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The Netanyahu debate at my alma mater

I graduated from Cheltenham High School in 1971. I am very opposed to Netanyahu’s policies.

Cheltenham School District officials & alumni association members met Friday & discussed a student petition to remove Bibi Netanyahu from the Hall of Fame, but didn’t make a decision.“Given the complexities involved & the heightened public discourse, we must proceed in a deliberate manner.”

— Ken Vogel (@kenvogel.bsky.social) 2025-07-18T19:25:00.639Z

It’s going to be impossible to rebuild the government after Trump

The employees and all of their knowledge will be gone – they will have moved on to other jobs or retired

Trump will have gotten rid of the buildings

I assume that the Trump administration will have destroyed paper and digital records so there will be no history or baseline to start from.

Nobody will want to work for the federal government. There is no job security. A future Republican administration can get rid of them and their work. The Supreme Court is Trump’s accomplice.

Republicans will try to block funding to rebuild agencies. Their increase to the debt from their tax cuts for rich people will also make it harder to get funding.

Absolutely this. It requires intention, infrastructure and resources. And it requires holding those who did it accountable

— Dennis Yedwab (@dennisyedwab.bsky.social) 2025-06-30T21:28:22.184Z

Supreme Court lets Trump destroy the federal govt while waiting to decide if it’s ok to destroy the federal govt. What am I missing here? How does this get put back together again? How many lives are destroyed before we find out if it’s legal? What msg to future leaders?www.cnn.com/2025/07/14/p…

— Jill Lawrence (@jilldlawrence.bsky.social) 2025-07-14T19:49:38.132Z

Thanks to @brianbeutler.bsky.social for handing me the keys to his newsletter to talk about why the anti-Trump coalition needs to be thinking now about rebuilding the government once he leaves office — and about why we'll fail if we're too timid or play conventional budget politics.

— Sam Bagenstos (@sbagen.bsky.social) 2025-09-02T12:35:03.769Z

My reply to a Washington Post Bluesky post on Trump’s influence

The Post has been part of the problem. They have some good writers but their ownership and leadership has shifted to right. Many Post employees have left. I trust their judgement.

I knew the Supreme Court would cave in to Trump but I have been very disappointed by the behavior of some law firms and universities. They will learn that Trump treats compliance as weakness and will keep asking for more.

"Trump's influence over the Republican Party’s base and showman’s command of the bully pulpit might allow him to exert unusual influence over the nation’s direction," the Editorial Board writes. wapo.st/44GbYoS

— Washington Post Opinions (@postopinions.bsky.social) 2025-07-12T17:24:33.875Z

He has been helped by the cowardice of mainstream media, law firms, universities and the Supreme Court. Polls show that most of his policies are popular only with his cult. Still, he has defied popular opinion and the law to impose them on us.

— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-07-12T18:29:02.760Z

Trump’s budget cuts are bad for rural medical care

Hospital closings, flood victims unable to get rebuilding permits and medical/housing insurance, Abbott comparing dead children to football championship games, and Cruz stating these same lost children were simply “God’s will,” will follow the TXGOP into the midterms.2026 is coming. Be ready. 🗳️

— Lisa Reyna Loe (@lisaloe.bsky.social) 2025-07-11T13:50:33.241Z

Because of Donald Trump and Republicans, rural hospitals across America are on the verge of closing.This is real and it must be shared everywhere. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn…

— Democratic Values (@democratvalues.bsky.social) 2025-07-10T14:47:14.599Z

Rural hospitals across the U.S. say they're already being forced to consider tough choices — like cutting services for children or cancer patients — after Trump signed into law the GOP tax bill that included sweeping cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.www.nbcnews.com/health/healt…

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2025-07-10T18:20:08.199Z

Arizona’s rural hospitals are now at risk of shutting down thanks to Congressional Republicans and President Trump’s budget bill.🏥 Page🏥 Winslow🏥 Bisbee 🏥 Nogales🏥 GlobeAll just to give a tax break to billionaires. coppercourier.com/2025/07/08/a…

— Rep. Greg Stanton (@repgregstanton.bsky.social) 2025-07-10T16:09:32.212Z

Medicaid cuts in Trump bill put rural Marylanders’ care on the line

How dire is the BBB to rural hospitals? Very dire: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/202…

— Clara Jeffery (@clarajeffery.bsky.social) 2025-07-01T22:41:38.532Z

Why should anyone expect Trump to follow the law?

Fact Check: The Bill does not give FOTUS the authority to delay or cxl elections

— Guardrails of Democracy (@demguardrails.bsky.social) 2025-07-03T21:57:27.477Z

You’re assuming Trump obeys laws. He has shown repeatedly that he will break or ignore the law. He’s a convicted felon. I expect Democrats to be favored to win the House in 2026. I expect Trump to try to oppose that by preventing or invalidating elections or declaring a bogus emergency.

— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-07-03T22:43:21.593Z

http://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u…

— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-07-03T22:43:31.463Z

Another example of Trump’s willingness to violate laws http://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u…

— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-07-04T03:21:12.628Z

Reagan was a bad president

The megabill's war on the poor is built on a decades-old lie. Ronald Reagan's mythic "welfare queen" turned voters against social programs. #VoteHellNo http://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb…

— 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗱 (@photoframd.bsky.social) 2025-07-03T13:31:40.689Z

So back in the 1980’s when Reagan shut down mental health care, remember the buses of homeless dumped in US Cities? This reduction in funding led to the closure of many state mental hospitals and the release of patients into communities with limited resources and support systems. It was overnight.💔

— Miaganga (@miaganga.bsky.social) 2025-07-02T11:57:56.305Z

I literally argued with a with a staunch Reagan loving republican friend in 1995 who couldn't understand why Reagan wasn't a great president. Sure, he had moments, all politicians do, but he ruined the future of America.

— Auntie Jelli (@jellibeanz.bsky.social) 2025-04-26T14:25:45.420Z

Reagan hated the "proletariat’s" access to education and resented the “undesirables’” right to protest the establishment. An "educated proletariat" threatens @GOP.FREE friend link to "The Student Debt Crisis: Republican Class Warfare and Fear Politics."medium.com/armedwithrea…

— Bryan Dawson (@bryandawsonusa.bsky.social) 2025-04-27T23:10:32.880Z

Trump’s cuts to cancer studies

As a two-time cancer survivor, I am appalled by this.

Around $170 million in cuts were for studies of cancer, which remains the second leading cause of death in the United States, claiming more than 600,000 lives each year. Cuts in cancer research will cost lives by delaying the discovery of cures and better methods…www.nytimes.com/interactive/…

— RoseMarie (@rosesbloom24.bsky.social) 2025-06-30T18:52:17.736Z