The old saw about right-wingers that every accusation is a confession is mostly true. But you rarely see it as clearly stated as Trump's demands on Harvard. Apparently this was the breaking point for Harvard: cluster hires for conservatives. [image or embed] — Charles Petersen (@cpetersen.bsky.social)...
This is the grave of Nathaniel Hill. Born in 1832 in Montgomery, New York, Hill grew up on a farm, but pretty well off. His older brother went to Yale,.
Can't they even find somebody to execute a proper shakedown anymore? Harvard University received an emailed letter from the Trump administration last Friday that included a series of demands about.
Unsplash - Xiangkun ZHU No it's the Harvard University admins who are to blame for responding to the threatening letter. The Trump administration’s war with Harvard University is apparently all one big whoops. A senior Trump official told Harvard University that the letter it received last...
Unsplash - Mario Sessions On topic - stay on it. Out: Acting head of IRS Gary Shapley, installed by President Musk three days ago. Donald Trump is replacing the acting.
Great work by Sean O'Brien! The freight guys have really started freaking out over the past 48-72 hours:[image or embed]— Conor Sen (@conorsen.bsky.social) April 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM OTOH,.
CDC 4/18/2025 Please stay on topic in the comments. For those of you who need a little help, the topic is HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.'s response to the ongoing measles outbreak. That's not a joke, even though his response has included touting "miraculous cures,"...
Trump is just openly, unambiguously defying court orders now: With these posts, they’ve made it essentially inarguable that they’re deliberately defying the Supreme Court.[image or embed]— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social) April 18,.
Yet more data about the impact of Trump turning in US into a pariah state: Overseas travel to the United States has declined sharply since President Donald Trump returned to.
Please stay on topic in the comments. If you aren't certain what the topic is, don't comment. Thanks! HHS Secretary Kennedy is an eugenicist piece of shit who really hates autistic people. He has been following a common right wing tactic, which is to wave a...
The new Republican populism! A mass firing at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday leaves the agency without sufficient staff to fulfill its statutory goals or even the priorities.
The North Korea-in-Kursk situation is getting complicated. North Korean performance has improved considerably, and since the Kursk operation has largely ended it's an open question whether elements of the Korean.