"Mr Miller’s belief that seven decades of immigration has produced millions of people who take more than they give—an assertion that has been refuted by years of economic data—is at the heart of the Trump administration’s campaign to restrict immigration and deport immigrants already in the country"

The Christmas document dump is a new low in passive aggressiveness for these guys.

“At this point, Weiss ought to cut her losses, green-light the piece, and try to start acting like an editor – not like a cog in the machine of authoritarian politics and oligarchy.” @sulliview.bsky.social x.com/sulliview/st...

Saguaro national Park is just amazing.

The bigotry is palpable. And unconstitutional. www.texastribune.org/2025/12/22/t...

So vicious. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“New York Times newsroom lawyer David McCraw is an eloquent spokesman for press rights under siege. As the Times, too, refuses to buckle under to the Trump administration’s punitive measures” (she notes she is critical of The Times, too.) @sulliview.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

This is the kind of reporting that sets the @nytimes.com apart. Incredible detail and investigative depth to show how corrupt Trump and his administration are. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

If you wanted to hurt this nation by undermining our energy independence, you could not pick a better strategy than this. Who is he really working for? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...

The Ellisons and Bari Weiss have already shown their hand with CBS and 60 Minutes. Now they aim to muzzle CNN fotr Trump, too. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...

“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient,” Ms. Alfonsi wrote. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

That sound of a clock ticking? It's the sound of time running out on CBS' credibility.

Well, nobody could have foreseen this would be a big mess, except maybe everyone. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

In recent years there has been an influx of “last-chance” tourists who come to the region to see its shrinking glaciers. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/w...

A lovely @risenc.bsky.social obit of John Olson, the sole analyst who was right about Enron and was fired for his justified skepticism. I was pleased to see a link to my profile of Olson, whose interviews were always a wild ride. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/b...

Don’t let the door hit ya, etc.. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...

There isn't a paragraph or quote in this story that isn't jaw dropping. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Holy crap, this story. "They pursued women in a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency.... the two men discussed how much pubic hair a particular woman had, and whether there was enough for Mr. Epstein to floss his teeth with. " www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

Doing illegal things to own the libs, part one zillion www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Read this excellent @bgrueskin.bsky.social column all the way through: He's going to save journalism in Utah! I'll miss Laurels & Darts, though. www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

Good lede, @peterbakernyt.bsky.social “It all might make more sense if he actually were drinking.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

Using trans kids as pawns in the culture wars. Promoting hatred for political gain. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/h...

Only @mikehalltexas.bsky.social could have written this beautiful, deep and textured story of Joe Ely's last weeks. It is a pure marvel. www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...

Rebranding to a name that screams “shitshow.” www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Why not merge with a company that produces unobtanium, too? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/b...

This idiocy is governance as Grand Guignol. It will cripple atmospheric science in this country. “What we are seeing is the administration canceling the freedom of scientific thought and inquiry.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...

NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

Landon Richie, the policy coordinator with the Transgender Education Network of Texas, said “The state collecting this information raises a lot of red flags, not just in terms of people's privacy and ability to exist not under a magnifying glass.” www.kut.org/politics/202...

Susie Wiles’ honesty is like a breath of fetid air across a polluted landscape

This is getting more complicated than kryptonite

Everything Trump touches dies, economy edition. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

These terrible, terrible last few days. Another hero gone. Have you ever seen Dallas from a DC-9 at night? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/o...

A little cloud iridescence for you

They will ruin everything in the name of fighting wokeness. Even our coins. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...

Students are DOING THE WORK, baby www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/stud...

Every day I have to force myself, once again, to live with the fact that this vile, unhinged man is president of the United States. www.threads.com/@jz_nm/post/...

You know what feels good? Walking into the Tarlton law library at the University of Texas law school to do a little research and seeing this glorious portrait of Heman Sweatt. Sweatt v Painter was a pivotal case in desegregating public education. The case, and Mr. Sweat, deserve this recognition.

Fusion energy, like landing people on Mars, is always 30 years away. But China is throwing everything at making it happen sooner. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/c...

“Show me your papers” is a hard stopping moment in every film about fascism and depression. And now we have it here at home.

They’ve made it OK to say “merry Christmas!“ again, as long as you do it in the context of hate and dehumanization.

Alan Spears, senior director for cultural resources at the National Parks Conservation Association, called the order a “sham review of gift shop materials” and part of “the administration’s deeply troubling pattern of silencing science and hiding history in our parks” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...

Oh, no! A.I. is taking away ridiculous jobs! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

Former EPA climate advisor Jeremy Symons, now a senior advisor for Environmental Protection Network of former EPA officials, said: “Ignoring fossil fuel pollution as the driving force behind the climate changes we have seen in our lifetime is like pretending cigarettes don’t cause lung cancer.”

I was a guest on Australia's ABC Radio Sunday National with Julian Morrow; we talked about the Kryptos sculpture, the auction and my 35 years of reporting on all of it. I think I sound goofy, but you might like it. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

At this point he only really needs a one-gallon hat

That grandson of mine is quite a charmer.

The perfect gift for your evil friends? @evilmopacatx.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/evilmopa...

ah yes, all workers should have the right to hurl racial slurs at black customers

Hartmann tells her students that using AI is like bringing a forklift to the gym when your goal is to build muscle. “The classroom is a gymnasium, and I am your personal trainer,” she explains. “I want you to lift the weights.” www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

When Marc Benioff bought Time I though, well, how badly could a Silicon Valley exec mess up this storied publication? So now we know.