Paula Schwartz
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Paula Schwartz
@paulasz24.bsky.social
· Jun 2
Analysis | Mike Johnson’s bogus attack on CBO’s score of the 2017 tax bill
The House Speaker says the CBO missed by $1 trillion, but even the CBO couldn’t predict a pandemic.
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Washington Post Gift Article: The CBO may be a convenient target, but its analysis is echoed by reports from other research organizations. Johnson earns Four Pinocchios.
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Here's the severance package The Washington Post is offering laid-off staffers
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Here's the severance package The Washington Post is offering laid-off staffers
The Washington Post made sweeping cuts to its newsroom amid a restructuring. Here's the severance package it's offering some workers.
www.businessinsider.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Here's the severance package The Washington Post is offering laid-off staffers
www.businessinsider.com/read-washing...
www.businessinsider.com/read-washing...
NY Times Gift Article. Ezra Klein: "The Trump administration is overwhelmed — by its own violence, its own cruelty, its own lies, its own" chaos. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | The White House Is the Crisis
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February 1, 2026 at 12:59 PM
NY Times Gift Article. Ezra Klein: "The Trump administration is overwhelmed — by its own violence, its own cruelty, its own lies, its own" chaos. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
NY Times Gift Article. What the files showed about Trump, Musk, Gates, and several other men.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
Powerful Men Who Turn Up in the New Batch of Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:19 PM
NY Times Gift Article. What the files showed about Trump, Musk, Gates, and several other men.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
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No arrests of the ICE thugs who murdered Alex Pretti, Renee Good, or Keith Porter. No arrests of anyone in the Epstein Files. But they arrested Don Lemon because of his journalism.
January 30, 2026 at 1:44 PM
No arrests of the ICE thugs who murdered Alex Pretti, Renee Good, or Keith Porter. No arrests of anyone in the Epstein Files. But they arrested Don Lemon because of his journalism.
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These are mostly women & DON’T have a playbook. This is a loose structure made up of church ladies, day care workers, bridge players, hockey moms, pickleball competitors, book club members who care.
We don’t need a hierarchy to succeed, we just pitch in & get 💩 done
Makes me proud to be female
We don’t need a hierarchy to succeed, we just pitch in & get 💩 done
Makes me proud to be female
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 9:29 PM
These are mostly women & DON’T have a playbook. This is a loose structure made up of church ladies, day care workers, bridge players, hockey moms, pickleball competitors, book club members who care.
We don’t need a hierarchy to succeed, we just pitch in & get 💩 done
Makes me proud to be female
We don’t need a hierarchy to succeed, we just pitch in & get 💩 done
Makes me proud to be female
NYTimes Gift Opinion Article by M. Gessen
It seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear — a fear of violence from which some people may at a given moment be spared, but from which no one will ever be truly safe. That is our new national reality.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
It seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear — a fear of violence from which some people may at a given moment be spared, but from which no one will ever be truly safe. That is our new national reality.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:33 PM
NYTimes Gift Opinion Article by M. Gessen
It seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear — a fear of violence from which some people may at a given moment be spared, but from which no one will ever be truly safe. That is our new national reality.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
It seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear — a fear of violence from which some people may at a given moment be spared, but from which no one will ever be truly safe. That is our new national reality.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
NY Times Gift Article: A video shared with The Times by an eyewitness and her lawyer, as well as other video footage posted on social media, documents the violent scene, where agents appear to fire at least 10 shots in a span of only five seconds.
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Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded (Gift Article)
A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:57 PM
NY Times Gift Article: A video shared with The Times by an eyewitness and her lawyer, as well as other video footage posted on social media, documents the violent scene, where agents appear to fire at least 10 shots in a span of only five seconds.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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To those blaming Walz for not mobilizing the Guard, he did that six days ago. I have to say it's disturbing to see people angry at Walz instead of the government agents that just executed a man. As though we should all be experts about what to do when a secret police force invades an American city.
January 24, 2026 at 6:14 PM
To those blaming Walz for not mobilizing the Guard, he did that six days ago. I have to say it's disturbing to see people angry at Walz instead of the government agents that just executed a man. As though we should all be experts about what to do when a secret police force invades an American city.
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Video before it happens is showing this guy they shot in the head in Minneapolis was just standing there videoing them before and they got out to push him back and then murder him.
January 24, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Video before it happens is showing this guy they shot in the head in Minneapolis was just standing there videoing them before and they got out to push him back and then murder him.
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The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief says
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
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Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
January 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
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NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.
