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Jim Palmer: The Gospel of Jane<\/a><\/h2>\nThe passing of a voice that taught us how to listen<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.\u201d<\/em> – Jane Goodall<\/p>\nI read In The Shadow of Man<\/em> in 2003 and it changed my life. This was Jane Goodall\u2019s groundbreaking memoir that chronicles her early years studying wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. As a young boy I was fascinated by chimpanzees and gorillas. Jane introduced me to David Greybeard, Flo, and Fifi.<\/p>\nJane Goodall, the pioneering primatologist and conservationist, passed away on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at age 91 from natural causes while on a speaking tour in California.<\/p>\n
Her legacy is monumental…
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Atlantic: Portland\u2019s \u2018War Zone\u2019 Is Like Burning Man for the Terminally Online<\/a><\/h2>\nThere\u2019s more absurdity than menace on the city\u2019s streets\u2014at least for now.
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Rebecca Solnit: Thoughts on an Uncivil War<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nAn Army Called ICE Is Already Waging a Domestic War<\/p>\n(This is a series of short essay-reports, beginning with the worst \u2013 ICE and attacks on immigrants and ending with the best \u2013 what we can do and a brief homage to Jane Goodall.)<\/em>
\n(Rebecca Solnit more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – October 3, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\nThe Trump account posted another AI video last night, as well. Set to the music of Blue \u00d6yster Cult\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Fear the Reaper,\u201d the video shows Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance as band members\u2014Trump on cowbell and Vance on drums\u2014and features Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought as the Grim Reaper.
\n…<\/p>\n
Veterans of the U.S. national security community posting as The Steady State noted that \u201ca president posting a video depicting his opponents as prey for the Grim Reaper and zombies outside the \u2018unemployment office\u2019 is the opposite of what we expect in a healthy democracy.\u201d
\n…<\/p>\n
Russell Vought is not an elected official. He is best known for his contributions to Project 2025, a plan for gutting the U.S. government and installing a theocratic dictatorship. Project 2025 was so unpopular when it came to light last summer\u2014only 4% of voters who knew about it wanted to see it enacted\u2014that Trump insisted he had nothing to do with it. Trolling the American people with the idea that Congress has no power and Russell Vought is running the government to destroy it is an odd choice for a president who is already deeply unpopular.<\/p>\n
But turning the government over to unelected individuals who ignore the law is a theme for this presidency. First, billionaire Elon Musk, who ran the \u201cDepartment of Government Efficiency,\u201d (DOGE) apparently with the help of Vought, impounded congressionally appropriated funds and fired government workers. Then reports surfaced that deputy White House chief of staff Stephen Miller was in charge of deportations, detentions, and the attempt to get rid of diversity programs, while also exercising influence over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, and Attorney General Pam Bondi.<\/p>\n
Now Trump appears to be turning the reins of the government over to Russell Vought.
\n…<\/p>\n
On Monday, Hugo Lowell of The Guardian reported that Stephen Miller has directed the administration\u2019s strikes on Venezuelan boats, taking precedence over secretary of state and national security advisor Marco Rubio.
\n…<\/p>\n
If Trump\u2019s reliance on unelected bureaucrats to run his administration has led officials astray, another video posted by the Department of Homeland Security today seemed to offer a different window onto what the president is trying to accomplish. The video shows a bar with words in a font that mimics that of early video games, saying: \u201cLIFE AFTER ALL CRIMINAL ALIENS ARE DEPORTED.\u201d Behind the bar runs a series of images of the United States in the late 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. It shows Trump himself as a young man and what appears to be the Trump Tower in New York City in the early 1980s.<\/p>\n
The nostalgic hope for reclaiming Trump\u2019s glory days has tucked within it the McDonalds Mac Tonight moon image, an image used by white supremacists.<\/p>\n
The world depicted in that video reflects the period before Trump met convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but that story is not going away. The House of Representatives was supposed to be back in session on Monday, but House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has sent members home until October 14. Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) noted today that Johnson appears to be delaying the swearing-in of newly elected Arizona representative Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat.<\/p>\n
Grijalva says she will sign the discharge petition that will require the speaker to bring to the House floor a vote on instructing the Department of Justice to release the files from the investigation into Epstein\u2019s actions, which needs only one more signature to force the vote.<\/p>\n
Regarding Johnson\u2019s declaration that the House will take another week away from the Capitol rather than coming back to negotiate a way to end the government shutdown and preserve Americans\u2019 access to healthcare, Pingree asked: \u201cIs this about the shutdown, or is this about the Epstein files?\u201d
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Daily Beast: Mike Johnson Gives Congress a Vacation During Shutdown<\/a><\/h2>\nGIMME A BREAK
\nThe House Speaker just gave Congress a week off while a key vote on the Epstein files hangs in the balance.<\/p>\n
Sarah Jones: Republican Senators to Attend Posh Resort Fundraiser During the Shutdown<\/a><\/h2>\nRepublican Senators are expected to attend a posh resort for a GOP fundraiser during the shutdown, which means they’re blaming Democrats while they’re not even in DC to vote to open the government.<\/p>\n
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ProPublica: Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here\u2019s What Never Arrived.<\/a><\/h2>\nProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration\u2019s cuts.
