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Prosecutors drop Reflecting Pool damage charge against former Olympian, suggest contractor made installation errors. Shocked. Shocked and stunned.
What are the chances Mr. T(estosterone) starts mandating steroids for the troops? Maybe roid rage can be the new US Army paradigm.
I don't know if it bothers me more that this is a big deal to people in NYC or that the NYT considers it newsworthy.
Dispatches From the Kingdom of Outsiders by Tim Sommer – Book Review louderthanwar.com/dispatches-f... pre-order now (free U.S. shipping!) from us at www.trouserpressbooks.com
Dispatches From the Kingdom of Outsiders by Tim Sommer – Book
Music journalist and a music business insider Tim Sommer has compiled a stylish, entertaining and erudite collection of his writing.
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Nice sly line today from Maureen Dowd: No organized effort to polish his tirade.
Wait, what???? The U.S. seeks international aid in fighting the concept of anti-fascism? That's not only lunatic and perverse, it's pathetic. WaPo: Secretary of State Marco Rubio tries to enlist other nations in antifa fight, but some allies recoil
Guns by mail. What could go wrong?
How long did it take to find 25 people on the National Mall?
Do the reactionary SCOTUS judges even consider these issues or do they just consider what would please Trump?
This week, Barnes & Noble rewards members can take 25% off pre-orders of Trouser Press Books. Like this one by Mitchell Cohen about New York City's music scene of the 1960s: #bnpreorder
The generally infallible New Yorker whiffed 2X in this TotT: "Dusty Baker....In his twenties: stands in the batter’s box as his Atlanta Braves teammate Hank Aaron hits his 715th homer. Thirties: takes cover in Candlestick Park when the World Series earthquake strikes." [He was 40.] h/t Wayne King
Pentagon designates press office a classified space. Under previous administrations the office was an open room where reporters could stop by the desks of military public affairs officials without escorts. Without the "public" part of "public affairs" all that leaves is "affairs."
The atrocious appeal of rightwing American politics 2026: “I’m succeeding,” [LA mayoral candidate] Spencer Pratt said, “because I’m taking all the words away.” Vague promises, lies, demonization, finger-pointing, oversimplification -- and then failure to deliver. A fine mess...
"THE APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST"?????!!!!! Come the fuck on! Dell inks $9.7 billion Pentagon contract after Trump acquires stock, praises company. Ethics experts say the president’s recent investments in the tech company create the appearance of a conflict of interest.
Hey @netflix.com what if I don't want to learn more? You charge us enough to at least give us an option here...
Captain Queeg is looking for those damn strawberries again... "The case against former FBI director Comey centers on a photo he posted last year showing seashells arranged to write out “86 47,” which some saw as a call for violence against President Donald Trump."
It’s Matos Book Day! The third and, I swear, final book piece published on this day is a look back at Roman Kozak’s This Ain’t No Disco, the first-ever history of CBGB, at Beat Connection, for paying subscribers. [cc @irarobbins.bsky.social] michaelangelo.substack.com/p/wa029-roma...
WA029 – Roman Kozak, ‘This Ain’t No Disco’
The first draft of the history of CBGB
michaelangelo.substack.com
Excited to see the "Michael" bio-pic? Read what it was really like to work with him. Epic Records executive Dan Beck came up with the title for "HIStory" and ran the massive marketing campaign for the album. Ask for “You’ve Got Michael” at your favorite bookstore. trouserpressbooks.com michael.movie
Excited to see the "Michael" bio-pic? Read what it was really like to work with him. Epic Records executive Dan Beck came up with the title for "HIStory" and ran the massive marketing campaign for the album. Ask for “You’ve Got Michael” at your favorite bookstore. trouserpressbooks.com michael.movie
Phil Ochs, unfortunately, was wrong. So off I go once more to march against greed, corruption, bigotry, jingoism, imperialism, warmongering, lies, zealotry and stupidity, something I first did 61 years ago next month (SDS March on Washington to End the War in Vietnam April 17, 1965).
Honestly, the horror section of Madame Tussauds is upping its game.
So all the MAGA folk who have been all in for Noem up until today, what do they make of her now? How do you let someone else's whims and ego move you in a minute from blind support to "good riddance"? Any thoughts of your own?
20" of snow predicted for New York. Yoiks!
Is this related to a WH diaper disposal failure?
