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The White House Gold Rush Is On (www.nytimes.com)
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The White House Gold Rush Is On (www.nytimes.com)
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Who Attended Trump’s Dinner for the Saudi Crown Prince? (www.nytimes.com)
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Trump Berates One Reporter and Tells Another,‘Quiet Piggy’ (www.nytimes.com)
Trump Told a Woman, ‘Quiet, Piggy,’ When She Asked Him About Epstein in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] silence7@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Tech issues on slrpnk.net right now, so using a different account.

Anyways, there's a reason Trump had dinner with King Bonesaw this evening

Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] silence7@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I used a gift link so people should mostly not need that.

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Newsom Proposes to Ease Permits for Oil Drilling in California (www.bloomberg.com)
 

I'll note the context here:

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Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein (www.nytimes.com)
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For nearly 15 years, the two men socialized together in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Fla., before a falling out that preceded Mr. Epstein’s first arrest.

I'll note that the basic facts here have been public for a while — the NYT ran a story about them in 2019, but they're re-upping it in light of the WSJ's publication of a letter to Epstein

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Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein (www.nytimes.com)
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For nearly 15 years, the two men socialized together in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Fla., before a falling out that preceded Mr. Epstein’s first arrest.

I'll note that the basic facts here have been public for a while — the NYT ran a story about them in 2019, but they're re-upping it in light of the WSJ's publication of a letter to Epstein

Democrats' David Hogg problem not over despite DNC's vote to remove him in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] silence7@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

The way you achieve more is typically showing up at your local Democratic Club meetings or county party meetings.

*Permanently Deleted* in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] silence7@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I'll be at one near me. Hope everyone else is too

[Republican] Senator’s ‘Send In the Troops’ Op-Ed in The Times Draws Online Ire in c/nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
[–] silence7@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

He published a new one calling for the same thing now

The NYT article is old; the WSJ one new

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As Trump Unwinds Federal Oversight, States Become Battlegrounds for Environmental Data (www.desmog.com)
 

Under Louisiana’s 2024 CAMRA law, community groups now fear they could face fines of up to $32,500 per day – or even $1 million for ‘intentional’ violations – for talking publicly about evidence of airborne pollution, except under a narrow set of circumstances.

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Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference (www.nytimes.com)
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Rep. Moulton says many Marine junior officers are opposed to LA deployment (www.wbur.org)
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Climate change drives record-breaking heat in Iceland and Greenland challenging cold adapted ecosystems and societies (www.worldweatherattribution.org)
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There is somewhat less informative coverage of this from the Associated Press as well

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It’s Code Red for Vaccines in America (www.nytimes.com)
Trump team plans to send thousands of migrants to Guantanamo starting as soon as this week | The use of the facility would send another signal of deterrence amid immigration crackdown. in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] silence7@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

It's very efficient at funneling money to contractors.

Trump team plans to send thousands of migrants to Guantanamo starting as soon as this week | The use of the facility would send another signal of deterrence amid immigration crackdown. in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] silence7@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

The cruelty and harm is the point of these kinds of policy

Trump Says FEMA Phaseout to Begin After Hurricane Season in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] silence7@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Its when the Sharpies give you a bad trip

This Is What Autocracy Looks Like in c/nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
[–] silence7@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

More importantly, its about building public opinion in favor of impeachment in the here and now

DHS secretary seeks military arrests in Los Angeles in leaked letter in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] silence7@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Its who the US military was allowed to randomly kill in Vietnam.

LA Protests Live Updates: California Will Sue Trump Over National Guard Deployment, Newsom Says in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] silence7@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Mostly, an effort to shift public opinion against the federal attack on citizens, to in turn pressure Trump

Dr. Phil was embedded with ICE during controversial Los Angeles immigration raids in c/california@lemmy.world
[–] silence7@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

They were filming be-afraid-of-scary-brown-people propaganda

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