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What? A 2023 poll showed that “37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.” www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
(thank you @matthewmarnold.bsky.social)
Evergreen post
Giuliani's security chief didn't address this issue but did ask the public to "refrain from spreading unfounded conspiracy theories." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Probably listened to this one 500 times m.youtube.com/watch?v=LJVF...
So, the woman whom Giuliani was helping was on the southbound side of Interstate 93. But the car in which he was injured was on the northbound side. And this all happened in the dark of night. www.concordmonitor.com/2025/08/31/r... www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Allison “had graduated as a nursing assistant and had earned a $60,000 scholarship to attend Gardner-Webb University.”
Randomly came across this 1970 Roger Ebert column about a young, undiscovered John Prine. Talent meets talent. www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-d...
What? A 2023 poll showed that “37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.” www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Despite that appellate court’s rejection, Trump’s tariffs will likely be with us for many more months— likely til next spring, at least. Excellent analysis via @jessbravin.bsky.social www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
I know. Or excuse-moi. I was waiting for someone to point this out
And a huge thank you to @annabower.bsky.social , @kyledcheney.bsky.social , @joshuajfriedman.com and other reporters who chronicled today’s hearing live, so we could track the malfeasance in real time. Here is Bower’s full report www.lawfaremedia.org/article/emer...
Your thread is invaluable!
And a huge thank you to @annabower.bsky.social , @kyledcheney.bsky.social , @joshuajfriedman.com and other reporters who chronicled today’s hearing live, so we could track the malfeasance in real time. Here is Bower’s full report www.lawfaremedia.org/article/emer...
What a — excusez mon français, s’il te plait — a government shitshow of unfathomable proportions
Very good profile of the lawyer who chose this path www.politico.com/news/magazin...
If any of you have John Roberts' cell number, pls ask him to read this thread.
We could reduce traffic fatalities by making the speed limit 45 mph and enforcing it with controls on vehicles supervised by the Department of Transportation bsky.app/profile/kevi...
Let’s keep that idea amongst us pls
We could also reduce the crime rate if we got rid of Miranda warnings and habeas corpus
fine, but don't come complaining to us when all these condos are already sold
The assumptions behind this spreadsheet are quite something
Start packing your bags now for your upcoming "Trump Touristic Riviera and Islands" trip -- in Gaza.
A reminder that Trump and his allies have been calling for years for the Supreme Court to overturn Sullivan so that it is easier to threaten and win lawsuits against media. A growing number of judges – including Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch – have signaled their support.
Would someone sell that man a pierogi bsky.app/profile/davi...
Would someone sell that man a pierogi bsky.app/profile/davi...
Beyond the criminal liability question, I think it’s just bad journalism for reporters to assert or imply that these representations were made outright on the application—we don’t know that. All we know is that she signed a contract containing a standard occupancy clause w/ conditional language.
I have tried to avoid the “What would the press have done if Biden had tweeted this” posts — but I lack the self-control and inner fortitude to steer clear on this one.
The Pickett Fire appears to have ignited on a vineyard property that was preparing for a wedding celebration — even though Napa County famously bars all but a few wineries from holding such events.
Patrick Henry expressed concern that the President “may easily become king,” James Madison replied that this would not occur because “[t]he purse is in the hands of the representatives of the people.” Full Henry quote on "you Senate" below: teachingamericanhistory.org/document/pat...
If a genie ever grants me three wishes, my first one will be to allow grand jurors to discuss their secret deliberations. Probably the second and third ones too.
If SCOTUS upholds this decision, that’d be the best possible outcome for Trump. His inflationary tariffs would be stopped before they did any more damage, and he’d have a scapegoat to blame for any further economic distress www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Also this does not seem, as they say, all good on OpSec?
Well who knows? Didn’t work for Kari Lake
how quickly we forget bsky.app/profile/sara...
Folks, this is satire. That's the Larry David who created Curb and co-created Seinfeld.
"I want to reiterate that although President Trump did have a friendship with Epstein, I can state unequivocally that he never did anything wrong—ethically, morally, or legally. The girls held him in the highest esteem" -- Larry David, channeling Ghislaine Maxwell www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts...
Don't underestimate the party's tendency to nominate an "I am not a witch" or "If it's a legitimate rape" candidate
And another judge (Lagoa/Trump) who, despite her agreement in this Dershowitz case, says that Times v Sullivan should be overturned because it is "causing untold harm to public figures ... jettisoning the original meaning of the First Amendment."
Sorry, I've been difficult with @nicknehamas.bsky.social since he was in my reporting class, and I'm not going to stop now.
JD Vance accuses the Politico reporter, Felicia Schwartz, of allowing "herself to be used by deep state con men" or using "her position to willingly participate in a literal foreign influence operation." h/t @ericcolumbus.bsky.social
👀 👀 👀 Steve Witkoff doesn't read his email, doesn't read intelligence briefings and "isn’t consistently engaged. He will pop in for a visit to Vladimir Putin, say a bunch of stuff, not tell anyone what really happened and then just fuck off to his life again." www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Detainees told Univision that several migrants there "began shouting for “freedom'... A team of guards rushed in and began beating individuals indiscriminately with batons and fired teargas at them." The state says "these reports are manufactured." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We need Woodward and Bernstein going to these grand jurors’ homes at night because this is a hell of a story
1 picture = 1000 words www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
If a genie ever grants me three wishes, my first one will be to allow grand jurors to discuss their secret deliberations. Probably the second and third ones too.
Remember "binders full of women"? Those were the days bsky.app/profile/luke...
