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alternet.orgGOP pollster exposes why Trump's 'shock value' strategy is falling flatPresident Donald Trump frequently rails about “communists” and “socialists,” and the GOP has increasingly leaned into such attacks as it has grown more desperate in the face of an uphill midterm battl...

GOP pollster exposes why Trump's 'shock value' strategy is falling flat www.alternet.org/trump-midter...

nytimes.comBessent ‘Inadvertently’ Failed to Report Holdings of JPMorgan Stock (Gift Article)Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s finances were reviewed by the inspector general after Mr. Bessent incorrectly listed at least $100,000 of the stock, which was owned by his husband, as cash.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/b... And I felt guilty when the library told me I had a late fee of $4.

nytimes.comTrump Rejects Talk of A.I. Regulation and Calls Out Anthropic’s CEO (Gift Article)The president again rejected calls to try to regulate the industry, even as some of its leaders are speaking more openly about the risks of rapidly developing artificial intelligence.

14 Sept

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u... Trump says all that is needed to rein in AI is a smart president. Indeed, let’s start looking.

nytimes.comPentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military PublicationThe firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence.

22 Aug

Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u... Trump, like Putin, is not a fan of free speech.

nytimes.comTrump Has Made Billions in Office. Will His Party Pay Politically? (Gift Article)The president took in a staggering $2.2 billion last year while in office. Democrats are hoping to make it a campaign issue in the midterm elections.

30 July

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u... *A teacher making $50,000 a year would have to work 44,000 years to make the amount Pres. Trump made last year in the office of president. That's a lot of "winning."

nytimes.comTrump Administration Live Updates: Judge Bars Creation of Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund

12 June

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06... From this article: "a federal judge in Washington, Richard J. Leon, refused to issue his own order putting the fund on hold. ...

1 June

Trump’s 250th celebration has a new artist.

6 May

1. President Trump on the Strait of Hormuz: “Mission Accomplished! There was confusion, some confusion, not a lot, but we fixed it. Faster, really, much faster than lamestream media said. Iran, the Straight, and lots of good things will happen, gas is down, will be more more down because…

6 May

2. there’s so much oil, oil over Iran, everywhere and we need that oil and we’ll get it and in fact we might have now, or soon, very soon, and very good for consumers and not so good for the evil leaders of Iran— they’re mean, wicked leaders and the people, good people need better, much better.

nytimes.comTakeaways From the Supreme Court’s Shadow Papers

19 Apr

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

1. This is from Jay Kuo's excellent newsletter, "The Status Kuo," dated 2.27.26, at statuskuo@substack.com: "Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was forced to testify behind closed doors for some six hours before the House Oversight Committee, despite never having met Epstein and knowing...

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3. in order to distract attention from President Trump’s actions and to cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers.” She added, “You have made little effort to call the people who show up most prominently in the Epstein files,” noting that not a single Republican had attended...

4. the deposition of Les Werner, a billionaire who helped Epstein become a tycoon."

2. knowing nothing about him. She issued a blistering attack on the weaponization and cover-up of the Epstein files. Her opening statement blasted the sham proceedings: “You have compelled me to testify, fully aware that I have no knowledge that would assist your investigation...

24 Jan

Recently our president agreed that NATO sent troops to Afghanistan to help the U. S. after 9/11, and insisted “they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines.” It brought to mind an individual, an individual with “bone spurs.”

9 Sept 2025

"Kenneth R. Weinstein, who will review complaints about CBS News, was head of the right-leaning Hudson Institute, a think tank, and has no experience overseeing news coverage." (The New York Times)

7 Sept 2025

President Trump: Who you got sitting next to me? Jared: Either your granddaughter, the pillow dude, or some guy who said he's Millard Fillmore sleeping under a hot dog cart.

5 Aug 2025

1. I'm reading the powerful book by the former U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, The Conscience of a Liberal. A quote stood out: "We need to get people energized and involved. We need to motivate and coordinate progressive organizations. We will need active citizen politics to triumph over powerful...

5 Aug 2025

2. money politics." Maybe Mr. Trump has offered American society a gift in disguise.

1 Aug 2025

"Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences." (Donald Trump) President Trump actually wrote this. Life is so paradoxical, that this will probably be the one quote he is remembered by.

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2 July 2025

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