A SHORT NYT VIDEO ABOUT ELON MUSK AND WHAT HE DID WITH TWITTER. 

https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000009973981/elon-musk-brings-his-playbook-from-twitter-to-the-government.html?smid=url-share

 

‘In a real sense, US democracy has died’: how Trump is emulating Hungary’s Orbán (‘The Guardian’)

Trump has moved to gut the federal government, fire critics and reward allies – a path similar to ‘would-be dictators’ like Orbán, experts say

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/07/trump-viktor-orban-electoral-autocracy

 

By Samantha Power

Ms. Power was the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development in the Biden administration.

I Ran U.S.A.I.D. Killing It Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/opinion/usaid-trump-samantha-power.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

 

Brian Schatz On How Democrats Can ‘Start Kicking Ass Again’

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/brian-schatz-trump-musk-us-aid.html

 

The Week ‘Democrats Must Work With Trump’ Died

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/democrats-must-work-with-trump-dead.html

 huh?

 

Trump is willing to wreck the world economy. The global fightback must start now. (in ‘The Guardian’)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/03/donald-trump-world-economy-britain-us-tariffs

 

NEW EXHIBITION on Anne Frank’s experiences opened at the Center for Jewish History in New York

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/new-exhibition-on-anne-franks-experiences-opened-at-the-center-for-jewish-history-in-new-york/

 

Bill Gates and the New Trumpian Tech Oligarchs

The Microsoft founder discusses vaccine skepticism, his fellow-billionaires’ political pivots, and his own dinner with the President at Mar-a-Lago.

https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/bill-gates-on-his-new-memoir-and-dining-with-donald-trump-at-mar-a-lago