"'We have a clinical definition of A.D.H.D. that is increasingly unanchored from what we’re finding in our science.' ... The preferred treatment for A.D.H.D. remains stimulant medications"
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/magazine/adhd-medication-treatment-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1._U4.TfKC.evgb_b6QSaQs&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
"For her part, Ms. Petrova is seeing the United States from a new and unsettling vantage point. “I feel like something is happening generally in America,” she said, in an interview over a video link. “Something bad is happening. I don’t think everybody understands.”"
#Twitter #defamation #influencers #lawsuits #GiftArticle
'Ms. Ellis filed a defamation lawsuit on Wednesday against Matt Wallace, an influencer on X with more than two million followers. Mr. Wallace was one of the more prominent people to spread the falsehood in a series of posts.'
The authors of the #Constitution separated powers for a reason.
…The #Republicans who lead #Congress have refused to use the power of the #LegislativeBranch to stop #Trump or moderate him, in this or almost any other matter. The Cabinet is composed of sycophants & loyalists who are willing to defend contradictory policies, even if doing so makes them look like fools. The courts haven’t decisively intervened yet either.
#law
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/dictatorships-trump-republicans/682387/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxY6mkr1cwhtnhGKPzVPmmqo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Well, this is, terrifying
#Trump Wants to Merge Government #Data. Here Are 314 Things It Might Know About You.
The federal govt knows your mother’s maiden name & your bank account number. The student debt you hold. Your disability status. The company that employs you & the wages you earn there. And that’s just a start.
#law #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #privacy #Musk #DOGE #TrumpCoup #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/politics/trump-musk-data-access.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-U4.b0U4.Dd4UOgKl268D&smid=bs-share
The Only Way to Stop the #FinancialCrisis
#Trump isn’t listening to what the #StockMarket is telling him. He’s not negotiating w/foreign leaders in good faith. He’s not hearing what corporate CEOs are saying.
By Annie Lowrey
#economy #tariffs #inflation #recession #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/04/bond-selloff-trump-economic/682363/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxUgc95YQp_Yxas3YBhDidZg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Unless SCOTUS takes on the Trump Administration forcefully on due process and deportations, our future will be American citizens as well as other residents sent to gulags in foreign countries, with no legal recourse. Absolutely terrifying.
#Google #AWU #unions #transparency #antitrust #GiftArticle
"The agreement is another blow to Google’s corporate policies designed to maintain secrecy, which have been scrutinized amid the search case brought by the Justice Department. It also undercut Google’s strategy to keep its business humming during the lawsuit — to have employees ignore the antitrust battle and remain focused on their work."
He escaped once. In 2005, when he was 12 or 13, he broke off a piece of the door’s center paneling; but rather than fleeing the house, he simply slipped down to the kitchen to scrounge for food. When his breakout was discovered, he told the police, his bedroom door was reinforced with plywood. Threats of withholding food, or violence, kept him from trying again.
#GiftArticle link:
"But Wall Street professionals, like so many other ostensibly smart people, refused to see Trump clearly, mistaking his skill as a demagogue for wisdom as a policymaker. “I don’t think this was foreseeable,” a mournful Ackman posted on X on Monday. “I assumed economic rationality would be paramount.” What an odd assumption to make about a man who bankrupted casinos.
Berezin thinks Wall Street still hasn’t come to terms with the cost of the nascent Trump presidency. “I do think that at this point we might have passed the event horizon, meaning that even if Trump backs off from the tariffs, there’s been enough damage done to the U.S. economy, to the global economy, to investor confidence, consumer confidence, that we’re probably going to see a recession regardless of what happens,” he said.""
"As the first Jewish president of a formerly Methodist university, I find no comfort in the Trump administration’s embrace of my people, on college campuses or elsewhere. Jew hatred is real, but today’s anti-antisemitism isn’t a legitimate effort to fight it. It’s a cover for a wide range of agendas that have nothing to do with the welfare of Jewish people."
Op-Ed by the president of Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/opinion/trump-jewish-antisemitism-wesleyan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.904.5k2j.oinUIzZvinoE&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#GiftArticle
by Mike Schmidt
When #Trump returned to office, his rivals & #law enforcement ofcls feared he would follow through on his pledges to use the #DOJ & #FBI to investigate & even imprison perceived enemies.
But since winning re-election, Trump’s retribution campaign has turned out to be far more expansive, efficient & creative than anticipated. It has also been less reliant on the justice system.
#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #tyranny #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/trump-biden-law-firms-revenge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.904.8-XE.5u9z6MqBgEoF&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
A freebee read in which you can indulge a bit of Elon enmity for that feelgood experience. Almost as good as sex or chocolate.
#Elon #Musk #ElonMusk #DOGE #Tesla #USPol #GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/world/europe/anti-elon-musk-tesla-ads.html?unlocked_article_code=1.904.QzPj.eVJGoX88F19v&smid=url-share
They (reddit) are already calling tomorrow's big #StockMarket crash Orange Monday. That's a name that deserves a hashtag.
Helluva long read, but always topical - and relevant to anyone (that's everyone :) who thinks they're smarter than others. And particularly in these days of the #Idiocracy
#Musk #Intelligence #Elites #GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/arts/what-is-elon-musks-iq.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9k4.BLal.imd7gS-YeBcK&smid=url-share
A brave journo from The Atlantic went undercover to investigate the “improper ideology” being peddled by the DC zoo. An enjoyable read.
“Why Is Trump Mad at the Zoo?
In search of “improper ideology” among the animals”
“The zoo’s website calendar does show that last year, and for several years prior, it also recognized International Family Equality Day. Local LGTBQ organizations participated in the event, and some described it as “Gay Day at the Zoo.” As part of the festivities, guests were able to watch a beaver or seal eat rainbow-dyed ice cake.”
A Playbook for Standing Up to Trump:
“The three law firms that have filed suits to block Mr. Trump’s executive orders — Jenner & Block, Perkins Coie and WilmerHale — provide a model. So far, they are winning in court. Importantly, they have won the backing of many conservatives. As our counterparts on The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board wrote, Mr. Trump’s campaign against law firms “breaks a cornerstone principle of American justice.””
Amid anti-#DEI push, #NationalParkService rewrites history of #UndergroundRailroad
Since #Trump took office, the #ParkService -- an agency charged with preserving #AmericanHistory -- has changed how its website describes key moments from #slavery to #JimCrow
#whitewashing #WhiteSupremacy #History #racism #lies #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda #USpol
https://wapo.st/4jdXL8m
