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William Ivor Fowkes

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Playwright, author, former media executive, former philosophy professor, husband, father, grandfather, New Yorker

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Lech Walesa and Polish Political Prisoners Voice ‘Horror’ at Trump’s Scolding of Zelensky He and former Polish political prisoners voiced “horror and disgust” at President Trump’s scolding of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine last week, saying it reminded them of encounters with bull...

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
Amen. Some people were brave enough to express their outrage.

04.03.2025 13:51 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | The MAGA War on Speech If only the powerful are free to speak their minds, it’s not free speech.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

1984 has finally arrived—41 years late. The Resistance must take note.

03.03.2025 13:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...

And so the power of the press is shrunk further. Is this what people voted for?

26.02.2025 13:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A.P. Sues Trump Officials Over White House Ban The wire service sued three of them for denying its reporters access to press events. The White House has objected to The A.P.’s references to the Gulf of Mexico in articles.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/b...

THE BEGINNING OF THE END. This action by this administration is a clear example of fascism. This is how it starts—and then we’re on a slippery slope to an ugly future that most Americans clearly do not want but that is the wet dream of this administration.

22.02.2025 14:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | Vance’s Munich Disgrace The vice president’s speech was a monument of arrogance based on a foundation of hypocrisy.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/o...

A BIG MOMENT — when a conservative like Bret Stephens criticizes this administration. Maybe there’s hope that people will finally push back against what these people are doing to our country and the world.

19.02.2025 13:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Zelensky Urges ‘More Truth’ After Trump Suggests Ukraine Started the War The remarks by President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine were some of his most pointed yet about President Trump’s views on the war.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...

This infuriates me—that after excluding Ukraine from the peace talks,Trump has the nerve to blame Ukraine for starting the war when we all saw Russia invade Ukraine without provocation. Is there no limit to the disinformation this administration will dispense?

19.02.2025 13:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | Refusing to Carry Out Trump’s Flagrantly Dishonest Orders The Trump administration is trying to bake quid pro quo deal making, coercive tactics, loyalty tests and other dishonorable practices into American government.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/o...

The Trump administration’s open disdain for law and morality is staggering—but unsurprising.

17.02.2025 15:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | Now Will We Believe What Is Happening Right in Front of Us? There can be no appeasement. None.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
Our assignment: to protect our democratic republic from a lawless president [and his administration].

10.02.2025 15:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | Trump’s Shameful Campaign Against Transgender Americans Trump’s attacks on trans people are on the wrong side of history and humanity.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/o....
In his behavior toward transgender citizens, Trump’s campaign of cruelty and humiliation is further proof that he is nothing but a bully. Sadly, Trump probably revels in that description.

09.02.2025 16:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bluesky Social media as it should be. Find your community among millions of users, unleash your creativity, and have some fun again.

Posted on FB: “AN ANNOUNCEMENT: JOIN ME AT BLUESKY. . . In these extremely disturbing times, I have to give voice to what I’m seeing and feeling, even when it’s disturbing, and FB isn’t the place for that. . .You’ll still see me here . . . but for the good stuff, come on over to BLUESKY.”

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08.02.2025 15:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

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