Know what you mean.
James Fallows
@jfallows.bsky.social
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Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
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2/2 Cites: -Latest NYT piece www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...
-Crimson piece reporting Garber denial www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
-Thread from yesterday bsky.app/profile/jfal...
I do not know which account is correct here. There are very high stakes for credibility of all involved. /end
Harvard President Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal With Trump | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 has told faculty that a deal with the Trump administration is not imminent and denied that the University is considering a $500 million settlement, according to th...
Important details from this story:
Yet another news-break by student journalists (this time @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard saying "see you in court," not "let's make a deal."
Per Garber, WH/MAGA leaked news of a "deal." NYT then ran with it.
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1/2 Follow up from yesterday:
—NYT is putting all its chips on "Harvard ready to pay up" story.
—Fact-reference link in this latest piece is to... previous NYT article.
—Latest story doesn't mention @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social story saying it's not so.
Links and cites in next post...
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Somebody thought this subhead reflected the threat to "healthy functioning of the courts." h/t @marcelias.bsky.social
This almost defies belief, except that it's number one million in a series.
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I apologize for swearing but--are you fucking kidding me???
The NYT thinks that judges refusing to give Trump's DOJ the benefit of the doubt is "eroding the healthy functioning of the courts."
For democracy to survive, judges need to be more skeptical and impose greater sanctions for DOJ's lies.
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Yes, agree on both points.
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Yes, good point.
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I let people of each faith or denomination—Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, LDS, Southern Baptist, you name it—complain about policies, failures, leadership personalities of their own group.
Having been raised Protestant (with relatives in many branches), I'll say: This is the worst face of Christianity.
I remember trying to explain to Irish people how nutjobs (and ominous) it was that Trump was naming Mike Huckabee as one of his first nominees in November.
I honestly don't think I have the vocabulary to explain this--but I know a huge swaths of self-described Christians are applauding genocide.
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Yes, great point.
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Me too. Restaurant / bar / even just seats at the least-crowded departure gate within reasonable distance of yours.
Not those damned lounges, which "we" are reportedly so eager to populate and "be seen" in.
