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Month: August 2025
[The Washington Post] Can’t put solar panels on your roof? Plug-in ‘balcony solar’ may be for you.
Can’t put solar panels on your roof? Plug-in ‘balcony solar’ may be for you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/08/12/balcony-solar-plug-in-rooftop/
*** Live with Heather Cox Richardson – California governor Gavin Newsom
Live with Heather Cox Richardson – California governor Gavin Newsom
A recording from Heather Cox Richardson’s live video
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Aug 14, 2025
California governor Gavin Newsom and I chatted earlier today about his announcement that California will hold a special election on November 4 for voters to consider redistricting the state temporarily if Texas redistricts to give President Donald Trump the five additional seats to which he believes he is “entitled.”
***** [The Washington Post] America’s withered defense industrial base urgently needs ramping up
In the late 1930s, U.S. military production was anemic. Then FDR recruited William Knudsen.
NYTimes: Boy Crisis of 2025, Meet the ‘Boy Problem’ of the 1900s
Boy Crisis of 2025, Meet the ‘Boy Problem’ of the 1900s https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/opinion/men-boys-crisis-progressive-era.html
NYTimes: Behind Wall Street’s Abrupt Flip on Crypto
Behind Wall Street’s Abrupt Flip on Crypto https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/business/wall-street-banks-crypto-stablecoins.html
NYTimes: Trump Isn’t the Only One to Blame for the Gerrymander Mess
Trump Isn’t the Only One to Blame for the Gerrymander Mess https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/opinion/trump-roberts-supreme-court-gerrymander.html
***** [The Washington Post] America was at its Trumpiest 100 years ago. Here’s how to prevent the worst.
America was at its Trumpiest 100 years ago. Here’s how to prevent the worst.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/03/trump-wilson-world-war-hochschild/
NYTimes: Kindness Is MAGA Kryptonite
Kindness Is MAGA Kryptonite https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opinion/superman-adoption-maga-kindness.html
******* NYTimes: Democrats Delivered Millions to Texarkana. It Didn’t Matter One Bit.
Democrats Delivered Millions to Texarkana. It Didn’t Matter One Bit. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/opinion/liberalism-texarkana-economy-
democracy.html