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Ohio born, Michigan raised. Michigan State B.A., Northwestern M.S. U.S. Army vet. Former journalist, retired D.C. lobbyist (pro environment & pro modern infrastructure). Jewish. Believer in science and law. Democrat. Dog lover. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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Former Fed Official Violated Trading Rules, Disclosures Show

Corruption disqualified her from public office? What a novel idea.

#Corruption #FedReserve

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/b...

15.11.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Indeed.

12.11.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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US Mint in Philadelphia presses final pennies as the 1-cent coin gets canceled The U.S. Mint has ended production of the penny, a change made to save money and in recognition of the growing irrelevance of the 1-cent coin.

Good riddance.

apnews.com/article/us-m...

#Pennies #USMint

12.11.2025 19:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

End the Senate filibuster, says Trump.

"We will pass legislation that you've never seen before."

Not since the Nurmberg laws, anyway.

#Trump #Filibuster #Senate

06.11.2025 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It would be helpful if Bondi et al. actually know the law, or maybe received a law degree from an ABA-accredited law school. But I'm just a dreamy outsider.

05.11.2025 22:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bullshit. He made scum like Trump plausible.

05.11.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Mamdani campaign gave a lonely generation something to bond over. โ€œAddicted to their screens, strapped for cash, spiritually unmoored and socially stunted by the pandemic, young New Yorkers needed a reason to get out of the house. They found it in Zohran Mamdaniโ€™s mayoral run." New York Times

05.11.2025 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Military necessity, obviously.

28.10.2025 23:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Federal Judge Skewers Top Trump Officials Over โ€˜Troublingโ€™ Statements Against Abrego Garcia Read more here.

American "justice" appears to be somewhat elastic.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

#Bondi #Noem #DOJ #Garcia

28.10.2025 23:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Make Israel a monarchy again The only way to stop a bad guy with a personality cult is a good guy with a personality cult

open.substack.com/pub/abinyami...

#Israel #America #Kings #CultLeaders

28.10.2025 13:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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White House Moves Toward Settlement With First Public University

Academia has too few white students, who have been discriminated against for hundreds of years--or since 2024.

#Education #Universities

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

22.10.2025 01:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gestapo didn't care. They showed up in suits and off you went.

17.10.2025 03:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Complete bullshit from the pro-Trump NYT.

11.10.2025 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Memo in a Bunker, Intercepted Communications and Hamasโ€™s Oct. 7 Plans

In case anyone missed the point of October 7.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/w...

#Hamas #Pogrom #JewHatred

11.10.2025 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When the left sacrificed hostages And won elections in the process

Israeli hostage "deals," popular among liberals, beget more terror--and more hostages.

#Terrorism #Israel

open.substack.com/pub/abinyami...

11.10.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

BREAKING NEWS:

A panel of distinguished British scientists will soon release a report that definitively links Diet Coke to autism.

#bmj.com #Medsky #science #autism
#DietCoke

09.10.2025 23:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In Hebrew, the sixth commandment says "Thou shalt not murder."

Jews (and, one supposes, their Christian acolytes) accept killing for a just cause.

07.10.2025 22:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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After losing mother and daughter on Oct. 7, Galit Dan says she does not seek revenge, but healing * * *

#๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

07.10.2025 21:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You liberals! Always believing in facts and reality. I trust our beloved fuhrer because he don't make no shit up. ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ

07.10.2025 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

More like "Moll Flanders."

07.10.2025 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You gotta retire. I have and every day is great. I admit I don't know the day or the month most of the time, but that's the price of happiness.

24th Inf Div vet.

07.10.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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May God bless and keep the wall... ...far away from us

Jews worship in semi-fortified isolation. Christians, who carried out anti-Jewish pogroms for millennia, worship openly and peacefully. Who is the greater evil?

#Judaism #Christianity

open.substack.com/pub/abinyami...

06.10.2025 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just read a history of the Buchanan presidency (1857-1861). Appalling story of divided loyalties.

06.10.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Putin and Netanyahu discuss Trumpโ€™s Gaza Plan, Iranโ€™s nuclear program in phone call * * *

#Putin loves to fish in troubled waters.
#Gaza #Israel

www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

06.10.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sexual selection drives sex difference in adult life expectancy across mammals and birds Sexual size dimorphism and mating system contribute to male and female life-span differences across wild and zoo populations.

I feel cheated.

#SexHormones #Longevity #Sciencesky #Medsky

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

02.10.2025 01:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump had indicated . . . that he would leverage the shutdown to inflict pain on programs and workers that Democrats prioritize. On Wednesday, (OMB) said the administration will use the shutdown to block funding from infrastructure projects in states run by Democrats.

#PettyPolitics

01.10.2025 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Patton and Bismarck could solve America's domestic terrorism problem. Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!

01.10.2025 17:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Who's meeting in Geneva? The Republicans? Way too early for conventions, in my opinion.

01.10.2025 16:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Your email text kind of soft pedals the current emergency need for fierce warriors. ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿ˜ฑ

01.10.2025 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What a farce. Does this mean separate but equal tunnels? If so, then Black America will be required to dig its own way into NYC.

01.10.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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