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Inside the Federal Work Force That Trump Has Promised to Eviscerate

President-elect Donald J. Trump and his allies have pledged to strike fear in the heart of what they term “the deep state.” They have already succeeded. #CIA #Donald Trump #Elon Musk #US Politics

2024-11-08T15:53:40-0800 The New York Times Robert Draper, Michael Crowley, Zach Montague ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-11-09T06:13:10-0800 - sethherr

San Francisco’s new housing pitch: Hot Friend Compounds

The “live near friends” movement has leveled up. A housing startup is rolling out a new one-stop shop to find and buy a place with friends. #Housing

2024-09-22T06:00:00-0700 The San Francisco Standard Zara Stone 2,000 words

Rated 2024-09-24T13:57:46-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | I Study Homelessness. I Wish More Places Looked Like This Shelter.

Matthew Desmond takes you to a shelter designed with residents in mind. #Homelessness #Jobs #Pennsylvania #Poverty

2024-06-26T02:02:13-0700 The New York Times Matthew Desmond, Jillian Weinberger ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-06-27T10:31:23-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | What Have We Liberals Done to the West Coast?

Infected with ideological purity, the West Coast is focused more on intentions than on oversight and outcomes. #California #Homelessness #Mental Health #Oregon #Politics

2024-06-15T04:00:48-0700 The New York Times Nicholas Kristof ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-06-21T09:07:10-0700 - sethherr

Not Your Childhood Library

Paige Williams writes that an ambitious experiment in Minneapolis is changing the way librarians work with their homeless patrons and challenging how we share public space. #Homelessness #Libraries #Minnesota

2024-05-23T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Paige Williams 4,000 words

Rated 2024-06-14T17:50:26-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez You Don’t Know

Three terms in, she’s exiting her political adolescence and coming into her own as a veteran operator. #Congress #Joe Biden #US Politics

2024-05-04T04:00:07-0700 The New York Times Gaby Del Valle ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2024-05-05T19:17:49-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | The ‘Blood Bath’ Battle and the Electric Car War

Does President Biden expect to win on a Jan. 6 strategy alone? #Donald Trump #Joe Biden #US Politics

2024-03-23T04:00:22-0700 The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-04-22T23:55:55-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | Here’s How Houston Is Fighting Homelessness — and Winning

Houston demonstrates what should be obvious: that a wealthy society doesn’t have to accept as inevitable throngs of people sleeping on sidewalks. #Dallas #Homelessness #Housing #Jobs #Mental Health #Real Estate #Urban Planning

2023-11-22T16:00:19-0800 The New York Times Nicholas Kristof, Rahim Fortune ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-24T08:15:09-0800 - sethherr

Why we can’t build

America’s inability to build is killing people. #Politics

2020-04-22T05:50:00-0700 Vox Ezra Klein 2,000 words

Rated 2023-11-16T07:59:09-0800 - sethherr

The ‘Georgists’ Are Out There, and They Want to Tax Your Land

Amid a crisis in affordable housing, the century-old ideas of Henry George have gained a new currency. #Detroit #Housing #Real Estate #Urban Planning

2023-11-12T00:00:52-0800 The New York Times Conor Dougherty ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-14T07:52:48-0800 - sethherr

Opinion | Israel Has Never Needed to Be Smarter Than in This Moment

It would be a mistake to give Hamas what it wants: an overreaction like an invasion of Gaza. #Israel #Joe Biden #Middle East #Military #Politics #Terrorism

2023-10-10T14:58:28-0700 The New York Times Thomas L. Friedman ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-10-12T10:25:12-0700 - sethherr

Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Here to Pump You Up (Emotionally)

“The more powerful you are,” says the action icon, author of a new self-help book, “the more power you have in giving back.” #2020 Election #Comedy #Donald Trump

2023-10-01T02:01:02-0700 The New York Times David Marchese ($) 5,000 words

Rated 2023-10-01T19:36:20-0700 - sethherr

‘A Ticket to Disney’? Politicians Charge Millions to Send Migrants to U.S.

