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It was such a treat to discuss my novel with Al Vuona on his superb program!
"I thought it'd be great to write a character who is a female scientist—an evolutionary biologist." Listen to @JohnWFarrell on @AlVuona's @WICN905 show, The Public Eye, discussing Nora Dunnahaldey, the protagonist of his novel AN UNCOMMON DESCENT: bit.ly/4d7noHn
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"The same people who insist on policing public bathrooms to protect little girls [are] smearing an actual child rape survivor," writes @crampell.
It sums up "the broader Trump agenda: professing support for the vulnerable while shielding their abusers." thebulwark.com/p/trump-cruel…
"As the political winds fill Democrats’ sails and they are picking up momentum, MAGA is doubling down on what has worked in the past: a false narrative undergirded by cruelty." Richardson for October 25, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substac…
"In the election of 1920, Americans handed a landslide victory to the Republicans and their presidential candidate Warren G. Harding, giving them control of both Congress and the White House." Richardson for October 24, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substac…
"An article published tonight by Anton Troianovski and Eric Lipton in the New York Times sheds a spotlight on the oil deals that lie behind Trump’s rush to normalize relations with Russia at Ukraine’s expense..." Richardson for October 23, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substac…
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Maybe the real voter fraud was the voter fraud we committed along the way.
Another grotesque display of Republican hypocrisy, exposed by @BrendanHartnett in @BulwarkOnline. thebulwark.com/p/gop-operati…
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The statement from the White House came as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops distanced itself from the gathering, emphasizing that the meeting was neither organized by nor affiliated with the conference...
ncronline.org/node/342536 via @NCRonline
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I’m sure Pope Leo will be grateful to have the list of names.
Breaking: White House names 12 bishops who prayed with Trump, defends president's record ncronline.org/node/342536 via @NCRonline
Sickening is the word. Another reason why 1 in 9 Americans are ex-Catholics....
"Alexander Ward and Lara Seligman of the Wall Street Journal reported today that Trump called Elon Musk yesterday to ask him to stop throttling Starlink’s military-grade communications system, Starshield, in Ukraine." Richardson for October 22, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substac…
"Everything feels out of whack in the United States.
First of all, the president’s behavior is becoming more and more erratic...." Richardson for October 21, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substac…
"A blockbuster story in the Wall Street Journal tonight by Alexander Ward, Natalie Andrews, and Josh Dawsey says that it was billionaire Elon Musk who ordered Space X to slow down its service in Ukraine..." Richardson for October 20, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substac…
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Christopher Wren was by no means the first person to seriously map the moon
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Did you know Christopher Wren was one of the first people to map the moon? 🌙📜
Explore the 'Wren 300' lecture series, which reveals his extraordinary life as a polymath: an architect, mathematician, astronomer, anatomist and courtier.
Watch: gres.hm/wren-300
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🎯 Russia is a failed nation, a terror state, a mafia pretending to be a country, a people infected with an imperial virus, a gas station with nukes that barely has any gas left, a Chinese vassal that needs perpetual war to stay intact. It should be quarantined, not elevated.
This has been Putin's dream for years: That his country, with GDP per capita lower than Poland, unable to conquer Donbas since 2014, will be treated as an equal to the US and China.
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“Not only a riveting coming of age story but also a clear-eyed examination of the often fraught road to recovery.” Loved @berndandooling's @publibonline Q&A w/ BLACK DOG author Erica Kent in which she said “The basic thing in a library is the possibility.” bit.ly/4BhvF5V
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Washington has discovered a brilliant financial strategy. Cut benefits for people who need them, cut taxes for people who don't, and borrow the difference from people who aren't old enough to vote.
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This has been Putin's dream for years: That his country, with GDP per capita lower than Poland, unable to conquer Donbas since 2014, will be treated as an equal to the US and China.
wsj.com/world/russia/putin-f…
"The reporters explained that a three-way summit with China and the U.S. would cement Russia’s status as one of the world’s three great powers, a status Putin has sought since 2000..." Richardson for October 18, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substac…
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One reason Putin was bold enough to invade Ukraine, then launch an all-out war, was that Europe was too dependent on Russian energy to fight back. Now that Europe is weaning itself off that catastrophic situation, the White House says they should buy Russian gas, for peace? 🤡
Идеи, которые возникают в Вашингтоне в последние недели, одна другой краше. После того как Дональд Трамп подписал указ, приостанавливающий действие ряда ограничений, предусмотренных «законом Грэма», стало известно о еще одной «прорывной» инициативе, которая якобы должна приблизить мир в Европе.
Одним из ключевых элементов «мирного плана» администрации Трампа стало предложение Европе возобновить закупки российского газа в больших объемах. Эмиссары Трампа поднимали эту тему в беседах с украинскими и европейскими чиновниками, в том числе с Владимиром Зеленским.
Американцы утверждали, что ради «стимулирования России к прекращению войны» Украине следует рассмотреть возможность возобновления работы газопроводов, проходящих по ее территории. Впрочем, как пишет NYT, европейцы отреагировали на эту идею резко отрицательно, хотя бы потому, что ее реализация свела бы на нет многолетние усилия Евросоюза по избавлению от зависимости от российского газа.
Но в администрации Трампа рассматривают экспорт российского газа как потенциальную составляющую мирного соглашения. При этом американцы учитывают возможные доходы Украины от транзита, а также то, что европейские избиратели, по их мнению, неизбежно захотят более дешевых энергоносителей.
Эти так называемые «компромиссные идеи» — уже даже не предложения о частичной капитуляции Украины. Это фактически предложение сдаться Путину всем континентом, вернув ему в руки любимый рычаг — возможность коррумпировать целые страны или развязывать «газовые войны» в случае неподчинения
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Humiliating and dangerous: Trump has now finally just made America an ally of the Kremlin and is aiding Putin in his war against an American friend and partner. Shameful betrayal of a US friend, and pathetic submission to a US enemy.
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