Posts by Tom Young, Author
Since Trump loves to name things for himself, it looks like he may get a few more: Trumpflation, Trump energy crisis, Trump recession.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/b...
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An important victory for freedom of the press. #pressfreedom #journalismisnotacrime
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/b...
A very sad day for American broadcasting. Years ago, I did some reporting as a stringer for CBS News Radio. It has been around for almost a century.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/b...
It’s spelled “Strait,” you dumbass.
Praying for those in harm’s way.
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While Trump is unleashing a war in the Middle East, do not lose sight of the cruelty being inflicted at home by this regime.
www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/at-larg...
Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"
A new low in chicken-hawk cowardice: They cheer for Trump’s war but they’re afraid to call it what it is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...
I can’t believe this needs to be said—but we don’t do holy wars. American service members are defenders of the Constitution, not soldiers of religion. We have a commander-in-chief limited by equal branches of government—not a Supreme Leader, like in Iran.
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PSA for military friends. MILITARY AVIATORS are 24 percent more likely to get cancer than the general population. I attended a discussion today on the ACES Act, passed last year. The act directs a study of the issue. Get your checkups. Watch your six.
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Lauren Boebert is asked to define “inflation.” It does not go well.
Honored to march with the American Legion in Washington DC’s Lunar New Year parade. The tradition goes back 70 years.
Wait—does this mean I won’t get my $2000 #tariff income check? I was planning to spend it on a trip to Canada when Canada becomes our beloved 51st state!🤪
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British far right agitator Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson), previously barred from the US because of his long rap sheet, secured a visa and has met with Kari Lake, the self-proclaimed acting CEO of USAGM. inews.co.uk/news/tommy-robins...
The Late Show host says CBS, heeding a warning from the FCC chairman, prohibited him from interviewing a Texas state representative who is running for the US Senate. deadline.com/2026/02/stephen-...
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
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From 2017
Jesse Jackson, whose impassioned oratory and vision of a “rainbow coalition” of the poor and forgotten made him the nation's most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack Obama, died on Tuesday at 84. Follow live.