Anthony Pignataro
@apignataro.bsky.social
Current journalist at the co-op @lbwatchdog.bsky.social, former MauiTime editor. My new novel The B Girls and new memoir Remembering Lahaina are now available. He/him.
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Academia is a really racist and sexist place. Larry Summers, as the president of Harvard, epitomized that racism and sexism but he is not unique. That's why we needed DEI.
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Academia is a really racist and sexist place. Larry Summers, as the president of Harvard, epitomized that racism and sexism but he is not unique. That's why we needed DEI.
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and yet the intensity of reporting around trump and affordability has not reached 1/10000th the intensity it had under biden. the msm is not emphasizing this issue and its because theyre trying to help trump and the gop.
“A Washington Post-ABC News-Pisos poll from October found that 71% of American adults say they're spending more money on groceries compared to a year ago.”
“Voters often blame the guy in the Oval Office for their problems, and right now, that guy is Trump. He's learning a lesson the Biden team did: You can't insist your way to a good economy.” www.businessinsider.com/trump-bigges...
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
and yet the intensity of reporting around trump and affordability has not reached 1/10000th the intensity it had under biden. the msm is not emphasizing this issue and its because theyre trying to help trump and the gop.
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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i love it when the snakes fight each other. do not support her. do not welcome her into the tent. she's an evil psycho. but do enjoy when she and trump fight.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for 6 years for. I gave him my loyalty for free. I've never owed him anything. Let me tell you what a traitor is -- a traitor is an American that serves foreign countries."
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
i love it when the snakes fight each other. do not support her. do not welcome her into the tent. she's an evil psycho. but do enjoy when she and trump fight.
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How do you land Vanity Fair west coast editor at age 32 after having affairs with two presidential candidates you were covering as a journalist. That is some prime white lady shit.
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
How do you land Vanity Fair west coast editor at age 32 after having affairs with two presidential candidates you were covering as a journalist. That is some prime white lady shit.
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We'd have less fascism if more guys got knocked the fuck out early in life for stuff like this until they dropped the habit
I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
We'd have less fascism if more guys got knocked the fuck out early in life for stuff like this until they dropped the habit
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So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
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Because their corporate media masters demand that they maintain access at all costs.
Why do journalists have no apparent solidarity whatsoever? This rancid POS jabs his finger in a woman reporter's face and calls her "piggy" and none of the other journalists there says a word?
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Because their corporate media masters demand that they maintain access at all costs.
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The word "correspondence" doing Olympic-level heavy lifting here
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The word "correspondence" doing Olympic-level heavy lifting here
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THIS!!! yes.
Something no one prepares you for when you publish a book is how deeply moved you'll be when anyone tells you they've read it. I keep tearing up and making it really weird, sorry everyone
November 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
THIS!!! yes.
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Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too https://theonion.com/megyn-kelly-anxiously-waits-for-everyone-else-to-start-condoning-pedophilia-too/
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too https://theonion.com/megyn-kelly-anxiously-waits-for-everyone-else-to-start-condoning-pedophilia-too/
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Barack Obama *ILL-ADVISEDLY* ran against Bobby Rush in 2000. He lost by 30%. Many of us absolutely knew he would lose at the time in Chicago. 3 years later he was running for Senate. Anyway, "waiting your turn" in politics is ridiculous. You run when you want to run & failure is fine.
November 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Barack Obama *ILL-ADVISEDLY* ran against Bobby Rush in 2000. He lost by 30%. Many of us absolutely knew he would lose at the time in Chicago. 3 years later he was running for Senate. Anyway, "waiting your turn" in politics is ridiculous. You run when you want to run & failure is fine.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
NEWS: Polling from @ourhawaii808.bsky.social @indivisible.org @dataforprogress.org shows Ed Case (HI-01) most vulnerable he's ever been. Real path to victory for single challenger who can energize & unite voters under 45, progressives & undecided voters.
Our release: docs.google.com/document/u/1...
Our release: docs.google.com/document/u/1...
A political party that includes even just one fascist is itself fascist.
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A political party that includes even just one fascist is itself fascist.
