Posts by Kim Browne
Marco Rubio Just Opened a New Front in Trump’s War on Higher Education
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to strip Harvard University of the ability to enroll international students. U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs agreed to extend a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from enforcing its action, after the government gave the school a 30-day deadline to challenge its revocation…
Read MoreHarvard Scores Huge Win in Escalating War With Trump
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to strip Harvard University of the ability to enroll international students. U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs agreed to extend a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from enforcing its action, after the government gave the school a 30-day deadline to challenge its revocation…
Read MoreStephen Miller Issues Chilling Warning About Daily ICE Arrest Goals
“What are you refer—foreign visas for what? Are you talking about for colleges?” Trump asked. The reporter replied in the affirmative, to which Trump said, “OK, so you’re off of Israel, so now you’re talking about colleges, right?” REPORTER: When could the administration resume interviews for foreign students visa? TRUMP: On what? REPORTER: Foreign student…
Read MoreSurprise! New “MAHA” Report Is Full of Junk Science and Fake Studies
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” report cites fabricated studies and draws the wrong conclusions. The secretary of health and human services brags that the report, released last week, is based on “gold-standard” science drawn from over 500 studies and other sources. But in reality, NOTUS found, its citations are error-ridden, with missing…
Read MoreElon Musk Tried to Sabotage a Trump Deal With a Rival Company
“What are you refer—foreign visas for what? Are you talking about for colleges?” Trump asked. The reporter replied in the affirmative, to which Trump said, “OK, so you’re off of Israel, so now you’re talking about colleges, right?” REPORTER: When could the administration resume interviews for foreign students visa? TRUMP: On what? REPORTER: Foreign student…
Read MoreIt’s Happening Again: Town Hall Crowd Boos GOP Rep for Backing Trump
“What are you refer—foreign visas for what? Are you talking about for colleges?” Trump asked. The reporter replied in the affirmative, to which Trump said, “OK, so you’re off of Israel, so now you’re talking about colleges, right?” REPORTER: When could the administration resume interviews for foreign students visa? TRUMP: On what? REPORTER: Foreign student…
Read MoreKash Patel Flails Trying to Defend Failure to Do His Actual Job
FBI Director Kash Patel lost his cool when asked a simple question about his wildly overdue budget. During an interview on Fox News Wednesday, Patel clumsily dodged a question when host Brett Baier asked whether he ever planned to provide a complete budget for the fiscal year 2026, after missing the deadline to turn one…
Read MoreTranscript: Trump Rants about Harvard Darken amid Brutal Loss in Court
Trump (audio voiceover): Harvard has been a disaster. They’ve taken five plus, by the way, $5 billion plus. Five billion. Nobody knew that they were making this kind of…. If we didn’t do this, nobody would have … We would have never found this out. They’re taking $5 billion. And I’d rather see that money…
Read MoreThere Is Nothing “Humanitarian” About Israel’s New Gaza Aid Plan
Israel has engineered this new system so the greater mass of Gazans will be more concentrated, simpler to spy on, and easier to control. Security cameras and biometric testing are planned to screen the needy. Importantly for the greater designs of the Israeli government, large areas of the Gaza Strip can be depopulated, ripe for…
Read MoreThe MAGA War on Science Is Deadly—and It’s Just Getting Started
Another target of the administration’s aggression is this thing called the “administrative state.” It’s hard to say exactly what the administrative state is, other than a catchall for everything that conservative ideologues don’t like about government. The trouble is, of course, that the administrative state is really the workings of a functioning democratic government, and…
Read MoreSusan Brownmiller Asked Us to Rethink Everything We Thought We Knew
But what is often missed in accounts of Susan Brownmiller’s life is that, in addition to her deep commitment to social justice, she was a fundamentally generous, good person with a terrific sense of humor. She loved dogs, the theater, movies, poker, and baseball. When she became prosperous, she put money back into political causes…
Read MoreSingapore stocks rise after US court blocks Trump’s tariffs; STI up 0.1%
[SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended higher on Thursday (May 29), after a US trade court on Wednesday blocked US President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs from going into effect. In Singapore, the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.1 per cent or 4.92 points to 3,916.84. Across the broader market, advancers outpaced decliners 309 to 170,…
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