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Brent Staples

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Delta husband. Fellow - the Society of American Historians. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for writing on the legacies of slavery “with extraordinary moral clarity.”

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How far will honorary whiteness take him?

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👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

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A special good morning to Kate Bush

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She is always the real deal

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She is right on time - right on point

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You do the Olde Dominion proud

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“Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize”
- Vida Boheme

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Saturday Boston Globe

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Gay Head, 4:04 PM

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A puppy and unlimited toilet paper? Legal experts say Ghislaine Maxwell’s alleged prison life is uncommon Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking of teen girls – and her treatment is prompting speculation

“Detention Diva” - Epstein co/conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell is living the high life behind bars www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Vanity Fair Is Reviewing Its Ties to Olivia Nuzzi

New Vanity Fair editor - off to a great start: Reviewing “Ties” to Olivia Nuzzi www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...

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Gym music

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Brooklyn Backyard #1 - final harvest, 2025

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💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

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This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.

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Gym music 🏋🏾‍♂️

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Same-day split screen:

@ericlipton.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

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👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

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Wow

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Lawrence Summers to Stop Teaching at Harvard While It Investigates His Epstein Ties

Lawrence Summers to Stop Teaching at Harvard While It Investigates His Epstein Ties www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...

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Essential: from Cambridge University Press - by one of the leading scholars of the slave trades.

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The Epstein Saga Has Only Just Begun The next phase will involve ensuring Trump complies with the disclosures. Let us distrust and verify.

I am betting that the Epstein records have been scrubbed.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

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Moreover: what does “stepping away” even mean.

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🏋🏾‍♂️ music

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He does that particular thing very well

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👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

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yes but he only exercises power without congressional approval when doing so is illegal

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And a warm welcome to Ms. Chase Infiniti

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Like the castle in its corner in a medieval game/
I foresee terrible trouble/
And I stay here just the same/

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Amen

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