John Schwartz
@jswatz.bsky.social
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UT Austin journalism professor; former NYT, WP. he/him.
Y'all come! On Tuesday, I'll be interviewing
@gelles.bsky.social
about "Dirtbag Billionaire," his terrific book on the founder of Patagonia and doing well while doing right by the planet. Reserve a spot here on campus or online:
about 8 hours ago
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"State leadership is waging a culture war on academic freedom, and students are its casualties." Every line of this editorial by Daily Texan editor Ava Saunders is pointed, smart and just plain terrific.
thedailytexan.com/2026/02/19/c...
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âControversial topicsâ are newest victim in Texasâ war on free speech
Editor-in-chief warns legislative overreach continues to extend, this time into classroom discussion.
https://thedailytexan.com/2026/02/19/controversial-topics-are-newest-victim-in-texas-war-on-free-speech/
about 8 hours ago
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....and so of course he announces new tariffs out of pique. wotta guy
about 15 hours ago
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âThe president asserts the extraordinary power to unilaterally impose tariffs of unlimited amount, duration, and scope. In light of the breadth, history, and constitutional context of that asserted authority, he must identify clear congressional authorization to exercise it," Roberts wrote
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Live Updates: Supreme Court Strikes Down Trumpâs Sweeping Tariffs
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/20/us/trump-tariffs-supreme-court
about 19 hours ago
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Iâm so confused. I thought it was the illiberal left that demanded safe spaces and used cancel culture to silence anyone who threatened to disturb their snowflake ideological purity. Can someone help me out here?
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/19/t...
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University of Texas regents OK limits on controversial subjects
Opponents warned the policyâs vagueness could push professors to self-censor and leave students less prepared for the workplace.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/19/texas-university-ut-regents-unnecessarily-controversial-subjects/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQFPxtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEei8HiRWuzCsQErk4f73Gef69RmINkT1rGch2XCZpDRy3x3d9_aPXcmOwLeRA_aem_Iytgwk-A7jCW4z_-WZ3plw
about 21 hours ago
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This kind of vagueness is the enemy of education. Am I supposed to avoid discussing climate change with my students in âCovering the Environmentâ because it might be verboten? Is that the point? Iâm really too old to be intimidated by crap like this.
www.statesman.com/news/educati...
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UT Regents limit when 'controversial' topics can be discussed at college
University of Texas Regents voted unanimously to limit when controversial topics can be discussed at college, but critics say the policy is too vague.
https://www.statesman.com/news/education/article/ut-texas-controversial-topics-policy-21360591.php
1 day ago
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I do so love my students
1 day ago
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princes can be arrested? do Eric and Don Jr. know
2 days ago
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I am going to say something I rarely say: You absolutely have to read Thomas Friedman today.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o...
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Opinion | Netanyahu Plays Trump and American Jews for Fools â Again
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/opinion/israel-iran-netanyahu.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
2 days ago
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Does anybody out there write with as much heart and immersive detail as Eli Saslow? One of my favorite writers when he was at the Washington Post, and kicking ass at the
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
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To Stay in Her Home, She Let In an A.I. Robot
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/elliq-ai-robot-senior-companion.html?smid=bs-share
3 days ago
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Voted. Talarico, Hinojosa, Hendricks, Jaworski, Eckhardt, Slagle âand Iâll happily vote for their primary opponents in the general election. Itâs great to have so many solid candidates!
3 days ago
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They can be shamed into not killing people? That might be heartening.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/h...
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F.D.A. Reverses Decision and Agrees to Review Modernaâs Flu Vaccine
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/health/fda-moderna-flu-vaccine-mrna.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
3 days ago
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I donât think Iâll ever be able to eat turkey jerky again.
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3 days ago
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had such a good conversation with my students today about Talarico and the Streisand effect...
3 days ago
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Just reading this hurts. The main person in the story is nearly 4 inches taller than me. He put himself through torture to be a little taller.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
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âIâd Like to Be Normalâ: Can Height Surgery Make Them Happy?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/us/height-surgery-limb-lengthening-men-health.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
3 days ago
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A hallmark of slipping mental capacity is the confusion of terms like "exonerated" and "implicated."
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4 days ago
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These guys just seem to love killing people.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
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Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/health/rfk-vaccine-manufacturers.html
4 days ago
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Another reason to hate kudzu:
insideclimatenews.org/news/1602202...
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The Voracious Vine That âAte the Southâ Can Also Fuel Wildfires - Inside Climate News
Brought to the United States as an ornamental porch decoration, the kudzu vine has reshaped itself into ladder fuel for wildfires.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16022026/invasive-kudzu-vine-fuels-wildfires-in-the-south/
4 days ago
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The Trump administration âis telling American manufacturers, âYou guys go build gasoline cars again,ââ he said. âThe Chinese government is telling its manufacturers, âYou go build the advanced vehicles that are going take over the world.ââ
@hirokotabuchi.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c...
