Hilary Pummill

Trump’s attacks on museums and libraries echo the Nazi playbook The administration’s move to defund the Institute of Museum and Library Services is reminiscent of what Hitler did to German libraries and museums.

What the Nazis accomplished with brute force, Trump and MAGA are attempting to do with economic and financial coercion.

Opinion | Trump's tariff calculations make absolutely no sense The formula the White House produced to justify its wildly aggressive tariffs depends on a fundamental misunderstanding of how trade works.

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Education Department to Fire 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.

DT did say he loves the poorly educated. From the Khmer Rouge playbook, he tries to destroy the educated "elite".

U.S. Is Added to Human Rights Watchlist The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, due to declining civil liberties.

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Landlords in toxic Brooklyn Superfund site are avoiding EPA air testing “Too many property owners have decided to keep their head in the sand,” a local councilmember said.

More environmental racism.

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Hip-hop therapy is helping high schoolers cope with loss, generational trauma and teen stress “When you change the language and the verbiage of things," said one therapy facilitator, "it makes it more accessible to students to respond to.”

“When you change the language and the verbiage of things," said one therapy facilitator, "it makes it more accessible to students to respond to.”

Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.

The dystopian frat party rages on
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Elon Loses $111 Billion Watch now (29 mins) | Dear Humans,

SMITE!

Environmental racism

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“When you see important societal actors — be it university presidents, media outlets, C.E.O.s, mayors, governors — changing their behavior in order to avoid the wrath of the government, that’s a sign that we’ve crossed the line into some form of authoritarianism,” said Steven Levitsky.

Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.

‘People Are Going Silent’: Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

Trump Plans ‘Gold Card’ Alternative to Green Cards for ‘High Level People’ President Trump said the cards would have “a higher level of sophistication” than green cards and cost applicants about $5 million.

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They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them. Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left behin...

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Which circle of hell are we in now?

DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines th...

In all, ProPublica found, more than $39 million has been earmarked to DOGE in the Trump administration’s first month.

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Lurking Inside an Asteroid: Life’s Ingredients Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that shed light on how life arose.

Lurking Inside an Asteroid: Life’s Ingredients www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/s...

Humans aren't the center of the universe!

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