Nancy Terhune
@nancyterhune.bsky.social
Editeur, wordsmithie, recovering marketeer. Frequently impolitic. Some wiseassery. Occasional humor. True-effing-blue.
"If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us."
—Francis Bacon
"If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us."
—Francis Bacon
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Donnie's dream comes true: He's the #1 guy!
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Donnie's dream comes true: He's the #1 guy!
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Count the ways they’re corrupting DOJ: Presidents don’t direct AG’s to open criminal cases, especially ones designating only Dems for investigation when POTUS himself is involved. DOJ doesn’t publicize criminal investigations & the AG definitely doesn’t assign them on Twitter.
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Count the ways they’re corrupting DOJ: Presidents don’t direct AG’s to open criminal cases, especially ones designating only Dems for investigation when POTUS himself is involved. DOJ doesn’t publicize criminal investigations & the AG definitely doesn’t assign them on Twitter.
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This is big: elected Republicans in a deep-red state saying NO to Trump even after his personal plea.
The balance is shifting - and we have to keep up the pressure everywhere.
The balance is shifting - and we have to keep up the pressure everywhere.
Indiana likely will not push forward with redistricting despite pressure from White House
It’s a massive blow to the White House’s efforts to shore up a Republican House majority next year.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is big: elected Republicans in a deep-red state saying NO to Trump even after his personal plea.
The balance is shifting - and we have to keep up the pressure everywhere.
The balance is shifting - and we have to keep up the pressure everywhere.
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Agreeing with Marjorie Taylor Greene is when your brain hits “shuffle” on reality, but here we are.
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Agreeing with Marjorie Taylor Greene is when your brain hits “shuffle” on reality, but here we are.
Save. Your. Ankles.
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This is Carl. He was just woken up from a nap. Hopes for your sake the house is on fire. 12/10 (IG: grumpus.steve.carl)
November 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Save. Your. Ankles.
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So Wolff could have tanked Trump’s 2016 campaign and didn’t because Epstein said nah?
NEW: A week before Donald Trump surged past Hillary Clinton to win the presidency, author Michael Wolff approached Jeffrey Epstein with a proposal to "finish" Trump's candidacy.
"Interested?" Wolff wrote.
Epstein, apparently, declined.
w/ @eorden.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
"Interested?" Wolff wrote.
Epstein, apparently, declined.
w/ @eorden.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
So Wolff could have tanked Trump’s 2016 campaign and didn’t because Epstein said nah?
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
I’ve heard the story, but the telling is even better!
Trump’s gold bling in the WH reminded me of a clip I posted 5 years ago of Charlie Sheen in the UK telling a story of the time Trump gave him a wedding gift.
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I’ve heard the story, but the telling is even better!
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To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Levels of decency, integrity, and respect that we won’t see for a long while, if ever again.
I miss Obama.
I miss Obama.
In an unforgettable Veterans Day moment, former President Barack Obama surprised dozens of Korean and Vietnam War veterans as their Honor Flight landed in Washington, D.C. The veterans, fresh off their flight from Madison, Wisconsin, were greeted by President Obama himself.
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Levels of decency, integrity, and respect that we won’t see for a long while, if ever again.
I miss Obama.
I miss Obama.
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Zev Shalev reports on Kash Patel…
November 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Zev Shalev reports on Kash Patel…
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Yes. Frogs are smarter. But capture of mainstream media, like capture of SCOTUS, has been a longterm goal of the right. This most explicitly dates back to the Reagan era when Reagan and Roy Cohn brought in Rupert Murdoch and killed the Fairness Doctrine and media antitrust. See also Buckley v Valeo
“When the crisis constantly [gets] worse, why do media cover it with the same monotonous…drumbeat?
The media’s desire to sedate its audience is evidenced by NBC News’ new slogan: “Facts. Clarity. Calm.” This is not the time to be calm.
If we start thinking what’s happening is routine, we’re doomed”
The media’s desire to sedate its audience is evidenced by NBC News’ new slogan: “Facts. Clarity. Calm.” This is not the time to be calm.
If we start thinking what’s happening is routine, we’re doomed”
That old metaphor about the frog and the boiling water isn’t true: If you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the heat, the frog will jump out before it gets boiled to death.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Yes. Frogs are smarter. But capture of mainstream media, like capture of SCOTUS, has been a longterm goal of the right. This most explicitly dates back to the Reagan era when Reagan and Roy Cohn brought in Rupert Murdoch and killed the Fairness Doctrine and media antitrust. See also Buckley v Valeo
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The restored East Wing.
What building should AOC name after Nancy Pelosi when she becomes President in 2029?