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With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/climate/endangerment-finding-auto-emissions-regulations.html?smid=bs-share
4 days ago
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Like the late Jerry Lewis, I'm big in France.
reporterre.net/300-journali...
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300 journalistes licenciĂ©s : aux Ătats-Unis, l'Ă©cologie sacrifiĂ©e par la presse pro-Trump
La vague de licenciements au « Washington Post », notamment sur l'Ă©cologie, marque une nouvelle Ă©tape du dĂ©clin de la presse aux Ătats-Unis. Une purge orchestrĂ©e par les milliardaires pro-Trump.
https://reporterre.net/300-journalistes-licencies-l-ecologie-en-premiere-ligne-de-la-purge-aux-Etats-Unis
5 days ago
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"Responsible journalists understand that much of what you hear â even from law enforcement â turns out to be wrong, wishful, or outright bogus. Prudence requires restraint... at its core, responsible journalism is as much an act of restraint as it is a pursuit of truth."
@jaysonblair7.bsky.social
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The Nancy Guthrie Case and a True Crime Community That Has Not Learned Its Lesson
The Guthrie coverage shows that speculation will continue to substitute for reporting â unless the community itself demands restraint
https://truecrimemessenger.substack.com/p/the-nancy-guthrie-case-and-a-true
5 days ago
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Aw, damnation. Bye, Boo.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...
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Robert Duvall, Chameleonlike Actor of Film, Stage and TV, Dies at 95
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/movies/robert-duvall-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
5 days ago
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Trumpist goobers take over a town; chaos ensues. Funny: People who think government is the problem don't govern well.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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âUs versus themâ: The battle thatâs tearing a small Virginia town apart
The drama in Purcellville, Virginia, involves a town council contingent that calls itself âTeam Mayberry,â felony charges, lawsuits and an attempted citizen revolt.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/02/16/purcellville-virginia-town-conflict/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzcxMjE4MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzcyNjAwMzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NzEyMTgwMDAsImp0aSI6IjY0OTAzOTMyLWMwZTMtNDQyNS04MmYzLWE3NTk3NDU5ZWRlZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9kYy1tZC12YS8yMDI2LzAyLzE2L3B1cmNlbGx2aWxsZS12aXJnaW5pYS10b3duLWNvbmZsaWN0LyJ9.LHc7C-rWXuT_VuZ001YPDiAA-bEr6HrvZnTjP-RDRaA
5 days ago
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"We must counter ârapist who traffics in female children to be raped by worlds most powerful, richest menâ â that canât be redeemed.â Steve Bannon is even more sleazy and horrible than you thought he was. Which seems impossible.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
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Despite Epsteinâs Toxicity, Steve Bannon Stood by Him, Texts Indicate
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/us/politics/jeffrey-epstein-steve-bannon.html?smid=url-share
5 days ago
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âItâs a tough area for institutions,â said Gene Tempel, the founding dean emeritus of Indiana Universityâs School of Philanthropy and a former president of the universityâs foundation. âThey are in search of money, and the old saw about tainted money is tainât enough of it.â
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Epsteinâs Ties With Academics Show the Seedy Side of College Fund-Raising
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/us/epstein-files-academic-funding-colleges.html?smid=bs-share
5 days ago
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Texas Republicans hate malpractice lawsuits â but they want an exception for detransitioning. Because bigotry.
eedition.houstonchronicle.com/infinity/art...
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GOP lawmakers pushing for gender transition suit
GOP lawmakers pushing for gender transition suit
https://eedition.houstonchronicle.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=a5ab4225-5ff4-4eed-b8c4-5eba75f79bef&share=true
5 days ago
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John Schwartz
Michael Gerrard
6 days ago
Trump's EPA said a major justification for revoking the GHG endangerment finding is that emissions from the U.S. transport sector (cars, trucks, etc.) are so low that reducing them wouldn't make any difference to the climate. But if this sector was a country, đ§”
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EDGAR - The Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research
https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/report_2025
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âOther presidents sought to cultivate their reputations, but none went as far as Mr. Trump has to create a mythologized, superhuman and omnipresent persona leading to idolatry.â
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
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Trumpâs Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/politics/trumps-american-cult-of-personality.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
6 days ago
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A great, sad Rick Rojas story about bludgeoning resistance.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
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A âFacebook Warriorâ Retreats After a Charlie Kirk Post Got Him Jailed
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/us/larry-bushart-facebook-charlie-kirk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
6 days ago
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âPresidents donât name things after themselves, people name things after presidents â and there is a big difference between the two,â said
@jenmercieca.bsky.social
, a communications professor at Texas A&M University.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
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Trumpâs Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/politics/trumps-american-cult-of-personality.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
6 days ago
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What a wonderful, engaged crowd for our panel, âScientists and Journalists Team Up in Time of Crisisâ at AAAS! Thanks, everyone!
