Court race this spring. “If voters in New York thought the billionaire class was making their lives unaffordable, just wait until Democrats are running against the trillionaire class.” #ElonMusk #Mamdani #resist https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/business/elon-musk-tesla-pay-vote.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The problem with waiting to speak frankly is that “over time ...

2025-10-31T17:55:55Z

The problem with waiting to speak frankly is that “over time you normalize what’s going on,” said Pamela Karlan, a professor at Stanford Law School. She said it might be tempting to hoard influence and leverage for a “cataclysmic case.”
But by the time that happens, she said, “it may be too late.” Fascinating Jodi Kantor piece on #SCOTUS about the split between Kagan & Jackson. This concluding quote is exactly right. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/politics/supreme-court-kagan-jackson-liberal-justices.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

A long overdue editorial in the NYT counts the ways Trump is ...

2025-10-31T14:00:21Z

A long overdue editorial in the NYT counts the ways Trump is ending US democracy as authoritarians always do. My comment: https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/4bhdfa?rsrc=cshare&smid=url-share #resist #Duterte

Trump and the Presidency That Wouldn’t Shut Up “Any analogy ...

2025-10-31T01:21:25Z

Trump and the Presidency That Wouldn’t Shut Up
“Any analogy to this Presidency can be found only in the history of other countries, in the whims and cruelties and fantasies and insanities of the tyrants of antiquity, tin-pot dictators, Latin American caudillos, and modern strongmen. Nero, Stalin, Kim Jong Il. Call the historians who write about those guys, please.” — Jill Lepore

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/03/how-the-president-talks-to-the-people

“If Trump is going to be killing anyone in the Caribbean he ...

2025-10-25T19:00:37Z

“If Trump is going to be killing anyone in the Caribbean he deems a threat to the United States — without any attempt to publicly establish a legal rationale or show evidence — then these aren’t “strikes” or “interventions.” Donald Trump, under the guise of national security, is engaged in a killing spree.”
—Jamelle Bouie newsletter. #resist https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/opinion/trump-venezuela-white-house-mamdani.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

From the NYPD: ...

2025-10-18T22:14:16Z

From the NYPD:

So true. #NoKings #resist ...

2025-10-18T20:31:27Z

So true. #NoKings #resist

Another great sign from No Kings Day: #nokings #resist #SCOTUS ...

2025-10-18T20:05:17Z

Another great sign from No Kings Day: #nokings #resist #SCOTUS

Jamelle Bouie: Much of Trump’s effort to extend his authority ...

2025-10-18T18:59:41Z

Jamelle Bouie: Much of Trump’s effort to extend his authority depends on the idea that he is the authentic tribune of the people. “Nationwide protests comprised of millions of people are a direct rebuke to the president’s narrative. They send a signal to the most disconnected parts of the American public that the president is far from as popular as he says he is, & they send a clear warning to those institutions under pressure from the administration:Bend the knee & lose our business & support.”

#NoKings #resist #laugh ...

2025-10-18T17:29:25Z

#NoKings #resist #laugh

No Kings Day ...

2025-10-18T17:27:32Z

No Kings Day

‘Demonization of the rallies only served to boost interest, ...

2025-10-18T17:26:29Z

‘Demonization of the rallies only served to boost interest, Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, told The Post. “I did not pay a dollar for this free publicity. It is incredible,” he said Thursday. “They fear mass peaceful protests, and that’s true of any authoritarian regime.”
No Kings’ protests kick off with large crowds across country
#NoKings #resust
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/18/no-kings-protests-trump/

Columbia must now show courage and empathy by admitting it made a ...

2025-10-17T21:16:58Z

Columbia must now show courage and empathy by admitting it made a mistake. Clemency for the protestors; open the gates; stand up to the would-be authoritarian. Great piece by former Provost Jonathan Cole.

https://www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025/10/15/columbia-must-now-show-courage-and-empathy/

Meanwhile, in the Trump war against women…. ...

2025-10-16T12:03:28Z

Meanwhile, in the Trump war against women….
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/trump-birth-control-layoffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to ...