The Biden administration vowed to “end the illicit movement” of people through the Darién jungle. But the number of migrants moving through the forest has never been greater — and the profits are too big to pass up. #Colombia #Panama #Politics

2023-09-14T02:03:09-0700 The New York Times Julie Turkewitz, Federico Rios ($) 6,000 words

Rated 2023-09-15T13:05:46-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-09-14T04:46:54-0700 - cindy

Opinion | Partisan Politics Put a Huge Win for Public Health at Risk

The loss of support for an AIDS relief program would signal to the rest of the world that it could no longer rely on the U.S. to defend its biggest accomplishments as a leader in global health. #Abortion #Congress #George W. Bush #Joe Biden #US Politics

2023-09-01T12:00:10-0700 The New York Times The Editorial Board ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-09-02T08:37:53-0700 - sethherr

America’s Trumpiest court just put itself in charge of nuclear safety, in Texas v. NRC

This decision is radioactive, even by the very low standards of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. #Politics #Supreme Court

2023-08-29T03:00:00-0700 Vox Ian Millhiser 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30T22:45:11-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-08-30T04:10:24-0700 - Jaog

GOP candidates fight each other -- and mostly line up behind Trump -- at first debate

The Republican presidential candidates vying to be the leading alternative to front-runner Donald Trump fought -- sometimes bitterly – over abortion rights, U.S. support for Ukraine and the future of the party during the first primary debate of the 2024 campaign. But on what is arguably the most consequential choice facing the party, virtually all lined up behind Trump, saying they would support the former president if he is their nominee, even if he is convicted in a series of cases. It was... #2023 GOP debate #Abortion #Donald Trump #Elections #Iowa #Ukraine

2023-08-22T21:01:06-0700 AP News JILL COLVIN, SARA BURNETT, JONATHAN J. COOPER 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-23T23:55:57-0700 - estew

Who won, who lost and who fizzled in the first Republican debate

Ron DeSantis was a non-factor as Republicans piled on Vivek Ramaswamy, instead. #2023 GOP debate

Politico 3,000 words

Rated 2023-08-23T23:55:52-0700 - estew

Republican candidates spar over Trump, war in Ukraine and abortion: Debate recap

Many of the attacks in Milwaukee to upstart Vivek Ramaswamy. Mike Pence, Chris Christie and Nikki Haley hit him on his lack of government experience. #2023 GOP debate

2023-08-23T12:30:14-0700 USA TODAY Marina Pitofsky, Rachel Looker, David Jackson, Sudiksha Kochi, ... 6,000 words

Rated 2023-08-23T23:55:43-0700 - estew

The first Republican debate's biggest highlights: Revisit 7 key moments

Eight GOP candidates made their case for why they should be president before their largest audience to date. #2023 GOP debate #Donald Trump

2023-08-23T20:10:00-0700 CBS News Melissa Quinn, Caitlin Yilek, Kathryn Watson 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-23T23:55:35-0700 - estew

Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on 1st GOP debate and Trump's plan to skip it

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including the first Republican debate of the primary season and former President Donald Trump's decision to skip it as he leads in the polls and is set for processing in a Georgia jail. #2023 GOP debate #Georgia #Politics #Wisconsin

2023-08-21T15:25:35-0700 PBS NewsHour 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-23T23:55:29-0700 - estew

Watch: Tucker Carlson's Trump interview airing opposite GOP debate

The former Fox News host released a prerecorded interview with Trump during the GOP debate. Watch Carlson's 46-minute interview below. #2023 GOP debate #Donald Trump

2023-08-23T18:03:00-0700 Newsweek Kaitlin Lewis 200 words

Rated 2023-08-23T23:55:20-0700 - estew

Haley leans into her gender: ‘If you want something done, ask a woman’

The former South Carolina governor stepped into a spat between Chris Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy on climate change. #2023 GOP debate

Politico 500 words

Rated 2023-08-23T23:55:13-0700 - estew

Out of this world: Chris Christie shocked by lone question about UFOs at Republican debate

The first Republican presidential primary debate took place on Wednesday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and aired live on FOX News. #2023 GOP debate

2023-08-23T22:26:41-0700 USA TODAY Anthony Robledo 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-23T23:55:04-0700 - estew

Chris Christie hit with 'lots of boos' after GOP debate introduction

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was met with boos after he was announced at the first GOP primary debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Wednesday night. #2023 GOP debate

2023-08-23T19:00:21-0700 Fox News Andrew Miller 500 words

Rated 2023-08-23T23:54:43-0700 - estew

Russian space agency chief blames decades of inactivity for Luna-25 lander's crash on the moon

The head of Russia’s space agency says the Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after its engines failed to shut down correctly #Politics #Russian lunar lander #Science

2023-08-21T11:32:24-0700 ABC News EMMA BURROWS 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-22T15:49:02-0700 - estew

Opinion | Something Has Changed on City Streets, and Amazon Is to Blame

Double-parked delivery trucks raise a political question about the use of our roadways. #Amazon #Politics #Urban Planning

