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<v Speaker 1>Gnom Tromsky has not made any new public appearances or

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<v Speaker 1>statements in the past few days, and that silence is

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<v Speaker 1>itself the headline. Since suffering a massive stroke in June

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty three that left him partially paralyzed and with

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<v Speaker 1>severely limited speech, as reported in CounterPunch, his direct participation

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<v Speaker 1>in interviews and events has essentially stopped, and there are

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<v Speaker 1>no verified reports, but this has changed in the last

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four hours. CounterPunch adds that his appetite for news

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<v Speaker 1>remains intact and that he still reacts sharply to images

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<v Speaker 1>from Palestine, but these are private observations from his family

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<v Speaker 1>rather than new public activity. The current news cycle around

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<v Speaker 1>Chansky is therefore driven less by what he does today

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<v Speaker 1>than by how institutions and commentators continue to pay position him.

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<v Speaker 1>The Nation recently ran a substantial essay on his new

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<v Speaker 1>book with Nathan J. Hip Robinson, The Myth of American Idealism,

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<v Speaker 1>describing Chomsky as the most famous critic of US empire

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<v Speaker 1>in the world and casting him as a kind of

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<v Speaker 1>modern Biblical prophet whose works set the template for today's

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<v Speaker 1>skepticism of American power. That article is not breaking news

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<v Speaker 1>about his health or movements, but it is an important

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<v Speaker 1>development in how his legacy is being framed as he

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<v Speaker 1>nears one hundred in terms of fresh biographical relevance. Monthly

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<v Speaker 1>Reviews December twenty twenty five issue includes Chomsky in its

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<v Speaker 1>tributes to media scholar Robert W. Mc chesney, underscoring how

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<v Speaker 1>tightly Chomsky's name is now woven into the story of

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<v Speaker 1>critical media studies and the propaganda model that helped define

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<v Speaker 1>an arrow of left media creek. Chomsky got info. His

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<v Speaker 1>official archive shows no brand new talks or essays in

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<v Speaker 1>the last few days, reinforcing the picture of a towering

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<v Speaker 1>but now largely retrospective presents rather than an active day

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<v Speaker 1>to day commentator. One more thread that continues to surface

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<v Speaker 1>in coverage, including a detailed w b u R investigation

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<v Speaker 1>from November, is the trove of e mails documenting Chomsky's

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<v Speaker 1>long cordial relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, well after Epstein's two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand eight conviction. No new emails have dropped in the

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<v Speaker 1>last few days, but the story lingers as an uncomfortable

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<v Speaker 1>footmote in current assessments of his life. There are no

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<v Speaker 1>credible reports of new business ventures, no recent verified social

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<v Speaker 1>media posts from Chomsky himself and no breaking headlines in

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<v Speaker 1>major outlets in the last twenty four hours announcing changes

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<v Speaker 1>to his condition or role. Thank you for listening and

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