2025-10-16T00:29:58Z

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules
 “This is a sad day for those who support a free press,” said Nancy A. Youssef, a staff writer for the Atlantic and a longtime Pentagon correspondent. “But I’m incredibly honored to be part of a press corps that stuck together and was committed to protecting our First Amendment rights.”
#resist #media #Freedom
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/15/reporters-leave-pentagon-en-masse-after-refusing-sign-new-rules/

Bette Midler serenades Colbert. ...

2025-10-15T21:19:32Z

Bette Midler serenades Colbert. https://substack.com/@mesa/note/c-166473750?r=ad0yf&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

@nprofile…2hcs One of the women posting a sign said in the ...

2025-10-14T13:25:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…7ag4
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“On Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said that the No Kings ...

2025-10-14T01:56:25Z

“On Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said that the No Kings rally on Saturday was a “hate-America” rally. He said the people attending would be “the pro-Hamas wing” and “the antifa people.” He’s wrong. We are, in the best tradition of America’s Greatest Generation, truly anti-fascist. And in 2025, anti-fascism begins at home, because we love this country and we believe in democracy. We’re ready. “
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/are-we-the-nazis-now?r=ad0yf&utm_medium=ios

Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened ...

2025-10-12T01:50:53Z

Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’
The signs — nailed to trees or wrapped around electricity poles — have appeared across some of the District’s heavily immigrant neighborhoods, marking the anger in a majority-Democratic city where federal immigration arrests have escalated. “ICE kidnapped a community member here,” reads one. “Never forget/no nos olvidamos,” says another.
#Resist
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/10/10/ice-immigrants-protest-signs-dc/

«Trump’s authoritarian moves & the Supreme Court’s ...

2025-10-10T12:41:27Z

«Trump’s authoritarian moves & the Supreme Court’s authorization of them has produced, for many, a deepening despair. But…the Constitution’s meaning is not the Supreme Court’s alone to define. It belongs to “we the people.” And when we organize collectively, we can change it….The text, structure and history of the Constitution already contain broad commitments to democracy, equal protection & liberty. Collective mobilization can make those promises real.» #Resist #10/18 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/opinion/constitution-trump-supreme-court.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“Trump has already announced that if a judge does rule against ...

2025-10-08T19:47:06Z

“Trump has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments.
This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.
The man who attempted a violent coup—who fomented an actual insurrection—will invent a fantasy insurrection to justify overturning the rule of law and deploying the U.S. military against civilians.” #Tesust #ICE #Chicago https://www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-triad-the-chicago-rubicon-and-what-comes-next?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Mr. Pritzker said: “Trump is now calling for the arrest of ...

2025-10-08T18:50:51Z

Mr. Pritzker said: “Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?”

The threat to jail Democratic officials who fight against Mr. Trump’s actions comes as the president has taken myriad steps to harm those who oppose him. #Resist #Giftlink #NoKings #Chicago #ICE https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/trump-pritzker-brandon-johnson-jail-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.r08.aDMd.VA0bv-_gLMsa&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

« The situation is worse than having all of your economic eggs ...

2025-10-06T12:56:32Z

« The situation is worse than having all of your economic eggs in one basket. It’s closer to putting all of your eggs in one basket and stomping on all the other baskets. » #A.I. #economy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/opinion/ai-growth-economy-jobs-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“They would reward campuses that toe the party line and punish ...

2025-10-03T11:48:08Z

“They would reward campuses that toe the party line and punish those that cherish their independence,” a statement from the groups read. “In doing so, it would commit the very viewpoint discrimination it claims to redress.”

They referred to the compact as a “loyalty oath.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/trump-universities-compact-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

A reader comment from Chcago. #RESIST #ICE ...

2025-10-02T13:13:46Z

A reader comment from Chcago. #RESIST #ICE https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/4at695?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=commentShare

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died ...

2025-09-30T20:33:21Z

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting. - Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2025/usaid-trump-malaria-hiv-drugs-death/

The judge assailed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in ...

