Jim Hyde

Opinion | Trump and Hegseth’s backward-facing message to the generals A preoccupation with “woke” culture and “enemies” won’t prepare the military for the high-tech demands of 21st-century war.

“Beijing would be delighted if America focused on how many push-ups a soldier can do rather than how many computer tools he or she can use.” (gift article)

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All Hail the Showmen The nation’s senior military leaders were called to Quantico not for strategy, but for theater.

And the crowd went silent.

You'll never SEE this in or on the MSM in America. This is from British Newspaper "The Mirror". DERANGED INDEED!

I would add to the list the ACLU and Human Rights Watch.

The Assault on Health Care Access Vote for Your Life!

The Assault on Health Care Access-Here's another great piece primarily for a lay audience that describes just what's at stake in the current battle over H.R.1. open.substack.com/pub/tonyschl...

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No explanation needed.

Psychotic-y megalomaniacal behavior

The U.S. government has jumped the public health shark “The Trump regime sees science as an enemy and public health as only fit for personal anecdotes and conspiracy,” writes Arthur Caplan.

"Americans cannot trust the federal government’s health advice" www.statnews.com/2025/09/23/t...

Vote for Your Life! The Trump administration's attack on science

Vote for Your Life! I highly recommend this important new health policy blog authored by my colleague Dr. Tony Schlaff.
open.substack.com/pub/tonyschl...

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

Nothing much else need be said. The Congress and voters have a chance to end this insanity. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

The wildest thing about this era is watching so many institutions say out loud yeah, we’re done committing ourselves to excellence, we’re going to specialize in the coddling of mediocre white men

The Silence of the Generals As President Donald Trump crossed a dangerous line at Fort Bragg, the brass failed to speak out in the Army’s defense.

Tom Nichols nailed it in this brief piece. Has Trump so infiltrated the military command that scenes like this can happen?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Trump’s most sweeping travel ban yet draws anxiety, criticism in Vermont - VTDigger The order is “blatantly racist, and rooted in unfounded fear and political posturing,” said Molly Gray, executive director of the Afghan Alliance in Burlington, in a statement this week.

vtdigger.org/2025/06/06/t... Calling this travel ban blatantly racist is charitable. It plays no role in further protecting us, in fact it does quite the opposite as we betray commitments to "friends" and families.

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Tesla sales in Europe drop for a 5th consecutive month 🚨

www.reuters.com/business/aut...

Well. There you have it. Ignorance, incompetence and indifference.

Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.

Many others are posting abt this too but this graphic viscerally shows how dire the presidential budget is for NASA 🔭🧪and worldwide astronomy. I can’t express how sad this makes me, as an American scientist. And it’s mostly already paid for projects, so also no logic in terms of saving money.

Happy Pride Month to all those who aren't hateful bigots.

Or, we're all going to die. But some of you are going to die sooner because of these cuts. And my message is please stop whining about it because me and my top supporters just don't care about that.

Two refugee families. Two very different experiences under Trump. A South African family was given a fast track to entering the U.S. as refugees. A family from Myanmar is struggling amid cuts to resettlement agencies under Trump.

The Langtons from South Africa were given a fast track to refugee status in America. The Mehraz family from Myanmar, who saw their neighbors rounded up and shot to death, is struggling after cuts to refugee resettlement agencies.

I wouldn’t have either given how Trump and Vance have been acting

Anybody who looks different is a target. Pretty soon they'll want to deport indigenous people who have been here since before Columbus.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/31/metro/milford-high-school-student-volleyball-detained-ice/

Ohh please.

#FACTS

I’m a proud member of the bipartisan Mental Health Caucus in Congress. This is a huge crisis affecting every family all over the country, especially for young people.

Remember, facing mental health challenges doesn't make you weak, it makes you human. Asking for help is brave!

Defending Medicaid Cuts, Ernst Tells Iowans, ‘We All Are Going to Die’

This is one of the few factual statements to have come out of Republicans. In fact, the force of mortality is one of the few hopes we all have left for bringing this nightmare to a conclusion.
Defending Medicaid Cuts, Ernst Tells Iowans, ‘We All Are Going to Die’ www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

Congratulations to Harvard Chan School's Class of 2025, comprising 615 graduates from 33 U.S. states and 52 countries, who will officially be granted their degrees from Harvard University today at the Commencement Morning Exercises.

Watch the ceremony at hsph.me/graduation

#HarvardChan25