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The restored East Wing.
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“I will cut your energy bills in ½ on day 1. I will end inflation on day 1.”
- same guy
- same guy
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“I will cut your energy bills in ½ on day 1. I will end inflation on day 1.”
- same guy
- same guy
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Perfect!
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Perfect!
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Happy that he lost. Happy that these guys wasted $55 million. Happy that money failed to buy an election. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/c...
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Happy that he lost. Happy that these guys wasted $55 million. Happy that money failed to buy an election. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/c...
“Vote Republican or go to prison” will make quite the campaign slogan. Excellent actually, because it would work on all parties.
Seriously: I’m sure this message will be *where we are* in ‘28 unless something unforeseen occurs.
Seriously: I’m sure this message will be *where we are* in ‘28 unless something unforeseen occurs.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“Vote Republican or go to prison” will make quite the campaign slogan. Excellent actually, because it would work on all parties.
Seriously: I’m sure this message will be *where we are* in ‘28 unless something unforeseen occurs.
Seriously: I’m sure this message will be *where we are* in ‘28 unless something unforeseen occurs.
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Unprecedented corruption
The White House using taxpayer funds to invest in a startup whose investors include the President's son?
"The transaction...involves an investor group led by Brad Gerstner's Altimeter Capital...that includes 1789 Capital, where...Trump's eldest son is a partner."
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
"The transaction...involves an investor group led by Brad Gerstner's Altimeter Capital...that includes 1789 Capital, where...Trump's eldest son is a partner."
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
A $1.4 Billion Rare-Earth Deal With a Trumpian Twist
As the US seeks to counter China’s threat to use its dominance in rare-earth elements to squeeze American manufacturers, the government is using public-private partnerships to hasten the production of...
www.bloomberg.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Unprecedented corruption
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I've been calling it the Blue Sharknado.
Don’t call it a Blue Wave.
Don’t call it a Blue Tsunami.
It was clearly a #BlueMandate.
#MAGA still calls their 2024 election “victories” a #Mandate when they eked out a 1.4% win.
On Tuesday we walloped #Republicans and made them sniffle. It was a #BlueMandate!!!
We’ve got the momentum!
Don’t call it a Blue Tsunami.
It was clearly a #BlueMandate.
#MAGA still calls their 2024 election “victories” a #Mandate when they eked out a 1.4% win.
On Tuesday we walloped #Republicans and made them sniffle. It was a #BlueMandate!!!
We’ve got the momentum!
I can’t believe they called prop 50 the moment polls closed. That tells you something. Most of these races were called within 45 minutes. It’s a BLOWOUT, y’all. THAT is what we call a MANDATE.
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I've been calling it the Blue Sharknado.
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As a Christian I can tell you there’s nothing moral about taking from the poor to give to the rich. The "Big Beautiful Bill" goes against everything we’re supposed to stand for.
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
As a Christian I can tell you there’s nothing moral about taking from the poor to give to the rich. The "Big Beautiful Bill" goes against everything we’re supposed to stand for.
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Layoffs rise to recession-like levels in October.
Best economy in the world. All he had to do was not fuck it up, and he fucked it up.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Best economy in the world. All he had to do was not fuck it up, and he fucked it up.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Layoffs rise to recession-like levels through October, new report says
Employers have announced 1.1 million job cuts so far this year, the highest reading since the pandemic, according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Layoffs rise to recession-like levels in October.
Best economy in the world. All he had to do was not fuck it up, and he fucked it up.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Best economy in the world. All he had to do was not fuck it up, and he fucked it up.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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I know some people are still mad at Nancy Pelosi about 2024, but her record as Speaker of the House stands as one of the most consequential and impactful in history.
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I know some people are still mad at Nancy Pelosi about 2024, but her record as Speaker of the House stands as one of the most consequential and impactful in history.
I can’t disagree with him on sentence #1. Yes, right now: much less affordable.
Trump: "I don't want to hear about the affordability, because right now we're much less. If you look at energy, we're getting close to $2 a gallon gasoline."
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I can’t disagree with him on sentence #1. Yes, right now: much less affordable.
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Still winning.. This is rubbing it in at this point.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Still winning.. This is rubbing it in at this point.
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Stay safe out there everyone. People are STAMPEDING out of the city. Everyone is grabbing whatever possessions they can and shoving them into cars, or even just running on foot, children weeping in their arms. The city will be empty by dawn.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Stay safe out there everyone. People are STAMPEDING out of the city. Everyone is grabbing whatever possessions they can and shoving them into cars, or even just running on foot, children weeping in their arms. The city will be empty by dawn.