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Stan Tsunoda

@stantsunoda.bsky.social
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Son of California Nisei, proud father & grandfather, husband, physicist, lifelong Democrat, avid piano detuner. No DM

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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It is shameful what they are doing to Fauci. His empire rose and fell, but he was a much needed voice of reason during Covid and spoke truth to power despite Trump's incompetence and disinformation. I honor his service to the country.
theatlantic.com
The Unmaking of Anthony Fauci
He built an empire. It did not last.
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Biggest mistake Dems are likely to make in 2028? Choosing a candidate they like best rather than one who has the best chance to win. Lots of actionable advice from Richard Thaler:
nytimes.com
Opinion | How Democrats Can Improve Their Odds, According to a Nobel Economist
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Rest in Peace, Seymour Bernstein
youtube.com
Seymour Bernstein (1927-2026) PEAKED in his 90s #piano #wisdom
YouTube video by Ben Laude
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Such a great interview with Kim Lane Scheppele on the rise of Peter Magyar, how he toppled Orban, and the challenges to come.
open.substack.com
Kim Lane Scheppele on Hungary
Democracy wins big
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Not necessarily a big fan of Chuck Schumer, but his concerns about the SAVE Act are well articulated here.
nytimes.com
Opinion | Chuck Schumer: This Is Trump’s Plan to ‘Guarantee the Midterms’
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Robert Pape describes horizontal escalation and how it may be favorable to Iran.
foreignaffairs.com
Why Escalation Favors Iran
America and Israel may have bitten off more than they can chew.
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Trump has no regard for ordinary Americans and could care less about lives elsewhere. This war is a vainglorious stroke for his ego, a distraction from Epstein, and a potential excuse for election manipulation. The crucial issue described below will be how to secure the stores of enriched uranium.
nytimes.com
Opinion | There Is One Crucial Reason We’re Talking About Boots on the Ground
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I would like to think the country would go apeshit if Trump were to meddle with the midterms. Ruben Gallego has a plan forward if he does so...
theguardian.com
‘Grind the country to a halt’: Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms
In wake of Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to ‘take over’ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the ‘ultimate response’
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Marc Elias' plausible scenario for how Trump might steal the midterm elections. This would represent the complete transformation of the US into dictatorship.
democracydocket.com
Trump wants to take over voting. Mike Johnson is willing to help
Trump raised the threat to the 2026 midterm elections to an entirely new level.
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
This is why Trump does not seem to be concerned with public opinion polls. Trump plans to try to intimidate voters with his ICE thugs. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Good on Thune for speaking out against nationalizing elections. thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Carney has said no. Republicans in Congress, the Supremes, and the US business community must take a lesson from him before it is too late.
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Carney Doctrine
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Are we a country or are we just tax paying spectators watching a deteriorating old mob boss kidnap a small time mob boss in order to grab some loot? Do oil companies really think they can get a positive ROI in the absence of US ground troops or is this just a distraction from Epstein?
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
The Trump/Hegseth attack on the 6 Dems reminding those in the armed forces of their obligation not to follow unlawful orders is in stark relief to the recent statement by the Former JAGS Working Group that the order to kill civilians in the US strike of the Venezuelan boat on 9/2/25 was a war crime.
justsecurity.org
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Unless Trump backs down to avoid the Gov shutdown, healthcare premiums for many will skyrocket. Sen Dem Leadership have chosen a good strategy to pushback and highlight Trump incompetence and cruelty. See Paul Krugman: Understanding the Coming Premium Apocalypse open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18/09/2025
When government intimidation and corporate cowardice meet, free speech dies. Boycott ABC and Disney until they stand up to Brendan Carr’s censorship. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com
Brendan Carr’s FCC Power Play: How One Weak Man Threatens America’s Free Speech
After Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks on the Charlie Kirk shooting, Carr used FCC leverage to pressure ABC—showing how quickly constitutional rights can be trampled.
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
"Give us your tired, your poor..." and we'll detain them in cruelest and most inhumane way so they decide to self deport.
theguardian.com
Plane to purgatory: how Trump’s deportation program shuttles immigrants into lawless limbo
44,000 immigrants, 1,700 flights, 100 days: a Guardian investigation of leaked flight data and government detention data reveals the inhumane journey of immigrants shuttled around and outside the US
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Democratic leaders, do something! Here is an idea......
nytimes.com
Opinion | How Democrats Can Shut Down the Government With Voters on Their Side
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Latest from Alexandra Petri. So on target!
theatlantic.com
Apologies: You Have Reached the End of Your Free-Trial Period of America!
