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Sean Murthy Aug 27, 2025

That meeting could have been a TV show. 📺 🇺🇸

🎁
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/trump-cabinet-meeting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hU8.EQ2O.ezPFR7zdZjFa

#USA #uspol #meetings #cabinet #NYT #NY_Times

Trump Plays Reality Television Host at Cabinet Meeting That Lasts Hours

As hours ticked by, President Trump played reality television host — “This has never been done before!” — as his cabinet members offered praise. It was a glimpse of how he runs his presidency.

The New York Times

Sean Murthy Aug 23, 2025

"He’s a walking, talking deepfake."
- Maureen Dowd, #NYT

$: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/opinion/trump-heaven.html

#NY_Times #quote #paywall

Opinion | Trump’s Slavish Stupidity

The president could learn a lesson from the sisters of Nativity.

The New York Times

Sean Murthy Apr 3, 2025

The most bizarre #NYT Spelling Bee I've ever seen.

https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee

#NY_Times #SpellingBee #puzzles #wordgames

I got Genius!

How many words can you make with 7 letters?

Sean Murthy Mar 23, 2025

If like me, you too seek the best of movies:

"The Movies We’ve Loved Since 2000"

$: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/movies/best-movies-since-2000.html

#entertainment #movies #NYT #NY_Times

The Movies We’ve Loved Since 2000

Explore 25 years of our movie coverage, and find your next film from this collection of our critics’ favorites from each year.

The New York Times

Sean Murthy Mar 23, 2025

Meet the Opposite of Elon Musk

🎁: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/opinion/musk-trump-education.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6E4.1iDS.S3DovsQru0r-

#NYT #NY_Times #Opinion #SouthSudan #Africa #education

Opinion | If Elon Musk Were Empathetic

Valentino Deng also has roots in Africa, but he exudes the empathy that Musk scorns.

The New York Times

Sean Murthy Aug 10, 2024

I believe the helicopter nonsense is Trump really stirring a "wow God saved him once before" emotion among his Christian base while also placing Willie Brown into more people's consciousness (and let the gutter mind take it from there).

$:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/us/politics/trump-helicopter-crash-willie-brown.html

#uspol #helicopter #WillieBrown #Harris #Election2024 #nyt #ny_times

Yes, Trump Was in a Scary Helicopter Ride. But Not With That Politician.

There was a helicopter. It did make an emergency landing. But a former California lawmaker says Donald Trump has mixed up one Black lawmaker for another.

The New York Times

Sean Murthy Jul 11, 2024

Has he now.

$: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/technology/elon-musk-spacex-mars.html

#Musk #ElonMusk #SpaceX #Mars #NY_Times

How Elon Musk and SpaceX Plan to Colonize Mars

SpaceX employees are working on designs for a Martian city, including dome habitats and spacesuits, and researching whether humans can procreate off Earth. Mr. Musk has volunteered his sperm.

The New York Times

Sean Murthy Jan 28, 2024

“When I gave them my word, it was as good as gold [bars].”

- New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2024/01/23/bob-menendez-reelection-bid-amid-federal-charges/

#uspol #usa #politics #NewJersey #Menendez #nyt #NY_Times #corruption