Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
meanwhile...NYT is more miffed at a federal judge for "complicating" Trump's plans for military occupations of Dem run cities www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/u...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
meanwhile...NYT is more miffed at a federal judge for "complicating" Trump's plans for military occupations of Dem run cities www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/u...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
NYT is upset that a "wascally" judge is putting obstacles in the way of Dear Orange Leader. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/u...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
THERE IS NO LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR A PRESIDENT TO USE THE MILITARY TO INVADE STATES BECAUSE HE DOES NOT LIKE THEM---seriously....give your head a shake and look at what is actually going on.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
in the least surprising news ever---NYT/Charlie Savage framing LA ruling as "interfering" with Trump's ability to invade Dem cities.. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/u...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
in other words...are you suggesting... Say Something!
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Sure...but did you know that Joe Biden is old? sincerely, Jake.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
stop looking for ways that Trump might have the authority---as if any of this has a legal basis. It doesn't. It is wildly illegal. There is NO constitutional power for the President to invade U.S. cities--because he feels like it.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump is planning to invade Chicago (after doing it in LA and DC)---are you still calling this a "distraction" and focusing instead on egg prices? If you are incapable of doing anything substantive..then move out the way and let someone else lead.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
so...are you going to tell the truth? Because, what Trump is planning--is illegal. Full stop.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
they allow mail in voting in Alabama..the odds of any reporter at the WH--pointing this out..is likely, zero bsky.app/profile/hele...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Weekend at Donnie's voted by mail himself--so did his Epstein Visa recipient wife. www.npr.org/2020/08/19/9...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Marshall and Cassidy should have their medical licences revoked...meanwhile..here's what actual scientists say...based on...you know..scientific evidence www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
the son of the late co-founder of Berkshire Hathaway--also donates to anti-gay groups (including conversion therapy zealots) and force birth organizations www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
NYT fails also to disclose that the son of the late co-founder of Berkshire Hathaway--only donates to the GOP and anti-gay/anti-choice groups www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
NYT refers to Charlie Munger as only a "political donor"--without saying that the GOP is the only party he's ever donated to--also--he's the late Charlie Munger's son (co-founder of Berkshre Hathaway)--in other words..a multi billionaire. NYT misleads readers again www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
will announce he has the biggest penis in America. (spoiler...he's not stepping down) And Jesse Watters will praise his penis...at length
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Didn't Ben Smith cash out on buzzfeed shares while screwing over employees? btw...this is the stupidest non answer I have ever read
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
psychedelic furs on tour...at the greek theatre in a few weeks thepsychedelicfurs.com#shows
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
and it wasn't even stir fried broccoli with garlic sauce😡
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
has there ever been a worse set of brothers in American history than the Emmanuels?
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Schatz hasn't posted on this site in 2 months--for a guy who used to be aggressively online--he seems to be afraid to respond to good faith criticism of his actions (such as rolling over to let Trump pass his bill). Instead, just posts on the site where replies are from catturd fan boys.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
thanks to the internet (something Tom Bartlett apparently does not have access to)--you can go back in time and see how irrational (and racist/sexist) GOP complaints were. They literally said more people will be run over, because she encouraged walking www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
The Atlantic: Yes...RFK Jr is a sociopathic, power mad quack--whose policies will kill many people--but hey---he's a white guy--so let's both sides this and also blame the Black woman who was not in government--and suggested people eat vegetables--instead of shooting up with heroin.🙄
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
There is one type of affirmative action that The Atlantic will NEVER write about--it's the hiring program they run for mediocre white men--fuelled by hubris. www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Jake Tapper would find out, but he is busy this weekend staking out ice cream stands in Delaware bsky.app/profile/adam...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
sorry...but jake is busy this weekend going undercover as an ice cream vendor..... bsky.app/profile/adam...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
meanwhile...Jake Tapper is going undercover this weekend as an ice cream vendor bsky.app/profile/adam...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
meanwhile--why does Maggie Haberman have a byline on NYT's story about Giuliani's strange car crash? The piece is just stenography from what Rudy's "security chief" claims. Does anyone believe he was trying to save a damsel in distress? Haberman will make sure NOT to ask questions.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
NYT Real Estate: My nephew and his wife want to buy a Kushner condo in Gaza. Do they have good enough wifi there?
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
because as the nyt says...he is just "upending" norms....
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
"The most virile President ever, spent the weekend having sex with 72 virgins, with the express consent of the First Lady, while at the same time, lowering gas prices," as per 238 sources close to the White House. by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
one last thing...you didn't respond to my actual critique---I didn't suggest anything wrong with doing the fact check--I criticized the dismissive tone at the beginning of your post--about the racism/sexism. you could have just left that out and started with fact check
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Can you point me to when Navarro's is EVER factually correct? if a Biden official made such stone cold racist comments, you would not start a post "leaving aside all that." The racism/sexism is part of the context. Words matter. but I get it..NYT reporters are infallible and readers are idiots.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
leaving aside his racism and misogyny? really? why are you giving Navarro a free pass for such bigotry and sexism?
