Jim Kuhnhenn

Editing the New York Times

My latest on Don’t Shoot —I’m Just the Messenger: open.substack.com/pub/jimkuhnh...

email.mg-d0.substack.com/c/eJxkkl-SpC...

Jim Kuhnhenn on Substack Rending the fabric of our nation. Our law firms, universities, media conglomerates, politicians are all caving. It takes two to create a despot: the autocrat and the recreant.

substack.com/@jimkuhnhenn...

Trump to Cities (and Villages and Towns): Drop Dead* Local government is closest to the public; Trump is set on causing mayhem (*with apologies to 10-30-1975 NY Daily News)

Trump’s destruction is not limited to the federal bureaucracy; local government is in his sights, too. My latest Substack. Thanks for reading. Or not.

open.substack.com/pub/jimkuhnh...

For a second, Democrats held the reins, then they said “naaah, too afraid.” Has been their chickenshit story for too long. Don’t give them money, no matter how much they plead. Choose real fighters like ACLU or First Amendment groups.

Trump Walks Back Plans to Double Steel and Aluminum Tariffs on Canada The president had threatened to hit Canadian metals with 50 percent tariffs but opted not to go ahead after tensions de-escalated.

Somebody has to be playing the dip. As the fancy pants say: cui bono? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/u...

Can we get any stupider than this? The Enola Gay??!! The stumblebum leading the Pentagon decides war heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge

The Democracy That Still Works I didn’t tune in to Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress this week.

Where democracy counts … and works open.substack.com/pub/jimkuhnh...

One Word Describes Trump A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.

It’s the corruption, stupid. Read this, then repeat it, over and over www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Trump and Vance are part of the tiny percentage of Americans who sympathize more with Russia (4%) than Ukraine (62%) and who view Putin more favorably (75% unfavorable) than Zelensky (28% unfavorable) today.yougov.com/politics/art...

Gotta ❤️ Jamie Raskin’s message to Musk: “You don’t need to trash American constitutional democracy and everything our forebears have built so you can use trillions of our $$$ for your private venture to Mars.
"You’re already there, Elon.
"Show some gratitude and leave America and our people alone."

White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump In announcing plans to hand-select the reporters who can ask the president questions at many events, the White House is breaking decades of precedent.

Realizing it’s on thin First Amendment ice with the AP, the White House tries a new tactic and venture further into the void www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...

Transcript: Sen. John Curtis on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Feb. 23, 2025 The following is the transcript of an interview with GOP Sen. John Curtis of Utah that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Feb. 23, 2025.

John Curtis, now occupying Mitt Romney’s Senate seat, tells Margaret Brennan the nation is now in a “stop the car moment.” Curious metaphor given Romney’s own, well-memed stop-the-car moment after dog feces slid down car his window. A dog whistle alarm?
www.cbsnews.com/news/john-cu...

At the White House: A United Press Corps, Undeterred by Trump’s Retaliations In the face of punitive actions, press keeps on doing its job

AP keeps doing the work. A united press corps stands with AP. But you don’t need a ride on AF1 or a spot at the Oval spray to cover a president, no matter how much foot stomping he does. My new Substack post:
open.substack.com/pub/jimkuhnh...

There’s No Slow Boil About This Trump's destruction has been swift, but that means the American public will feel the consequences quickly -- and recoil

Trump’s destruction has been swift, but that means the American public will feel the consequences quickly — and recoil. open.substack.com/pub/jimkuhnh...

White House fires USAID inspector general after warning about funding oversight, official says The White House fired the inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday.

Trump fires Inspector general who pointed out that half a billion dollars of food assistance was spoiling because Trump scuttled USAID. Can’t speak truth to power apnews.com/article/usai...

Yet Musk and Vance shake their fists at anyone who unmasks the Muskrats going through federal data troves.

In declaring Palestinians have no right of return to Gaza, Trump has confessed to wanting to commit a crime against humanity. (Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court). Yes, he’s saying it all out loud. This is not a negotiating position; it is a crime.

Yep, you’re gonna own it, alright.

Trump says no right of return for Palestinians in Gaza. “I would own this,” he says.

Trump Orders Treasury to Halt Minting New Pennies to Cut Waste President Trump said that the coins cost more to produce than their face value.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...

Exclusive | Trump rules out deporting Prince Harry: ‘He’s got enough problems with his wife’ Prince Harry can breathe freely in Montecito, because President Donald Trump has ruled out deporting the self-exiled British royal.

nypost.com/2025/02/08/u...

Breaking: Musk assigns Trump major international & fiscal tasks: “Trump rules out deporting Prince Harry: ‘He’s got enough problems with his wife’” AND “Trump Orders Treasury Secretary to Stop Minting Pennies”

Exclusive: Trump Air Force nominee arranged satellite contract in manner that favored Musk's SpaceX, sources say President Donald Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract.

It’s about the Constitution and the Kleptocracy. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

There’s already a process for this, you idiot. It’s called impeachment. Didn’t study much during citizenship class, huh? Unfortunately, it didn’t work so well when it was twice used to weed out the most corrupt and least competent president — the one who’s your lapdog now.

Jeff Bezos’s $10bn Earth Fund cuts ties with climate group Decision to stop backing SBTi comes as Amazon founder seeks to curry favour with Donald Trump

Yet another Bezos smooch on Trump’s behind. www.ft.com/content/c3bf...

C.I.A. Sends White House an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees The list of partial names was provided in an effort to comply with an executive order to trim the federal work force.

Nothing stopping Elon Musk from sharing this list with his Chinese benefactors. What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...

Adam Kinzinger on Substack Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you. Do something

There you go. Good idea! substack.com/@adamkinzing...

Axios PM

“The moves are big wins for Trump…” Are they? He promised tariffs, backed down in the face of a stock market plunge and after Trudeau and Sheinbaum gave him an off-ramp by offering to do what they were already doing. www.axios.com/newsletters/...