‘People Are Going Silent’: Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves (Gift Article) People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.

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Blitz and Juror No. 2 are both strong movies that haven't gotten enough attention. You watch Blitz on Apple and Juror No. 2 on Max.

Opinion | Trump Is on the Wrong Side of History by Design (Gift Article) The genius of the right-wing crusade against D.E.I. is that the term is amorphous enough that it can mean many different things to many different people.

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Opinion | It’s America That Suffers When We Cut Foreign Aid (Gift Article) U.S.A.I.D. keeps children alive and us safe.

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Opinion | Why Musk and Vance Went to Bat for a Self-Described Racist (Gift Article) Trump’s acolytes placed qualified civil servants on leave and reinstated a far-right troll.

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Judge Rules That Trump Administration Defied Order to Unfreeze Billions in Federal Grants The federal judge in Rhode Island said the Trump administration had failed to comply with his order unfreezing billions of dollars in federal grants.

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Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere (Gift Article) The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.

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Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children (Gift Article) I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.

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Merle Louise Simon, a Sondheim Mainstay, Is Dead at 90 (Gift Article) She originated roles in four of his Broadway musicals between 1959 and 1987, and won a Drama Desk Award for her performance in “Sweeney Todd.”

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A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government

i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people

Elon Musk Is President The world’s richest man has declared war on the federal government, and his influence appears unchecked.

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The Constitutional Crisis Is Here If Congress won’t stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk from arrogating its power over federal spending, who will?

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Watching Ted Lasso again, I was struck by how close the show comes to being overly preachy and sentimental, yet how well it avoids these pitfalls due to the wit of the writing and the honesty of the emotion.

I agree.

Shout-out to Ghostlight, Sing Sing, and Nosferatu, three excellent movies not nominated for Best Picture.

Cecile Richards, Former Planned Parenthood President, Dies at 67 She oversaw the United States’ largest provider of reproductive health care and sex education from 2006 to 2018.

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Just watched the film of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson on Netflix. Some of the best acting that I have seen in the past year.

Hi. I just joined Bluesky, and this is my first post. I am a teacher and an actor. I recently received a PhD in Theatre from Bowling Green State University, and I am looking for jobs at universities and theatre companies. I love storytelling in various forms (plays, musicals, books, film, and tv.)