6 days ago
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Treating your warriors like snowflakes with no mind of their own or capacity for critical thinking.
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7 days ago
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good, though words in this
@nytimesoped.bsky.social
editorial "Ms. Bondiâs performance was more than just political theater. It was a final indignity in a process that has victimized Mr. Epsteinâs victims all over again."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/o...
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Opinion | Bondiâs Incompetence Is the Latest Insult for Epsteinâs Victims
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/opinion/bondi-epstein-justice.html
7 days ago
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Every sentence of this story sent my eyebrows a little higher until by the end they were floating somewhere over my head. Great reporting from
@justindoud.bsky.social
thedailytexan.com/2026/02/10/f...
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Former professor requested thousands from Jeffrey Epstein Foundation to fund campus rape policy conference
Content warning: This story contains discussion of pedophilia, sexual assault, harassment, rape and suicide. A former UT Classics professor requested over $10,000 from Jeffrey Epsteinâs charitable org...
https://thedailytexan.com/2026/02/10/former-professor-requested-thousands-from-jeffrey-epstein-foundation-to-fund-campus-rape-policy-conference/
7 days ago
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AAAS is so fun, yâall
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7 days ago
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Self experimentation has a long story tradition, but youâre not supposed to be a dumbass about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Researcher skeptical of âHavana syndromeâ tested secret weapon on himself
The CIA investigated a Norwegian government experiment with a pulsed-energy machine in which a researcher built and tested a âHavana syndromeâ device on himself.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/02/14/havana-syndrome-cia-norway-experiment/
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aren't they already deadly enough?
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7 days ago
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As the media moved "from deferential stenography and toward fearless investigation, that led to declining trust in the news media. Aggressive, probing and accountability-oriented journalism held up a mirror to American society â and many Americans didnât like what they saw."
@polgreen.bsky.social
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Opinion | I Trusted Jeff Bezos. The Jokeâs on Me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/opinion/jeff-bezos-washington-post.html
7 days ago
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We're being governed from an evil clown car, and somehow were all in the evil clown car, too, and it's careening this way and that and putting us all in danger.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
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Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Pasoâs Airspace
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/us/politics/el-paso-airspace-closure-faa-pentagon.html
7 days ago
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A lovely Dave Farber obit from Peter Wayner
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/t...
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David J. Farber, âGrandfather of the Internet,â Dies at 91
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/technology/david-farber-dead.html?searchResultPosition=1
7 days ago
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Something about this review by a âlocal guideâ just doesnât seem right
7 days ago
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Thanks for speaking to my "sustainability and the news" class,
@andrewdessler.com
7 days ago
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Department of the Eye of Sauron
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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You could call this a bug, but it looks a lot like a design feature.
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/13/s...
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SAVE tool keeps mistakenly flagging voters as noncitizens - The Texas Tribune
DHS rolled out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/13/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistakes-confusion/?utm_source=thetexastribune.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=the-brief-february-13-2026&_bhlid=591ca4fce98c4858bf53019aa9804f02c1f1abb2
8 days ago
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The Heartland Institute: Still aggressively, laughably dumb.
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âIt boggles the mind that the administration is rescinding the endangerment finding; itâs akin to insisting that the world is flat or denying that gravity is a thing,â said Dr. Howard Frumkin, a physician and professor emeritus of public health at the University of Washington.
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Scientific studies calculate climate change as health danger, while Trump calls it a 'scam'
The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called âa scam.â
https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-health-deaths-heat-sickness-scam-5b7492660d7dad1c324f2bbbe6163f1c?fbclid=IwZnRzaAP8AQRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe3kTfsH11HbAg56WCvdygNRlXxcsnAHQpsRl6bBMlGFTzuxlbqN3Ce3fzqpk_aem_sLskhwfJxffUd1G1Wrjujg
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The NYT is developing and using incredible technology to search and report on the Epstein files.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/i...
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How The Times Is Digging Into Millions of Pages of Epstein Files
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/insider/jeffrey-epstein-files-documents.html
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Gale Sinatra
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Minnesota nice beat Minnesota ICE.
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Boom. Also: "Ms. Ruemmler, in addition to being Goldmanâs general counsel since 2021, was a partner and vice chair of the reputational risk committee."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...
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Goldmanâs Top Lawyer Departs Amid Revelations About Her Ties to Epstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/business/goldman-lawyer-kathryn-ruemmler-resigns.html?rsrc=flt&smid=bs-share
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