@jkavanagh.bsky.social
Editor at New York magazine and Condé Nast in a previous life.
Also at Shakespeare on Politics on that other platform.
Also at Shakespeare on Politics on that other platform.
“And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, and sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention of me more must be heard of…”
“Henry VIII”
“Henry VIII”
Note what Trump is focused on instead of fixing healthcare or bringing down prices.
December 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
“And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, and sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention of me more must be heard of…”
“Henry VIII”
“Henry VIII”
Reposted
It was bad enough when Ukraine only had to worry about Putin delegitimizing their government. Now they have to worry about Trump, too.
The Politics of Plunder
His domestic and foreign policies have one consistent theme.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It was bad enough when Ukraine only had to worry about Putin delegitimizing their government. Now they have to worry about Trump, too.
The brilliant and creative original,
Milton Glaser. I was lucky to work with him at New York magazine in the 1970s.
www.investors.com/news/managem...
Milton Glaser. I was lucky to work with him at New York magazine in the 1970s.
www.investors.com/news/managem...
December 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The brilliant and creative original,
Milton Glaser. I was lucky to work with him at New York magazine in the 1970s.
www.investors.com/news/managem...
Milton Glaser. I was lucky to work with him at New York magazine in the 1970s.
www.investors.com/news/managem...
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According to FBI agents involved in the raid, Attorney General William Barr was on the scene and he personally took custody of many items seized, a step they thought highly unusual.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I filmed the @SDNY press conference when #Epstein was arrested. Geoffrey Berman stated exactly what was confiscated by the FBI when they raided Epstein’s mansion. Tapes, hard drives, 1700 photos on the walls. They fired Berman not long after
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZHc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZHc...
Jeffrey Epstein Charged w/Sex Trafficking of Underage Girls SDNY Presser 7/8/19
YouTube video by Sandi Bachom
www.youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
According to FBI agents involved in the raid, Attorney General William Barr was on the scene and he personally took custody of many items seized, a step they thought highly unusual.
Reposted
“Away, you love me not, to urge me thus. Shall I let slip so great an injury, when every servile groom jests at my wrongs…?”
“Doctor Faustus”
“Doctor Faustus”
Today Donald Trump called for the execution of six U.S. lawmakers simply because they urged the military to uphold the Constitution.
A president threatening death against political opponents for honoring their oath is not “fiery rhetoric” — it’s the language of authoritarian rule.
A president threatening death against political opponents for honoring their oath is not “fiery rhetoric” — it’s the language of authoritarian rule.
December 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“Away, you love me not, to urge me thus. Shall I let slip so great an injury, when every servile groom jests at my wrongs…?”
“Doctor Faustus”
“Doctor Faustus”
“How comes it then that thou art out of hell?”
“Doctor Faustus”
“Doctor Faustus”
Simply incredible. Stephen Miller is so far down the ideological rabbit hole that he doesn't even realize this badly undermines his case against immigrants.
December 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“How comes it then that thou art out of hell?”
“Doctor Faustus”
“Doctor Faustus”
“Flatt'ring himself in project of a power much smaller than the smallest of his thoughts; and, so, with great imagination proper to madmen, led his powers to death,
and, winking, leapt into destruction.”
“Henry IV, Part 2”
and, winking, leapt into destruction.”
“Henry IV, Part 2”
"Donald Trump calls himself the “Peace President.” But this week, as he outlined his plans to capture Greenland and hijack Venezuelan oil, his real agenda became obvious. It’s not peace. It’s extortion, conquest, and theft."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Politics of Plunder
His domestic and foreign policies have one consistent theme.
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
“Flatt'ring himself in project of a power much smaller than the smallest of his thoughts; and, so, with great imagination proper to madmen, led his powers to death,
and, winking, leapt into destruction.”
“Henry IV, Part 2”
and, winking, leapt into destruction.”
“Henry IV, Part 2”
“Most ignorant of what he’s most assured.”
“Measure for Measure”
“Measure for Measure”
December 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“Most ignorant of what he’s most assured.”
“Measure for Measure”
“Measure for Measure”
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“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Leo has made care for immigrants and the poor key themes of his early papacy.
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
“Shame to thy silver hair, thou mad misleader[s]…”
“Henry VI, Part 2”
“Henry VI, Part 2”
We NEED term limits! Guys like Lindsay Graham and Charles Grasley don’t belong in Congress!! Too long…too old…too much power…
December 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“Shame to thy silver hair, thou mad misleader[s]…”
“Henry VI, Part 2”
“Henry VI, Part 2”
“Sweet fellowship in shame”
“Love’s Labour’s Lost”
“Love’s Labour’s Lost”
REPUBLICANS ON THE NEWS (Rep. Mike Lawler) covering for Trump about the Epstein files sound like people from my childhood who would quietly tell other adults not to let us kids around this person or that.
