Joel Wolfe

Trump Deletes Racist Video of Obamas After Outcry

Having browser troubles where you can't get to the major US newspapers? The NYT reported on it as a lede and now the top story on the NYT.com is that Trump deleted after pressure.

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Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers

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You have described a circle.

I find these jokes to be very disrespectful to zucchini.

Johns Hopkins taps former COVID Center leader as interim provost Lainie Rutkow, the university’s executive vice provost, will lead academics at Hopkins.

🚨: Johns Hopkins University has named an interim provost, who will take over once Ray Jayawardhana departs in mid-February for CalTech.

Meet Lainie Rutkow, known for leading the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center:

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To Their Shock, Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers

And, of course Cubans are finding out they aren’t as "white" as they thought they were.
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It’s getting so the only safe place to be is in the Epstein Files. 🔄

Johns Hopkins University loses top academic officer to Caltech Ray Jayawardhana, provost of the Johns Hopkins University, is leaving after three years to lead the California Institute of Technology.

🚨: Ray Jayawardhana, the provost at Johns Hopkins University, will depart after three years to serve as the 10th president of Caltech. The leadership change comes at a time when Hopkins deals with repeated blows from the Trump administration.
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The FIFA Peace Prize doesn't mean what it used to

I meant to say very much not a historian of the US or US politics. I trust you on the USSR and national security stuff, but you just don't know this stuff.

The prop won mostly because people were squeezed by taxes tied to rising property taxes, but pretending Reagan wasn't the center of the conservative movement in the late 1970s is just plain wrong.

You are very much not a historian. Reagan remained incredibly popular in CA. He beat Ford in the primary there. And, he was closely associated with the anti-tax movement. He gave Ford a run for the nomination because he was the emerging power in the GOP. Ford was seen as too moderate.

Post from Julie K Brown that says Does somebody at the DOJ want to tell me why my American Airlines booking information and flights in July 2019 are part of the Epstein files (attached to a grand jury subpoena)? As the flight itinerary includes my maiden name (and I did book this flight) why was the DOJ monitoring me? Record Locato American Arlines CONPIDENTIAL for official

Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.

Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.

Fair point in general, but civil rights sorted out the parties. The GOP steadily lost moderates and liberals, and the Dems lost the traditional southern politicians. On civil rights and sadly now on civil liberties, there is a morality play at work. It's why I suspect you're no longer a Republican.

McDaniel College to offer free graduate tuition to McDonogh School teachers Graduate tuition at the Carroll County college averages around $11,500 per year.

McDaniel College, private liberal arts college in Westminster, announced Thursday it will offer free graduate tuition to those who teach at a Baltimore County private school, as the state continues to grapple with a teacher shortage.

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University of Maryland Eastern Shore president sues ex-professor for defamation Donna Satterlee, a former faculty member at the HCBU, accused its president, Heidi Anderson, of plagiarizing several paragraphs of her 1986 dissertation.

The president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is suing a former professor for defamation and seeking $1 million after being accused of plagiarizing her 1986 dissertation. The two meet in court tomorrow, here's what you need to know:
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UMD President Darryll Pines cleared of plagiarism allegations The University System of Maryland announced Friday it has cleared its College Park president of allegations that he plagiarized a paper published during his time at the university.

BREAKING: University of Maryland College Park President Darryll Pines has been cleared of allegations he plagiarized his doctoral dissertation. Happy Friday night news dump!

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UMBC and former athletic director settle defamation lawsuit Brian Barrio, former athletic director at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, was not fired for cause, according to an out-of-court settlement announced Wednesday

New: The University of Maryland, Baltimore County has settled out of court a federal defamation lawsuit filed by the school’s former athletic director over his role in surfacing an abuse allegation. Here's what you need to know:
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University System of Maryland leaders warn lawmakers of ‘irrevocable damage’ University System of Maryland leaders warned lawmakers in Annapolis on Tuesday that layoffs are imminent if the state cuts their budget for the third year in a row.

New: The chancellor of the University System of Maryland said today he fears "irrevocable damage” to the state's public colleges as Maryland faces another billion dollar deficit. Lawmakers have slashed the system's budget by $222 million in the last two years. Read:
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I get the point, but the author doesn't understand his own terms. Maybe reading a little Lewis Mumford might help. The pen did change how people wrote, more so the typewriter. The telegraph, telephone, copier machine, radio, TV all profoundly changed society in similar way. Gutenberg Bible anyone?

Vanity Fair, Olivia Nuzzi Agree to Part Ways Nuzzi and the magazine will let her contract expire at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Calling it now that she'll eventually end up at CBS www.wsj.com/business/med...

Naval Academy superintendent on fired commandant: ‘We have standards’ Naval Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte told the Board of Visitors on Monday that Capt. Gilbert Clark did not meet the “standards” of the military academy.

The superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy spoke publicly for the first time about firing the commandant of midshipman, or dean of students, in yesterday's board meeting. You can read what he said in my latest for the @thebaltimorebanner.com:
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Towson University to dissolve women’s and gender studies department Towson University’s women’s studies program is one of the oldest in the country, according to the department’s website; it was established in 1973 and became a formal department in 2002.

Towson University will dissolve its women's and gender studies department due to low enrollment. Losing departmental status, the WGS chair told me, "feels like defeat." Read more:
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Morgan State could one day run entirely on AI The historically Black college may be one of the few universities in the country, perhaps even the world, that has its own sovereign AI.

Morgan State University is one of the first colleges in the country to create its own sovereign artificial intelligence system. The university will soon run entirely on the AI, called Obsidian, which will advise students and grade assignments.

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I would have gone with, "and the facial hair is unsettling"

Another top Naval Academy leader ousted in latest Trump era shake-up Capt. Gilbert Clark Jr., the commandant of midshipmen at the Naval Academy, was relieved of his duties in the latest Trump-era shake up for the military school.

Breaking news: The commandant of midshipmen (dean of students) at the U.S. Naval Academy is out after six months due to “a loss of confidence in his ability to effectively lead." This summer, the academy's first female superintendent was also removed.

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‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ stars used aliases and 40 credit cards, prosecutors say “Real Housewives of Potomac” star Wendy Osefo and her husband, Eddie Osefo, are accused of using aliases and dozens of credit cards in new court documents.

Exclusive #RHOP news to @thebaltimorebanner.com : prosecutors are alleging that Wendy and Eddie Osefo used 40 credit cards and went by the aliases "Pam Oliver” + “Eddie Hennessy." The latest twist in their alleged insurance fraud. With @justinfenton.bsky.social:
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Kurt Schmoke resigns from BCCC board amid proposed consolidation Schmoke pitched a merger with the University of Baltimore last month.

🚨Kurt Schmoke resigned from the Baltimore City Community College Board. Schmoke, the city's former mayor, also serves as the president of the University of Baltimore. He made headlines last month when he proposed a "consolidation" between BCCC and UBalt
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The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark