Stephen Davenport

Hilarious. So true...

A photo shows the front of the NPR building. Text reads: "NPR Sues Trump Over Order to Cut Funding." Photo by Eric Lee/The New York Times

NPR sued President Trump on Tuesday over his executive order that aims to end federal funding for NPR and PBS. The lawsuit said Trump’s order violated the Constitution and the First Amendment’s protections for freedom of speech. nyti.ms/3FAAM98

As the courts have ruled 125+ times: The Trump admin is trampling the law

With the Qatari plane & crypto emoluments make that 126

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This Is the Way a World Order Ends Americans once associated spheres of influence with a cynical, volatile European past. Now Washington is resurrecting them.

“What the world once took for granted in the U.S. is now in question. And because America was the crucial player in the international order, the tremors of its earthquake are felt everywhere,” Margaret MacMillan writes:

Israel bombs Lebanon’s Beirut, kills dozens in Gaza Deadly Israeli attacks continue across Gaza as mediators say there has been some progress in truce talks.

The number of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza since dawn has now risen to 50 people, medical sources tell Al Jazeera.

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The Conservative Case for Leaving Harvard Alone The Supreme Court precedent allowing the IRS to revoke a university’s tax-exempt status is a textualist’s nightmare.

The IRS has begun planning to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status. But the legal basis for that move is one that “conservatives, more than anyone, should oppose,” Conor Clarke writes:

Make America make again? Trump’s tariffs will only be manufacturing pipe dreams | John Naughton The president’s gambit to bring the production of goods such as iPhones back to the US ignores huge supply chain complexities

Make America make again? Trump’s tariffs will only be manufacturing pipe dreams | John Naughton

Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library? An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.

Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.

An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.