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[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

Amen.

[nxthompson @nxthompson]

Words to live by today—and every day.

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

To be clear, I don't entirely disagree with @tonydokoupil - but since he asked, here's what I wrote about the change in news in "The Death of Expertise" over a decade ago. I worry that the new approach at CBS is "tell us what to report" instead of "here's what you need to know."

[D Joe 🇺🇦🌻🟧🟦 @djoelaw]

@tonydokoupil @RadioFreeTom

[Democratic Coalition @TheDemCoalition]

Donald Trump will go down in history as the first American president to have willingly betrayed his own country in service to a foreign enemy. His acts of treason will be taught in history books for generations to come, and the name 'Trump' will become synonymous with treachery.

#TraitorTrump

[Devin Duke @sirDukeDevin]

Solid question

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Congress named it the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and it will stay that name.

RETWEET if you stand with the legacy of President Kennedy against Trump!

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

"They were best friends," @davidfrum says of Trump and Epstein. "The only photos you ever see of Donald Trump where he is authentically smiling in the presence of another human being, is with Jeffrey Epstein."

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

Adding your name to a memorial already named in honor of a great man doesn’t make you a great man. Quite the contrary. Putting your name on top of someone else’s doesn’t mean that people will speak of you in the same breath as the other man. Putting your name above another man’s name on his existing memorial… What is that about? Truly? What’s that about? Do you want people to speak the names as one? Dig down deep. What are you trying to say? I’m really interested. There is no other president who would do this. None. Zero. In fact, it’s not even legal. Congress named the performing arts center as a living memorial in 1964, and only congress can change that law.

This will always be the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Art. A great man would have said to his hand picked board, “Thank you, but the building already has its name. Let it stand. Let it be. I don’t need that.” But then again…

[Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert]

Them: “Keep Christ in Christmas!”

Me: "Ok! Let's spend the holidays feeding the hungry, giving water to the thirsty, welcoming immigrants, supporting the poor, caring for the sick, and visiting those in prison."

Them: “Wait... No. Not like that.”

[Charlie Sykes @SykesCharlie]

This week, I’ve gotten an unusually high volume of emails asking me whether this can actually be real: “Trump disparages presidential foes in plaques attached to White House.”

Indeed, it is very real, my friends, beyond the wildest excesses of parody.

https://t.co/VTyGORYFM0

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

The Kennedy Center was named after my uncle, President John F Kennedy. It was named in his honor. He was a man who was interested in the arts, interested in culture, interested in education, language, history. He brought the arts into the White House, and he and my Aunt Jackie amplified the arts, celebrated the arts, stood up for the arts and artists.

It is beyond comprehension that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial dedicated to President Kennedy. It is beyond wild that he would think adding his name in front of President Kennedy’s name is acceptable. It is not.

Next thing perhaps he will want to rename JFK Airport, rename the Lincoln Memorial, the Trump Lincoln Memorial. The Trump Jefferson Memorial. The Trump Smithsonian. The list goes on.

Can we not see what is happening here? C’mon, my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny. This is way beneath the stature of the job. It’s downright weird. It’s obsessive in a weird way. Just when you think somone can’t stoop any lower, down they go…

[💙🌊 Zero Dark Twenty-Nine 🌊🌊🖋️🧫 @herotimeszero]

Trump still refuses to show the Epstein files. Just like he refused to concede. Just like he ordered the insurrection. Just like he stole the documents. Just like he colluded with Russia. Just like he was guilty of 34 counts.

None of it was a hoax. He is simply a criminal.

[Joe Kennedy III @joekennedy]

The Kennedy Center is a living memorial to a fallen president and named for President Kennedy by federal law. It can no sooner be renamed than can someone rename the Lincoln Memorial, no matter what anyone says.

[Steve Schmidt @SteveSchmidtSES]

"John and Jaqueline Kennedy had class. Donald and Melania do not. John Kennedy was a war hero. Donald Trump is a draft dodger. John Kennedy was a great president. Donald Trump is the worst in American history."

https://t.co/sl2TSfv2HZ

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

🚨NEW: Kerry Kennedy, niece of President John F Kennedy, responds to the Kennedy Center’s name change: “Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building….Are you in?”

RETWEET if you stand with Kennedy against Trump!

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

Experts proceed from foundational knowledge, work, experience, and rules of evidence. The layman does not; thus, this exchange is pointless. "I can present myself in a public forum as equivalent to an expert because I have a mic and strong views" is the problem.

[WISH-TV News @WISHNews8]

U.S. Sen. Jim Banks, a Republican from Indiana, was confronted by a former Health and Human Services employee who was among up to 10,000 fired or laid off. The senator responded with "You probably deserved it" and "You seem like a clown." https://t.co/G8Js0rIxW4

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

A stunning essay in the FT on the international decline in the ability to read, reason, focus, and learn new things.
It began or accelerated in the early 2010s.
It's hitting teens AND adults.
Self-report and objective scores.
by @jburnmurdoch

https://t.co/gPGrShE2dk