Per Koch

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Editor of the Nordic magazine for research and innovation policy, Forskningspolitkk. Interested in politics, movies, literature, the history of ideas, social media and more. UNESCO Chair in Futures Literacy. https://aviana.com/per

The Trump administration isn't only targeting organizations or groups but even individuals and "entities" whom NSPM-7 says can be identified by any of the following "indica" (indicators) of violence: • anti-Americanism, • anti-capitalism, • anti-Christianity, • support for the overthrow of the United States Government, • extremism on migration, • extremism on race, • extremism on gender • hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, • hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on religion, and • hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on morality.
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Headline: Woman wins record for world’s largest Minion collection
Liesl Benecke has more than 1,000 Minion items, including her latest purchase: three crystal figurines from Swarovski. (Photo ofcollection)
Headline: Trump appoints former ‘Real Housewives’ star to Holocaust Museum board
Another question from that Fox News poll helps explain an important dynamic undergirding support for Trump. Respondents were asked whether they viewed Trump’s escaping serious harm from assassination attempts this summer as an indicator of divine intervention. Most Americans said it wasn’t — but 6 in 10 Republicans said it was.
Headline: Miss Manners: My friend has never invited me on to the yacht she lives on
SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2025 24A1007 ORDER IN PENDING CASE A.A.R.P., ET AL. V. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF U.S., ET AL. There is before the Court an application on behalf of a putative class of detainees seeking an injunction against their removal under the Alien Enemies Act. The matter is currently pending before the Fifth Circuit. Upon action by the Fifth Circuit, the Solicitor General is invited to file a response to the application before this Court as soon as possible. The Government is directed not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees from the United States until further order of this Court. See 28 U. S. C. §1651(a). Justice Thomas and Justice Alito dissent from the Court’s order. Statement from Justice Alito to follow
There is a way for universities to fight back. It requires more than refusing to bend to Trump’s will, and it requires more than forming a united front. They must abandon all the concerns — rankings, donors, campus amenities — that preoccupy and distract them, and focus on their core mission: the production and dissemination of knowledge. Intellectuals have adopted this strategy to fight against autocrats in other countries. It works.
Screenshot from Washington Post: Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as it seeks to cut endangered species list
The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.
Which schools have been targeted? So far, seven universities have been singled out for punitive funding cuts or have been explicitly notified that their funding is in serious jeopardy. They are: Brown University, which the Trump administration said stood to lose $510 million. Columbia, which is hoping to regain about $400 million in canceled grants and contracts after it bowed to a list of demands from the federal government. Cornell University, the target of a cut of at least $1 billion. Harvard University, which has approximately $9 billion at stake. The government has sent the university a list of demands. Northwestern, which Trump administration officials said would be stripped of $790 million. The University of Pennsylvania, which saw $175 million in federal funding suspended because of its approach to a transgender athlete’s participation in 2022. Princeton University, which said “dozens” of grants had been suspended. The White House indicated that $210 million was at risk.
Colorful easter eggs.
Golf club covers featuring President Trump were sold at his Miami golf club’s pro shop
The president spent much of Friday at yet another Trump family venue, Trump International Golf Club, not far from Mar-a-Lago, sending out social media messages during the day, including, “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET RICH, RICHER THAN EVER BEFORE.” (Eric Trump playing golf.)
Narcissistic Personality Disorder Diagnostic Criteria 301.81 (F60.81) A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning in early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by by five (or more) of the following: 1. Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements). 2. Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love. 3. Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high status people (or institutions). 4. Requires excessive admiration. 5. Has a sense of entitlement (i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations). 6. Is interpersonally exploitative (i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends. 7. Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identity with the feelings and needs of others. 8. Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her. 9. Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes.
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Photo of Tesla, the man.
Donald Trump looking at a graph of his approval ratings in a mirror, making their collapse look like a victory.
Trump’s attack on Zelensky stirs fear of major U.S. shift on Russia
Map of North America with a Norwegian flag and the word VINLAND on top.
Mussolini and Trump
A group of women wearing identical masks + the text "The biggest threat to a compassionate and inclusive society are the people who think they are “normal”. They want everyone else to be like them."
Elon Musk in oversized Maga hat vs. Dark Helmet in Spaceballs.
Consistent with the military mission and longstanding DoD policy, expressing a false “gender identity” divergent from an individual’s sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service. Beyond the hormonal and surgical medical interventions involved, adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual’s sex conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life. A man’s assertion that he is a woman, and his requirement that others honor this falsehood, is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member.
IF BLACK CHILDREN ARE "OLD ENOUGH" TO EXPERIENCE RACISM THEN WHITE CHILDREN ARE "OLD ENOUGH" TO LEARN ABOU TIT.
Judge stunned as man with suspended license joins Zoom hearing while driving
Washington Post headline: Trump guilty on all counts
Man finds huge 30,000-year-old mammoth bones in his wine cellar