In 1997 Allen Whitt published a groundwater survey in New Mexico. A few years later, he was convicted in CA for a fraudulent 1998 groundwater survey. In 2006, he changed his name to "Allen West, PhD" & masterminded the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis. Read more here: www.boslough.us/blog/the-you...

“This year’s flu vaccine has proved an imperfect match to the currently circulating strains. New shots, based on mRNA technology, would have one day enabled us to avoid this kind of misfire. But the nation’s leaders have imperiled that future with the decisions they made this year.”

Most mathematicians know that "Crelle" is the shorthand name for Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik. But only those with a misspent youth know that "Boncompagni Bull." is shorthand for the Bulletino di bibliografia e di storia delle scienze matematiche e fisiche.

Of all the examples of people dying because somebody inexperienced was in charge, the biggest, most horrifying was Elon Musk and DOGE. No idea what AID did, didn’t care, blew it up and at least 600,000 people died unnecessarily as a consequence. Mass murder out of ignorance and bias. Thanks, Elon.

I genuinely feel sorry for this guy, who experienced a terrible personal tragedy and is facing a difficult future. He has been lied to for decades. By his church. By his religion. By Trump. By government officials he trusted to treat him like a person. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.

Trump lies so easily. About everything. Even things that are embarrassingly easy to disprove. It’s pathological, so remember that. “I was never on Epstein’s plane.” ~ Donald Trump

Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.

At least 11 congressmen from 1865-1871 were arguably not citizens under Trump's interpretation of 14th A, our research finds. Yet no one challenged their eligibility to serve. Why not? Obviously, b/c no one who drafted or ratified the 14th A shared Trump's view. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

A Christmas week legal miracle--one that those of all faiths can enjoy: Trump's targeting of our client @markzaidesq.bsky.social incl pulling his security clearance was enjoined as unconstitutional retaliation A great win for him, for us @democracydefendersfund.org & for the superstar legal team👇

If you're comparing the author to David Brooks and Mitch Albom, you definitely convinced me I absolutely do not want to read this book. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

the most notable thing JD Vance has done in the last five years is tell vicious racist lies about immigrants. If you think he hasn't taken a side on bigotry, you are an idiot. He's for it. He's very strongly for it.

And she assumed it would be easy because it was a topic she had an opinion on and so did not need to do any research. This is the epistemic world view of the ignorant, and, apparently OU leadership.

The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells. Americans once opposed this inhumane system. The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.

Reminder that the head of the NIH is an economist who has never conducted NIH-funded research, spent years doing paid speaking engagements for far-right extremist groups, & is best known for a study where he committed serious ethical violations & ended up wrong by greater than an order of magnitude.

"Misrepresentations" and "bad faith." That’s how a federal judge once again described the conduct of Trump Admin lawyers in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case. They need to stop lying to the judge & the public and protect his due process rights. That is what this has always been about.

“What's happening to CBS is a terrible embarrassment and if execs think they can build shareholder value by avoiding journalism that might offend the Mad King they are about to learn a tough lesson. This is still America and we don’t enjoy bullshit like this.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email. It must be read:

#JohnsHopkins @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social and @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social are not obliged to take back Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad & Jay Bhattacharya when they leave the administration.

After the Trump Administration is over, there has to be a reckoning to respond to the "massive & serious human rights violations" occurring now. We cannot "just move on." It is critical all of us call for some form of transitional justice in the wake of all this. www.ictj.org/what-transit...

WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer. Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump. Now, it’s gone.

48. That exception of course is the fossil fuel producer. They are hostile to energy productivity for the same reason John Henry didn't like the steam shovel. They can't compete with it. Wins for consumers come at their expense. Wins for the climate come at their expense.

one of four in a week www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...

Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it

FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years. It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

So one problem with being 68 is that very little surprises me. Almost everything seems derivative. Help me out! What's something--a book, a movie, a song, a performance--that you found genuinely innovative, novel, and beautiful this year?

Well that helps to explain this Brooks column from last month. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...

trump packed a lot of crazy into 20 minutes but I keep thinking about the logical fallacy of "obamacare makes insurance companies richer so we'll give you money directly to buy your *own* insurance"

I'd like to subscribe to a newspaper that, every year, asks readers for their suggestions about which pundit to fire, and then fires the pundit that gets the most votes. The same thing could be done for MLB umpires, except now you ask the players to vote.

He's lying. How do we know? Because they released the Sept 2nd video already!! Just not the part where they illegally killed the survivors. There's nothing "top secret" about the second strike if there wasn't anything top secret about the first one.

This is going to be a catastrophic loss, and all because a handful of people refuse to accept reality.

We made the man who bankrupted three casinos, was found by a civil jury to have raped a woman, and was convicted by a criminal jury of 34 felony counts of fraud the most powerful person in the world.

One of the biggest moments of my career: USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!

Trump is often discussed as one of the worst presidents in modern American history, but it’s important to remember that such a categorization is far too narrow. Donald J. Trump is one of the worst people in modern American history.

Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII. One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing. The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.

Emily Dickinson was wrong. Hope is not the thing with feathers. The thing with feathers is my clothes dryer, after a family member tried to dry some goose down pillows.

Every time I see Greg Bovino he has added a new element to his little obersturmführer cosplay

Trump is trying to incite a pogrom against Somali Americans.

The president of the United States has decreed that the country’s most important cable news station must be sold to a conservative. Here’s why my US-based free speech organization will spend the next few years focusing on AI regulations and free speech in Europe.

I would be fucking terrified about this. Canada has the unfortunate luck of the longest continuous land border in the world but US public health being destroyed affects everyone.

I will never forgive RFK Jr. for what he’s done… never. The layers of hell he has unleashed in many different areas — not just healthcare — over the past two decades have caused so much damage, it’s overwhelming. He is one of the greatest villains of the 21st century.

As the Trump administration pushes "deadly anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, measles is making a comeback across America. People will die because of this."

WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.

“Your options are limited. You either resign, Trump fires you, or you will be impeached.” ramirez.house.gov/media/press-...

Worth noting: the U.S. had maintained measles elimination since 2000, up until the Trump administration with RFK took office this year.

This is really incredible. The government's battle to deport Abrego Garcia has apparently been based on a lie from the start. Not even the "gang affiliation" lie or the "human smuggling" lie, but the more basic assertion that he was ordered to be deported in the first place.