(((Cindy Weinstein)))

@CindyWeinstein@zirk.us

Books (okay, Moby-Dick), dogs, coffee, Dylan. professorcindy.com/

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Didn't he just disclose (illegal) profits in the billions? 5 million is pocket change to this rapist, best friend of #Epstein.

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

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the GuardianTrump tries again to delay $5m sexual abuse payout to E Jean CarrollLawyers file request days after US supreme court declined to hear an appeal, with payout topping $5.8m with interest

"Reporters should have asked Johnson whether he believes the human brain is a part of the body, & whether an individual suffering from severe clinical depression qualifies as an “able-bodied adult” under the GOP’s punitive #Medicaid guidelines. They should have asked why NJ taxpayers should fund a 4-month, mid-session medical sabbatical for a politician [Kean] who has repeatedly voted to ensure those same taxpayers are fired if they try to do the same."

salon.com/2026/07/02/why-the-m

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Salon.comWhy the media lets Republicans keep medical woes a mysteryThe lengthy absences of Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean Jr. raise a congressional double standard

My god -- when did Vance get a laminectomy (spine removal)? I hadn't read this in 2016. Every #media outlet should publish this. Good thing Trump doesn't read. Or maybe someone read this to him and he thought, how can I bring this person to their knees? Trump's drug of choice? #Fascism with a heaping side of abjection (see Romney, Cruz, Rubio et al).

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Scott Edelman@ScottEdelman@wandering.shop

"What Trump offers is an easy escape from the pain. To every complex problem, he promises a simple solution. ... He never offers details for how these plans will work, because he can’t. Trump’s promises are the needle in America’s collective vein." — J. D. Vance theatlantic.com/politics/archi