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All 187,460 Miles of Road That Led to Rome, Mapped www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/s...
All 187,460 Miles of Road That Led to Rome, Mapped
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December 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Thank you Jon Stewart
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December 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Thank you Jon Stewart
Timothy Snyder suggested that good foreign policy for trump was about balancing between great powers rather than upholding the rule of law, “the U.S. national security document is now tilting in the basic ideological direction of the Russian one.”
Trump Has Long Disdained Europe’s Elites. Now, It’s Official.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Timothy Snyder suggested that good foreign policy for trump was about balancing between great powers rather than upholding the rule of law, “the U.S. national security document is now tilting in the basic ideological direction of the Russian one.”
Focusing on the shipwrecked is a distraction insofar as it suggests everything else preceding and after that strike was all legitimate,” said Ryan Goodman, a New York University law professor and former Pentagon lawyer. “They were civilians. Either way, it was all murder.”
The Furor Over Trump’s Boat Attacks and a Particular Follow-Up Strike, Explained
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December 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Focusing on the shipwrecked is a distraction insofar as it suggests everything else preceding and after that strike was all legitimate,” said Ryan Goodman, a New York University law professor and former Pentagon lawyer. “They were civilians. Either way, it was all murder.”
The speaker had failed to listen to them or engage in direct conversations on major political and policy issues, suggesting that doing so was a cultural challenge for Mr. Johnson — an evangelical Christian who has often voiced firm views about the distinct roles men and women should play in society.
Republican Anger Erupts at Johnson as Party Frets About Future
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December 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The speaker had failed to listen to them or engage in direct conversations on major political and policy issues, suggesting that doing so was a cultural challenge for Mr. Johnson — an evangelical Christian who has often voiced firm views about the distinct roles men and women should play in society.
"For another, it turns capital punishment into a grisly form of entertainment. This breeds a desire for vengeance among the wider public. At any time, this is bad for a healthy society. But at a time when political violence is flaring up, it is downright dangerous."
Donald Trump’s death penalty obsession - The Boston Globe
The president’s bloodlust is filtering down to red-state America.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"For another, it turns capital punishment into a grisly form of entertainment. This breeds a desire for vengeance among the wider public. At any time, this is bad for a healthy society. But at a time when political violence is flaring up, it is downright dangerous."
Jon Stewart has a beautiful way of pointing out the absurdity of trump.
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Trump Berates Reporters, Gets Mystery MRI & Closes Border to (Non-White) Immigrants | The Daily Show
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December 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Jon Stewart has a beautiful way of pointing out the absurdity of trump.
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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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“trump doesn’t give a fist bump,” trump said, referring to himself, and also to the greeting between Mr. Biden and the crown prince in 2022. He gestured to the crown prince: “I grabbed that hand. I don’t give a hell where that hand’s been. I grabbed that.”
Trump Lauds Saudi Prince in Lavish Visit, Brushing Off Journalist’s Killing
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November 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
“trump doesn’t give a fist bump,” trump said, referring to himself, and also to the greeting between Mr. Biden and the crown prince in 2022. He gestured to the crown prince: “I grabbed that hand. I don’t give a hell where that hand’s been. I grabbed that.”
“If you’re going to give it, you have to be able to take.” The White House did not provide any evidence of inappropriate behavior. “Giving it” is doing one’s job, apparently, and “taking it” is being called a pig by trump for asking him a question.
Trump Told a Woman, ‘Quiet, Piggy,’ When She Asked Him About Epstein
The comment continues the president’s long-standing pattern of denigrating female journalists.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
“If you’re going to give it, you have to be able to take.” The White House did not provide any evidence of inappropriate behavior. “Giving it” is doing one’s job, apparently, and “taking it” is being called a pig by trump for asking him a question.
Losing elimination status may not lead to tangible changes, such as travel restrictions. But experts have called the possibility “deeply embarrassing” for a wealthy country with the medical resources of the United States.
Thank you donny.
Thank you donny.
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
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November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Losing elimination status may not lead to tangible changes, such as travel restrictions. But experts have called the possibility “deeply embarrassing” for a wealthy country with the medical resources of the United States.
Thank you donny.
Thank you donny.
