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Trump’s ‘Superstar’ Appellate Judges Have Voted 133 to 12 in His Favor

In 2018, Chief Justice Roberts said that "we do not have Obama judges or Trump judges..." However, there is increasingly such a thing as a Trump judge. His appointees voted for his policies 133 times and voted against them only 12 times. Continuing problem. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...

Opinion | The Trump Revolution Is Going Much Further Than We Realize

Trump has been strikingly successful in attacking media companies, corporations, law firms, universities and NPOs aligned with Democrats. This is a significant projection of (partisan) Presidential authority outside government. beyond formal governmental boundaries. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...

Hiring John Harbaugh would give Giants credibility, toughness and biggest victory in years The Giants were working on meeting with Harbaugh as early as this weekend, as many other NFL teams are also lining up to talk to him.

"... John ( #Harbaugh ) is the best coach I know, the best I’ve ever come across or competed against. I’m envious of the grasp he has of the entire game..." brother and fellow coach Jim Harbaugh #Ravens. (Rarely is a coach fired for something truly his fault IMO). www.nytimes.com/athletic/694...

Trump’s Venezuela move could deliver a big win for this MAGA billionaire Hedge-funder Paul Singer, whose firm acquired Citgo at a bargain price, has much to gain from Nicolás Maduro's ouster.

So why #Venezuela and why now? Not #drugs or legitimate regional security interests, but so one Trump crony could make billions. A guy who donated $5M to MAGA. Really. This is utter corruption without parallel - lives at stake. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

That repugnance certainly o the farr left as well as the far right. Had my parents lived long enough to see it, they still would not believe it. Sucks.

Sadly the country was never ready for a candidate on the ticket whose last name was Shapiro. Not in 2024 and much less so now. We have to wait another generation it would seem

I thought of Cundiff immediately @stevenmoore722.bsky.social. But my overall outlook is this. Two flawed teams played an exciting, seesaw game. One had to win. Neither would have gone far in the playoffs. And now, thank god its baseball season. Go #Orioles!

For Many Jan. 6 Rioters, a Pardon From Trump Wasn’t Enough

Trump administration has not revealed any hidden truth about Jan. 6 because there is no hidden truth, no deep-state conspiracy, and therefore no basis for the "Big Lie" about a stolen election. Trump sleeps like a baby every night, knowing Biden won legitimately. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

In my do-over dream, Biden never runs again, the Democrats have a 2024 primary & nominate Harris, she does feel she has to echo his policies on the campaign trail, and wins in Nov. 2024 in a romp. I know, sort of like what if JFK had not been assassinated, what if hanging chads counted in Florida...

Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland

Taking #Greenland by force would rip apart the central agreement that underpins #NATO. Under that treaty, an attack on any member is treated as an attack on all members. (I wonder if other treaty signees - UK, Germany, etc., would defend it militarily against Trump). www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

If I unfollowed you here after being a follower, consider that this probably is why: I like what you are and stand for but you post too much. Your postings lessen the benefit I derive from bluesky merely because of their frequency. Something to consider.

Trump’s Critics Should Not Go Wobbly Over Venezuela Nicolás Maduro’s capture is setting off a predictable reaction.

Because the Trump movement is a cult of personality, with no consistent principles and no concern for truth, they don’t care whether the “success” happened the way Trump says it did.The Trump movement exists to glorify Trump, in all his erratic mania. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Trump’s Risky War in Venezuela By going around Congress, the president is showing contempt for the will of the public.

By going around Congress in waging a regime-change war in #Venezuela, #Trump shows deliberate contempt for the Constitution & the will of the public. With the US not attacked or under imminent threat, no justification can exist. But will anything happen to him? www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Trump always was the candidate of #xenophobia, #racism, #narcissism, #misogyny, #kleptocracy & anti-intellectualism. Now, using his own Risk game board to endeavor to distract the public from his immoral acts (i.e., #Epstein). Thing is, his voters knew it too. Many are racists, etc. too.

Opinion | I’m a doctor. I shouldn’t receive better health care than patients. Transparency in prices for medical treatment should be offered to everyone.

