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The all-out war of weasels is gonna be something. Wait until the entire cabinet is pointing fingers at each other for the Iran fiasco.  www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
In Dropping Reflecting Pool Case, Pirro Draws Trump’s Wrath
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, blamed shoddy construction, contradicting President Trump’s pet theory. Mr. Trump said he disagreed “100%” with her.
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Wesleyan is a smallish liberal arts college led by a courageous and upright president. Thank you, President Michael S. Roth '78.
James Fallows@jfallows.bsky.social · 3d agoThe schools that stood up to Trump thug demands—first Wesleyan and Princeton, then Harvard, then many others who were emboldened—have won in court and earned honor in history and support from alums. Columbia showed that appeasement always loses. It's never enough. Don't do it, Yale.
Very proud and happy to have earned the endorsement of @progressivemass.bsky.social! #mapoli #bospoli
"Waddaya mean you want a refund? No-bid means no refunds. Ya want repairs, they'll cost you another $12 million. Talk to the big guy."
I'd write books, articles, speeches and marketing stuff. Now, I write books, articles, speeches and marketing stuff.
qhardy@qhardy.bsky.social · 6d agoI'd be a reporter and feature writer. I'm a reporter and feature writer.
I'd be a reporter and feature writer. I'm a reporter and feature writer.
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d agoEnough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
Trump absolutely cratering by many metrics in new CNN poll: 66% say he puts himself over country 61% disapprove of ballroom, arch, etc 57% say lacks sharpness to serve (!) 73% say he's out of touch w/regular people (!!) His personalist project is over. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2137...
We’ve Officially Entered the Twilight of Late-Stage Trumpism
It’s all there in a new CNN poll, and it’s heartening to see: Large majorities are sick of Donald Trump’s vanity, venality, and megalomania.
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When Justice is blind, bad guys take the fifth. When justice is corrupt, good guys take the fifth. Feel free to share.
Required watching (you can listen while you make dinner) www.youtube.com/live/ftsOb9c...
Ben Wikler | American Conversations
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Ben Wikler should replace Ken Martin ASAP. www.youtube.com/live/ftsOb9c...
Ben Wikler | American Conversations
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Might as well cut the Thinking Center.
Amanda Katz@katzish.bsky.social · 7d agoI don't get this. I staffed an Ivy League writing center as a grad student, working with not just undergrads (incl ones who'd never written a college paper!) but also diss writers and professors working on books, and it was a HUGE resource moving everyone toward greater skill and completion of work
Farewell, LIV golf. At least your suffering is over. [h/t The Daily Show] www.wsj.com/sports/golf/...
LIV Golf Cancels Its Grand Finale as Saudi Funding Peters Out
The upstart circuit has been searching for funding ever since the Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund announced that it was pulling out.
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So Biden's to blame for inflation 19 months after leaving office, but Trump's blame for COVID deaths stopped instantly on January 20, 2021. Right?
"The bosom of America is open to receive not only the opulent and respectable stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all nations and religions." -George Washington
Alexander Ross@hardpolitics.bsky.social · last wk.Democrats should spend every single waking moment characterizing Stephen Miller's position on asylum claims as the position of an out-of-touch extremist, because that's exactly what it is. Most Americans view immigration as a net-positive. Treat this view with the contempt that it deserves.
Last year, Vance Boelter shot and killed a Democratic state rep and her husband. He was sentenced this week to consecutive life sentences. Maybe now’s a good time for some accountability for the Republicans who peddled disgusting conspiracy theories about the slayings?
Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 2w ago
Massie is _exactly correct_ and US corporate media have decided this is a taboo subject.
But HUNTER'S LAPTOP!!!! Belarus-level corruption www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/b...
Donald Trump Jr.’s Investment Firm Posts Staggering Returns of 200% (Gift Article)
The fledgling firm, run by the president’s oldest son and his partner Omeed Malik, has made investments in A.I. and defense technology that have tripled in value in just months.
nytimes.com
“American support food poisoning- they just don’t like explosive diarrhea!”
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2w agoCheck out the way Fox News is trying to spin Trump's comments about the Iran war not being unpopular with the American public:
While the Administration is promoting our new coal-fired AI models.... www.wsj.com/business/ene...
The Key to Solar and Wind Power Is Battery Storage, and China Is Dominating
Chinese suppliers have 90% of the U.S. energy-storage market, generating concern in Washington about overreliance on its rival.
wsj.com