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
How many stories have we seen in the NYT or WaPo or any major media outlet--in the past month---about the daily abuse of civil rights and due process--primarily by chubby white guys who cover their faces? I think the accurate answer..is ZERO. media failing America.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
At Moby's in East Hampton--over the quiet strains of Lady Gaga's collaboration with Tony Bennett--these hedge fund billionaires are saying that Zohran Mamdani is the reason a bottle of Nuit St. Georges costs $300 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/s...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
once again...putting pitchbot out of business.... NYT: We wanted to know if Zohran Mamdani can make life better for New Yorkers....so we spoke to 3 hedge fund billionaires over lunch at Nick & Toni's in East Hampton.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Haberman and Zolan Kanno-Youngs. Ball washers for Trump world 24/7. Michael Cohen testified at Trump's trial that he had been feeding "scoops" to Haberman for 20 years (of course, media did not report this). Kanno-Youngs is the Tim Scott of NYT. Only negative words he wrote--were for Kamala Harris
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Jake Tapper is too busy doing interviews with any podcast that will have him---about Biden being the greatest threat to the nation in its entire history.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
every time Trump golfs....the taxpayer gets hit with another bill. grifting until his dying days...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
bylines are Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Maggie Haberman. two unabashed Trump stenographers. Kanno-Youngs never met a Trump set of balls, that he did not want to polish. He is the Clayton Bigsby of "journalism."
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
dissenting opinion written by Richard Taranto--Obama appointee...but he clerked for Bork and for Sandra Day O'Connor. Obama really was a disaster when it came to appointing judges....I blame that on Rahm Emmanuel, Axelrod and the rest of those hacks who rode his coattails.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Being a heroin addict and having a worm in your brain does not make you a public health expert--Discount Goebbels needs to step up his propaganda game...very weak.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
What would the charge be if he threw a sub at the flag instead?🤡
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
here is an exclusive photo of Peter Thiel--the actual ruler of America
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Thiel is Blofeld. and soon...Blofeld will be in charge of the U.S. government
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
If Parsons were a ginger---Jerry Jones would overpay him....
STAT (@statnews.com) reposted
Special Report Inside the CDC director’s ouster: Kennedy demanded acceptance of new vaccine policies; Susan Monarez refused www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
the shooter was 23--not a minor. also--number of mass shooting by someone who identifies as transgender---2 Number of mass shootings by straight white males--thousands and thousands..
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Grimsby Town play in the hometown of the late Rod Temperton---who wrote Thriller, Rock With You and Off the Wall. Not making this up en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Tem...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Drag queen? Transgender? No? Didn't think so.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Elizabeth Warren was on CNBC this morning and pointed out that Intel no longer has to fulfill any of the conditions under the CHIPS act, such as onshoring, more U.S. jobs---as part of the deal with Trump. Mr. Art of the Deal got snookered again and so did U.S. taxpayers.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
I still don't understand how they expected viewers to believe that Doc was a "ladies man."
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
salami keeps him out of the salammer
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Turns out it was a tuna sub. that's why there was no true bill🤡
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
while this sub-version of justice is amusing on one level--bigger picture is that Trump admin is trying to intimidate residents of Dem run cities--using the military. this is a giant step toward a military dictatorship. and media are repeatedly failing to point this out.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Five days before the election last fall--the WSJ wrote a piece that said the next President would inherit a "remarkable economy" from Biden. The same day--the NYT wrote this piece--inflation data is good...but NOT the vibes🙄 www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/b...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
yes...but SCOTUS also carved out an exception for the federal reserve in its decisions this spring, saying trump doesn't have to follow laws when he wants to fire someone.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
This isn't complicated. "cause" is NOT a vague word in the employment law sense--nor undefined. Seven tests to meet for just cause firing date back to 1964. Trump has NOT met any of these tests. why not ask a current expert in this area--to inform readers? spa.unm.edu/about/people...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
NYT editor: Hey reporters---who wants to write a piece with a pre-determined narrative about the happy gay warriors in the Trump administration--we'll call them the A-gays--and make sure to ignored the entrenched homophobia and bigotry in Trump world. Shawn McCreesh: sign me up sir!
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
You should contact emeritus Professor Zane Reeves--an expert on "cause" and has written papers on the current seven part test (dates back to 1964--first developed by Carroll Daughtery). Trump clearly hasn't met any of the requirements to fire Cook. spa.unm.edu/about/people...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump and Stephen "discount Goebbels" Miller have both said repeatedly that restaurant reservations are way up in Washington. In other words...they lied. But the NYT story makes no mention of them and their lies. Why not?