2025-09-30T20:27:24Z

The judge assailed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in general for wearing masks, which he assessed was a tactic “to terrorize Americans into quiescence.”
And he introduced his thinking in the opinion with a scanned image of an anonymous threat that had been sent to his chambers in June, as he considered the case, ominously reading “Trump has pardons and tanks. … What do you have?” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/politics/student-speech-palestinians-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Yes! A federal judge rules that the Trump administration used the ...

2025-09-30T20:25:08Z

Yes! A federal judge rules that the Trump administration used the threat of deportation to systematically silence noncitizens in academia who protested in support of Palestinians, as part of a broader strategy of stamping out campus activism.
A hard-fought win for a coalition of academic & civil rights organizations that had sued, arguing that the government has used the threat of “ideological deportation” to punish people for criticizing Israel’s war in Gaza. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/politics/student-speech-palestinians-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Masked government agents assaulting journalists. No, not Russia. ...

2025-09-30T20:15:53Z

Masked government agents assaulting journalists. No, not Russia. NYC.
ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork

https://www.amny.com/immigration/ice-agents-assault-amnewyork-reporter-journalists-09302025/

Judge Rules Trump’s Targeting of Pro-Palestine International ...

2025-09-30T20:10:06Z

Judge Rules Trump’s Targeting of Pro-Palestine International Students Unconstitutional, Siding With Harvard AAUP
“This case…squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally ‘yes, they do.’” #freedom #resist #Harvard Gaza
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/1/aaup-lawsuit-ruling/

Waiting for the NYT and WP to mention that the Michigan church ...

2025-09-29T17:45:16Z

Waiting for the NYT and WP to mention that the Michigan church killer and arsonist was apparently a Christian Trump supporter, fanatically anti-Mormon/ Latter-Day-Saints, at least per this informative story from the Detroit Free Press. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/09/29/thomas-jacob-sanford-michigan-shooting-suspect-anti-lds-tirade/86415139007/#

“Mamdani’s surging campaign is a sign that a sizable part of ...

2025-06-19T13:28:00Z

“Mamdani’s surging campaign is a sign that a sizable part of the Democratic base may have had enough with politicians like Cuomo. They are fed up with high rents and stagnant wages, leaders who won’t break up with corporate interests, who run for office past their prime, and who haven’t shown enough fight against Donald Trump. Driving at least some of this support is discontent over the housing shortage, which has hit younger voters hard. “ #nyc #Mamdani https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/opinion/andrew-cuomo-zohran-mamdani-democrats.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Terrific Dara Lind. “It is impossible to act as if immigrants ...

2025-06-18T18:46:20Z

Terrific Dara Lind. “It is impossible to act as if immigrants have no rights without, eventually, infringing on citizens’ rights to stand up for them.
“To demand both absolute power and absolute impunity is the demand of a tyrant.”
#Gift #immigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/opinion/trump-immigration-deportations-rights.html?unlocked_article_code=1.P08.m0u1.y5veWeHssxdz&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The Trump Crackdown on Elected Officials “One of the more ...

2025-06-18T15:35:57Z

The Trump Crackdown on Elected Officials
“One of the more surreal aspects of the Administration’s unapologetic aggression toward members of Congress is that Trump is also demanding their support to expand the very power that’s being used against them. ‘They’re targeting senators at the same time that these senators are being asked to triple the Administration’s enforcement budget.’”
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-trump-crackdown-on-elected-officials

“It’s impossible to ignore…that he pardoned people who ...

2025-06-18T15:29:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…hc6e
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“It’s impossible to ignore…that he pardoned people who attacked the Capitol & assaulted police officers because he believes that they did it in his name.
And I can’t ignore…that he is pardoning nearly two dozen anti-abortion activists who were convicted under the FACE Act. I feel like we’re at a real tipping point, and the question is, are we going to keep on tipping forward into more chaos & more violence, or are people & leaders in this country going to pull us back from the precipice?”

“The uptick in political violence and people being willing to ...

2025-06-18T15:24:55Z

“The uptick in political violence and people being willing to use violence as a means to achieve their political ends,” she said. “I believe that it is fueled by the president’s willingness to use violent rhetoric and to cheer on the people that are doing violence on his behalf.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/us/politics/tina-smith-mike-lee-minnesota.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“Trump has shown time and again his disdain for the rule of ...

