Bill Grueskin
@bgrueskin.bsky.social
Journalist, professor, dad. Via Sioux City, Colorado Springs, Palo Alto, Rome, Standing Rock, Bologna, Miami Herald, Bloomberg, Salt Lake, Columbia J School. bit.ly/bgcjr
Just what those migrant kids need: a law firm that, atop its home page, boasts about its expertise in advising “companies on complex environmental, regulatory, and enforcement matters.”
Politico@politico.com · 16h ago26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court
From now on, you will call me DOCTOR Weiss, because I was brought in to cure this newsroom of its wokeness. OK?
Sarah Szalavitz💡@dearsarah.bsky.social · 17h agoLean In To Fascism
Tip for those of you also writing a 3,500-word story on your desktop computer: Before you file it to your editor, read the draft on your phone. Those beautifully crafted, long-winded sentences and paragraphs look a lot different (ie, more soporific) on a tiny screen.
As one does, with a tweet sent out at 3:32 am
Politico@politico.com · 3h agoChuck Edwards says he will end reelection bid after censure recommendation
I’m telling you this as a political scientist. The person who is electable is the one who is elected. This can and does change over time. Any and all speculation about “electability” is either puffery or anxiety and is often both.
Julia Azari@juliaazari.bsky.social · 11h agoOne way to be safe is to never write an electability take
Not usually a fan of reader comments, but this one, on an Atlantic story about Congressman Max Miller (R-State of Abuse) was spot on. A resident bemoans that the district is gerrymandered in Miller’s favor, to which another reader replies, “Gerrymandered politically and morally?”
“Most Americans thought from the start that the Iran war was a mistake. Now, five months later, they can see it is a fiasco.” Very clear, tough oped from … the WSJ editorial page. www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Way Out of Trump’s Iran Trap? We’ll Find Out in 2029
He isn’t the first president to get bogged down in Asia. The others left it to their successors.
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Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
Judge Mehta's J6 Requiem "That book is now closed. Today’s epilogue diminishes the gravity of that day, denigrates the work of the prosecutors and ... officers who secured these convictions, and excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy ... to buckle."
Just what those migrant kids need: a law firm that, atop its home page, boasts about its expertise in advising “companies on complex environmental, regulatory, and enforcement matters.”
Politico@politico.com · 16h ago26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court
Ellison put on a dinner headlined “Honoring the Trump White House” and included his CBS editor, top anchor, and WH correspondent, so he can spare us this both-sides ridiculousness
Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis@jeffjarvis.bsky.social · yesterdayShameful: The #BrokenTimes hands David Ellison op-ed space rather than challenging his bullshit pap and propaganda about journalism with the receipts he has already delivered at CBS. That would be journalism. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
Turn up the volume, and you’ll hear some mooing and cluck-clucking sounds coming out of Emmer’s back yard
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h agoTom Emmer on Republicans trailing Dems by 8 points in the generic ballot: "Right now there are great things happening in our economy. Nobody wants to talk about 78 cent eggs, nobody wants to talk about milk that's under $2. No no. They want to focus on gas prices."
It seems bad to have a president who spends so much time obsessing over the ballroom, the reflecting pool, the helicopter pad, the arch, the UFW fights, the car race, the fireworks. OTOH, if those projects distract him from, say, getting into another deadly, pointless war, maybe it's for the best.
Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 19h agoNEW: Jeanine Pirro has pushed a slew of flimsy, short-lived, Trump-endorsed prosecutions — but Trump's fury over her failure to prosecute Reflecting Pool vandalism is a sign of his 2nd-term obsession and desire to use DOJ to fulfill it w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Full quote: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president when he said he likes the fund, that he wishes it still exists, but the fact of the matter it's dead and that's all we could do under these circumstances."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 23h agoCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
Just a few days ago, Senator Moreno was asked if his daughter's alleged abuser should drop out, and he responded, "I don't know."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 22h agoMoreno on Max Miller: "My daughter lives in constant fear of this man ... you can't fathom what that makes me feel like when the dad's number one job is to protect your kids... if there's any minimum standard for being an elected official, he feels to meet it. I don't care about the politics at all"
Colorado’s GOP voters nominated a complete crackpot for governor, and it turns out some of his allies are Jew-haters as well. Via @kylec.bsky.social, one of the best local TV reporters anywhere.
Getting Susan Collins/Bret Kavanaugh/Roe v Wade vibes for some reason or other
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 23h agoCornyn: "As to the idea it could be revived in the future, I think it's highly unlikely that could happen without the cooperation of the DOJ. And I think Mr Blanche gave us the assurances that it was dead and would not be revived and in this case we have no alternative but to take his word" 🙃
Tip from your financial advisor: Early in your career, put one tub of Dean's French Onion Dip into your 401k. Don't make any withdrawals, no matter how strapped you might be. Through the miracle of tax-advantaged compounding, you will have a vast fortune when you're ready to retire.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · yesterdayGotta love the “or stocks” part. Like Gemini realized its first answer was nuts so it tried to wedge in a better one.
Ellison put on a dinner headlined “Honoring the Trump White House” and included his CBS editor, top anchor, and WH correspondent, so he can spare us this both-sides ridiculousness
Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis@jeffjarvis.bsky.social · yesterdayShameful: The #BrokenTimes hands David Ellison op-ed space rather than challenging his bullshit pap and propaganda about journalism with the receipts he has already delivered at CBS. That would be journalism. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
The WashPost’s Opinion editor is leaving at the end of the month, but loyal subscribers like me would pay for him to depart tomorrow. Anything to avoid editorials that liken lawsuits by environmental groups against the EPA to Trump’s weaponization fund
The best leak stories are the ones that involve a leak of a memo from an editor who is telling his leaking staffers to stop leaking so much because the leaks are so detrimental via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
Its’s both charming and disturbing that Trump thinks Newsweek is still a thing
The adage is, don't kick a guy when he's down. But in the case of the newly departed Washpost Opinions editor, we can make an exception. Including this @sulliview.bsky.social column. margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/fare-thee-...
Fare thee well, Adam O'Neal
At the command of Jeff Bezos, he wrecked the Washington Post opinion section but at least he's out
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Congrats again to the White House Correspondents Association!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"
Daguerreotypes. Super 8s. Reel-to-reels. Betamaxes. Polaroids. Camcorders. You know, right?
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 2d agoTrump forgets the word for video: "We have photographs, or tapes... Like, moving cameras, right?"
