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How an inept, corrupt Eric Adams drove New York City into Andrew Cuomo’s arms. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/o...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth continued his efforts to revive the Confederate names of military bases, announcing on Monday that he is re-renaming Fort Moore, whose previous name honored the confederate general Henry Benning. The base, which is in Georgia, will again be called Fort Benning.

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Trump has betrayed more weakness in his dealings with Putin than the British prime minister Neville Chamberlain showed toward Hitler, writes Aryeh Neier in the New York Review of Books www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

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"Just a big mess": Musk's team claims credit for saving $53.7 million for "canceling" a federal contract that in fact was just for $144,000 and was actually completed 20 years ago. @Fahrenthold.bsky.social @sangerkatz.bsky.social @jsvine.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

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Sylvia Plachy’s kid has done good

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“The voyage through death to life upon these shores”: Julian Lucas on visiting a sunken slave ship at the bottom of the sea. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Lower Manhattan - 12:10 PM

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Black women and the vote! Fascinating new work from Jennifer Helton: In 1870, Black woken voted in Wyoming. Were they the first Black women to vote in the US?! The answer surprised me. www.wyohistory.org/blog/researc...

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my reasonable centrist betters tell me that it is ridiculous to suggest that the trump administration is filled with segregationists but here again they are forcing out a high-ranking, high-preforming black woman for reasons www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...

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Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

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Some days you dominate the workout - other days you survive it

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"as with the war, Zelensky didn’t start this Oval Office exchange. Was he supposed to tolerate an extended public denigration of the Ukrainian people, who have been fighting a war for survival for three years?” — WSJ edit board Gift link: www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...

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Measles alert issued in New Jersey after cases confirmed in Bergen County www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

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Timely reminder to Black people: Pro-slavery court decisions from the 19th Century are still shaping court decisions today. apnews.com/article/citi...

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Note to Black journalists: Remember the Derrick Bell story “Chronicle of the Space Traders?”

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The U.S. government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history. foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/11/d...

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This BBC show is “a landmark in British cultural history,” writes the insightful Colin Grant www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

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www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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A death sentence

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Note to Black people: It is not your imagination; you are witnessing a whitening of the news media.

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A room of one’s own www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/r...

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From @theathletic.bsky.social: Diana Taurasi is retiring after two decades on the court, three WNBA championships and six Olympic gold medals.

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Get the picture? Yes, we see. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...

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"The term DEI, frequently invoked by the Trump administration, functions as a smoke screen" read @adamserwer.bsky.social on the real goals of the 'anti-DEI' rhetoric www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Nail biting at City Hall: Judge appoints a lawyer to argue against dropping the federal case against NYC Mayor Adams. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/n...

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Bad news for Bond fans: Hollywood gets its hooks into the 007 franchise. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...

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Contrary to what the headlines say, Silicon Valley voted Democratic www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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Republican senators beg the imperial president for the funds they have already appropriated. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...

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A good sleep 💤 mask is key

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City Hall staffers abandon the sinking Adams ship. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/n...

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i feel like it's an open question whether or not the flu vaccine will even be available next season

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White House to the news media: Knuckle under or this will happen to you, too. apnews.com/article/trum...