⚡️Memo from a News Hound

The week ending January 10

Highlights and recommendations from the week that felt like a year

Jan 11 • ⚡️Kathy E Gill

Where do we go from here?

It’s been a week that feels like a year.

Jan 10 • ⚡️Kathy E Gill

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A case for a universal basic income

The problem is more than "artificial intelligence."

Jan 2 • ⚡️Kathy E Gill

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December 2025

Where is the peace and understanding?

As I sang carols with others at the Edmonds Lutheran Church Christmas Eve service, I wondered how it came to be that Lutherans sing the same carols that…

Dec 26, 2025 • ⚡️Kathy E Gill

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The Supreme Court is broken. We need to fix it.

From composition to term length, from staggered terms to an enforceable code of ethics.

Dec 19, 2025 • ⚡️Kathy E Gill

Whites will soon be a minority in the United States

The GOP will be dragged to that reality kicking, screaming and gerrymandering

Dec 12, 2025 • ⚡️Kathy E Gill

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We need to acknowledge that Jesus was not a White European

What would the U.S. be like if Christian churches depicted the ethnicity of Jesus of Nazareth as the Middle Eastern Jew he must have been rather than as…

Dec 6, 2025 • ⚡️Kathy E Gill

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It's time for a reboot

I know it's not yet the New Year... but what the hey!

Dec 6, 2025 • ⚡️Kathy E Gill

September 2025

Roberts Court gives Trump line item veto

It subverts a 28-year ruling against that authority.

Sep 27, 2025 • ⚡️Kathy E Gill

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Trump's manic assault on traditional media: seven days of hate and vengeance

Add to that an impeachment-level post to AG Bondi

Sep 23, 2025 • ⚡️Kathy E Gill

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July 2024

18 July 2024. Trump’s rambling acceptance speech was peppered with references to buying votes, Hannibal Lecter and Viktor Orban.

There was no plan. But as always, there were lies.

Jul 19, 2024 • ⚡️Kathy E Gill

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March 2022

20 March 2022 ⚡️Lack of Internet access in the US linked to Covid-19 deaths

White House request for additional Covid-19 funding stalls; European cases on the upswing; Pfizer and Moderna file for second booster; updates on long…

Mar 20, 2022 • ⚡️Kathy E Gill

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