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Resolute editor & attorney. Based in Baltimore, best place to live on the East Coast. "The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity." —Voltaire
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"...if there is no one within earshot who will speak truth to power, then anything is possible for this administration. The sooner we understand that fundamental truth, the better situated we are to understand the dire situation the country now faces." open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Other benefits can accrue to Musk now that he’s glommed onto Trump. www.yahoo.com/news/elon-mu...

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"Trump has given DOGE a designation that means none of its documents, communications, or other materials can be made public until five years after Trump leaves office." open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Where's DOGE get off with lowering the percentage of a grant that can be allocated to overhead? Scientific research isn't about making widgets. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Fake news, for real: how Trump administration is putting out false claims so it can appear effective. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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“…today the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) sent a list of all employees the agency hired in the past two years to the White House, sending the list by unclassified email.” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Elon gets a bonus! What happened to saving tax mobey? www.forbes.com/sites/brooke...

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More Dangerous than Watergate: "It’s surely time for many others to dig in. Especially the United States Congress, which authorizes FBI activities, appropriates its funds, and before whom Kash Patel’s nomination is pending." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

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February 2, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Gift article--for the record. RFKJr is a lying self-serving ignorant nutcase. But you decide. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/h...

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An All-Out Assault on the Rule of Law open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

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"The very idea of government ethics is now a smoldering crater.”https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/january-20-2025?r=1obets&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

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"Trump may have made a mockery of the system, but in Smith’s view, prosecutors treated him like everyone else and that counts for something. It was the Supreme Court and ultimately the voting public that failed, not the prosecution." open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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"....increasingly, civics is not taught or not taught in ways we would recognize." open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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YEP: “MAGA was never an ideological movement so much as a vehicle to pull together different constituencies in order to get Trump elected president.” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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“…. a significant slice of our citizens no longer believe in the Constitution, the rule of law, the peaceful transfer of power, or the continuation of this Republic….” open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

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