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Trump phones a friend. August 19, 2025

"The only real accomplishment was that European leaders were able to successfully prevent Trump from acting like a petulant toddler by telling him that he was “the most special little boy in all the world.” Trump phones a friend. open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

The Little Angel [Marionette] Theatre and one of its founders, Lyndie Wright is the #SpitalifieldsLife feature today. Down memory lane for me to this special place. Thanks, @thegentleauthor.bsky.social

Hopium's Resolutions Project Welcome to Hopium’s Resolutions Project where we aspire to let Facts be shared with a candid world in communities all across the United States.

www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/hopiums-re...

the more gold leaf the better

#beeinflower

Cockney Yiddish: how two languages influenced each other in London’s East End For a younger generation of secular Jews, Yiddish is acquiring a new appeal.

theconversation.com/cockney-yidd...

Common Sense about Negotiations For Americans about Ukraine

"The country defending itself, Ukraine, can generally only explain how things are. If Americans are hungry for a quick solution, we may not listen, because the facts on the ground demand attention and then policy"
Common Sense about Negotiations open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

I wish newspapers wouldn't treat all these executive orders as though they all have teeth and power and stuff. Lots of them are just the fulminations of a geriatric clown and mean nothing or will be overturned in court or are just distractions from what Trump wants to hide about his Epstein crimes.

"kakistocracy: government by the most incompetent, ill-suited people" Joyce Vance, The Week Ahead

The Wall, painting by Lake District artist Libby Edmondson. View from Lingmoor to the Langdale Pikes. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

NEW: Astounding scenes on the streets of Tel Aviv tonight as 300,000 join an anti-war protest.

(🎥 Noga Tarnopolsky)

YouTube video by Hands of the Heron Hands of the Heron - Half Moon Horizon (live)

#SongForToday youtu.be/DEB2dt6BAkM?...

Trump in Anchorage: A Humiliation. Trump in DC: A Phony Spectacle. Donald Trump cares only about imagery. Here is what happens when a foreign leader understands images far better than Trump does. And what images reveal about MAGA's bogus commitment to ‘safety’ in DC.

Trump in Anchorage: A Humiliation. Trump in DC: A Phony Spectacle.
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Have Coffee With Me Sunday Morning? Sunday morning at 10 ET/9 CT/7 PT, I’ll be having coffee with my friend and former DOJ colleague Mary McCord and you’re invited to join us on Substack Live.

Have Coffee With Me Sunday Morning?
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#ColorForToday is the green in the artist Paul Hoffman's painting, this one, and others, and two other artists, on view at the gallery at Forbes Library, Northampton, MA

visithampshirecounty.com/museum-trail

'Whether rich or poor, it was the longest of nights': How a 2003 blackout brought New York City to a standstill On 14 August 2003, 22 years ago this week, the electricity cut out for more than 50 million people in the US and Canada. The BBC was in New York City when the lights went out.

www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

LIVE: Gavin Newsom speaks on California’s plan to redraw congressional maps YouTube video by Associated Press

www.youtube.com/live/9xshWDU...

🚨 Since 1980 almost £200 BILLION worth of public housing has been sold under Right to Buy.

£176 billion of that now sits in the hands of private landlords.

Hurry, hurry, hurry! It’s Trump’s great Ukraine giveaway. Bargains galore, if your name is Vladimir Putin | Marina Hyde The Art of the Deal, the Art of War: I doubt the US president has read or understood either. If Zelenskyy is a worried man, who can blame him?, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Hurry, hurry, hurry! It’s Trump’s great Ukraine giveaway. Bargains galore, if your name is Vladimir Putin | Marina Hyde

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Sanders Bill Would Fight Trump Effort to 'Dismantle Social Security' | Common Dreams U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced the Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act, legislation intended to thwart President Donald Trump's attacks on the agency that administers benefits for millio...

Sanders Bill Would Fight Trump Effort to 'Dismantle Social Security' www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

Public health in the face of trauma and violence And what you can do.

Public health in the face of trauma and violence
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"Liberation Day" in Washington, D.C. The Save America Movement is a citizens committee aimed at opposing the corruption, abuses of power and divisions of the Trump regime.

"Liberation Day" in Washington, D.C.
open.substack.com/pub/saveamer...

Guest columnist Faye Wolfe: Nothing immoral in opposing Hawley Street project By FAYE WOLFE

Faye Wolfe: Nothing immoral in opposing Hawley Street project
(in Northampton, MA)

Read this article from Daily Hampshire Gazette: www.gazettenet.com/Guest-column...

Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.

"We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."

Since we passed the Affordable Care Act, Republicans have tried over and over to repeal it. And over and over, they’ve failed — in part because millions of people now depend on the ACA for quality, affordable health care.

Texas Senate Passes Political Map Rigged for Trump as Abbott Threatens Second Session | Common Dreams Despite a walkout by most Democrats in the Texas Senate, the chamber's 19 Republicans voted to approve a new congressional map that favors the GOP, which they aim to force through at President Donald ...

​​​"This mid-decade redistricting isn't about fair representation—it's about politicians picking their voters instead of voters choosing their leaders," said the Texas Senate Democratic Caucus. www.commondreams.org/news/texas-r...