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Sarah Jones: Thanks, Trump: Health Insurance Premiums Will Go Up to $24,535 [for] Some Couples Who Earn $85,000<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Independent UK: Where\u2019s the missing $17 trillion? Lawmaker says Trump must reveal what he\u2019s done with new investment bonanza he keeps boasting about<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Morgaan Sinclair, Ph.D.: A PolitiSage Backgrounder on Hegseth<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Jack Hopkins: The Wrecking Ball Named Russ Vought: How One Man Is Taking a Sledgehammer to Democracy<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Boing Boing: Trump spiritual advisor pleads guilty to child sexual abuse<\/a><\/h2>\nFox News: Texas megachurch founder to spend 6 months in jail for sexually abusing girl<\/a><\/h2>\nRNS: Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nTimeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department\u2019s Anti-Voting Shift<\/a><\/h2>\nTracking the Lawsuits Against Trump\u2019s Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump Pardons Database<\/a><\/h2>\nProject 2025 Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nDOGE Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nProPublica: Elon Musk\u2019s Demolition Crew<\/a><\/h2>\nWired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration\u2019s Attacks on Civil Liberties<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- The Impact Map<\/a>\n
- United States Disappeared Tracke<\/a>r\n
- ICE Flight Tracking<\/a>\n
- Regulatory Changes Tracker<\/a>\n
- Trump Administration Litigation Trackers<\/a>\n
- Far Right Groups Targeting Pride Month<\/a>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n
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I read In The Shadow of Man<\/em> in 2003 and it changed my life. This was Jane Goodall\u2019s groundbreaking memoir that chronicles her early years studying wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. As a young boy I was fascinated by chimpanzees and gorillas. Jane introduced me to David Greybeard, Flo, and Fifi.<\/p>\n Jane Goodall, the pioneering primatologist and conservationist, passed away on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at age 91 from natural causes while on a speaking tour in California.<\/p>\n Her legacy is monumental… There\u2019s more absurdity than menace on the city\u2019s streets\u2014at least for now. (This is a series of short essay-reports, beginning with the worst \u2013 ICE and attacks on immigrants and ending with the best \u2013 what we can do and a brief homage to Jane Goodall.)<\/em> The Trump account posted another AI video last night, as well. Set to the music of Blue \u00d6yster Cult\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Fear the Reaper,\u201d the video shows Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance as band members\u2014Trump on cowbell and Vance on drums\u2014and features Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought as the Grim Reaper. Veterans of the U.S. national security community posting as The Steady State noted that \u201ca president posting a video depicting his opponents as prey for the Grim Reaper and zombies outside the \u2018unemployment office\u2019 is the opposite of what we expect in a healthy democracy.\u201d Russell Vought is not an elected official. He is best known for his contributions to Project 2025, a plan for gutting the U.S. government and installing a theocratic dictatorship. Project 2025 was so unpopular when it came to light last summer\u2014only 4% of voters who knew about it wanted to see it enacted\u2014that Trump insisted he had nothing to do with it. Trolling the American people with the idea that Congress has no power and Russell Vought is running the government to destroy it is an odd choice for a president who is already deeply unpopular.<\/p>\n But turning the government over to unelected individuals who ignore the law is a theme for this presidency. First, billionaire Elon Musk, who ran the \u201cDepartment of Government Efficiency,\u201d (DOGE) apparently with the help of Vought, impounded congressionally appropriated funds and fired government workers. Then reports surfaced that deputy White House chief of staff Stephen Miller was in charge of deportations, detentions, and the attempt to get rid of diversity programs, while also exercising influence over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, and Attorney General Pam Bondi.<\/p>\n Now Trump appears to be turning the reins of the government over to Russell Vought. On Monday, Hugo Lowell of The Guardian reported that Stephen Miller has directed the administration\u2019s strikes on Venezuelan boats, taking precedence over secretary of state and national security advisor Marco Rubio. If Trump\u2019s reliance on unelected bureaucrats to run his administration has led officials astray, another video posted by the Department of Homeland Security today seemed to offer a different window onto what the president is trying to accomplish. The video shows a bar with words in a font that mimics that of early video games, saying: \u201cLIFE AFTER ALL CRIMINAL ALIENS ARE DEPORTED.