Charlie Stephen

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The Saudi's fund the Muslim extremists..Saudi's funded the Wahabbi's..Saudi's funded the Mujahadin..Saudi's funded and founded alQiada..Saudi's fund ISIS..Qatar funds Hamas..Both lavish Americans with billions of their oil dollar$..Trump is a partner,and collecting billions from both..SUCH A DEAL..

Perfectly said.

Must be Miller Time.

Not a serious threat? You can't govern without reliable information, and every modern economy depends on measurements like the ones Trump refuses.

Thank you for your service in this difficult and essential job. We sincerely appreciate your work and wish you the best in the next, Democratic administration.

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CRACO - Congressional Republicans Always Chicken Out

The Republicans are more frightened of Trump than of their own constituents. That’s a good working definition of autocracy.

That's true, and one wonders whether Auerbach and Gadamer crossed paths prior to WW 2.

The grandeur of its silence, and its intense materiality, make this painting extraordinary.

De Kooning meets Gustav Klimt.

Fascinating. I've never seen Sargent except in full and final sumptuousness. Two of my favorites are the painting of his friend and admirer, Henry James, and the charcoal image of Yeats that the poet commissioned for the frontspiece of his first collected poems.

Seventy-Two Minutes Until The End Of The World Are we closer than ever to nuclear winter?

Are we closer than ever to nuclear winter? David Sirota argues that proactive diplomacy and arms control are essential.

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That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.

Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?

Very very cool, Amtrak!

Just as Putin ignored and humiliated Trump on Ukraine, Netanyahu ignored Trump on Iran. So once again humiliated, Trump suddenly wades in and takes full responsibility for Israel’s war on Iraq.

Ignorant, impulsive, unnecessary, reckless, dangerous. And all an act of vanity.

Every day seems worse than the last. There are no words, none anymore, to describe Trump and his stooges, and I hate to think how all this may end.

Texas Talks Tough on Immigration. But Lawmakers Won’t Force Most Private Companies to Check Employment Authorization. Texas’ conservative Legislature has again and again refused to mandate that most private businesses use E-Verify. Experts say that Republican resistance is rooted in how the system could impact the…

Despite Texas' tough talk on immigration, its lawmakers have refused to mandate that private businesses check employment authorization.

Why? Because they know “if you got serious about applying [E-Verify], you would create even worse problems” with labor shortages, a former GOP state lawmaker said.

a side note: this is as frontal an assault on the US by Israel as I've ever seen, and there have been some bad ones. This is Israel blowing up the planned negotiations in Oman tomorrow between the Trump envoy and Iran. This is Netanyahu saying the US can't do diplomacy he doesn't sign off on.

Wonder what the DOGE boys found in their data hunt through departments like the DOJ? And did they build a back door?

Important story - thanks for sharing this!

Absolutely right. And it gets worse, stupider and more chaotic, every day.

Fox News, that is.

Great, but get off X.

Steve Kerr is a great coach and even better, a compassionate and socially conscious human being.

And, says Trump, “home growns” are next.

Fascinating excerpt from Sam Adams. Thanks for posting this.

Outrageous and despicable. These demands make McCarthyism look like a walk in the park. Universities and their faculty, staff, and students must combine forces to fight this terrorism, with every American who cares about freedom in support of them.