Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social
Dad, husband, host @Marketplace. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran. kryssdal@marketplace.org
They…can’t handle the truth
Fox News is mad that Jack Nicholson's character was portrayed as the bad guy in "A Few Good Men," citing it as the start of the downfall of "masculinity" in America.
"They villified him! Right there's where Hollywood started this."
"Now there's too few good men! That's the problem!"
"They villified him! Right there's where Hollywood started this."
"Now there's too few good men! That's the problem!"
February 20, 2026 at 12:34 AM
They…can’t handle the truth
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Breaking MS NOW:
FBI Director Kash Patel flew today on the FBI's Gulfstream jet bound for a trip to the winter Olympics in Italy to watch one of his favorite sports: men's ice hockey.
Patel's trip to Milan is likely to cost as much as $75,000. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
FBI Director Kash Patel flew today on the FBI's Gulfstream jet bound for a trip to the winter Olympics in Italy to watch one of his favorite sports: men's ice hockey.
Patel's trip to Milan is likely to cost as much as $75,000. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel heads to Milan for the Olympics — on the FBI jet
The FBI director has plans to watch the U.S. men’s hockey team vie for gold, sources tell MS NOW.
www.ms.now
February 19, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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There should be a bonus medal for dropping a perfect f-bomb faster than the NBC censors can catch it
February 19, 2026 at 10:16 PM
There should be a bonus medal for dropping a perfect f-bomb faster than the NBC censors can catch it
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New: Military veterans sue Trump over his planned 250-ft arch, saying it will damage views from Arlington National Cemetery.
They want to halt the project until it gets congressional approval and meets other requirements.
They want to halt the project until it gets congressional approval and meets other requirements.
Veterans sue over Trump’s planned 250-foot arch, citing cemetery views
The Vietnam War veterans, who later worked as U.S. diplomats, say that the arch would harm the experience of visiting nearby Arlington National Cemetery.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 19, 2026 at 8:32 PM
New: Military veterans sue Trump over his planned 250-ft arch, saying it will damage views from Arlington National Cemetery.
They want to halt the project until it gets congressional approval and meets other requirements.
They want to halt the project until it gets congressional approval and meets other requirements.
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Miran, we hardly knew ye.
*MIRAN SAYS GOODS INFLATION HAS APPEARED MORE STUBBORN: WSJ ...
February 19, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Miran, we hardly knew ye.
Congress why?
JUST IN: TRUMP HAS REPORTEDLY ANNOUNCED HE'S TRANSFERRING $10 BILLION FROM THE US GOVERNMENT TO HIS "BOARD OF PEACE," PER CNN ...
February 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Congress why?
Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States.
Trump: "This building was built for peace. Nobody knew what to name it, and then Marco named it after me. I had nothing to do with it. I swear. They said, 'There's a surprise coming.' I thought they were gonna give me a lot of money or something. Maybe cash. Can always use some extra cash."
February 19, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States.
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If the US had a Congress, it would be raising hell over the president ignoring Congress’s war powers and preparing to start another Middle East war without authorization or even debate.
Except the Republican majority doesn’t want the US to have a Congress, so it effectively doesn’t.
Except the Republican majority doesn’t want the US to have a Congress, so it effectively doesn’t.
February 19, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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The British monarchy is more accountable to the public than the American presidency.
February 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
The British monarchy is more accountable to the public than the American presidency.
Show me the lie
February 19, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Show me the lie
Tell me you don’t understand the economy without telling me you don’t understand the economy
THE UNITED STATES TRADE DEFICIT HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 78% BECAUSE OF THE TARIFFS BEING CHARGED TO OTHER COMPANIES AND COUNTRIES. IT WILL GO INTO POSITIVE TERRITORY DURING THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY DECADES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
February 19, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Tell me you don’t understand the economy without telling me you don’t understand the economy
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If the VA goes on with this, they should change their motto to “To screw over they who hath borne the burden so that we can fleece the pockets of our overlords”
Military veterans and advocacy groups are slamming a new rule recently implemented by the VA for determining disability compensation, predicting it will lower disability ratings and reduce benefits for service-related illnesses and injuries.
Veterans slam new VA rule for determining disability ratings
The new rule states that a disability level must be based on how well a veteran functions while on medication and not on the underlying impairment.
www.stripes.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:20 PM
If the VA goes on with this, they should change their motto to “To screw over they who hath borne the burden so that we can fleece the pockets of our overlords”
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OMG. it's much worse than I thought.
"We certainly appreciate being able to be the exclusive partner."
—CNBC's Sara Eisen at the Liberty World Forum, a crypto venture founded by the Trump family, among others.
"We certainly appreciate being able to be the exclusive partner."
—CNBC's Sara Eisen at the Liberty World Forum, a crypto venture founded by the Trump family, among others.
CNBC is platforming the Grifter Bros.
SMDH.
SMDH.
February 18, 2026 at 3:47 PM
OMG. it's much worse than I thought.
"We certainly appreciate being able to be the exclusive partner."
—CNBC's Sara Eisen at the Liberty World Forum, a crypto venture founded by the Trump family, among others.
