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Amazing work by @nytimes.com this weekend--a recount of Paul Revere's ride, the then-and-now neighborhoods along the way, and those who say "the past bravery of Revere...and others had inspired them to join" a demonstration 250 years later (that would be 2025):

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News you can, and should, use:

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This @washingtonpost.com headline implies Musk has uncovered ‘waste,’ but the article, while echoing the headline, doesn’t point to any such discovery.

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As was said in the movie ‘The Town,’ now that’s how you drive a $&@#%+* car!

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So when Biden gets his facts wrong, he’s unsuited for the presidency—but when Trump does the same, it means the person correcting him is undiplomatic? Piece this together, @washingtonpost.com—it’s not that hard.

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Do @washingtonpost.com's new op/ed rules break new ground? No and yes, Adam Penenberg tells @cnbc.com:

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Hoping Justice Alito sees this...

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Can AI target where to cut federal spending? Yes, but the answer may be incorrect. @merbroussard.bsky.social explains, via @axios.com:

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A reminder of the larger mission of higher ed--happy to see @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social embracing it: "Approaching the three-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, the Campanile will play the Ukrainian national anthem Feb. 24." Thanks Daily Cal for the 2025 coverage. Video from 2024.

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Sometimes the simplest lessons are the hardest to follow--but that's no excuse, especially today:

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@gtconway.bsky.social: perhaps of interest...

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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, long known for his accurate predictions of world events, recounts in @salonnewsroom.bsky.social how "Hitler (effectively) sought legislative authorization for his dictatorial rule" through #TheEnablingAct:

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More @nytimes.com failing: Vance meets w/ the head of Germany's neo-Nazi party then goes to Dachau to cover his tracks, w/ the Times dutifully running the KZ photo op. Are you naive or is this the outcome you want? Note: Vance is standing in front of the word 'never,' leaving only 'again/wieder':

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You can find a list of refugee resettlement orgs and other allied groups here: rcusa.org/members/ Many of them are faith-based organizations, but not all.

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Happy to see principle and teachable moments are not dead...yet: 'It's almost like (Trump) was trying to say it didn't happen. And it happened. I did those things, and they weren't pardonable. I don't want the pardon.'

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Made a donation here last week. Please consider doing so…

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Hanan Shaheen, the mother of slain 6-year-old Plainfield boy Wadee Alfayoumi — who was fatally stabbed in an October 2023 attack that drew hate-crime charges — met President Joe Biden during a visit to the White House as he wrapped up the final days of his presidency.

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If memory serves, this is *not* how the Biden administration communicated w red state governors in the midst of their many natural disasters the past 4 years…

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Prompting an enthusiastic membership renewal…

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Top this, @nytpitchbot.bsky.social: Can a woman ever be elected president? We turn *first* to GOP Senator Lindsey Graham for his take…

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