As the stock market collapses, prices rise, and the economy tilts toward recession, just remember: Congressional Republicans can stop it all anytime they want by asserting their Constitutional authority over tariffs.

Well-done Nate Weisberg profile of Batya Ungar-Sargon washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/09/who…

Very glad to see President Garber leading Harvard and I hope all universities in resisting extralegal and unreasonable demands from the federal government. thecrimson.com/article/2025/4…

This is the missing explanation for why so many seemingly sane Republicans obey Trump: physical fear of his armed mob. In the Senate, there are many more cowards than cultists. nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/… via @NYTimes

Heartbreaking story about children dying of starvation in Sudan because of policies of Donald J. Trump and Elon Musk nytimes.com/2025/04/19/wor…

Arsonist blames fire department nytimes.com/2025/04/21/bus… via @NYTimes

Clearly this was supposed to say “Ruin.”

Chicago Pope, Tuesdays on NBC

I’m very sorry, but even the Pope can’t be a Cubs fan AND a White Socks fan. abc7chicago.com/post/2025-is-n…

In Pope Leo’s first address to the media, he called for the release of imprisoned journalists around the world. CPJ’s prison census documented its second-highest number of journalists behind bars with a global total of at least 361 journalists incarcerated on December 1, 2024.

CPJ, Freedom of the Press Foundation, International Women's Media Foundation, PEN America and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press are launching a network to provide legal and safety resources and training to journalists and newsrooms in the U.S. Learn more: cpj.org/?p=481029

The stakes could not be higher. If Trump can defeat Harvard, and with it universities across the country, it would be a major step on his path to dictatorial power Noah Feldman says bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

During Watergate, George F. Will, who had become the National Review’s Washington correspondent and a fierce critic of Richard Nixon, mordantly observed that Buckley and his colleagues “didn’t really like Nixon until it became clear he was a criminal.” washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/01/god…

Reality TV Politik is exaclty the right name for Trump's foreign policy. thefp.com/p/niall-fergus…

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f Paramount settles Donald Trump's spurious, meritless lawsuit against 60 Minutes, it will damage press freedom in America. I've written Shari Redstone a letter on behalf of the Committee to Protect Journalists, urging her not to capitulate: cpj.org/2025/06/cpj-ur… Committee to Protect Journalists

Let me improve this headline: Trump Says Nobody Knows His Plan on Iran — Including Him. nytimes.com/live/2025/06/1…

This 2018 piece from Gilad Edelman is very instructive. Today’s young, Bernie-inspired leftist intellectuals are really just New Deal liberals: washingtonmonthly.com/2018/07/15/the…

"We are concerned by the lawsuit filed by Governor Gavin Newsom against Fox News and urge him to drop the case. Lawsuits like this risk becoming a form of censorship and send a troubling message to news organizations: that they may face legal retaliation for their work." —

Shame on Shari Redstone and the management and board at Paramount. You're paying a corrupt bribe to the President, humiliating a storied news organization, and damaging American journalism.