2025-06-17T18:06:20Z

“Trump has shown time and again his disdain for the rule of law, including for the Constitution of the United States. He has routinely violated his oath of office and even proclaimed himself as entitled to break the law to save the country.”
No American president, Gerhardt went on, “has come anywhere close to Trump’s corruption, and the level of his corruption — on a daily basis — is unmatched in our history.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/opinion/trump-third-impeachment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“Our nation faces a fundamental choice: Will we continue with a ...

2025-06-17T14:51:52Z

“Our nation faces a fundamental choice: Will we continue with a corporate-dominated politics driven by billionaires or will we build a grass-roots movement fueled by everyday people, committed to fighting oligarchy, authoritarianism and kleptocracy?” Mr. Sanders said.

He added, “The New York City Democratic primary presents a clear choice as to the path forward.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/nyregion/bernie-sanders-endorse-mamdani-mayor.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Paul Krugman: “what we saw on Saturday was more than just the ...

2025-06-16T10:50:04Z

Paul Krugman: “what we saw on Saturday was more than just the juxtaposition of a poorly attended parade that was supposed to glorify the Leader against massive, enthusiastic protests. We also saw a body blow to Trump’s image of invincibility and a demonstration that millions of Americans are willing to stand up for democracy.”

« More than 40 percent of the nation’s crop workers have no ...

2025-06-15T07:34:23Z

« More than 40 percent of the nation’s crop workers have no legal immigration status, the Agriculture Department has estimated….Growers reported that 30 to 60 percent of workers stopped reporting to the fields in the days after the raids. » Note the rare, correct use of the phrase « have no legal immigration status, » rather than « are illegal immigrants. » Vilification propaganda makes a status offense a criminal identity, but when Trump shifts, so does NYT language. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/politics/trump-immigration-raids-workers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“The Republicans are scared, the Democrats are stunned and ...

2025-06-12T05:54:54Z

“The Republicans are scared, the Democrats are stunned and leaderless, but I cannot imagine there will not be a reaction. The American people are facing one of the great challenges of the 21st century, as great as that confronting the French in 1940, when they had to decide whether to join the Resistance or not.” #Gift #resist https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/world/europe/france-senator-malhuret-trump-europe.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OU8.K-h2.IjJD5BT6Du0b&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Nixon tried to discourage anti-Vietnam war protests as dangerous, ...

2025-06-10T18:07:31Z

Nixon tried to discourage anti-Vietnam war protests as dangerous, too. FUDJT to that. “Military parade: President Trump warned protesters to stay away from the military parade he has planned for Saturday in Washington to mark the Army’s 250th birthday [and his 79th] asserting that any demonstrators “hate our country” and would be met with “very heavy force.” https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/10/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“He is declaring utterly bogus emergencies for the sake of ...

2025-06-10T17:02:19Z

“He is declaring utterly bogus emergencies for the sake of trying to expand his power, undermine the Constitution and destroy civil liberties,” said Ilya Somin, a libertarian professor at Antonin Scalia Law School. “ #Gift #resist https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/politics/trump-emergency-powers-invasion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.N08.j5NQ.IU8O3LJoONmX&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Terrific WSJ story. The White House Marching Orders That Sparked ...

2025-06-10T13:08:19Z

Terrific WSJ story. The White House Marching Orders That Sparked the L.A. Migrant Crackdown - WSJ

“We came to the United States for protection because of what we encountered in Russia,” he said. “It seems that we are encountering here what we fled.”

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/protests-los-angeles-immigrants-trump-f5089877

“Proponents of work requirements, tellingly, rarely discuss ...

2025-06-10T12:43:27Z

“Proponents of work requirements, tellingly, rarely discuss wages. Instead, they talk about welfare and dependency.”
4 million of those receiving food stamps are children. #food #resist https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/opinion/snap-hunger-food-stamps.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Son’s diabetes diagnosis sent scientist on quest for cure — ...

