Brooke T. Sample
@brookesample.bsky.social
Cat lady, editrix, occasional sports fan, nap aficionado. She/her/hers. Editorial board member, Bloomberg Opinion. All views mine alone.
Trump: "Japan has been very good to us with the exception of Pearl Harbor"
🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12
RIP, Glen Hansard. Glen’s music was the soundtrack to our marriage. We saw him at live shows, with and without the Swell Season, a thousand times — tiny venues, Radio City. Absolutely brilliant and only got better with time. “Fitzcarraldo” on repeat today. www.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
Oscar-winning musician Glen Hansard dies in Dublin motorcycle crash
Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died overnight in a motorcycle crash in Dublin’s Lucan.
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NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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1/ What's been going on with seed oils? A few months ago, Steak ‘n Shake officially switched to using butter & beef tallow. They called the move: “RFK’ing the fries,” and many restaurants have followed. But does that really make us healthier? What does the science say? Let’s break it down. 🧵
This man’s top achievement in life was running his family’s plumbing business. Now he’s running one of the country’s biggest agencies, with the results you would expect.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3w agoBREAKING: BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Homeland Security secretary said man killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Maine Sen. Angus King says.
A Yale student is accused of sexually assaulting a young mom on an uptown R train on June 28. Prosecutors say the woman couldn’t move on the crowded subway car and that her four kids saw the whole thing. He was arraigned yesterday and released without bail. www.nydailynews.com/2026/07/09/t...
Teen arrested for sex assault on a mom with kids on NYC subway is Yale student
Michigan native Ari Shtein, 18, is accused of attacking the 30-year-old woman, her four young children in tow, on a crowded subway car.
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“The Trump administration issued subpoenas on Friday to several journalists for The New York Times, after the news outlet reported this week on security concerns involving President Trump’s new Qatari-donated Air Force One.”
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media (Gift Article)
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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It's a retrofitted Boeing 747, so the US did, in fact, build it
CNN@cnn.com · last mo.As President Donald Trump boarded his inaugural flight of the new Air Force One, a luxury jet donated by the government of Qatar, he shared his excitement for the new aircraft and its foreign builders, saying the US "couldn't build a plane like this." https://cnn.it/4wcuEsk
I am the most humble person I know. No one has more humility than me. If there were a Humble Man contest, I would kick everyone’s ass til kingdom come.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.JD Vance says his faith makes him averse to “low wage foreigners”
Via AP, Rep. Tom Kean Jr. spent months away from Congress being treated for depression. “It is physical, it is emotional, and until you experience it yourself, it is difficult to fully understand how powerful this illness can be," he said. *slams head against keyboard for 56th time today*
Everyone should be extremely concerned that birthright citizenship was 5-4 and not unanimous.
Mamdani just showed up at Penn Station, wristbands in hand, helping World Cup fans find their trains like it was nothing. Panama vs England, MetLife bound, and the mayor was just out there in the crowd. No big deal. Very big deal.
Politics in our current moment is so easily understood by this line from The Big Short: "They're not confessing. They're bragging."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.JD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."
“Heartless.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The Supreme Court Just Betrayed Asylum Seekers
In a decision that redefines what it means to be heartless, the Supreme Court has held that by stopping asylum seekers from crossing the border, the US can avoid ever having to determine whether their...
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Mike Bloomberg: This London Climate Action Week, the world can commit to diversifying its energy portfolio with cleaner, safer alternatives
How Do You Solve a Global Energy Crisis? Diversify
The first rule of financial management is the same adage we teach children: Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. A diversified portfolio is Investing 101, and the world is now suffering the fallout ...
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Rebecca: "Chaps, Alexi left us" Zlatan: "Who? Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon" Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca" Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance" Zlatan: "America, you're welcome" lmaooooooooooooooooo
Here at the Reflecting Pool where a big chunk ofTrump's blue paint-apoxie has peeled off the bottom of the pool and is bobbling in the water.
He tore up Obama's JCPOA that kept Iran from having a nuclear program, then launched a war because he said we had to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear program, then told Americans their suffering was worth Iran not getting a nuclear program but now says Iran has a right to nuclear program. Sure.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2mo agoTrump now says it’s just “common sense” for Iran to have a nuclear program. trib.al/sN0q5XU
I only think about Harry Kane every four years and always regret not following soccer in those moments