Want rule of law? That’s premium.
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Pritzker stands up to Trump. He points out that the claimed "crime emergency" is just a ruse for putting Federal troops in place in Democratic cities for the 2026 elections to intimidate voters and influence the vote.
theguardian.com
JB Pritzker calls for ‘all to stand up’ to Trump’s immigration crackdown in Chicago
President is preparing for controversial federal takeover of US city in crusade against immigration ‘sanctuary cities’
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Bravo, Lisa Cook and Susan Monarez, for refusing to go quietly into the night. Fed Governor Cook is suing Trump for her illegal firing. CDC Director Monarez has refused to resign and has accused RFK, Jr of the weaponization of public health.
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
The Gladstone.ai report, "America's Superintelligence Project' commissioned by the US State Dept, discusses the urgent need for better security in AI HW & SW supply chain, infrastructure, and development. It also discusses alignment: How do we control AI to ensure it serves human interests?
superintelligence.gladstone.ai
America's Superintelligence Project
U.S. AI labs believe they may soon achieve superintelligence, a technology with profound national security implications. This investigation covers how America can position itself to secure, control, a...
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
MAGA (Morons Are Governing America) strikes again. Yet another tragic decision that the world will need to endure.
nytimes.com
E.P.A. Plans to Revoke the Legal Basis for Tackling Climate Change
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Nice explanation of the recent CP violation observed in baryons that may have cosmological implications regarding matter vs anti-matter in the universe.
physicsworld.com
CP violation in baryons is seen for the first time at CERN – Physics World
LHCb result is consistent with the Standard Model, but could provide a path to new physics
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Trump's DOJ is beginning to encroach on the upcoming elections. They are contemplating prosecuting state and local officials if election security is not "up to standards"
nytimes.com
Justice Dept. Explores Using Criminal Charges Against Election Officials
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Bill Moyers, rest in peace
nytimes.com
Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
"As Americans, we have a constitutionally protected right to protest. As Angelenos, we have a moral obligation to protest the Ice raids on members of our community," Alex Berg, 42-year old resident of Los Angeles
theguardian.com
‘A moral obligation to protest’: LA residents on being thrust into chaos
Angelenos have taken to the streets to resist Ice officials conducting raids at workplaces, schools and churches
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Senator Alex Padilla was forced to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents while questioning Kristi Noem at her LA news conference. Trump is cynically inciting violence in LA and elsewhere by federalizing Nat'l Guard and deploying US troops while rounding up immigrants to meet his daily quotas.
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
LA protestors are on the front lines against the threat of a police state by Trump. They are walking a thin line while Trump is itching for violence that will give him an excuse to crack down and declare martial law.
theguardian.com
Los Angeles gears up for fourth day of protests against immigration raids
Rally will demand release of arrested union leader David Huerta as ACLU says ‘we will not be silenced’
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
The proposed Medicaid work requirements are a cynical tool for denying people healthcare to pay for the tax cut. 92% of the targeted recipients already work, are in school, have family caregiving responsibilities or have disabilities. Folks will be thrown off trying to navigate the red tape.
nytimes.com
Opinion | We Saw Medicaid Work Requirements Up Close. You Don’t Want This Chaos.
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
AOC explains how Medicare Advantage makes its subscribers appear sicker than they really are and then denies them proper care in order to maximize private insurance company profits. Senators Bill Cassidy and Jeff Merkley have introduced the No Upcode Bill to address this.
youtu.be
Rep. AOC Breaks Down Medicare Advantage
YouTube video by RepAOC
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The cruelty and recklessness of the Trump regime is obscene.
propublica.org
Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Another man is deported to El Salvador in violation of court order.
nytimes.com
Trump Officials Deported Another Man Despite Court Order
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Do you feel more secure? CBO projects that the Dept of Homeland Security will add $67B to the deficit including $45B for detention facilities and $300M for FEMA protection of Trump's residences. In addition, an increase in immigration fees will provide $73B to fund more immigration enforcement.