Washington Post Gift Article
Vistisen’s language reflected a trend that is increasingly noticeable, from the conference rooms of Davos, Switzerland, to the halls of the Federal Reserve to the streets of Minneapolis: Trump’s adversaries are pushing back against him with renewed force.
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Vistisen’s language reflected a trend that is increasingly noticeable, from the conference rooms of Davos, Switzerland, to the halls of the Federal Reserve to the streets of Minneapolis: Trump’s adversaries are pushing back against him with renewed force.
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From Davos to Minneapolis to D.C., Trump is facing sharper pushback
Foreign leaders, Catholic archbishops and the Federal Reserve chairman are among those challenging Trump after a first year in which the president’s critics often tried to placate him.
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January 24, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Washington Post Gift Article
Vistisen’s language reflected a trend that is increasingly noticeable, from the conference rooms of Davos, Switzerland, to the halls of the Federal Reserve to the streets of Minneapolis: Trump’s adversaries are pushing back against him with renewed force.
wapo.st/4qDBXaa
Vistisen’s language reflected a trend that is increasingly noticeable, from the conference rooms of Davos, Switzerland, to the halls of the Federal Reserve to the streets of Minneapolis: Trump’s adversaries are pushing back against him with renewed force.
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January 23, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
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Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
WPO Gift Article: Inside the car was Gottsche, a 22-year-old transgender woman and singer-songwriter who said the choice to help Lang felt easy. She thought he might have been hurt by ICE officers, carrying with him the same fear that she and her neighbors have felt for weeks.
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She helped him flee a rally, then learned he was a right-wing provocateur
Jake Lang, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter, jumped into a stranger’s car after he was driven from his anti-immigrant march in Minneapolis by a large counterprotest.
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January 20, 2026 at 1:26 PM
WPO Gift Article: Inside the car was Gottsche, a 22-year-old transgender woman and singer-songwriter who said the choice to help Lang felt easy. She thought he might have been hurt by ICE officers, carrying with him the same fear that she and her neighbors have felt for weeks.
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Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
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For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
Liebe Medien, ich kann die Schlagzeile "Keine Einigung zwischen USA und Dänemark" nicht mehr sehen. Wenn ein Bewaffneter eine Bank stürmt, titelt ihr doch auch nicht: "Räuber und Kassiererin finden keinen Konsens über Geldübergabe." Hört auf, imperiale Aggression als normale Diplomatie zu framen.
January 15, 2026 at 11:11 AM
For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
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How Trump's bizarre Greenland obsession could create a global crisis. From @radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump Is Risking a Global Catastrophe
His irrational fixation on Greenland could lead to widespread conflict.
www.theatlantic.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:44 AM
How Trump's bizarre Greenland obsession could create a global crisis. From @radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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NYT Gift Article:
Inside Iran’s Protests: How a Plunging Currency Set Off Wide Unrest. In a serious challenge to Iran’s authoritarian government, angry protests have spread from the markets and universities of major cities to the impoverished towns in the hinterland.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...
Inside Iran’s Protests: How a Plunging Currency Set Off Wide Unrest. In a serious challenge to Iran’s authoritarian government, angry protests have spread from the markets and universities of major cities to the impoverished towns in the hinterland.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...
Inside Iran’s Protests: How a Plunging Currency Set Off Wide Unrest
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:46 PM
NYT Gift Article:
Inside Iran’s Protests: How a Plunging Currency Set Off Wide Unrest. In a serious challenge to Iran’s authoritarian government, angry protests have spread from the markets and universities of major cities to the impoverished towns in the hinterland.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...
Inside Iran’s Protests: How a Plunging Currency Set Off Wide Unrest. In a serious challenge to Iran’s authoritarian government, angry protests have spread from the markets and universities of major cities to the impoverished towns in the hinterland.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...
New York Times Gift Article:
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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
Opinion | Iran Is Teetering. The West Isn’t Prepared.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:33 PM
New York Times Gift Article:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
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The person’s name is redacted, but, based on the description of this tipster, it’s clear who it is: Sandy Lewis. For decades, the cantankerous — but at times generous — former Wall Street maverick has lived full time in the Adirondacks.
A Prominent Essex, N.Y., Man Tipped Off the FBI About Epstein
Once a powerful figure on Wall Street, Sandy Lewis now lives on a farm in the Adirondacks. In 2020, he passed along info to the feds about Jeffrey Epstein.
www.sevendaysvt.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM
The person’s name is redacted, but, based on the description of this tipster, it’s clear who it is: Sandy Lewis. For decades, the cantankerous — but at times generous — former Wall Street maverick has lived full time in the Adirondacks.