Mixing politics and profitmaking shattered American norms. Branding and licensing deals allow the Saudis to make direct payments to the trump family in exchange for no work or services provided. These arrangements are not just ethically bankrupt — they fundamentally compromise U.S. foreign policy.”
Trump Family’s Business Ties to Saudi Arabia Raise Ethics Worries
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November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Mixing politics and profitmaking shattered American norms. Branding and licensing deals allow the Saudis to make direct payments to the trump family in exchange for no work or services provided. These arrangements are not just ethically bankrupt — they fundamentally compromise U.S. foreign policy.”
She appears to have suggested that Comey did not have the 5th Amendment right to avoid testifying. Also, she told jurors they did not have to rely solely “on the record before them," but “could be assured the government had more evidence — perhaps better evidence — that would be presented at trial.”
Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed Misconduct in Comey Case
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November 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
She appears to have suggested that Comey did not have the 5th Amendment right to avoid testifying. Also, she told jurors they did not have to rely solely “on the record before them," but “could be assured the government had more evidence — perhaps better evidence — that would be presented at trial.”
What We Can Learn From Brain Organoids www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/s...
What We Can Learn From Brain Organoids
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November 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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James D. Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James D. Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
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November 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
James D. Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
These breaks come in addition to the roughly $4 trillion package of tax cuts that trump signed into law in July. The legislation, passed entirely by Republicans, is projected to add trillions of dollars to the federal deficit and came with steep cuts to health care and food stamps.
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
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November 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
These breaks come in addition to the roughly $4 trillion package of tax cuts that trump signed into law in July. The legislation, passed entirely by Republicans, is projected to add trillions of dollars to the federal deficit and came with steep cuts to health care and food stamps.
So trump is willing to court nazis and racists and just assumes the more moderates will go along for the ride. That's embarrassing for trump and the ones who stick with him.
Nick Fuentes’s Rise Puts MAGA Movement in a ‘Time of Choosing’
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November 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
So trump is willing to court nazis and racists and just assumes the more moderates will go along for the ride. That's embarrassing for trump and the ones who stick with him.
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Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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The United Nations human rights chief has condemned the Trump administration’s military strikes on boats that it says are being used to smuggle drugs from South America, saying that they violate international law and should be investigated.
U.N. Human Rights Chief Says U.S. Attacks on Accused Drug Smugglers Are Illegal
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October 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The United Nations human rights chief has condemned the Trump administration’s military strikes on boats that it says are being used to smuggle drugs from South America, saying that they violate international law and should be investigated.
When Xi Jinping walked out of his meeting with trump, he projected the confidence of a powerful leader who could make Washington blink. By flexing China’s near monopoly on rare earths and its purchasing power over U.S. soybeans, Xi won key concessions from Washington
The Art of Letting Trump Claim a Win, While Walking Away Stronger
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October 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
When Xi Jinping walked out of his meeting with trump, he projected the confidence of a powerful leader who could make Washington blink. By flexing China’s near monopoly on rare earths and its purchasing power over U.S. soybeans, Xi won key concessions from Washington
trump started a trade war and found that he was carrying a tariff to a knife fight. The trade bully unexpectedly found himself bullied, so he began to court China and make concessions. Center for American Progress puts it, “the trump administration’s approach to China is in a strategic free fall.”
Opinion | Trump Lost the Trade War to China
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October 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
trump started a trade war and found that he was carrying a tariff to a knife fight. The trade bully unexpectedly found himself bullied, so he began to court China and make concessions. Center for American Progress puts it, “the trump administration’s approach to China is in a strategic free fall.”
“Dinosaurs were still going strong to the moment the asteroid hit,” Dr. Brusatte said. “There is no sign they were gradually wasting away to extinction as many paleontologists once believed. It really does seem like the asteroid fell out of the sky one day and struck down dinosaurs in their prime.”
Fossils of Some of the Last Dinosaurs in North America Have a Story to Tell
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October 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“Dinosaurs were still going strong to the moment the asteroid hit,” Dr. Brusatte said. “There is no sign they were gradually wasting away to extinction as many paleontologists once believed. It really does seem like the asteroid fell out of the sky one day and struck down dinosaurs in their prime.”