Reagan Arthur
@reaganart.bsky.social
Here to read and deliver firm opinions about books, music, tennis, grammar, and I suppose also the news. Launching new imprint, Cardinal, 9/25
I can’t wait to see Cuomo’s concession speech and then to never see or hear him again
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I can’t wait to see Cuomo’s concession speech and then to never see or hear him again
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Letting people go hungry in this shutdown is a choice Trump is intentionally making.
He could tell the USDA to use contingency funds to ensure families get their SNAP benefits on November 1st, he’s just choosing not to.
He could tell the USDA to use contingency funds to ensure families get their SNAP benefits on November 1st, he’s just choosing not to.
October 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Letting people go hungry in this shutdown is a choice Trump is intentionally making.
He could tell the USDA to use contingency funds to ensure families get their SNAP benefits on November 1st, he’s just choosing not to.
He could tell the USDA to use contingency funds to ensure families get their SNAP benefits on November 1st, he’s just choosing not to.
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Guys don't dick around, give money to Feeding America to help support people getting to eat.
They have a great track record of donations going TOWARD FOOD. They can stretch your dollar further. They are everywhere in the US. I've been donating there about 15 years.
www.feedingamerica.org
They have a great track record of donations going TOWARD FOOD. They can stretch your dollar further. They are everywhere in the US. I've been donating there about 15 years.
www.feedingamerica.org
U.S. Hunger Relief Organization | Feeding America
Feeding America is a nonprofit network of 200 food banks leading the fight against hunger in the United States. Learn how you can help end hunger in America.
www.feedingamerica.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Guys don't dick around, give money to Feeding America to help support people getting to eat.
They have a great track record of donations going TOWARD FOOD. They can stretch your dollar further. They are everywhere in the US. I've been donating there about 15 years.
www.feedingamerica.org
They have a great track record of donations going TOWARD FOOD. They can stretch your dollar further. They are everywhere in the US. I've been donating there about 15 years.
www.feedingamerica.org
I think the way Cuomo kept waving his hands and saying “TikTok” was a very effective debate strategy
October 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I think the way Cuomo kept waving his hands and saying “TikTok” was a very effective debate strategy
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October 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Maybe this is my American bias at work but it’s hard not to read this speech as a simultaneous rebuke of Trump
Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Maybe this is my American bias at work but it’s hard not to read this speech as a simultaneous rebuke of Trump
Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
WTF with this headline, this whole essay, and then the way this guy essentially grants a pass for firing Gen Brown
That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
Opinion | That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
WTF with this headline, this whole essay, and then the way this guy essentially grants a pass for firing Gen Brown
That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
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solidarity with all my taylor swift agnostics
October 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
news.sky.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
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so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’
Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...
www.404media.co
October 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
Everything’s awful but this is a fun read. God save the journalists.
How Tiffany Trump’s Instagram Posts Led Us to an Oil Magnate’s Megayacht www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/w...
How Tiffany Trump’s Instagram Posts Led Us to an Oil Magnate’s Megayacht www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/w...
How Tiffany Trump’s Instagram Posts Led Us to an Oil Magnate’s Megayacht
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Everything’s awful but this is a fun read. God save the journalists.
How Tiffany Trump’s Instagram Posts Led Us to an Oil Magnate’s Megayacht www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/w...
How Tiffany Trump’s Instagram Posts Led Us to an Oil Magnate’s Megayacht www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/w...
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Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
September 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
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Controlling the media is one of the items on the authoritarian checklist; this includes not just hard news, and increasingly social media, but also threatening satirists who mock the regime.
The FCC is pushing this control, but corporations do not have to fold. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
The FCC is pushing this control, but corporations do not have to fold. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
September 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Controlling the media is one of the items on the authoritarian checklist; this includes not just hard news, and increasingly social media, but also threatening satirists who mock the regime.
The FCC is pushing this control, but corporations do not have to fold. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
The FCC is pushing this control, but corporations do not have to fold. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
We are so cooked, and by such a cabal of racist nut jobs
Senator’s Visit to Spy Agency Was Canceled After Laura Loomer Complained www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
Senator’s Visit to Spy Agency Was Canceled After Laura Loomer Complained www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
Senator’s Visit to Spy Agency Was Canceled After Laura Loomer Complained
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We are so cooked, and by such a cabal of racist nut jobs
Senator’s Visit to Spy Agency Was Canceled After Laura Loomer Complained www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
Senator’s Visit to Spy Agency Was Canceled After Laura Loomer Complained www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
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I see
and I hear
and I speak no evil;
I carry
no malice
within my breast;
yet quite without
wishing
a man to the Devil
one may be
permitted
to hope for the best.
