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Many presidents have sent troops into action without waiting for Congress to declare war, but Trump’s attack on Iran is a particularly stark case.
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Khamenei, the Islamic Republic's second supreme leader, has been killed. He had held power since 1989, guiding Iran through difficult times — and overseeing the violent suppression of dissent.
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On War: thoughts on Trump’s order for military action, the Constitution, and the people:
open.substack.com/pub/steveins...
Ann Godoff, who published and edited authors from Ron Chernow to Zadie Smith to Salman Rushdie, died this week at 76.
She was also my publisher and editor. Once we disagreed and she let me have my way. I decided later that she had been right, and just did what she said after that.
Remembering Ann Godoff, the legendary publisher who has died at 76.
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Stitt’s views haven’t changed: He was eager in 2024 to deport criminals and still is. The difference of opinion is over what to do with people working jobs. He says many in his Trump-voting state want them to stay. Read more here:
open.substack.com/pub/steveins...
Gov. Stitt of Oklahoma has his own ideas about work permits for people without legal status. Watch the NPR video with Stitt here:
youtu.be/rocVETp7pb0?...
This is the amazing part: OK Gov. Kevin Stitt, a critic of Trump’s immigration policy, was so on board just 14 months ago that he was preparing to help on Day One.
Now, as seen in an NPR video, he is among the Republicans who say Trump is going too far. Before and after:
Oklahomans - and people who follow tribal issues - may note the NPR video interview with OK Gov. Kevin Stitt.
The Republican identifies as Cherokee. He also has battled with the Cherokee Nation and other tribes in OK. A long passage on this begins 19:27:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rocV...
A fascinating passage of the NPR video also discusses Stitt’s identity as a member of the Cherokee Nation. He is proud of that identity, which has not stopped him from battles with Cherokee leaders over the control of land.
Watch the full video here:
youtu.be/rocVETp7pb0?...
A fascinating passage of the NPR video also discusses Stitt’s identity as a member of the Cherokee Nation. He is proud of that identity, which has not stopped him from battles with Cherokee leaders over the control of land.
Watch the full video here:
youtu.be/-DpE4wBl3zM?...
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, in talking about the future of the Republican Party, says: “We have to get back to integrity.”
In an NPR video, Stitt says it’s “un-American” to cancel economic projects “based on our political views.” Also opposes politicizing the Justice Dept.
My NPR colleague Rachel Treisman is at the Olympics, and her newsletter marked Friday the 13th by asking “what kind of rituals and superstitions this year's crop of Olympians brought to the Games.”
One involves cat pictures!
You can sign up here: npr.org/wintergames
Best donation I've made in years
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Here's the interview with Jayapal, worth hearing in its entirety. Also Mace:
www.npr.org/2026/02/12/n...
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“I think [Bondi] probably opened it up to us on Monday, two days before the hearing so she could see what we were going to search and ask her about."
12.02.2026 19:24 — 👍 21 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0“It's completely against the separation of powers. We are supposed to be able to, as lawmakers, go in, review the files take whatever we want from there, not be surveilled and spied on by the Department of Justice. That was my search history…”
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“They are tracking all of the documents that members of Congress open. And they're tracking everything that you do in that room.”
Next, Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal. AG Pam Bondi was photographed at Wednesday's Epstein files hearing with a document labeled “Jayapal Pramila Search History.”
On NPR this morning, two lawmakers talk of the DOJ surveilling their searches in the unredacted Epstein files. First, GOP Rep. Nancy Mace: "There is a tech person who logs you into the computer. They log you into the computer because they're giving you your own identification...”
12.02.2026 19:24 — 👍 42 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 1The show was just plain creative, and joyful, and wholesome, and made you want to be in that field, at that wedding, on that street getting coffee in a tiny paper cup. Generous too, Bad Bunny kept sharing the stage.
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Federal immigration agents keep saying they need access to inmates in the Minnesota prison system who may have deportation orders.
Yet Minnesota keeps saying they are already doing this. They offered receipts this weekend.
As I said on NPR this morning, @mprnews.org Minnesota Public Radio has done a fantastic job all month—has it only been a month?—covering the hardest of stories and often informing the whole country through reports heard on NPR.
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Thanks, Bluefolk.
It seems you liked her answer. You don’t get the answer if someone doesn’t ask the question.
Your definition of “both sides” here is literally that someone on your side is interviewed in front of millions of listeners, and isn’t solely asked about your side’s talking points.
Thanks. I think your reply answers your question. You heard the story and plainly heard enough facts and context to make your own judgement of who was right and wrong in the events discussed.
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Thanks for this response.
Vonnegut’s books made people laugh at serious things. It’s what people love about him.
Some people didn’t understand, which may explain why he’s banned so much.
I’d invite you to consider the story, and your reaction to it, in that light.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
My favorite story today: The estate of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is suing Utah over a law that’s being used to ban Vonnegut’s novel Slaughterhouse Five.
Hear the arguments for and against—including from Vonnegut’s daughter, who was present as he wrote.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
