Don Weingust
@weingust.bsky.social
Shakespeare and theatre scholar; proud papa of USC entrepreneur and Hostelpass.co CEO; old actor/musician; former Ensemble member at Glide SF; ally; happy Californian.
Happy 4th. Only 930 more days.
Don Weingust@weingust.bsky.social · last yr.The Declaration of Independence, by The 5th Dimension. There’s a shorter version (w/o Change Is Gonna Come, and People Gotta Be Free), but you deserve a little more Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. today. music.apple.com/us/album/med...
The Heritage Foundation believes that upholding the Constitution’s 14th Amendment explicit guarantee of birthright citizenship is “a tremendous betrayal of the republic.” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...
Scott Pelley with @lulugn.bsky.social on being told the President had commented on his firing. (I’m not crying, you’re crying etc)
A very helpful episode of Call Me Back, with expert guest @mattlevitt.bsky.social explaining what’s happening between Israel and Lebanon, and offering a potentially productive way forward. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Israel’s Northern Exposure - with Matt Levitt
Podcast Episode · Call Me Back - with Dan Senor · April 27 · 44m
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Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4mo ago7/7. It's worth dwelling on this point. It’s hard for Americans to process that their hard right politics is in large measure a Russian and Hungarian import — intellectually and also financially. We should take advantage of the defeat of Orbán to let this basic fact sink in. bsky.app/profile/empt...
The young Pop Leo. Maybe Jake and Elwood really were on a mission from God.
He will steal, sir, an egg out of a cloister. For rapes and ravishments he parallels Nessus. He professes not keeping of oaths; in breaking ’em he is stronger than Hercules. He will lie, sir, with such volubility, that you would think truth were a fool.
In the wake of the new WaPo layoffs, my partner inquired as to whether they were still alive. I said they were, but wondered what they were going to be able to cover. Her reply: “Trump’s ass.”
The most recent newsletter from @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social of @theatlantic.com, a reminder well worth the read (past-the-paywall link): www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
MAGA’s Foundational Lie
The movement claims to stand with the police. Trump’s decision to pardon the cop-beaters of January 6 exposed his movement for what it is.
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@malcolmnance.bsky.social and @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social asking important, overlapping questions (past-the-paywall link): www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
Opinion | To Trump, on Venezuela: You Break It, You Own It
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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister@malcolmnance.bsky.social · 7mo agoINTEL QUESTION: Did one of Maduro's ambitious deputies give up the intelligence/perimeter control necessary to get him in bed? Was he already captured when Delta touched down? Because no one else on the leadership have been deposed. It was about Maduro ONLY It feels like Maduro got sold out.
@drsabinemetzger.bsky.social A Sci-Fri thread/pod segment for you #batfolk. bsky.app/profile/scif...
Science Friday@scifri.bsky.social · 8mo agoYou might think about bats as flitting around in the dark and hunting insects, but some species feed on fruits or flowers—and play an important role as pollinators. 📷 : Bruce D. Taubert 🧵 1/4
Giving thanks today for Andy Borowitz (@borowitzreport.bsky.social) and his tips for all who may be sharing a Thanksgiving table with MAGA relatives. www.borowitzreport.com/p/how-to-gas...
How to Gaslight Your MAGA Relatives on Thanksgiving
Helpful tips!
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Peace plan? What a joke. Why is Trump so keen on appeasing Putin? It can’t be that Trump is in Putin’s pocket, and compromised by kompromat. That would be too simple and obvious. From @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize
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@harrylitman.bsky.social describes out-of-her-depth prosecutor Lindsey Halligan admitting that the full Comey grand jury never saw the actual indictment: “Halligan already had egg on her face for a series of blunders. This was more like an entire omelette.” substack.com/home/post/p-...
“There is no indictment”
Lindsey Halligan — and the Comey Prosecution — Enter Free Fall
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Trump has about as much respect for The People's House as he does for the people.
I’m writing to explain to @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social that one of her most popular books is on sale at Amazon right now for only $1.99. Treat yourself, dear reader! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00I...
Men Explain Things to Me
In her comic, scathing essay "Men Explain Things to Me," Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women. She wrote about men who wrongly assume they know things an...
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