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"I dreamed I was a perfect smile" Can someone please remind me where this phrase came from, who said it or wrote it, decades ago? Old & a bit out of the way. Background in writing world, art world, book world, tv news & entertainment world.
Another day, another instance where Scott Bessent's flopsweat will signal to his fellow bond traders his desperation, from Krugman. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/losing-the...
This is devastating. They still haven't heard from the government, in whose name he was MURDERED? Never forget.
Home of the Brave@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 7h agoAlex Pretti's Father: "That's how we found out — watching it on TV. Watching our son be shot 10 times on TV, in the back, trying to help somebody…with a camera in one hand, and his left hand empty in the air."
Homeland Security spent 250,000 fewer hours working on fentanyl cases last year because agents were told to focus on immigration matters instead, the DHS Inspector General says. www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/defaul...
"The govt's lawyers then floated what might go up instead, "such as a large outdoor amphitheater overlooking the Potomac River that has been proposed, by some, for many yrs"
Raw Story@rawstory.com · 7h agoThe Trump-installed board that runs the Kennedy Center told a federal judge the building will have to be torn down unless President Donald Trump's name goes on it.
Woke up too early, then remembered that the 5:33 a.m. launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral offered good chances for "space jellyfish" viewing. So glad I stepped outside for that--the second stage's exhaust, backlit by the sun in the upper atmosphere, looked like a giant comet down here.
A botched State Dept leak to MAGA media star "Data Republican" has spun out of control, sparking accusations of a deep-state plot and revealing that Data Republican is secretly on the Dept of Defense payroll. My latest newsletter for @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-propa...
A MAGA Propaganda Circular Firing Squad
How leaking to a prominent pro-Trump influencer prompted accusations of entrapment and deep-state conspiracy.
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“.. ticket sales and donations plunged after the Trump-led board of trustees voted in December to rename the center after him and put his name on the front of the building, according to the records.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
The Trump administration says it's unleashing a new wave of sanctions against Iran and entities that trade with it. But sanctions expert Nicholas Mulder says the escalation is largely "rhetorical" since "there are relatively few sanctions that the United States can take that directly affect Iran."
A few very minor quibbles about the early history of the star machine which aren’t that important, this is about dead on. Blonde studies.
"Experts say that the rate of brain disease represents an occupational safety hazard with little comparison in the American workplace." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/u...
At Least 1 in 4 NFL Players Gets CTE, Major New Study Finds
The actual prevalence, researchers said, may be much higher.
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Well, I guess the postal service can't be trusted anymore. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/u...
Trump Has Quietly Sought Control Over Postal Service to Transform U.S. Elections (Gift Article)
That effort got new attention on Monday, when the Supreme Court allowed preparations for mail voting curbs to proceed. The justices said it is not a final determination on the order’s legality.
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Aesthetically terrifying? "The State Department wants to sell a painting by Kehinde Wiley that the director of its Art in Embassies program called 'very woke' and 'aesthetically terrifying.' It was removed from the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic last week" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/a...
Can these sad little turds be any more petty ffs? Trump Officials Propose Sale of ‘Woke’ Painting by Kehinde Wiley www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/a...
Trump Officials Propose Sale of ‘Woke’ Painting by Kehinde Wiley (Gift Article)
The State Department recently removed the painting of Dominicans from a U.S. embassy, noting it was by the artist who made Barack Obama’s presidential portrait.
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I wrote about why we're living in password hell, the tech industry's grand plan to save us, and why for now it's just making everything even more confusing. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Logging in Was Never Supposed to Be This Complicated
Please not another two-factor authentication code.
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Bessent’s Warning of ‘Economic D-Day’ for Iran Amounts to More Threats www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Bessent’s Warning of ‘Economic D-Day’ for Iran Amounts to More Threats
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Will China assist the US in this or will they co-opt Iran and gain more global power? U.S. Attempt to Strangle Iran’s Economy Depends on China’s Cooperation www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/u...
Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ for Iran Must Overcome a Troubled History (Gift Article)
The U.S. has spent 20 years promising ‘crippling sanctions’ on Iran. But the latest effort comes with a reverse twist, after military action failed to accomplish President Trump’s goals.
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GENE KELLY — born 114yrs ago today — and SUGAR RAY ROBINSON doing a tap dance number together on television in 1958. Fantastic stuff.
Supreme Court basically ignores the Postal Service's final rule that was issued on Friday. "If the Postal Service’s final rule harms the States, they may challenge that rule," the court says.
Today my daughter Jadzia would have turned 21. Would she have wanted to try some wine, or maybe share a cider with her Papá? I don't know. Her life was cut short by Marfan Syndrome, a connective tissue disorder which affected her heart and caused other issues. give.marfan.org/renaudempire... (1/2)
2026 St. Louis Walk for Victory
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The FSB recruited a former Pussy Riot member through coercion and tasked her with organizing the killing of a former publisher and Pussy Riot member. theins.press/en/news/296386
Ex-Pussy Riot member Rita Flores says she cooperated with the FSB for nearly three years before escaping Russia
Former Pussy Riot member Rita Flores has stated that in February 2023, officers from the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) coerced her into cooperating…
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Anyway, if anyone has more insight as to whatever the backstory may be on his departure, please hmu
This was one of the more interesting pieces about his background before taking the job, but he generally did not attract much outside scrutiny www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2025/ju...
Former Prisoner Informant Appointed Deputy Director of BOP | Prison Legal News
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During the ~year he held the position, he was never called to testify to Congress, so both he and the director have thus far avoided any serious questions or scrutiny from Congress.
From the outset, he was (predictably) very unpopular with the union and with staff, who generally did not like having an ex-prisoner in charge.
#breaking The deputy director of the Bureau of Prisons - a Trump 1 pardon recipient and the first former prisoner to hold that position - abruptly announced today that he is stepping down, with no explanation.
NEW: Official notice of appeal by Todd Blanche to the preliminary injunction which required him to release more of the Epstein Files Blanche is fighting the lawsuit filed by @katiephang.bsky.social
Norm Eisen of Democracy Defenders Fund: “Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule. Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it.”