\u201d Behind the bar runs a series of images of the United States in the late 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. It shows Trump himself as a young man and what appears to be the Trump Tower in New York City in the early 1980s.<\/p>\n The nostalgic hope for reclaiming Trump\u2019s glory days has tucked within it the McDonalds Mac Tonight moon image, an image used by white supremacists.<\/p>\n The world depicted in that video reflects the period before Trump met convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but that story is not going away. The House of Representatives was supposed to be back in session on Monday, but House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has sent members home until October 14. Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) noted today that Johnson appears to be delaying the swearing-in of newly elected Arizona representative Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat.<\/p>\n Grijalva says she will sign the discharge petition that will require the speaker to bring to the House floor a vote on instructing the Department of Justice to release the files from the investigation into Epstein\u2019s actions, which needs only one more signature to force the vote.<\/p>\n Regarding Johnson\u2019s declaration that the House will take another week away from the Capitol rather than coming back to negotiate a way to end the government shutdown and preserve Americans\u2019 access to healthcare, Pingree asked: \u201cIs this about the shutdown, or is this about the Epstein files?\u201d GIMME A BREAK Republican Senators are expected to attend a posh resort for a GOP fundraiser during the shutdown, which means they’re blaming Democrats while they’re not even in DC to vote to open the government.<\/p>\n ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration\u2019s cuts. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" curated news excerpts & citations Jim Palmer: The Gospel of Jane The passing of a voice that taught us how to listen \u201cWhat you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.\u201d – Jane Goodall I read In The Shadow of Man in 2003 and it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5837"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5856,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5837\/revisions\/5856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Atlantic: Portland\u2019s \u2018War Zone\u2019 Is Like Burning Man for the Terminally Online<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nRebecca Solnit: Thoughts on an Uncivil War<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nAn Army Called ICE Is Already Waging a Domestic War<\/p>\n
\n(Rebecca Solnit more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nHeather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – October 3, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n…<\/p>\n
\n…<\/p>\n
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nDaily Beast: Mike Johnson Gives Congress a Vacation During Shutdown<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nThe House Speaker just gave Congress a week off while a key vote on the Epstein files hangs in the balance.<\/p>\nSarah Jones: Republican Senators to Attend Posh Resort Fundraiser During the Shutdown<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nProPublica: Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here\u2019s What Never Arrived.<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n(ProPublica more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSarah Jones: Thanks, Trump: Health Insurance Premiums Will Go Up to $24,535 [for] Some Couples Who Earn $85,000<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nIndependent UK: Where\u2019s the missing $17 trillion? Lawmaker says Trump must reveal what he\u2019s done with new investment bonanza he keeps boasting about<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nMorgaan Sinclair, Ph.D.: A PolitiSage Backgrounder on Hegseth<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nJack Hopkins: The Wrecking Ball Named Russ Vought: How One Man Is Taking a Sledgehammer to Democracy<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nBoing Boing: Trump spiritual advisor pleads guilty to child sexual abuse<\/a><\/h2>\n
Fox News: Texas megachurch founder to spend 6 months in jail for sexually abusing girl<\/a><\/h2>\n
RNS: Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nTimeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department\u2019s Anti-Voting Shift<\/a><\/h2>\n
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump\u2019s Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\n
Trump Pardons Database<\/a><\/h2>\n
Project 2025 Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
DOGE Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
ProPublica: Elon Musk\u2019s Demolition Crew<\/a><\/h2>\n
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration\u2019s Attacks on Civil Liberties<\/a><\/h2>\n
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