Terri Wise

Opinion | The Democrats’ Problems Are Bigger Than You Think

Food for thought. I might not agree with Brooks on what a new-vision Democratic Party would look like, but I do agree that the party’s thinking has been way too small and confined. The time for that kind of thinking has passed. It’s not going to be enough to counteract recent shifts.

Opinion | A Punk Survival Guide for Gen Z

This is more vital than it might seem. Worth your consideration, IMO.

This might be part of why I live here. The theater is filling up for a Wednesday night screening of the 1940 film The Mortal Storm, a part of a “F**k the Nazis” film series.

Another Activist Judge is Protecting Criminal Illegal Immigrant Monsters It’s another attempt by a far-left activist judge to dictate the foreign policy of the United States — and protect the violent criminal illegal immigrants

This whole article… calling people “monsters”. This is an official US gov’t publication. Our tax dollars are supporting this.

Opinion | Harvard Derangement Syndrome

This is well written and mostly nuanced. Worth a read. And can we please get this part straight: Trump et al don’t give a shit about Jews. They’re using a highly sensitive and emotional issue to manipulate people to their personal ends.

This is still part of the Constitution, FYI: "[N]o Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust... shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."

U.S. Is Added to Human Rights Watchlist The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, due to declining civil liberties.

Yesterday I saw someone refer to Trump as “class”. How do you figure? time.com/7266334/us-h...

I don’t follow a lot of sports writers, but I grew up in State College, Penn State is in my blood, and I follow you. I hope you land in a good place and that we’ll keep seeing and hearing your work. Good luck.

Politicians spoke at the protest in Boston. I’m curious whether that was the case in any other places.

Don’t discourage people. Bigger peaceful protests are harder to ignore and harder for Trump etc. to reframe.

So, she can’t disagree with some of her colleagues?

We were all thinking it.

Penn State Men’s Hockey on X: "DIMARSICO CALLED GAME!!!!!! #WeAre #HockeyValley https://t.co/SkiVVbjF9U" / X DIMARSICO CALLED GAME!!!!!! #WeAre #HockeyValley https://t.co/SkiVVbjF9U

Tonight the men's hockey team from the old hometown U, Penn State, beat UConn and are going to the Frozen Four for the first time in school history. Check out this nifty winner (apologies for linking to X--I tried but could not find an alternative video source).

We Mapped DOGE’s Silicon Valley and Corporate Connections If Elon Musk is America's CEO, DOGE is the Silicon Valley executive branch.

People with ties to Meta, Amazon, and Facebook are all implicated.

We must have due process for every person or no one is safe. It is blatantly unconstitutional to take away any person's freedom without due process. The only exceptions to the due process clause state that members of the armed forces can be court-martialed rather than appear before a grand jury.

As top Trump aides sent texts on Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in Russia As top Trump cabinet members sent texts in a Signal group chat, CBS News analysis shows one of them, Steve Witkoff, was in Russia.

Total incompetence, and gross negligence to put a legal point on it:

Trump WH "envoy Steve Witkoff was in Moscow, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, when he was included in a group chat with more than a dozen other top administration officials" discussing war plans on Signal.

Right

‘This Is Worse’: Trump’s Judicial Defiance Veers Beyond the Autocrat Playbook (Gift Article) The president’s escalating conflict with federal courts is even more aggressive than what happened in countries like Hungary and Turkey, experts say.

ICYMI

Weaponizing antisemitism makes students 'less safe,' says drafter of definition Kenneth Stern, who drafted a widely used definition of antisemitism, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism claims to stifle speech and debate on the Middle East on college campuses.

Kenneth Stern, who drafted a widely used definition of antisemitism, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism claims to stifle speech and debate on the Middle East on college campuses.

Opinion | Sorry, R.F.K.: There Is No Autism Mystery Greater awareness, not vaccines, has driven an increase in diagnoses.

How we define our world changes. That's not always a bad thing.

Six years ago today, my beautiful mother died. I still can’t believe it sometimes. The world is not right without her in it.

This is all assuming the normal levers of justice are working. This administration is essentially saying that's not happening and challenging the world to try to stop them. So far, they're not stopping for anybody.

What possible good can come from purging Pentagon websites of suicide prevention content?

Boom

Yes, but at this point you are preaching to the choir. What are you going to do? What are we going to do?

This is wrong. This is bad. And of course he "doesn't give a shit". Please tell me that is not news to anyone.

One Painting Got Me Through Winter Piet Mondrian pioneered abstract painting. But he kept painting flowers — flowers that our critic Jason Farago can’t stop thinking about. What makes them so magnetic?

I love Mondrian, perhaps especially for his landscapes, women, and flowers, and this piece gets it.

It's an interesting question, honestly. My insurance is through my work, but it's weird a la carte thing? I'm not honestly sure if a repeal of the ACA would affect it. That would be hugely unpopular, but that's not really stopping them from doing anything else.

Good luck to you. I'm keeping my eyes open, but I don't have any realistic ideas for my own prospects at the moment.

I'm jealous that you have options. Genuinely.