For heaven's sake, we're all going to die anyway
This gets to a key point. It's no coincidence that Trump named RFK Jr as HHS secretary just a week after the election, and less than 3 months after Kennedy endorsed him for president. It isn't as if RFK had the medical or management experience for the job.
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* TRUMP REVOKES KAMALA HARRIS' SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION -- CNN @reuters.com
Mitochondria are "the powerhouses of the cells" -- they produce the energy our bodies need to function. Anyone who has ever dragged a kid through the airport knows that this is not a place where you can accurately assess a child's energy level. RFK determines health policy for 340 million people.
Well, no one ever goes to the Grand Canyon on weekends anyway
New acting director of CDC Jim O'Neill expressed being pro paid organ donation. "There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused."
National parks are losing millions of dollars in fees because there aren’t enough employees to staff some entrance stations www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
So this explains why you can easily get vaccine appointments in Connecticut but not in New York. Another doozy, courtesy of Sen. Bill Cassidy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
This headline presumes that the bear does not, in fact, work at or own the ice cream shop. And the story never addresses the question.
Let's say this "Alcatraz" held 1,000 people a day for the 55 days it was open (it usually didn't hold that many). And let's say it cost $220 million to build and take down (it likely cost more.) That works out to $4,000 per detainee per day. bsky.app/profile/bgru...
You do not ever have to give it up for Amy Wax, a tenured professor at the University of Pennsylvania's law school
Links www.axios.com/local/miami/... www.npr.org/2025/07/01/n... www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a... www.wptv.com/wptv-investi...
So.... 1)The state of Florida spent >$200 million to build the facility it calls "Alligator Alcatraz" 2) It opened in early July, christened by Trump. 3) Now it is closing, due to a judge's order. 4) It will cost $20 million to dismantle the center, which was used for about 2 months.
That story has only 3 bylines, you can't expect them to check every single fact.
little known fact: In 2020, Republicans lost the White House and the Senate.
How did this bad thing happen, says the person responsible for this bad thing happening
The truest thing he's ever said. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
When you see a gasbag keep using the word "probably" along with their counterintuitive opinions, it means they're just making it up as they go along
The AJC, with 40,000 print subscribers in a metro area of 6.3 million, will publish its last newspaper at the end of the year
"If the Israeli plan comes to fruition, the entire population of the Gaza Strip would be crowded into about 19 percent of its territory." That includes areas "designated by the IDF as places where civilians would be in danger." Gift link ⤵️ www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
what are we doing here, folks
Always wear a helmet, kids.
Bill Cassidy has learned his lesson. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
RFK just nominated his new CDC director. Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber. www.youtube.com/watch?v=edIi...
Few doctors have wreaked as much medical havoc as Bill Cassidy, the senator who overcame his initial, well-founded concerns to pave the way for RFK’s HHS confirmation
Update: At least three other high-ranking officials in CDC have also resigned. “I am not able to serve in this role any longer because of the ongoing weaponization of public health,” one of the officials said in a note to staff.
When in doubt, just add more guns to the mix: "The question, as ever, is how a civilized society can protect itself from such people. Arming teachers or assigning armed guards to schools can’t be ruled out..." www.wsj.com/opinion/minn...
He probably slathered mayonnaise on a pastrami sandwich
She lasted roughly 2.6 Scaramuccis www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
it's always sad to remember that survivors of mass shootings will also have to pay for a lifetime of medical services, including surgeries for gunshot wounds, therapy, physical rehabilitation, and prescription medications for anxiety, depression, and physical pain
For me, it’s second only to “disinterested”
An assault on a Minneapolis church with "at least 20 victims." And what remedy will we hear? Fortified stained glass? www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
"The camera is recording, whether for or against us. The camera recorded whether there were Palestinian gunmen or Israeli occupation forces." -- Ezzeldin al-Masri, whose brother -- an experienced Reuters cameraman -- was killed when Israel bombed a Gaza hospital www.reuters.com/business/med...
This is the actual meaning of decimating! We pedants are very happy to see this.
Appears that this might be due to a 2019 DUI arrest. www.abc4.com/news/ice-cus...
![“It looks like John back in 2019 was charged with a DUI, but ultimately resolved his case in 2020 with an impaired driver [charge],” Crayk said. “He has successfully completed all of his probation, completed treatment classes, everything he was ordered to do … everything was completed.” Shin had his driver’s license reinstated and was able to drive on Utah roads again with insurance.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:svawqo4jxobyyuqmixplvcux/bafkreid5jn773jkbf2tuife5y6z5twia64mu2o4znakvo6pry2ekvw3t6e@jpeg "Click to view full size")
It is such a shame that grand jurors are sworn to secrecy: "A sharp rebuke by ordinary citizens against the team of prosecutors who are dealing with the fallout from Trump’s move to send National Guard troops and federal agents into the city" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Rake America great again?
The man leading Trump's campus antisemitism campaign is or has been a Democrat, Christian, OJ pal, frequent Fox guest, bankruptcy-filer amid unpaid taxes, and 1-900 lawyer charging $2/minute. Terrific profile via @peterelkind.bsky.social, @katiemangan.bsky.social www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
Our warfighters can be found spreading mulch near the Tidal Basin, demonstrating their lethality to dandelions and crabgrass. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The NYT story about the DOGE breach has additional details and is even more alarming, which you might not have thought was possible. Via Nick Nehamas Free link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
The whistleblower in this case is ** the chief data officer at the Social Security Administration**
He saw Aunt Esther smiling in Row 12. And Aunt Esther never smiles
Activist investors have taken a stake in the NYTimes, and I'm sure their prescription for success has never occurred to the executives who've built a business with almost 12 million subscribers. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
