Hilary Marcoe Brown

Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws

Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.

Gov Mills: See you in court

In late 2013, a colleague @waelalzayat.bsky.social brought a data file to my office in the State Department. It contained photos reminiscent of the Holocaust, cataloguing the bodies of thousands of individual Syrians who'd been tortured or starved to death in this prison and others.

European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.

"The EFJ is the largest organisation of journalists in Europe, representing over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries."

Well, there was an area in the basement of the Firestone Library that was pretty unpleasant ... ;-)

OOPS -- ALUM! Sorry, Princeton! And when is BlueSky planning to include an edit feature?! You got some work to do here, BlueSky techies.

Christopher Rufo Has Trump’s Ear and Wants to End DEI for Good From his perch outside Seattle, the 40-year-old documentary filmmaker and writer has become one of the country’s most influential culture warriors, waging public fights against diversity, equity and i...

Rufo has been invited to Mar-a-Lago to present a plan to geld U.S. universities by withholding money if they don’t reduce diversity measures. It's the latest Rufo quest to end activities that he says divide Americans and foster bias against groups, including white men.

www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

The good old days -- when the worst political drama was the student revolt/demonstration to keep Nixon's George Schultz (a Princeton slum) from speaking on campus. Relatively speaking, the age of innocence ...

I watched every season of Law & Order SVU and I took the LSAT.

I am prepared to lead the Department of Justice 🫡

No, worked. Woodrow Wilson School (now Princeton School of International Affairs) editor for awesome SE Asia expert Peter Kunstadter. When Vietnam wound down, for FedJudge/FBI/FISA Allan Kornblum, Security Director (drug busts, mania when Ferdinand/Imelda Marcos w/ scary posse visited daughter. Fun!

Trump Is Building the Most Anti-Semitic Cabinet in Decades Donald Trump has vowed to “defeat anti-Semitism.” His Cabinet picks tell a very different story.

"Donald Trump has vowed to 'defeat anti-Semitism.' His Cabinet picks tell a very different story."
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Americans didn’t want another old president so they elected a 78-year-old.

Americans wanted to end crime so they elected a criminal.

Keep it going lol

Question of the hour:

Was Matt Gaetz just a stalking horse for Todd Blanche or John Sauer?

The astonishing legal arguments they’ve been willing to make on Trump’s behalf cast a dark cloud over their credentials as “normal” DOJ types . . .

What Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Is Really About Revenge on the military is just the start of it.

Pete Hegseth has a history of scandals and few qualifications to serve as secretary of defense—but this may be a distraction from a far greater danger, @radiofreetom.bsky.social tells Hanna Rosin on "Radio Atlantic":

No vetting at all, no background checks, and then blanket security clearances for all.

Agencies holding national security sensitive material are presumably thinking very hard right now about what material they're going to leave behind in the files on Jan 20...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Is raw milk safe? Science has a clear answer. Raw milk consumption is on the rise.

Raw milk sales are rising, despite emerging concerns over live avian flu in unpasteurized dairy, and it’s increasingly a political talking point, reports Lauren Leffer for Popular Science.

Gotta find a spot for Herschel Walker in this cabinet and space is running out!

Can These Ex-Hollywood Chimps Find a Place Among the Apes? Behind the scenes at a Chicago zoo, chimpanzees who spent years entertaining humans are learning to befriend their own kind.

Can These Ex-Hollywood Chimps Find a Place Among the Apes?

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/s...

I have never seen so many grown men and women weeping at a sporting event. What a privilege it has been to witness, for more than two decades, the closest thing to perfection of skill and character and humility in sports. Thank you for the glorious journey, Rafa. ❤