Links to commentary from the New York Times and to a performance by Leonard Cohen and company via YouTube; other published material or at least headlines are accessible by clicking below on the newspaper’s or the singer-songwriter’s name. (Scroll down for MEDIA 2-13-26.  Scroll up for VENEZUELA, 9/11 TRUTH and UKRAINE.) — MCM

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FROM c. FEB. 7  What Trump is best at, hands down, by Nicholas Kristof | The New York Times  President Donald Trump is unrivaled in American history in one respect: None of his predecessors ever cashed in on the presidency as he has. READ MORE . . .

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FROM 2013  ‘Everybody knows,’ by Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson; performed in Dublin by Cohen, Robinson, Charley and Hattie Webb, and anonymous instrumentalists | YouTube. EVERYBODY KNOWS was printed on cardboard on one of the handmade signs that 20 or so anti-ICE demonstrators were holding on Saturday at the corners of West Housatonic, East Housatonic and South streets in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Whether any of the demonstrators knew about the song is not known. Click HERE for video of Dublin performance.

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