Bari, please, don’t forget why many of us flocked to TFP. Give us a real interview. You need to press these people further. I know it’s cool for TFP to be scooping big stories like this, but politicians are not a real journalist’s friend. Be fair, but be tough—chummy only insomuch as it draws information out of them.
The State Department cannot point to any significant achievements, improvements, or victories in the last 4 years to defend its structure. Instead we've seen time and again failures of American diplomacy, use of the State Department to censor American citizens, and attempted dissemination of fringe ideas (representing the viewpoint of a minority of one political party in the US) to the rest of the world.
My response was too long for here. You can read the rest of
Bari, I’m am putting this comment here because I don’t know how else to reach you. I’ve noticed that there are a few commenters on TFP who do not have reply buttons. Is this allowed, or are these bots that have snuck in?
Great Interview. One of the best on Trump's team at linking issues, objectives, and tactics along with the urgency of getting the right things done sooner rather than later.
I loved what Pres. Trump did in his first term; the second term seems entirely different. Has he not learned the saying : If it's not broke, don't fix it!?
I am not a fan of your Front Page format - it is not easy to read. Too wordy - instead of 3 paragraphs to explain what each article is about and praise your journalist(s) for writing it before getting to the headline/link for it, how about just netting it out in a sentence or two after an obvious headline. We're all too busy to sort through all the fluff to find the main content. Less is more.
Fifty-seven percent - including one-third of Republicans - disagreed with the statement that "it's okay for a U.S. president to withhold funding from universities if the president doesn’t agree with how the university is run."
How about “ withholding if the University allows anti-semitism and discriminates based on race and sex in admissions”. Bet you’d get a WHOLE different response! Awful. You shouldn’t have quoted it.
The problem is that Trump & Co. are going off the rails. He gives both friends and critics lots of ammo these days. His threats to media and universities are unwise at best and arguably illegal. Firing people for disagreeing on insignificant issues? He risks looking like his actions are arbitrary, vengeful and capricious. Maybe a little attention will encourage him to dial it back?
Talks of trade wars in response to tariffs is nonsense. China and Japan have been doing trade wars for years. Japan for years wouldn't allow American cars into Japan. Even they recognized that they were hurting themselves. They began building cars in the U.S. knowing that the U.S. was destroying their own customer base by off-shoring manufacturing. How were unemployed car workers to be able to buy cars? Today, Japanese carmakers employ a third of American car assembly workers. Honda, Toyota, and Nissan are steadily gaining on the American big three in manufacturing jobs. In addition thousand of Americans are employed at Japanese car dealerships.
The Trump tariffs are already triggering a rebuilding of American manufacturing throughout the business world, from computer chips to durable goods. If there is a trade war brewing, America is winning it.
Bari, please, don’t forget why many of us flocked to TFP. Give us a real interview. You need to press these people further. I know it’s cool for TFP to be scooping big stories like this, but politicians are not a real journalist’s friend. Be fair, but be tough—chummy only insomuch as it draws information out of them.
The State Department cannot point to any significant achievements, improvements, or victories in the last 4 years to defend its structure. Instead we've seen time and again failures of American diplomacy, use of the State Department to censor American citizens, and attempted dissemination of fringe ideas (representing the viewpoint of a minority of one political party in the US) to the rest of the world.
My response was too long for here. You can read the rest of
it at:
https://substack.com/@nosenatorsson/note/c-111860750
Bari, I’m am putting this comment here because I don’t know how else to reach you. I’ve noticed that there are a few commenters on TFP who do not have reply buttons. Is this allowed, or are these bots that have snuck in?
Great Interview. One of the best on Trump's team at linking issues, objectives, and tactics along with the urgency of getting the right things done sooner rather than later.
I loved what Pres. Trump did in his first term; the second term seems entirely different. Has he not learned the saying : If it's not broke, don't fix it!?
We finally have an adult in the State Department
Trump is suing CBS for $20B, not $10B. Catch up.
Please, do not quote the New York Times…didn’t your folks leave that rag. I expect better. Otherwise OK today not great.
I am not a fan of your Front Page format - it is not easy to read. Too wordy - instead of 3 paragraphs to explain what each article is about and praise your journalist(s) for writing it before getting to the headline/link for it, how about just netting it out in a sentence or two after an obvious headline. We're all too busy to sort through all the fluff to find the main content. Less is more.
Pretty loaded survey question.
Fifty-seven percent - including one-third of Republicans - disagreed with the statement that "it's okay for a U.S. president to withhold funding from universities if the president doesn’t agree with how the university is run."
How about “ withholding if the University allows anti-semitism and discriminates based on race and sex in admissions”. Bet you’d get a WHOLE different response! Awful. You shouldn’t have quoted it.
who was surveyed?
Why do I keep feeling the creep of TFP going to the corporate media drumbeat?
Even this piece is seeming to try and masquerade as balanced reporting but is dripping with too much Trump derangement syndrome to be taken seriously.
It isn't good drift given the polling (since TFP is so found of reporting on unfavorable polling) on trust for the corporate media.
The problem is that Trump & Co. are going off the rails. He gives both friends and critics lots of ammo these days. His threats to media and universities are unwise at best and arguably illegal. Firing people for disagreeing on insignificant issues? He risks looking like his actions are arbitrary, vengeful and capricious. Maybe a little attention will encourage him to dial it back?
Most Supporters of Trump whether the man or his actions or both do not answer polls…..they are unreliable if not fixed.
Talks of trade wars in response to tariffs is nonsense. China and Japan have been doing trade wars for years. Japan for years wouldn't allow American cars into Japan. Even they recognized that they were hurting themselves. They began building cars in the U.S. knowing that the U.S. was destroying their own customer base by off-shoring manufacturing. How were unemployed car workers to be able to buy cars? Today, Japanese carmakers employ a third of American car assembly workers. Honda, Toyota, and Nissan are steadily gaining on the American big three in manufacturing jobs. In addition thousand of Americans are employed at Japanese car dealerships.
The Trump tariffs are already triggering a rebuilding of American manufacturing throughout the business world, from computer chips to durable goods. If there is a trade war brewing, America is winning it.
Excellent analysis.
Hmmm.....VERY interesting....
https://gizmodo.com/americas-science-agency-says-it-will-cut-funding-to-researchers-who-protest-israel-2000593036
And your point??????? I love what Trump is doing....oh you are a anti-Semitic troll...go away
The point should be pretty obvious, hypocrite.
Of course you love what he's doing.
Well, THIS is certainly interesting :)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/uss-nsc-denies-israeli-american-appointed-to-top-iran-role-worked-for-israeli-defense-ministry/
Ok....this is my favorite so far :)
https://www.alreporter.com/2025/04/14/the-sewage-issues-in-lowndes-are-deplorable-and-dei-has-nothing-to-do-with-fixing-them/