[NYTimes-Gifted]: Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy

Posted inAnton Troianovski, Autocracy, Donald Trump, Geopolitics, National Security, The New York Times
President Trump’s new National Security Strategy describes a country that is focused on doing business and reducing migration while avoiding passing judgment on authoritarians. By Anton Troianovski https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/trump-national-security-strategy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k8.0WTm.fwdBlDOgEBnF&smid=nytcore-ios-share 2025-National-Security-StrategyDownload

[Slate]: Don’t Mistake Neil Gorsuch’s Abrupt Recusal for Actual Ethics. By Mark Joseph Stern

Posted inBillionaires, Mark Joseph Stern, Neil Gorsuch, Philip Anschutz, Slate, Supreme Court
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/12/supreme-court-ethics-neil-gorsuch-recusal.html This is an interesting read. The simple statement "Gorsuch recused himself" is really misleading; there no self-awareness, lofty ethical stance; he was ultimately forced to the obvious, the right…

Gifted article [NYTOpinion]: Putin Sees America Hurtling to Disaster, With Trump at the Wheel

Posted inDonald Trump, Journalist, Mikhail Zygar, Putin, Russia, Russia, The New York Times, Trump, Vladimir Putin
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/opinion/putin-trump-russia-america.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c04.qD0-.NJhyDuy5v_QB&smid=url-share Gifted article [NYTOpinion]: Putin Sees America Hurtling to Disaster, With Trump at the Wheel Guest Essay. By Mikhail Zygar Nov. 19, 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/opinion/putin-trump-russia-america.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c04.qD0-.NJhyDuy5v_QB&smid=url-share“ ..to many in the Kremlin, a…