"We certainly appreciate being able to be the exclusive partner."
—CNBC's Sara Eisen at the Liberty World Forum, a crypto venture founded by the Trump family, among others.
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This is important —>
In departure from norm, Coast Guard demands immigration papers on Louisiana docks
In St. Bernard Parish, fishing deckhands fear death and detention amid regular immigration sweeps – not by ICE, but the Coast Guard
lailluminator.com/2026/02/18/c...
In St. Bernard Parish, fishing deckhands fear death and detention amid regular immigration sweeps – not by ICE, but the Coast Guard
lailluminator.com/2026/02/18/c...
In departure from norm, Coast Guard demands immigration papers on Louisiana docks • Louisiana Illuminator
Seafood workers say that the Coast Guard, in a departure from the norm, has conducted about seven sweeps since early November, resulting in multiple arrests.
lailluminator.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This is important —>
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It should not be lost amid the current idiocy of CBS kiboshing Colbert's interview over "equal time" that the current president *hosted SNL as a candidate* www.nytimes.com/2015/11/09/a...
Review: Donald Trump on ‘Saturday Night Live’ (Published 2015)
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:34 PM
It should not be lost amid the current idiocy of CBS kiboshing Colbert's interview over "equal time" that the current president *hosted SNL as a candidate* www.nytimes.com/2015/11/09/a...
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Suggested discipline:
Forced to listen to an audiobook of “Dow 36,000” on repeat for the rest of their days
Forced to listen to an audiobook of “Dow 36,000” on repeat for the rest of their days
Hassett on new study from NY Fed showing 90% of tariff burden is being shouldered by US firms & consumers: "The paper is an embarrassment. It's I think the worst paper I've ever seen in the history of the Fed system. The people associated with this paper should presumably be disciplined."
February 18, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Suggested discipline:
Forced to listen to an audiobook of “Dow 36,000” on repeat for the rest of their days
Forced to listen to an audiobook of “Dow 36,000” on repeat for the rest of their days
This answer - from one of the president’s key economic advisors - is disgraceful.
And, fwiw, the number for tariff pass through is closer to 94-96 percent
And, fwiw, the number for tariff pass through is closer to 94-96 percent
Hassett on new study from NY Fed showing 90% of tariff burden is being shouldered by US firms & consumers: "The paper is an embarrassment. It's I think the worst paper I've ever seen in the history of the Fed system. The people associated with this paper should presumably be disciplined."
February 18, 2026 at 2:22 PM
This answer - from one of the president’s key economic advisors - is disgraceful.
And, fwiw, the number for tariff pass through is closer to 94-96 percent
And, fwiw, the number for tariff pass through is closer to 94-96 percent
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Real insane part of this clip is Hassett saying in the beginning that NY Fed researchers “should be disciplined” for…writing an economics paper that comes to a conclusion the president dislikes? A conclusion that matches the vast majority of economic evidence on tariffs? Nuts
Hassett: "The basic theory of President Trump's tariffs is sure, we're importing stuff from China, but we've got producers in US who make stuff, maybe at alightly higher place. If we bring stuff home, create demand, then that will hurt China & drive up wages & American consumers will be better off."
February 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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And, again, it reveals the place of fear and weakness from which Hegseth operates
"Army officers do not choose their bosses. They serve where assigned, executing lawful orders in support of national policy. To punish an officer for having served under a particular senior leader is to misunderstand the very nature of military service."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
America’s Generals Shouldn’t Face Political Loyalty Tests
Keeping politics out of the military is what keeps the military out of politics.
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
And, again, it reveals the place of fear and weakness from which Hegseth operates
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Counterpoint:
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
February 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Counterpoint:
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
Ummmm
Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on tariffs: "It's not regressive. Most consumption in America is done by the wealthiest people. So the idea it's somehow regressive is just wrong."
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Ummmm
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“Justice requires us to remember that when any citizen denies his fellow, saying ‘His color is not mine,’ or ‘His beliefs are strange & different,’ in that moment he betrays America, though his forebears created this nation.”
~President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965.
Image: National Portrait Gallery.
~President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965.
Image: National Portrait Gallery.
February 16, 2026 at 10:09 PM
“Justice requires us to remember that when any citizen denies his fellow, saying ‘His color is not mine,’ or ‘His beliefs are strange & different,’ in that moment he betrays America, though his forebears created this nation.”
~President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965.
Image: National Portrait Gallery.
~President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965.
Image: National Portrait Gallery.
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Marshall said of World War II "I doubt there was any one thing, except the shortage of LSTs, that came to our minds more frequently than the political factors."
Every conflict where we translated military success into long-term success was because we had warrior-diplomats who brought together all elements of national power to do so.
February 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Marshall said of World War II "I doubt there was any one thing, except the shortage of LSTs, that came to our minds more frequently than the political factors."
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too many ads this Olympics
February 16, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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Also there is little evidence that Trump in any way understands our collective inheritance — let alone is proud of it….
If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.
February 15, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Also there is little evidence that Trump in any way understands our collective inheritance — let alone is proud of it….