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
just because something is "untested" doesn't mean Trump can do this. that's the pro Trump bias in your reporting. Have you been able to find a single credible lawyer to say Trump can do this (based on these facts)? Of course not. so, the firing is illegal and a flagrant abuse of his authority.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
If Biden did the exact same thing...you know you would frame things completely differently...and you would not throw your hands up in the air and claim "it's complicated"
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
cause in the legal sense is in NO WAY a vague legal term. and there is lots of precedent to interpret its meaning you are simply making things up---Trump has no legal cause to fire cook, based on what we know today. this is not complicated.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
yes you are afraid...weasel man. "cause" is not a new concept. There is no "cause" here (maybe...hypothetically, at some future stage, but not now). and it "hasn't been tested" because no president has abused this power before like Trump. once again. be a reporter. not a weasel man
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
on what legal basis? don't be stenographers. do journalism.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
guarantee you that NYT will both sides this extortion attempt (in fact, they already have...with an "explainer" on whether he can do this...while glossing over the fact that you do not have "cause" if one of your political henchmen puts out a letter with completely untested allegations)
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump requires cause....that's a legal standard. not a social media post standard. this firing is illegal. full stop
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
His cousin is Hugh Jass🤡
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Tim Cook ------------- Trump does not have a small penis!
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
NYT: We are the most Vichy media outlet for Trump in the country. WaPo: Hold my bordeaux.🙄
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
sure seems like Governors from Illinois and Minnesota are not afraid to speak the truth about the Orange man with the rotting hand. too bad Schumer and Jeffries continue to be cowardly losers...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
What I like about Pritzker is that I don't get the sense that it's all about what he thinks would best position himself for 2028---instead, he's doing the right thing, for the right reason. and he's not at all afraid of the declining Orange man with the rotting right hand.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course Tur does not point that out that Aldhizer is a forced birth extremist who does not believe pregnant women should have bodily autonomy--she's also a "fellow" at religious extremist think tank (don't let the generic name fool you) eppc.org/author/rache...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
paging Jake Tapper....paging Jake Tapper...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
3...2...1....before white supremacist Stephen Miller also blames everything on the boogie....
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
my point was that you can praise Mamdani without taking a shot at another Dem candidate---who was a very good candidate. she did not embrace militarism or genocide. rightly or wrongly, Israel is a US ally--and Harris was much stronger in her comments about Netanyahu than other dems
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
here is exclusive video of Nick Clegg
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
The United States now has a military dictatorship. Are media going to write anything other than passive posts about the end of democracy?
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
what a clever reply...🙄 how about easing up on your misogyny
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
You can praise Zohran Mamdani without taking a cheap and fact-free shot at former Vice President Harris. how about easing up on the mysogyny
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
only dem leadership would spell the word dictator as distract🙄
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
If Biden made threats against a government official, calling them a "fraudster", putting them at risk with pictures of their home, it would be lead story everywhere. WSJ is the only place I've read about social media threats. (NYT ignores it--uses soft words like "pressure" instead of what it is)
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
NYT meanwhile, has given up all pretense of doing journalism--every extremist act by Trump is framed as a legit policy more or "political strategy". www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
NYT framing of this is just as bad as WaPo They treat it as an honest effort to crack down on crime--instead of the fact that it is another attempt to intimidate residents in a Dem city. There are much higher crime rates in GOP run cities...yet no troops www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Hasek donated $1 million of his own money and founded a program more than 20 years for under privileged children to have a chance to play hockey (in the Buffalo area, where he played most of his career). Hasek has a lot of character www.nhl.com/sabres/news/...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Can Trump shoot someone on 5th Avenue? Here's an explainer.🙄 My legal Q is no more absurd than how the NYT is framing this. Firing for cause does not come about by getting a loyalist to go on a fishing expedition and then threatening the governor--over completely untested allegations.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
You and your colleagues continually mislead readers by leaving out any context related to Trump's actions. His criticisms and "pressure" (that's your word-in fact, he's trying to extort the fed) are wildly improper by any objective measure. By leaving out context, you end up being biased for Trump.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
The Dominator. (and he has a long history of despising Trump and politicians of that ilk)
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Not just a "hockey player"....one of the greatest goalies in the history of the NHL. Nickname was "the dominator." singlehandedly led the Czech team to the gold medal in the 1998 winter olympics. Better educated than most pro athletes. Very respected in his home country and he hates Trump
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Military occupation of Democratic cities? NYT: Hey...Trump is just a dedicated crime fighter🙄 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
There is NO such thing as a "must read" NYT editorial. Putting people in literal cages--who have committed no crime. NYT: Trump upending norms. Ending medical research. NYT: upending norms. Military occupying city streets. NYT: fighting crime. Raid on bolton's house. NYT: OMG. This is too much!
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
it's all that and a bag of chips....
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump should wear a golf glove when in public--putting it on the right hand, is the wrong hand for a right-handed golfer---but...no worries---Peter Baker would just write that Trump is "upending norms" when it comes to golfing attire.
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Nowhere does the NYT point out that its taxpayers' money that is being invested. If Intel's share price goes down--who is on the hook? the American public. meanwhile military in Dem cities is framed as legit crime policy.🙄 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
Memo to NYT Staff: The New York Times has a long and proud history of sanitizing the actions of dictators--dating back to Adolf Hitler. This will continue with Donald Trump. Remember, every one of his actions must be framed as legitimate policy decisions -Joe www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
meanwhile..why hasn't any human rights organization called for justice for Towlie? He's being held hostage at the White House....and forced to endure repeated sex crimes...
Art Martin (@gartmartin9.bsky.social) reply parent
turns out her current lawyer is Sgt Schultz Esq.