2025-06-10T12:01:14Z

Son’s diabetes diagnosis sent scientist on quest for cure — Harvard Gazette
“His research was bold, and Harvard was the rare place where he could do it…. 2001, then-President George W. Bush suspended federal funding for research on human stem cells and later limited federal funding to existing lines of stem cells. Harvard constructed a new lab for Melton to ensure that his research remained separated from federally funded work.” And sent lines free to other researchers. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/sons-diabetes-diagnosis-sent-scientist-on-quest-for-cure/

Here’s a Washington Post effort to report on those arrested in ...

2025-06-10T11:47:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…20va
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Here’s a Washington Post effort to report on those arrested in one LA workplace raid: Eva Bitran, director of immigrants’ rights and a senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Southern California, said that among the people detained is a woman who was pulled over while dropping her 4-year-old son off at day care.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/10/la-ice-raids-deported-migrants/

Q&A with Zohran Mamdani, who has the best chance to beat ...

2025-06-10T11:41:08Z

Q&A with Zohran Mamdani, who has the best chance to beat Andrew Cuomo in the NYC mayoral race. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-interview.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Who are the families affected by these workplace ICE raids? ...

2025-06-10T11:18:01Z

Who are the families affected by these workplace ICE raids? Reporting on those arrested is hard, given the government’s lack of transparency and outright lies, but I sure would like to see more of an effort.

“The flood of falsehoods online appeared intended to stoke ...

2025-06-10T11:11:43Z

“The flood of falsehoods online appeared intended to stoke outrage toward immigrants and political leaders, principally Democrats.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/technology/la-protests-conspiracy-theories-disinformation.html?smid=url-share

“Trump isn’t reacting to any real threat of disorder in ...

2025-06-10T11:02:10Z

“Trump isn’t reacting to any real threat of disorder in California. And while anti-immigrant bigotry is certainly an important factor, it’s not the whole story.

No, this is all about finding excuses to use force against Trump’s critics and opponents and justify an anti-democratic power grab.” https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/we-finally-know-what-american-carnage?r=ad0yf&utm_medium=ios

Herman Melville in 1854: “Of all the preposterous assumptions ...

2025-06-07T14:10:46Z

Herman Melville in 1854:
“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made of the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.”

“Trump and Musk deserve whatever is coming, good and hard. But ...

2025-06-06T11:23:51Z

“Trump and Musk deserve whatever is coming, good and hard. But don’t let the schadenfreude of this psychodrama distract you from the fundamental point — America has fallen into a deep pit of corruption.” — Paul Krugman, who correctly blames their enablers: the Republicans.
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/wake-up-and-smell-the-corruption?r=ad0yf&utm_medium=ios

« There have been a number of articles about Musk’s departure ...

2025-06-05T12:59:39Z

« There have been a number of articles about Musk’s departure that portray him as a “Mr. Smith goes to Washington” type, a well-intentioned naif thwarted by special interests. Gag me with a Cybertruck.
What actually happened was that a zillionaire who knew nothing about government marched in claiming that he could cut $2 trillion from the $6 trillion federal budget by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse. This was obvious nonsense.” https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/elon-musk-is-a-disgusting-abomination?r=ad0yf&utm_medium=ios

“We should treat Trump and his openly authoritarian ...

2025-06-04T12:16:15Z

“We should treat Trump and his openly authoritarian administration as a failure, not just of our party system or our legal system, but of our Constitution and its ability to meaningfully constrain a destructive and system-threatening force in our political life.”
Jamelle Bouie, bold and brilliant again. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/opinion/trump-smithsonian-portrait-gallery.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Paul Krugman on the New York City MAGA loves to hate — and why ...

2025-06-02T12:00:46Z

Paul Krugman on the New York City MAGA loves to hate — and why we love it. https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/hating-new-york?r=ad0yf&utm_medium=ios

No Kings https://www.nokings.org/

2025-06-01T20:41:30Z

No Kings

https://www.nokings.org/

Aide in Nadler’s office illegally handcuffed by ICE. “The ...

