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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...

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Accurate, isn’t it?! 👇

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Small “d” Democracy Works Sometime open.substack.com/pub/sperryt5... Reflections on small town decision making.

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Thank you Marty Baron.

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The "Fraud" Fraud open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... "Musk's "fraud" rhetoric is presented as an anti-politics, as something fresh and exciting. But it is in fact a politics, a very old sort, the politics of oligarchy."

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open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... “It’s terrible watching the United States degenerate into Putin-loving thuggery. But there may be some compensation: our degradation encourages the remaining good guys to step up to the plate.”

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This is what sickness looks like. Bullies all!

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open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... “The Financial Times noted today that “[i]n the past ten days, [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership.” Instead, it has become an “unabashed predator,” allied with Russia and other countries the U.S. formerly saw as adversaries.”

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Daily Reminder🤷🏾‍♀️

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The question for today, in light of the US siding with Russia, Iran and North Korea at the UN on a resolution condemning US aggression toward Ukraine.

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No person who cares at all about good government can say that this person is an asset to government and should be incensed that he is anywhere near the FBI.

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open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... “It’s a good week to remember that politicians used to use as a yardstick the saying: “As Maine goes, so goes the nation.”

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As Jim Hightower said, ain't nothing in the middle of the road but yellow lines and dead armadillos.

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open.substack.com/pub/steady/p... Dan Rather

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NIMBY in Madison. Every single one of these projects is on Route 1 or the I-95 corridor. Smart growth like this helps to preserve open space and reduce sprawl.

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Financial Times reports that the Trumpified US delegation is objecting to phrase "Russian aggression" in G7 statements about Ukraine www.ft.com/content/7380... Trump never tires of doing favors for Putin, big and little

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open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... “What they have actually done is try to cover up the mess they made with desperate lies — and the lies themselves provide even more evidence that they have no idea what they’re doing.” Krugman

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The British tabloid The Daily Star interprets the changes in American politics differently. Its cover tomorrow features Vladimir Putin walking “PUTIN’S POODLE”: the president of the United States. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Time to say no again.

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Help PIH fill the void left by Trump and Musk and the DOGE/Crypto bros.

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So it seems to be a real possibility that the second Trump administration will go down in history for, among other things, making microbes great again. (Krugman) open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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“We are alarmed how quickly the business community has given in to the current administration’s retaliatory threats. It is not ‘illegal’ for a company to create a business model based on what it believes to be important ethical and business standards.”

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On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile...

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open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... “The only way such American behavior makes sense is if we consider that the Americans are negotiating as Russians.” (Snyder)

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open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... “These disasters will be partly the fault of arrogant, ignorant men who decided to smash up a reasonably functional government.”

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open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... The arrogance on display is staggering. They think their actions will increase U.S. power, but they are in fact wrecking their own country and, in the process everyone else.”

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New, from me: DOGE's mass firings of probationary employees are a masterclass in how not to manage public organizations. They don’t have a plan to fix what they are breaking because they don’t understand or care about the damage they are doing. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...

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Sad truths

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open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... “And they upheld, as great sacrifice, the legal principle that borders are real and states are sovereign. It is precisely that order that Musk-Trump dismantles.” Snyder

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open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... federal employees “The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my firing. I make $50K a year & work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”

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So tired of these Kool Aid drinking Tech bros who really know nothing. They care nothing about the lives ruined and the people who may die.

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Amazing what you find out when you talk to experts.

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JD Vance goes full MAGA on the world stage. We could have had someone who doesn't shit on every ally. A Stark Study in Contrast open.substack.com/pub/sperryt5...

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In the you can’t make it up department.

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What a fragile and misguided soul.

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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...

Accurate, isn’t it?! 👇

Small “d” Democracy Works Sometime open.substack.com/pub/sperryt5... Reflections on small town decision making.

Thank you Marty Baron.

The "Fraud" Fraud open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... "Musk's "fraud" rhetoric is presented as an anti-politics, as something fresh and exciting. But it is in fact a politics, a very old sort, the politics of oligarchy."

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... “It’s terrible watching the United States degenerate into Putin-loving thuggery. But there may be some compensation: our degradation encourages the remaining good guys to step up to the plate.”

This is what sickness looks like. Bullies all!

Daily Reminder🤷🏾‍♀️

The question for today, in light of the US siding with Russia, Iran and North Korea at the UN on a resolution condemning US aggression toward Ukraine.

No person who cares at all about good government can say that this person is an asset to government and should be incensed that he is anywhere near the FBI.

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... “It’s a good week to remember that politicians used to use as a yardstick the saying: “As Maine goes, so goes the nation.”

As Jim Hightower said, ain't nothing in the middle of the road but yellow lines and dead armadillos.

open.substack.com/pub/steady/p... Dan Rather

NIMBY in Madison. Every single one of these projects is on Route 1 or the I-95 corridor. Smart growth like this helps to preserve open space and reduce sprawl.

Financial Times reports that the Trumpified US delegation is objecting to phrase "Russian aggression" in G7 statements about Ukraine www.ft.com/content/7380... Trump never tires of doing favors for Putin, big and little

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... “What they have actually done is try to cover up the mess they made with desperate lies — and the lies themselves provide even more evidence that they have no idea what they’re doing.” Krugman

The British tabloid The Daily Star interprets the changes in American politics differently. Its cover tomorrow features Vladimir Putin walking “PUTIN’S POODLE”: the president of the United States. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Time to say no again.

Help PIH fill the void left by Trump and Musk and the DOGE/Crypto bros.

So it seems to be a real possibility that the second Trump administration will go down in history for, among other things, making microbes great again. (Krugman) open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

“We are alarmed how quickly the business community has given in to the current administration’s retaliatory threats. It is not ‘illegal’ for a company to create a business model based on what it believes to be important ethical and business standards.”

On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile...

open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... “The only way such American behavior makes sense is if we consider that the Americans are negotiating as Russians.” (Snyder)

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... “These disasters will be partly the fault of arrogant, ignorant men who decided to smash up a reasonably functional government.”

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... The arrogance on display is staggering. They think their actions will increase U.S. power, but they are in fact wrecking their own country and, in the process everyone else.”

New, from me: DOGE's mass firings of probationary employees are a masterclass in how not to manage public organizations. They don’t have a plan to fix what they are breaking because they don’t understand or care about the damage they are doing. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...

Sad truths

open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... “And they upheld, as great sacrifice, the legal principle that borders are real and states are sovereign. It is precisely that order that Musk-Trump dismantles.” Snyder

So tired of these Kool Aid drinking Tech bros who really know nothing. They care nothing about the lives ruined and the people who may die.

Amazing what you find out when you talk to experts.

JD Vance goes full MAGA on the world stage. We could have had someone who doesn't shit on every ally. A Stark Study in Contrast open.substack.com/pub/sperryt5...

In the you can’t make it up department.

What a fragile and misguided soul.

open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... A bleak but necessary history lesson from @timothysnyder.bsky.social

Well said!

Musk is truly a greedy POS