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
A provision in the proposed GOP budget bill takes away the Judiciary’s only tool to pressure a defiant Executive branch into complying with the law.
theguardian.com
A hidden measure in the Republican budget bill would crown Trump king | Robert Reich
The bill could stop federal courts from enforcing their rulings, eliminating any restraint on Trump
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Effect of 2018 Medicaid Work Requirements in Arkansas 13.2% of respondents targeted with work requirements lost Medicaid compared to those not targeted relative to those in the control states. >95% of them already met work requirements/were exempted! Losses were primarily due to onerous reporting.
nejm.org
Medicaid Work Requirements — Results from the First Year in Arkansas | NEJM
Arkansas was among several states that implemented Medicaid work requirements. Results from surveys of low-income adults suggest that work requirements were associated with a decrease in the number...
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Hang tough, Harvard. You have all of academia on your shoulders.
nytimes.com
Trump Seeks Extensive Student Data in Pressure Campaign to Control Harvard
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The illegal deportations keep piling up: 3/5/25: Guatemalan deported to Mexico "in error" 3/15/25: 238 Venezuelans deported to El Salvador - no hearing (including Abrego Garcia) 5/7/25: Restraining order on deportation of Asians to Libya 5/20/25: Immigrants deported to S. Sudan - inadequate notice
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
In apparent defiance of a court order, the Trump administration has deported Myanmar and Vietnamese citizens to South Sudan in violation of their due process rights.
bbc.com
Judge warns US deportations to South Sudan may breach court order
The judge orders the migrants to be kept in US government custody, holding the plane on the tarmac if necessary.
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The truth will out. Here is Josh Hawley sounding like a Democrat!
nytimes.com
Opinion | Josh Hawley: Don’t Cut Medicaid
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Is this is in preparation for dealing with the increased popular uprisings when tariff price increases, Medicaid cuts, and huge deficit caused interest rate increases start affecting people's daily lives?
theguardian.com
Trump administration mulling end to habeas corpus, legal right to challenge one’s detention
Presidential adviser Stephen Miller announces potential move, which US has made only four times in history
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
A survey of the effects of Trump's withdrawal of the US from the world stage.
theguardian.com
Are we heading for another world war – or has it already started?
The rules-based world order is in retreat and violence is on the rise, forcing countries to rethink their relationships
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Harvard, you’re a beacon for the resistance. Tragically, scholarship will be badly battered these next few years. Stand strong against the howling wind.
nytimes.com
Harvard Leaders See Only Bad Outcomes Ahead as They Battle Trump
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Authors argue that you know you are in an authoritarian regime when citizens are afraid to criticize their government. So yeah, we are there.
nytimes.com
Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Large tariffs on Chinese active pharmaceutical ingredients will greatly affect the price and availability of many common drugs. China globally supplies: - 90% of Ibuprofen - 70% of Acetaminophen - 80% of key antibiotics such as Amoxicillin - 80% of Metformin for diabetes management
drugpatentwatch.com
The Role of China in the Global Generic Drug API Market
China has established itself as the undisputed powerhouse in the global Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) market, fundamentally reshaping how pharmaceutical supply chains operate worldwide.
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Robert Reich’s dire warning seems right.
theguardian.com
If leaders stay silent, the US won’t survive Trump’s next 100 days | Robert Reich
We are tottering on the edge of dictatorship. Powerful voices across institutions, from politics to academia and religion, must speak out
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Your local City Council is about to take the Trump Test: Are you a sanctuary city? I am hoping mine fares better than some law firms.
theguardian.com
Trump to sign executive order requiring list of sanctuary cities and states
Second executive order aims to ‘strengthen and unleash’ law enforcement to pursue ‘criminals’, White House says
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Republicans who are threatening Trump's tax & spending bill are identified in the below WSJ article.
wsj.com
These GOP Lawmakers Could Sink Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ Tax Bill
As Congress returns, small blocs of Republican dissidents on SALT, Medicaid and other issues could thwart the GOP agenda
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Great article by Steven Rattner detailing Trump's extensive corruption.
nytimes.com
Opinion | Donald Trump Is Selling the White House to the Highest Bidder (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has set a new standard for egregious and potentially illegal behavior.
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Stan Tsunoda @stantsunoda.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Three books seem to form a framework for understanding our current political nightmare: 1. Capital by Piketty shows how rising income inequality is a natural consequence of capitalism. The post war period, though, was a period of relatively low inequality which benefitted the upward mobility of
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