2025-06-01T11:44:25Z

Aide in Nadler’s office illegally handcuffed by ICE. “The Trump administration is trying to intimidate members of Congress,” Mr. Nadler said in an interview on Saturday. “They’re behaving like fascists.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/nyregion/nadler-aide-handcuffed-federal-agents.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The divorce lawyer from hell. #divorce #lawyers #murder ...

2025-05-29T22:05:14Z

The divorce lawyer from hell. #divorce #lawyers #murder https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/ohio-divorce-lawyer-stabbing-charges.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

OMG the corruption of these evil people is beyond imagination. ...

2025-05-27T15:23:42Z

OMG the corruption of these evil people is beyond imagination. And Ken Vogel nails it down. This one will penetrate. #Gift https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/trump-pardon-paul-walczak-tax-crimes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KU8.b9OF.mCMetrsex90q&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Paul Krugman, Letter to Europe: “For now, the message for ...

2025-05-27T11:57:47Z

Paul Krugman, Letter to Europe:
“For now, the message for Europe is to stand up for yourself. In trade, in GDP, even in everything but the most advanced technology, you are no more dependent on the United States than the US is on you. There is nothing compelling you to cater to the delusions of America’s mad king.”

A Letter to Europe - Paul Krugman “The message for Europe is to ...

2025-05-27T11:57:35Z

A Letter to Europe - Paul Krugman

“The message for Europe is to stand up for yourself. In trade, in GDP, even in everything but the most advanced technology, you are no more dependent on the United States than the US is on you. There is nothing compelling you to cater to the delusions of America’s mad king. » #EU #Germany #France #resist
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-letter-to-europe?publication_id=277517&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=ad

Don’t miss this moving essay. #Gift link “Today democracy is ...

2025-05-26T12:40:04Z

Don’t miss this moving essay. #Gift link “Today democracy is once again under worldwide threat, assailed as disorderly & inefficient by autocratic leaders from Budapest to Moscow to Beijing, leaders our own president openly admires. Yet in 1861, ordinary men from even the remotest corners of the Union risked their lives because they believed, as Lincoln articulated for us all, that “government of the people, by the people, for the people should not perish from the earth.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/opinion/memorial-day-democracy-crisis.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KE8.ssZB.CYGaSwOV4_nL&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Lovely essay by Daniel Mendelsohn. The Odyssey “is about the ...

2025-05-24T20:56:44Z

Lovely essay by Daniel Mendelsohn.
The Odyssey “is about the often perplexing challenge of embracing what is most human about us, not least our mortality, in a time of great uncertainty. Not for nothing does the poet emphasize that Odysseus rejects the nymph Calypso’s offer of eternal life, preferring instead to return to his aging wife, preferring to die with her rather than live forever without her...” #literature #Greece https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/opinion/homer-odyssey-teaching-identity.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“A majority of our elected representatives have failed to ...

2025-05-24T10:06:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…u85a
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“A majority of our elected representatives have failed to protect the American people from the abuses of an unfit president and a rogue government,” Mr. Springsteen said. “They have no concern or idea for what it means to be deeply American.”
Trump threatens to “investigate” him. #Springsteen #resist #music https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/arts/music/bruce-springsteen-e-street-band-ep-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Trump told Springsteen to shut up. He didn’t. His new album ...

2025-05-24T10:02:12Z

Trump told Springsteen to shut up. He didn’t.
His new album includes his Manchester, UK intro to “My City in Ruins,” telling the audience that in the United States the authorities were “persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent.” He said that the nation was cutting aid to the poor, abandoning allies, rolling back civil rights protections, defunding universities and deporting people without due process. #Springsteen #resist #music https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/arts/music/bruce-springsteen-e-street-band-ep-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“It really is a big deal to lie to a court under oath,” Judge ...

2025-05-24T09:37:46Z

“It really is a big deal to lie to a court under oath,” Judge Murphy said at a hearing on Wednesday. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/us/politics/trump-deportation-court-mexico.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Good news: ...

2025-05-23T16:17:27Z

Good news: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/harvard-sues-trump-international-students-garber.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare