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“Trump … was frustrated that he hadn’t solved Gaza or Ukraine. The nuclear deal that Obama worked out …was a two-year-long negotiation. He had no patience for that. …Trump wanted to associate himself with [Israeli] success. … He wants to be remembered for destroying nuclear facilities…” – New Yorker

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Breaking With Trump, Bacon Says He Won’t Follow His Party ‘Off the Cliff’

More working together, less stupid. Calling out bad ideas. Even though we differ on policy, let's have some more of this. Thank you.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/u...

Jill Sobule, so tragic

mine, too. When I lived in DC, I hung with a group that centered around a restaurant run by Carol Greenwood. She made the celebratory dish from Big Night for a Big Night party for us.

Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Should Doom the GOP. But It Will Doom Many Americans Too Trump and the GOP will celebrate its likely passage with a pyrotechnic display of lies, to help them “justify” more tax cuts and other benefits for the rich and powerful.

No other developed nation in the world would tolerate the monstrosity that is the GOP's Murder-Suicide Pact with America. It's time to face the fact that virtually every other leading democracy on the planet serves their people better than we do here. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-big-b...

So true...and about who you know and have worked with 😄

Opinion | The President Will Destroy You Now

Not to pile on, but there are comments here on who's running the show, which I think hold potential critiques for subsequent elections…

An Op-Ed asking, is the administration being run by conservative elites who think destruction of ordinary Americans' life is okay?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/o...

Tell Congress: BLOCK Trump’s $400 million bribe! Two weeks ago, news broke that Trump is building a $5.5 billion golf club in Qatar. [3] Now, Qatar is offering Trump a $400 million jet to use as Air Force One, and then keep for personal use after hi...

Just no - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...

Calling on Your Practice Now | Peter's Podcast Wendy Newton, Mona Anand, and I discuss why we're hosting a retreat in the Hamptons May 27-30

Hamptons retreat with Wendy Newton and Mona Anand. Take a listen and then join us! Book by Friday for the best rate. peterspodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/cal...

YouTube video by The Daily Show Sen. Tammy Duckworth - Veterans Deserve Better than Trump, Hegseth, & DOGE | The Daily Show

Ronny Chieng struggles to find hope talking with Iraq war hero turned Senator whose current mission is fighting for veterans, farmers, and ordinary citizens. She thinks vets and the people who care about them are finally believing what DJT says: he thinks they're suckers. youtu.be/HcCsm3wKStk?...

Training as a Yogi | Peter's Podcast Mona Anand, a co-owner of ISHTA Yoga, and I took teacher training together, but we both intended it to help us learn more about yoga. We both think of teacher training as training to be a yogi — to un...

New Podcast Episode out now: peterspodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/tra...

We interrupt the news you can't stop talking about for an important announcement: I have this green thing!

Cool! And cold–for mid April

Thank you @npr.org for including so many streams, including TIDAL, which I happen to prefer. I wish @nytimespr.bsky.social would do the same in their music lists!

This still exists. We are a speck of the universe, and we need to take care of ourselves while we are working to fix what we can. A practice of being in the moment has proven helpful across the millenia.

Opinion | Why Did Wall Street Get Trump So Wrong? (Gift Article) Wall Street mistook demagogy for wisdom.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...

In a silent way, looking for wisdom for now and next...

I will give you this green gator if you get off your phone and put on those hiking boots.

Just finished this (2017) book about George Washington and why we got a U.S. Army. It's an amazing look at the first president and the founders' machinations to gain land west of the colonies. Bumbling, lying, and deceit – with natives, England, Canada, and the Congress. Very interesting.

Minerals

@jonfavs.bsky.social Love what you do at pod save.🙏🏻 Heard you and @danpfeiffer.bsky.social "wondering" why the dumb approach at DOGE. Thought you might share your thoughts on the pod on Curtis Yarvin's influence and Musk's appt. as CEO-king in a Yarvin-style monarchy.

'Dark MAGA' spreads as conservatives embrace Musk's influence on Trump At an annual gathering of conservatives, the emerging influence of billionaire Elon Musk on President Donald Trump was on display.

On Musk's influence and business benefits: apnews.com/article/trum...

Curtis Yarvin - Wikipedia

I keep hearing "Why are they changing government in this chaotic way?" I learned that Vance, etc are fans of Curtis Yarvin. His ideas and Musk's desire to turn gov't into his own businesses while getting regulations off his back, make it easy to see why.
On Yarvin: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_....

Throat clearing Simply say it. The first minute of a speech, the first paragraph of a novel or the tuning of the orchestra before they begin… The performance improves if we skip that part. Sometimes, our thr…

Simple note for teachers and the rest. For example, I've noticed almost everyone starts every sentence these days with "So..." seths.blog/2025/03/thro...

ISHTA Meditation Training with Alan Finger, Sarah Finger and Peter Ferko — ISHTA Yoga

Join us! ishtayoga.com/specialty-tr...

Sometimes, silence is the right thing to say.

Opinion | Pope Francis Projects a Lonely Moral Voice in a New World of Politics and Trump (Gift Article) The pope has emerged as an increasingly lonely moral voice against perilous global trends like nationalism and populism.

"Warning against “propaganda that instills hatred, divides the world into friends to be defended and foes to be fought,” the pope has forcefully pushed for both an inclusive church and an inclusive world." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/o...