2023-08-17T02:00:17-0700 The New York Times Christopher Caldwell ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-17T22:44:01-0700 - alexandradancing

The Chip Titan Whose Life’s Work Is at the Center of a Tech Cold War

At 92, Morris Chang, the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, can no longer stay in the shadows. #Apple #Artificial Intelligence #China #Politics

2023-08-04T02:01:01-0700 The New York Times Paul Mozur, John Liu ($) 4,000 words

Rated 2023-08-13T10:29:54-0700 - sethherr

Georgia’s Broad Racketeering Law May Now Ensnare Donald Trump

Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, often relies on Georgia’s capacious *RICO*{: .small} statute—though critics say that she has stretched it past the law’s intent. #2020 Election #Donald Trump #Georgia

2023-07-31T04:12:47-0700 The New Yorker Charles Bethea 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-31T05:20:26-0700 - Jaog

How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism

The privacy-focused messaging app arose from a fringe culture that emphasized individual autonomy and skepticism of authority. As it tries to go mainstream, can it escape its roots? #Politics #Silicon Valley

2023-07-23T04:00:00-0700 WIRED Kai Ye 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-25T16:13:25-0700 - sethherr

The hidden force that shapes everything around us: Parking

A Q&A with Henry Grabar, author of “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World.” #Politics #Transportation #Urban Planning

2023-05-09T04:30:00-0700 Vox Marin Cogan 3,000 words

Rated 2023-07-19T14:21:48-0700 - elll Rated 2023-07-17T14:20:48-0700 - sethherr

The Long Road to Public Transit Recovery

With Ridership Down 30+%, Agencies Must Adapt or Risk Collapse #Economy #Politics

2023-06-29T15:00:00-0700 Statecraft by Arman Madani Arman Madani 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-29T17:51:59-0700 - elll

Lessons From a Renters’ Utopia

Worldwide, housing has become a nightmare of expense and speculation. What did Vienna do right? #Housing #Real Estate

2023-05-23T01:20:41-0700 The New York Times Francesca Mari, Luca Locatelli ($) 7,000 words

Rated 2023-06-13T11:07:14-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-06-12T16:01:56-0700 - elll

Vox and the Undertow of Corporate Democrats

Today on TAP: Dylan Matthews’s screed attacking Biden’s industrial policies got an assist from former Treasury official Kimberly Clausing. #Buy American #China #Joe Biden #Media #Politics

2023-05-10T15:00:00-0700 The American Prospect Robert Kuttner 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-07T20:06:08-0700 - sethherr

When the Neighbors Don’t Share Your Vision (and That Vision Involves ‘Transformers’ Statues)

A professor decorated a sidewalk in Georgetown with 10-foot sculptures of Bumblebee and Optimus Prime. The well-heeled locals were not pleased. #Housing #Real Estate #Urban Planning

2023-06-01T08:45:20-0700 The New York Times Noreen Malone ($) 4,000 words

Rated 2023-06-01T23:58:43-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-06-01T13:00:11-0700 - cindy

The Last Days of Berlin's Gas Streetlamps

Looking at the German city in a different light. #City #Climate Change #Design #History #Politics

2023-06-01T07:00:00-0700 Atlas Obscura Alex Rennie 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-01T23:45:18-0700 - sethherr

California Builds the Future, for Good and Bad. What’s Next?

From reparations to tax revolts, the Golden State tries out new ideas all the time. What roads will its latest experiments send us down? #Artificial Intelligence #California #Immigration #Politics

2023-05-30T01:55:07-0700 The New York Times Laila Lalami ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-05-30T09:15:50-0700 - sethherr

US elections 2024: Who is the Republican contender Ron DeSantis?

A look at rise of Florida governor, who is seen as Trump’s most serious challenger for party’s presidential nomination. #Donald Trump #Elections #Government #Joe Biden #United States

2023-05-24T14:09:32-0700 Al Jazeera Ali Harb 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-29T11:56:29-0700 - sethherr

The Supreme Court rediscovers humility — in a case about pigs

The justices just did something very unusual: They didn’t try to make themselves even more powerful. #Politics #Supreme Court

2023-05-11T10:55:00-0700 Vox Ian Millhiser 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-11T22:59:32-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-05-11T19:07:08-0700 - Jaog

The Housing Crisis Is Breaking People’s Brains

#Homelessness #Housing

The Atlantic

Rated 2023-04-19T08:43:47-0700 - elll