Under His Eye Virginia Giuffre, Lindy West and the male gaze.

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What have we become?

Hampshire College in Amherst will permanently close in the fall Founded in 1965 as a campus determined to "radically reimagine liberal arts education," the small liberal arts college started facing significant financial headwinds seven years ago. It failed to find...

Founded in 1965 as a campus determined to "radically reimagine liberal arts education," the small liberal arts college started facing significant financial headwinds seven years ago. It failed to find a "strategic partner" to help afford its operating expenses.

Opinion | How Humanists Helped Wreck the Humanities Administrators, ideologues, and yes — professors too — share the blame. But all is not lost.

Opinion | The humanities are not a system for the production of positive ‘research results.’ They are a practice of self-cultivation, or they are nothing. https://chroni.cl/4cJrnd6

How the Trump family's business deals could open the door for future presidents to profit from office For the Trump family, business is booming. Whereas the Trump Organization didn’t do a single deal overseas in Donald Trump's first term as president, it did eight in the past year.

The Trump family real estate business is undergoing the fastest overseas expansion since its founding a century ago, each deal potentially shaping everything from tariffs to military aid. https://to.pbs.org/482NOaK

The View From Inside Trump’s DHS Dozens of agents and officials share their stories about working in the Department of Homeland Security during the harsh crackdown on illegal immigration.

"They called us 'internal adversaries.'" Dozens of current and former agents share their stories about working in the Department of Homeland Security during President Trump's harsh crackdown on illegal immigration. nyti.ms/4teRwGK

Opinion | The Truth About Mary Todd Lincoln Retelling the story of a woman today requires a motivation to correct the historical record.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Early male writers often disparaged Mary Todd Lincoln “as an intolerable shrew or filtered her through the prism of her husband’s greatness, turning her into a nuisance at best and a national embarrassment at worst,” Lois Romano writes.

Even Hungary’s skewed elections might not save Viktor Orban The ruling party is playing dirty. But our analysis shows the liberal opposition has a real chance of winning

Redistricting in Hungary has been structured to favour the ruling party. Our charts and maps explain how Viktor Orban has tilted the system in his party’s favour

Experts say despite the U.S. and Iran ceasefire largely holding, gas prices are unlikely to drop right away. Even when oil tankers can pass freely in the Strait of Hormuz again, energy production infrastructure in the Middle East will take months, if not years, to recover.

You Can Smell It Now: The Trump Presidency Is in Total Free Fall A loyal army of followers, a huge disinformation network, and a party of soul-selling cowards can crowd out facts for a long time. But eventually, reality catches up.

A loyal army of followers, a huge disinformation network, and a party of soul-selling cowards can crowd out facts for a long time. But eventually, reality catches up. trib.al/QGTJYRW

Soaring gas prices leads to biggest monthly inflation spike in four years in March

The largest monthly jump in gas prices in six decades caused a sharp spike in inflation in March, creating major challenges for the inflation-fighters at the Federal Reserve and heightening the political challenges of rising costs for the White House.

Gas Prices in US Jump 21% in March—Largest Monthly Increase Since 1967

The extent to which gas prices surged amid the Iran war was revealed in a new report released on Friday.

No capital-B black person: an interview with Brandon Taylor We visit the New York office of one of the world’s most perceptive novelists—and ask him to say what he sees

Brandon Taylor is one of the most perceptive novelists writing today—and he’s not yet 40.

Daniel Rey meets the author of MINOR BLACK FIGURES in his Greenwich Village office:

Tesla is down sharply in 2026. JPMorgan sees even more declines ahead "We ... advise investors approach TSLA shares with a high degree of caution," analyst Ryan Brinkman said in a note.

Tesla is down sharply in 2026. JPMorgan sees even more declines ahead

Ukraine targets Russian frigate, oil rig amid overnight Black Sea attack, military says The frigate was allegedly struck in the port of Novorossiysk during an overnight mass attack that also saw the Sheskharis oil terminal once again set ablaze.

⚡️Ukraine targets Russian frigate, oil rig amid overnight Black Sea attack, military says.

Ukrainian drones attacked Russian frigate Admiral Makarov and an offshore drilling platform on the Black Sea, Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert "Magyar" Brovdi said on April 6.

Kansas lawmakers slashed taxes for tycoons and bigwigs. Now the budget won't balance. Whoops! • Kansas Reflector The Kansas Legislature is in the midst of making a historic mistake, one whose potential danger is only surpassed by its stupidity.

Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: Kansas lawmakers slashed taxes for tycoons and bigwigs. Now the budget won’t balance. Whoops! #ksleg

IAEA confirms impact of recent strikes near Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant The International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday ​said it can confirm ‌recent impacts of military strikes close to Iran's ​Bushehr nuclear power plant, ​but said that the ⁠plant itself was not ​damage...

The International Atomic Energy Agency said it can confirm ‌recent impacts of military strikes close to Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, but said that the plant itself was not damaged reut.rs/4cqv2wq

Never forget that this was how The Washington Post greeted Pam Bondi's nomination. Support independent pro-democracy media. Support Democracy Docket. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

Mockler: He said that we won this war. Every weapon system that was actually a threat to us is still intact.

Rantz: That’s not true.

Mockler: That is absolutely true. Why are the ballistic missiles still firing? Why is the strait of hormuz closed?

Rep. Masses is not taking his foot off the gas in his efforts regarding the Epstein files.

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If Trump dies before they impeach or remove him that will actually be the most embarrassing thing of all for the US. I mean, it would help in other ways but they need to show themselves, let alone the world, that there is *some* kind of limit to how far the insanity can go. I mean, it's a farce.

According to the Times:

If we bought a few less bombs, we could probably afford nice things.

One thing I'd like to see from the next presidency would be to appoint a special commission to prepare a report on the actual cost to defend the United States from attack.

Not foreign wars.

Just the cost to defend this country.

Tenn. library director fired over refusal to move LGBTQ+ books to adult section A county board near Nashville voted to dismiss Luanne James, who said she stands by her decision, in the latest clash in a national debate over access to books.

“‘All I’m going to say is that I stand by my decision,’ she said…

“Much of the audience at the board meeting broke into cheers and applause after her statement.

Chants of ‘shame’ were heard as board members voted to fire her...”

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From Tony Pentimalli:

History should remember Pam Bondi as one of the most vile political appointees ever to stain public office. She did not just fail this country. She helped rot it from the inside.

“But this feeling of being utterly ashamed of America and embarrassed to the core by its president is new, raw and unnerving.”

I don’t know if it’s new, but it’s definitely gotten worse, and it never stops being unnerving…and gross.

There’s currently a frantic search taking place for two US pilots who were shot down in Iran, and this idiot is talking about taking the oil.

Chag Sameach! To all Minnesotans who celebrate – Gwen and I are wishing you a happy Passover.