Doctor advocates for real-time cost transparency & other easily implementable fixes to broken & unfair #health care system. These and similar changes are long overdue; pending legislation may help. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

“We have no vital national interests in Venezuela to justify #war,” Sen. Schatz (D-Hawaii). “We should have learned not to stumble into another stupid adventure by now.” Sen. Gallego (D-Arizona) said “This war is illegal, it’s embarrassing... There is no reason for us to be at war with #Venezuela.”

Has he lost his frigging mind? Someone needs to tell the Orange Imbecile that he's not playing the classic board game of Risk, and that gunboat diplomacy (and worse - a shooting war) often has long-range, unintended & dire consequences. Sheesh!

Trump Almost Has a Point About the Federal Reserve The central bank has long abused its power in ways that benefit the financial sector at the expense of everyone else.

Wrongly the Fed serves the banking system, not ordinary people & small businesses. Yet, if SCOTUS allows Trump to fire & replace Fed governor Cook, every future Gov could be fired anytime. Interest rates will be held hostage by short-term electoral considerations. www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026...

Trump Almost Has a Point About the Federal Reserve The central bank has long abused its power in ways that benefit the financial sector at the expense of everyone else.

Trump’s attacks on Federal Reserve independence are likely illegal & the consequences of him personally ordering dramatic interest-rate cuts could be profoundly harmful. Yet, maybe the Fed has long abused its power to benefit the financial sector only. Have they? www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026...

Reckless & inflammatory social media #Trump post: "“If #Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the US will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go.” WTF is he thinking & doing? Fellow citizens elected this dangerous clown - smh.

Opinion | Trump Is the Jan. 6 President

The #Insurrection Era turns 5 on Tuesday. We must summon the collective will to bring this era to an end; to make certain that the violence, lawlessness and injustice of Jan. 6 do not endure. #Trump remains vilified as the most repugnant, evil President in history. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...

I'm not sure that players choose their numbers unilaterally. I think that is sometimes the case when a number is available, but oftentimes either a player doesn't care or their preferred number is not available. Racism is racism though and there's no getting around it. Time to move on from Aikn.

Iranians Have Had Enough The demonstrations erupting across the Islamic Republic reflect deep economic and political discontent.

Citizens of Iran show incredible bravery by coming out against their thuggish regime (protesting in various ways), a winning strategy (i.e., democratization) continues to be elusive. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Did he choose that number or was it assigned to him randomly? If the former is true, then of course I hate him as well. But I thought it was a random thing and that he's had it for quite a while.

Keegan Akin showed us something last year. He can fill any role (e.g., now also an emergency closer) with ice water in his vein. There always is a job for a durable lefty who remains composed regardless of the pressure he faces. Matusz was like this too. #Orioles

Quite so @vicjim.bsky.social. Jack Smith had the goods on Trump as an #insurrection co-conspirator. His clear and compelling Congressional testimony left the hit squad of House Trump cronies no room to indict or attack him with even the slightest basis of legality. And yet, we are where we are. smh

In Hearing Transcript, Jack Smith Defends Decision to Indict Trump

Jack Smith to House GOP: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power." (And despite these facts, here we are). www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/u...

A Highway Is Crumbling. New York Can’t Agree on How to Fix It. The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway has exceeded its life span. Clashing visions have hindered a solution.

Cool graphics illustrate various options (all of them expensive) for replacing a badly deteriorating section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expwy in #NYC (I-278). No-build is not an option until & unless we shift culturally & economically away from cars & trucks. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Tanks Were Just Tanks, Until Drones Made Them Change They’ve been a mainstay in battle since the early 20th century. But in just three years of war in Ukraine, tanks have evolved.

Cool graphics on how both #Russia & #Ukraine rig homemade defenses to protect otherwise older tanks from #drone attacks. Necessity is after all, quite the mother of invention - and in no place or time other than an active warzone. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Room for One More on Mount Rushmore? (The President Wants to Know.) Let’s review how we got here, and closely examine what the rock would allow.

Fascinating 3D imagery & analysis on whether and how #Trump could be added to Mt. #Rushmore. Obviously conceptually sacrilegious to many, but could it even be done? This technical analysis says very likely not. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...