"Former president Donald Trump promised to crush pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, telling a roomful of donors ... that he would expel student demonstrators from the United States, according to participants in the roundtable event with him in New York."

https://wapo.st/4bywzh1 #GiftLink

Trump's sowing of election doubt is inversely proportional to his confidence in winning.

#TrumpHasLost2024 #GiftLink #NeverAgainTrump

Trump’s Pattern of Sowing Election Doubt Intensifies in 2024
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/24/us/politics/trump-election-results-doubt.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU0.x5GN.bAIV0NKVewdZ&smid=url-share

Trump Has Already Sown Doubts About the 2024 Election Results

A false, familiar claim by the former president — that the contest in which he’s participating is “rigged” — has reached a fever pitch in this cycle.

^{Karen Yourish (The New York Times)}

Elon is a piece of shit with money.
#ElonPutz #EETD #Shitter #TSLA #GiftLink

Elon Musk’s Diplomacy: Woo Right-Wing World Leaders. Then Benefit. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/technology/elon-musk-world-leaders.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rU0.g4b4.8U7fyRngq_EL&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

"The singer and songwriter with a silky-smooth voice has written a memoir with Paul Reiser that recounts his story of pain and redemption with dashes of humor."

He Sang ‘What a Fool Believes.’ But Michael McDonald Is in on the Joke: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/arts/music/michael-mcdonald-what-a-fool-believes-memoir.html?unlocked_article_code=1.q00.60Vu.arKD9g9ItCac&smid=nytcore-ios-share&sgrp=c-cb (gift link)

#MichaelMcDonald #70sMusic #YachtRock #GiftLink #GiftArticle

"Bishop’s story, from birth to presumed death, shows the extreme danger facing right #whales, which could be #extinct in three decades if they continue to disappear at the present rate.

Bishop’s species is not doomed to #extinction, advocates say, but time is running out."
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https://wapo.st/4dDItaQ

#Nature #Wildlife #Animals #Marinelife #Oceans #EastCoast #Florida #Virginia #Massachusetts #USA #News

"“As we watch this #species go #extinct one by one, the solution sits idle in the hands of the administration”...

this year, a dead female turned up off #Virginia with a dislocated spine, a calf was discovered in #Georgia with head lacerations, & a young female was found — again in Georgia — with a fractured skull. All the injuries are consistent with vessel strikes.

“It’s only #humans that kill right #whales”"

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https://wapo.st/4dDItaQ

#Nature #Wildlife #Animals #News

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Jesus! It's too hard to disbar crooked, disgraced lawyers. The wheels of justice are not merely slow--the tires are flat!

#DisbarJohnEastman #JohnEastman #California #DC #ClaremontInstitute #GiftLink

Trump lawyer John Eastman can’t pratice law in D.C. temporarily, court says
https://wapo.st/44uJNsH