Its disgusting. There's plenty of smoke so the fire exists!
Trump & Jeff: birds of a feather.
Its disgusting. There's plenty of smoke so the fire exists!
Trump & Jeff: birds of a feather.
a woman wearing glasses and a red shirt is making a silly face
ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a red shirt is making a silly face
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“Sweet fellowship in shame”
“Love’s Labour’s Lost”
“Love’s Labour’s Lost”
The Bard to Trump:
“Prithee, no more prattling: go.”
“Prithee, no more prattling: go.”
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Bard to Trump:
“Prithee, no more prattling: go.”
“Prithee, no more prattling: go.”
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“We live during a time where all the institutions and corporations I worked for—or leaders I looked up to—they caved or remained silent, so we are now finding hope in everyday people…”
www.thebulwark.com/p/defiance-i...
www.thebulwark.com/p/defiance-i...
Defiance in a Time of Cowardice
She sang the national anthem in Spanish as deportation forces assaulted L.A. Now she’s headed to Sundance.
www.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“We live during a time where all the institutions and corporations I worked for—or leaders I looked up to—they caved or remained silent, so we are now finding hope in everyday people…”
www.thebulwark.com/p/defiance-i...
www.thebulwark.com/p/defiance-i...
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When the history of this cruel era is written, the shame should be no less than the shame we now feel about the roundups and detention of Japanese Americans in World War II. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-brazen-cruelty-of-the-trump-regime
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
When the history of this cruel era is written, the shame should be no less than the shame we now feel about the roundups and detention of Japanese Americans in World War II. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-brazen-cruelty-of-the-trump-regime
Favorite droll film performances: Peter Cook as George Spiggott in "Bedazzled," Peter Sellers as Group Captain Lionel Mandrake in "Dr. Strangelove" and Aldo Vanucci/Federico Fabrizzi in "After the Fox," Christopher Guest as Nigel Tufnel in "Spinal Tap," Tom Skerritt as Duke Forrest in "MASH."
December 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Favorite droll film performances: Peter Cook as George Spiggott in "Bedazzled," Peter Sellers as Group Captain Lionel Mandrake in "Dr. Strangelove" and Aldo Vanucci/Federico Fabrizzi in "After the Fox," Christopher Guest as Nigel Tufnel in "Spinal Tap," Tom Skerritt as Duke Forrest in "MASH."
Have Miller and Hegseth given the order to destroy that southbound transport from the Arctic Circle carrying unidentifiable cargo?
December 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Have Miller and Hegseth given the order to destroy that southbound transport from the Arctic Circle carrying unidentifiable cargo?
"Hey, Pop, you want a shock? I think you're a great guy."
Wish I had said that to my Pop.
Wish I had said that to my Pop.
December 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
"Hey, Pop, you want a shock? I think you're a great guy."
Wish I had said that to my Pop.
Wish I had said that to my Pop.
Please advise here if any of the Christmas homilies tonight and tomorrow address the parallel between the holy family and today’s dispossessed families seeking refuge.
December 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Please advise here if any of the Christmas homilies tonight and tomorrow address the parallel between the holy family and today’s dispossessed families seeking refuge.
Merry Christmas from anagram Santa
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www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-...
Children’s Holiday Letters to Satan
Each year, due mostly to minor misspellings and very poor penmanship, hundreds of children’s letters are sent to Satan, Dark Lord of the Underworld.
www.newyorker.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Merry Christmas from anagram Santa
www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-...
www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-...
Watching “It’s a Wonderful Life”and lamenting an America that Trump was born into.
December 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Watching “It’s a Wonderful Life”and lamenting an America that Trump was born into.
MAGA doesn’t believe in Santa but still believes in Trump. (Spoiler alert: He’s not delivering tonight or ever.)
December 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
MAGA doesn’t believe in Santa but still believes in Trump. (Spoiler alert: He’s not delivering tonight or ever.)
Kennedy Center salutes Trump last night
December 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Kennedy Center salutes Trump last night
Synopsis of a grotesque, inhumane Miller’s Tale:
“This is no answer, thou unfeeling man, to excuse the current of thy cruelty.”
“The Merchant of Venice”
“This is no answer, thou unfeeling man, to excuse the current of thy cruelty.”
“The Merchant of Venice”
Inside Stephen Miller's Reign of Terror
Everything you loathe or love about Donald Trump’s America, you hate or cherish about Stephen Miller’s republic of fear.
www.rollingstone.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Synopsis of a grotesque, inhumane Miller’s Tale:
“This is no answer, thou unfeeling man, to excuse the current of thy cruelty.”
“The Merchant of Venice”
“This is no answer, thou unfeeling man, to excuse the current of thy cruelty.”
“The Merchant of Venice”