"Once universities and their allies recovered from their shock and challenged Trump, they were able to block many, if not most, of the White House’s moves in court. Trump has certainly left his mark on America’s universities. But he has not broken them."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Really well said: "Economic inequality reduces the ability of people to experience others as equals, to have relations with them on equal terms, and hence to function as citizens."
www.liberalcurrents.com/it-wasnt-fas...
oh, I have to read more than four words before demanding attention?
Not quibbling with you at all. My comment is simply (inelegantly) attempting to lament that you have to make this clear.
Totally agree
It’s bizarre that this is even a discussion point - it’s obvious
"She doesn't give a shit about the objectivity debate, nor do the Ellisons."
That's media reporter Dylan Byers at his newsletter.
The takeaway is this: It was always a political apointment. It had to be. Bari Weiss did not qualify for the job of running CBS, except ideologically.
From my essay, "The plan is to have no plan." May 2020. pressthink.org/2020/05/the-...
Pete Hegseth, if he does not resign, should at least get out of the way and let better men than him talk to the nation and to the press.
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Good stuff, Tom - thanks for the heads-up! Enjoyed it
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I think one of the things that bothers me the most about the way Polymarket presents itself to the world is that it's adopted the language of journalism to make itself sound more legitimate. Like look at this post from yesterday morning incorrectly "projecting" the winner.
So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for:
- Who takes over;
- Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation;
- How to defend US bases in the region;
- Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and
- How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.
Being governed by thoughtless, immature people who care only about generating or responding to headlines is exhausting.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...
I wonder if there's a connection between the lack of any stupid rules of engagement and the US/Israeli missile strikes that killed eighty or ninety schoolchildren 36 hours ago.
This is insulting on so many levels but I cannot help but continue to be shocked at how much they do not understand Iran.
Khamenei died just like Khomeini died before him. The guy was in his late 80s; this was an expected outcome. The regime is still the same! What does this even mean??
1. According to multiple reports both Saudi Arabia and the UAE lobbied Trump to attack Iran.
Both countries have increased their influence with Trump by investing billions in projects that personally enrich Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
The fact that a question like this even has to be asked is itself remarkable:
The White House has communicated so little about the offensive in Iran — its rationale, its goals, its scope, etc. — that there’s ambiguity about whether the United States is currently at war.
One of my colleagues wrote about this over 30 years ago, noting that Congress was all about "blame avoidance" in foreign policy, which basically made the president a king
Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.
Please block that garbage content aggregator if you haven’t yet. Even when the Tennessee Holler isn’t lying, they’re stealing from actual journalists, and they have no accountability.
Frances Arnold, a Nobel laureate (2018) in Chemistry says that the current administration is interested only in a limited range of topics such as AI & biotechnology.
“There’s whole swaths of science that are just going to die on the vine.”
Science is multidisciplinary.
🧪 archive.today/4qgez
Mike Johnson: "If we lost the midterms -- heaven forbid, if we lost the majority in the House -- it would be the end of the Trump presidency in a real effect."
On negative social ties.
The number of "hasslers" in your life—people who create problems or make life difficult, especially family members (not spouse)—and the link to promoting accelerated aging, inflammation, and adverse health outcomes
@pnas.org
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Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."
Kash Patel in 2023: “I’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.”
Tom Nichols: “There are people in the Republican Party who think it’s a hoot to post Nazi memes and to use language from the Third Reich, and I wrote it because we can’t keep ignoring this and pretending that it’s normal. The Republicans in fact do have a Nazi problem.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
Speech by Governor Waller on operationalizing AI at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Watch live: www.bostonfed.org/news-and-eve...
Learn more about Governor Waller: www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/...
