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There's something seriously wrong with the NY Times Headlines Editor. "Unruly" -> "Violent"
Unruly Passenger Is Restrained With Duct Tape During a Flight
The passenger on an American Airlines flight began to shout vulgarities and then became violent on Thursday, the authorities said. That’s when two passengers stepped in.
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Congratulations to the New York Times' Euphemism Desk for coming up with a new one. Instead of stating that Maria Bartiromo was letting her guests lie, NYT says she was "permitting her guest commentators to free-associate." 1/2🧵
Total Cost of Ownership An estimate of the total cost Trump's Arch, both its construction and demolition, should be reported in any article of the project. Something like: "The Arch will likely cost $105 M. $100M to put it up and $5M to take it down when the Trump Surreality Shows ends its run."
Photoonist@photoonist.bsky.social · last mo.The TRiUMPhal Arch complete with "magnificent artwork."
Secretary of Hair Product Pete Hegseth announces that Operation Lost Cost has achieved its objective of finally taking down Abraham Lincon.
What's the chance this this is a variation of Trump's classic “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have.” ? Something like "I just want to find 11,780 *illegal votes*, which is 11,780 more than we have." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/u...
Trump Administration Launches Blitz to Find Elusive Voter Fraud Ahead of Midterms
The practice is exceedingly rare, but President Trump has fixated on rooting it out this year, claiming without evidence that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote.
nytimes.com
Consider this Trump might be delighted for SCOTUS to find that mail-in ballots are legal if his Court still permits him to filter them (as a compromise). Because once you can filter mail-in ballots, you probably can selectively filter mail-in ballots.
Did you know? Vault-tec is one of the subcontractors for The Ballroom.
Watch Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy to find out why before it's too late...
People Keep Sneaking Into New York City Sewers. No One Knows Why.
A recent spate of subterranean exploring has piqued the curiosity of New Yorkers — and concerned officials who warn of danger underground.
nytimes.com
Republicans are in regular communication with Mitch McConnell using Seance, a fork of the open-source Signal App for communicating with the dead.
Nothing says "“the full faith and credit of the United States" like forcing bonds on unwilling investors.
John Reed@johnreedwrites.ft.com · last wk.Risk of a new age of financial repression is rising @katie0martin.ft.com as.ft.com/r/c7f10c0f-9...