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We are not doing this
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We are not doing this
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I don't understand the new arrangement either: Trump authorizing the House to vote to demand that the DOJ something that Trump would already have the authority to order DOJ to do (certainly under the Trumpian Executive Theory, arguably even under normal circumstances).
One thing I don’t understand is why Republicans have been fighting the Epstein resolution *so* hard, given that there is zero chance it will become law, and less than zero chance that Bondi would comply with it even if it did.
They’re still fighting the House vote as if Trump’s life depends on it.
They’re still fighting the House vote as if Trump’s life depends on it.
November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I don't understand the new arrangement either: Trump authorizing the House to vote to demand that the DOJ something that Trump would already have the authority to order DOJ to do (certainly under the Trumpian Executive Theory, arguably even under normal circumstances).
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underrated how the de facto prohibition on discussing the substance of policy among political reporters means they are primed to focus on culture war nonsense
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
underrated how the de facto prohibition on discussing the substance of policy among political reporters means they are primed to focus on culture war nonsense
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I had a great conversation about this phenomenon with some sociologists at ASA once. A colleague took me to task for failing to see how they KNOW the reference. They aren’t misreading literary references — they are wielding them to demonstrate their power to shape our ethics.
The fact that he named it Project Prometheus is priceless.
Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I had a great conversation about this phenomenon with some sociologists at ASA once. A colleague took me to task for failing to see how they KNOW the reference. They aren’t misreading literary references — they are wielding them to demonstrate their power to shape our ethics.
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Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"
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A discussion sparked by a piece whose opening argument was that Larry Summers was the tragic, rational victim of a feminized woke mob
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
I mean
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
A discussion sparked by a piece whose opening argument was that Larry Summers was the tragic, rational victim of a feminized woke mob
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The idea that Trump built a durable, multiracial working-class coalition was always overstated. trib.al/hxDajMO
Exit polls from New Jersey and Virginia show the GOP lost overwhelmingly among all three voting blocs: voters under age 30, Black voters, and Latinos.
Exit polls from New Jersey and Virginia show the GOP lost overwhelmingly among all three voting blocs: voters under age 30, Black voters, and Latinos.
The Young Voters and Minorities Who Backed Trump in 2024 Hate Him Now
Political analyst Michael Podhorzer discusses why the Republican candidates in New Jersey and Virginia came nowhere near matching Trump’s 2024 support among voters of color and young voters.
trib.al
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The idea that Trump built a durable, multiracial working-class coalition was always overstated. trib.al/hxDajMO
Exit polls from New Jersey and Virginia show the GOP lost overwhelmingly among all three voting blocs: voters under age 30, Black voters, and Latinos.
Exit polls from New Jersey and Virginia show the GOP lost overwhelmingly among all three voting blocs: voters under age 30, Black voters, and Latinos.
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wait, I saw 'peril' earlier and just assumed 'oh bc they knew this was behavior that could get them in trouble'
now that I see 'born in China' I'm like, bitch, did they mean YELLOW PERIL oh my God?
now that I see 'born in China' I'm like, bitch, did they mean YELLOW PERIL oh my God?
The Harvard Crimson has ID'ed and published the name of a well-known economist who was the subject of emails between Larry Summers and Epstein.
Born in China, she did her B.A. – Ph.D. at Harvard.
The code name that Summers and Epstein used in their emails about her was "peril." What a vile pig.
Born in China, she did her B.A. – Ph.D. at Harvard.
The code name that Summers and Epstein used in their emails about her was "peril." What a vile pig.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:36 AM
wait, I saw 'peril' earlier and just assumed 'oh bc they knew this was behavior that could get them in trouble'
now that I see 'born in China' I'm like, bitch, did they mean YELLOW PERIL oh my God?
now that I see 'born in China' I'm like, bitch, did they mean YELLOW PERIL oh my God?
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This is the guy who said women are underrepresented in STEM because they’re stupid
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This is the guy who said women are underrepresented in STEM because they’re stupid
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Is this like a reverse MeToo?
epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
November 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Is this like a reverse MeToo?