Gwen Moritz
@gmoritz.bsky.social
Contributing editor at Arkansas Business Publishing Group, aspiring snarkmaster
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It’s quaint, I know, but the President of the United States calling for the hanging of Democratic service members for saying that no one should follow an illegal order should inspire a conversation about the 25th Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It’s quaint, I know, but the President of the United States calling for the hanging of Democratic service members for saying that no one should follow an illegal order should inspire a conversation about the 25th Amendment.
From an acquaintance in central Arkansas.
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
From an acquaintance in central Arkansas.
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It's not based on instincts, but facts, analysis, theory, and modelling. They don't want to hire 3,000 economists, and 3,000 economists don't report to the Fed Chair.
Trump on the Fed Chair job: "It's all based on instincts. I see they wanna hire 3,000 economists. 3,000! To report to the Fed Chairman. What are they gonna do?"
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
It's not based on instincts, but facts, analysis, theory, and modelling. They don't want to hire 3,000 economists, and 3,000 economists don't report to the Fed Chair.
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Massie: “[Speaker Johnson is] trying to say the rich, powerful men who flew to Epstein Island are the victims now. The only way a ‘Christian man’ can stand up there and sell a lie like that is if he’s already decided in his head that protecting them is somehow okay.”
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Massie: “[Speaker Johnson is] trying to say the rich, powerful men who flew to Epstein Island are the victims now. The only way a ‘Christian man’ can stand up there and sell a lie like that is if he’s already decided in his head that protecting them is somehow okay.”
Yikes. That stings.
Seriously, it must be nice to have someone you care for stick up for you when you stand up to Trump
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Yikes. That stings.
Understand where the speaker is coming from: If Republican politicians redistrict to protect their deeply unpopular leader, it's a very good thing. But if voters statewide approve redistricting 2-to-1, it's immoral.
Mike Johnson: “I'll make a comment about the tragedy in California last night…It's just a blatant example of Gavin Newsom's immoral leadership and the fact that they will do anything to try to rig the system to win.”
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Understand where the speaker is coming from: If Republican politicians redistrict to protect their deeply unpopular leader, it's a very good thing. But if voters statewide approve redistricting 2-to-1, it's immoral.
If I were empaneled as a juror on a MISDEMEANOR assault trial involving throwing a sandwich at a cop, I’d vote to acquit. Immediately. #12hangrymen
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Trump just defied two judges and took complete ownership of the SNAP emergency in a single post.
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Trump just defied two judges and took complete ownership of the SNAP emergency in a single post.
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Made a table showing how many households, kids, seniors and people with disabilities used SNAP last year in districts currently represented by Republicans. www.pbump.net/o/heres-how-...
Here’s how many people use SNAP in Republicans’ districts
President Trump has announced (on social media, naturally) that his administration will continue to withhold Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds during the government shutdown despi...
www.pbump.net
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Made a table showing how many households, kids, seniors and people with disabilities used SNAP last year in districts currently represented by Republicans. www.pbump.net/o/heres-how-...
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I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
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So wait, Trump “cut a deal” with China to: buy the soybeans they were already buying before the trade war, but now China gets advanced AI chips too?? Where is the win??
October 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
So wait, Trump “cut a deal” with China to: buy the soybeans they were already buying before the trade war, but now China gets advanced AI chips too?? Where is the win??
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I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
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Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over?
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over?
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
U.S. District Judge Billy Roy Wilson, a legend in Arkansas jurisprudence, died Monday evening at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He was 85. His wife, Cathi Compton, told me he had been acutely ill for nine weeks.
October 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
U.S. District Judge Billy Roy Wilson, a legend in Arkansas jurisprudence, died Monday evening at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He was 85. His wife, Cathi Compton, told me he had been acutely ill for nine weeks.
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I don’t really think the framers intended for a president to have the power to slap a tariff on products from a particular country because he didn’t like a TV commercial they ran about him, but I suppose it is presently up to the Supreme Ct to decide how far the Mad King can go.
October 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I don’t really think the framers intended for a president to have the power to slap a tariff on products from a particular country because he didn’t like a TV commercial they ran about him, but I suppose it is presently up to the Supreme Ct to decide how far the Mad King can go.
I used to think it was a over-the-top for @emptywheel.bsky.social to call Miller "Discount Goebbels," but it turns out to be on-the-nose. Read up on "degenerate art" and what the original Goebbels said about it.
Stephen Miller: "The scandal is how Democrats & the left scarred the landscape of our country w/grotesque so-called modern art that celebrates ugliness ... very importantly, President Trump is making sure it's in the neo-classical design around which our nation's architecture has long been directed"
October 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I used to think it was a over-the-top for @emptywheel.bsky.social to call Miller "Discount Goebbels," but it turns out to be on-the-nose. Read up on "degenerate art" and what the original Goebbels said about it.
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A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle.
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle.
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Good thing the East Wing didn't contain a statue of a white supremacist traitor who made war on the US in order to preserve slavery. Removing one of those would really upset Republicans.
October 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Good thing the East Wing didn't contain a statue of a white supremacist traitor who made war on the US in order to preserve slavery. Removing one of those would really upset Republicans.
Is there a limit to how much of the White House the president can tear down and replace with structures paid for with donations from his rich friends? Can he then transfer ownership to his "foundation" for his personal use forever, just like with the flying palace donated by Qatar?
October 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Is there a limit to how much of the White House the president can tear down and replace with structures paid for with donations from his rich friends? Can he then transfer ownership to his "foundation" for his personal use forever, just like with the flying palace donated by Qatar?
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Per these clips from Aaron today, seems MAGA-GOP is feeling extra super defensive about the #EpsteinFiles.
Release them. Then you won't need to ask for Dems "help"
Release them. Then you won't need to ask for Dems "help"
Comer: "The evidence we've gathered does not implicate President Trump in any way. Public reporting, survivor testimony, and official documents show that Bill Clinton had far closer ties to Epstein. We're working to bring former President Clinton in for a deposition, but Democrats aren't helping"
October 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Per these clips from Aaron today, seems MAGA-GOP is feeling extra super defensive about the #EpsteinFiles.
Release them. Then you won't need to ask for Dems "help"
Release them. Then you won't need to ask for Dems "help"
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Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tee-hee! When you don't have to get permission, you never have to seek forgiveness. (Sarcasm.)
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Tee-hee! When you don't have to get permission, you never have to seek forgiveness. (Sarcasm.)
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Updating everyone with photos from the No King's Rally in Clinton, Arkansas (pop. 2,501)
October 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Updating everyone with photos from the No King's Rally in Clinton, Arkansas (pop. 2,501)