Author: Harris L

Trump and many close to him are antisemitic

Donald Trump is dismantling higher education under the pretext of fighting antisemitism while continuing to stock his administration with antisemites. The hypocrisy is boundless. And it only makes Jews less safe.

— Andrew Weinstein (@andrewjweinstein.com) 2025-05-30T17:53:43.378Z

He's. A. Full on. Nazi.

— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger.bsky.social) 2025-03-14T02:12:25.661Z

Under Rubio’s new vetting-for-antisemitism policy, several Trump aides — including Hegseth’s press secretary — would not be eligible for visas. http://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/n…

— Eric Columbus (@ericcolumbus.bsky.social) 2025-05-30T14:33:04.210Z

Donald Trump pardoned the “Camp Auschwitz” guy, dined with Holocaust deniers, and said, “any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion.” He doesn’t care about fighting antisemitism. He’s using it as an opportunity to dismantle higher education and further his authoritarian agenda.

— Andrew Weinstein (@andrewjweinstein.com) 2025-05-26T17:13:03.989Z

Blue states subsidize red states

🤔 What if the “Donor States” that contribute more $ to the federal gov than they get back for programs, services, contracts, and aid, demand new trade terms from Trump? 😁1 New Jersey2 Massachusetts3 New York4 Connecticut5 California6 Illinois7 Washington8 Colorado9 Minnesota10 Utah

— VivianOfTheSierras (@vivianofthesierras.bsky.social) 2025-05-14T03:54:59.609Z

REPUBLICAN MATH…Red states slash taxes, cut services because of less revenue than blue states like California have to make up for their shortfall.

— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2025-04-26T01:36:13.441Z

Wow. All but five states have lower GDP than the San Francisco Bay Area.

— DrDinD.bsky.social (@drdind.bsky.social) 2025-03-19T20:30:08.351Z

Most & Least Federally Dependent States in 2025wallethub.com/edu/states-m…

— Ed Hirsch (@edhirsch.bsky.social) 2025-07-10T01:42:36.933Z

If blue states kept their money, they would be fine or even better off. Red states would be in deep financial trouble.Example: California is the fourth largest economy on Earth. It grows over one third of America’s vegetables and two thirds of its fruits and nuts.

— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2025-07-06T12:52:07.518Z

In 2023, NY contributed $89 billion more to the federal government than we received. Undocumented immigrants in NYC contributed $3 billion. So in theory we could just stop giving Republicans federal subsidies and pay for that marginal $18 billion in infrastructure directly and have a big surplus.

— Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers.bsky.social) 2025-10-05T23:04:21.232Z

Great new song by Fishbone

Fishbone has a great new song mocking Trump supporters. All Trump supporters are racists or willing to tolerate racism which is just as bad. The song has curse words so it’s NSFW.

They posted a parody of a Trump rant on Instagram. It sure sounds like him:

The song is on their upcoming album available directly from the Fishbone store.

I first learned about Fishbone in 1988 when they backed Little Richard on a cover of Rock Island Line. It’s on a tribute album to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly. I then got Fishbone’s fine album Truth and Soul.

The Phynx

The Phynx (1970) is not a good film but it is very entertaining. It’s someone’s idea of what would appeal to teenagers. It features an assembled band like the Monkees with songs by Leiber and Stoller.

It has an amazing cast of actors doing cameos. See this description from YouTube:

2,685 views Feb 12, 2024 What if a fictional rock band was recruited to play in a communist nation ? With Michael Ansara, Mike Kellin, Lou Antonio, George Tobias, Joan Blondell, Colonel Harlan Sanders, Xavier Cugat, Martha Raye, Ultra Violet, Pat McCormick, Rich Little, Maureen O”Sullivan, Johnny Weissmuller, Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, Ed Sullivan, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Sally Struthers, Dorothy Lamour, Andy Devine, George Jessel, Trini Lopez, James Brown, Dick Clark, Harold Sakata, Busby Berkeley, Patsy Kelly, Joe Louis, Guy Lombardo, Marilyn Maxwell, Richard Pryor, Jay Silverheels, Rudy Vallee, and Clint Walker.

It’s available on DVD from Warner Archive but I also found this full version above on YouTube.

Dorothea Lange online materials

Dorothea Lange was a great photographer. She is probably best known for her photos from the Depression.

There are books available from the National Gallery and MOMA exhibitions linked to below. There’s also a DVD from PBS.

#ResistanceRootsDorothea Lange was born on this day in 1895 in Hoboken, N.J. Lange was a photographer who is best known for her powerful images of the human toll of the Great Depression. Her work also influenced the development of documentary photography. /1

— Shooti (@bambooshooti.bsky.social) 2025-05-26T23:08:37.073Z

Dorothea Lange Words & Pictures (Museum of Modern Art Exhibition from 2020)

Dorothea Lange Biography with Photo Gallery

Dorothea Lange: Seeing People (National Gallery of Art Exhibition from 2023-2024)

Women Come to the Front Dorothea Lange

The Library of Congress had an exhibit about her and also has many of her Depression photos

This is her most famous photo:

Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother” Photographs in the Farm Security Administration Collection

Dorothea Lange’s once-censored photographs of Japanese Americans being forced out of their homes in the spring of 1942

The photos in the Instagram post above are from the National Archives. This group of pages list all of the Lange photographs in the Archives.

The woman in Lange’s most famous photograph

More posts on the Trump-caused brain drain

Trump’s actions are pushing thousands of experts to flee government

good for europealso this is extremely small potatoes tbf

— Zander Furnas (@alexanderfurnas.com) 2025-05-12T20:37:28.064Z

The Trump administration’s slowdown in science funding has left U.S.-based scientists and researchers scrambling to find homes for promising work that could lead to medical treatments and cures.Now, many are looking abroad.

— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) 2025-05-10T00:15:04Z

Every day America grows more dangerous and unlivable. People will die because scientists are leaving for countries that want them. apnews.com/article/trum…

— Marcie Lipsitt (@mlipsitt.bsky.social) 2025-05-26T23:36:11.299Z

Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them

Trump caused this

— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-06-26T00:36:44.922Z

More posts on Trump’s damage to travel to the US

The U.S. is already losing billions in tourism while bracing itself for an underwhelming 2026 men’s World Cup and 2028 Olympics.open.substack.com/pub/contrari…

— Jen Rubin (@jenrubin.bsky.social) 2025-07-24T12:15:27.822Z

News from Europe:Travel to the US is down 10%.Tesla sales are down 49%.So much for Trump’s claim that his decisions would make America “so rich.”

— Tokyo Sand (@dhstokyo.bsky.social) 2025-05-27T13:35:38.948Z

America First = America AloneUnprecedented: the U.S. is the only country out of 184 to see a drop in international tourism this year. Everyone else is rebounding. We’re projected to lose $12.5 billion in spending—jobs, small businesses, entire communities will feel this.

— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2025-05-27T00:15:30.044Z