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Yuval Noah Harari on the essence of Judaism...

“If after 2,000 years the Jews simply become the Romans, what was the point?” The historian Yuval Noah Harari joins @nytopinion columnist Ezra Klein to discuss how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reliance on military force threatens to dismantle the core spiritual essence of Judaism. #theezrakleinshow #nytopinion

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Seeing Things – Trump: Gold In The Capitol? – Liza Donnelly

And the Epstein Files are still not released…

By Liza Donnelly, November 3, 2025

Trump really would rather not have a legislative branch of any kind. Plus, the building that houses that branch of democracy is not gaudy enough for him.

And this just in: Trump says he’s only going to make partial SNAP payments this month.

CBS News did an interview with Trump on 60 Minutes, and surprise surprise, it was a nothing burger. Nora O’Donnell did not push back, although at times early on, she appeared to try a little. The less than half hour interview (which I fell asleep for part of) was heavily edited. A full transcript of the interview was later published, along with a 73-minute-long extended version online. Trump got what he wanted from a network now run by sympathizers.

Good news: Heather K. Gerken, the new head of the Ford Foundation, said Friday that the foundation, which has a long history of supporting social justice and civil rights initiatives, was undeterred. Her priority, she said, was “defending the rule of law and protecting our election system.” She sees protecting democracy as a non-partisan issue. The Ford Foundation has been the repeated target of JD Vance since he became Vice President. Gerken is undetered, saying,

“When the Ford Foundation funded the civil rights movement, it was a source of controversy,” she said. “It was incredibly important that we were protected in doing that work. When the Ford Foundation stood up to protect free speech and dissent during the McCarthy era, it was incredibly important that we had the right to do that.”

We are in the second month of the government shutdown. It’s hard to know how it will end, and, as Jamelle Bouie suggests in this video, Trump would like it never to end. He may think he has more power without a legislative branch.

@nytopinion “I don’t know how this ends,” says @nytopinion columnist Jamelle Bouie on the ongoing government shutdown. In this round table for “The Opinions,” Jamelle, David French and Michelle Cottle break down how Trump is using a “forever shutdown” to expand his executive power. “It seems to me that the president thinks you can have a forever shutdown, and that in the president’s conception of things, the shutdown gives him more power through some magical, convoluted, transmogrifying mechanism that no one understands,”@jamellebouie argues. #theopinions #nytopinion ♬ original sound – New York Times Opinion

https://www.tiktok.com/@nytopinion/video/7568581913699470622 – Link to above…

I will write it every day: The Epstein Files are still not released.

And here’s another version of the same idea as the drawing at the top of this letter.

That’s it for me today, hope you guys are all well. Enjoy your Monday, what’s left of it. Thanks for being here!

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Trump: Gold In The Capitol? – by Liza Donnelly

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How to lose the younger and more diverse demographic: #CBSNews #journalism #women #KatieCouric #NYTopinion https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/opinion/katie-couric-network-anchors-women.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

BREAKING
From the NYT editorial board: To serve his country, President Biden should leave the race

"Mr. Biden has said that he is the candidate with the best chance of taking on this threat of tyranny and defeating it. His argument rests largely on the fact that he beat Mr. Trump in 2020. That is no longer a sufficient rationale for why Mr. Biden should be the Democratic nominee this year."

To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Race https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/opinion/biden-election-debate-trump.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

#NYT #nytopinion #uspolitics #presidentialelection

🎁 Bibi Is Choosing Stefanik and Trump. President Biden, Don’t Be Fooled. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/opinion/netanyahu-gaza-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t00.nIui.bveL5EVMdNrG
#Israel #NetanyahuIsAWarCriminal #Hamas #Palestine #IranNuclearProgram #ThomasFriedman #NYTOpinion

@nytimesopinion Twenty Years of #Putin Playing the West in 3 Minutes | #NYTOpinion

https://youtu.be/pCCTf17ZiIs?feature=shared

#Russia v #Ukraine

Ep 03-31-2024

"President Biden appears to be presiding over the kind of manufacturing surge Trump had promised. " #nytimes #nytopinion #manufacturing #BidenHarris2024 #finishthejob https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/opinion/manufacturing-biden-trump.html