-“An Ethical Grook” by Piet Hein
and I hear
and I speak no evil;
I carry
no malice
within my breast;
yet quite without
wishing
a man to the Devil
one may be
permitted
to hope for the best.
-“An Ethical Grook” by Piet Hein
August 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I see
and I hear
and I speak no evil;
I carry
no malice
within my breast;
yet quite without
wishing
a man to the Devil
one may be
permitted
to hope for the best.
-“An Ethical Grook” by Piet Hein
and I hear
and I speak no evil;
I carry
no malice
within my breast;
yet quite without
wishing
a man to the Devil
one may be
permitted
to hope for the best.
-“An Ethical Grook” by Piet Hein
Waking up to this speculation is the best time I’ve had here since Blue Sky started. We needed this, let’s just enjoy it, you’re all doing A+ work.
August 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Waking up to this speculation is the best time I’ve had here since Blue Sky started. We needed this, let’s just enjoy it, you’re all doing A+ work.
This is all so terrifying and infuriating (like everything else in 2025) hhttps://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/08/cdc-resignations-tipping-point/684038/?gift=EWYEIdeM92gLCJDdd2J1q-UYZimwPRCR0cKZOdpsnwA
‘It Feels Like the CDC Is Over’
The CDC’s departing leaders discuss the agency’s future—or lack thereof.
www.theatlantic.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This is all so terrifying and infuriating (like everything else in 2025) hhttps://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/08/cdc-resignations-tipping-point/684038/?gift=EWYEIdeM92gLCJDdd2J1q-UYZimwPRCR0cKZOdpsnwA
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Never in my life will in comprehend why the Access Hollywood tape wasn’t the end for him. Almost 10 years of being deeply embarrassed for this country every day.
August 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Never in my life will in comprehend why the Access Hollywood tape wasn’t the end for him. Almost 10 years of being deeply embarrassed for this country every day.
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this stuff is such a disgrace. a free citizen of a free country should be ashamed to engage in it.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer: "Mr President, I invite you see your big beautiful face on a banner in front of the Department of Labor because you are really the transformational president of the American worker, along with the American flag and President Roosevelt."
August 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
this stuff is such a disgrace. a free citizen of a free country should be ashamed to engage in it.
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"If I were king, I would not allow people to go about burning the American flag. However, we have a First Amendment, which says that the right of free speech shall not be abridged. And it is addressed, in particular, to speech critical of the government."
--Antonin friggin' Scalia
--Antonin friggin' Scalia
August 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"If I were king, I would not allow people to go about burning the American flag. However, we have a First Amendment, which says that the right of free speech shall not be abridged. And it is addressed, in particular, to speech critical of the government."
--Antonin friggin' Scalia
--Antonin friggin' Scalia
Yes, this, this! Why aren’t newspapers amplifying the awful truth we all see, every day? It’s like a laundry list of facts as if they’re not an absolute horror show
It distorts & inures us to our reality that everyday since inauguration has not seen huge full-banner, epoch-defining, agenda-setting headlines in NYT & WSJ etc enumerating starkly the latest Trumpian attacks on the republic & institutions of democracy like we saw for Pearl Harbor or 9/11. Every day
August 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Yes, this, this! Why aren’t newspapers amplifying the awful truth we all see, every day? It’s like a laundry list of facts as if they’re not an absolute horror show
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Thinking about the millions of QAnon followers who spun elaborate papedophile conspiracies from emails about pizza. All now strangely silent as a blackmail op so brazen it would be cut from a Verhoeven movie takes place between the American president and the world's most famous child sex trafficker.
Convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has reportedly been cleared to leave prison on work release.
Ghislaine Maxwell cleared to leave prison on work release: report
Convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has reportedly been cleared to leave prison on work release.Podcast host Allison Gill obtained information about Maxwell's security score, sex offender waiver, and other details after the former partner of Jeffrey Epstein was moved to a minimum-securi...
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August 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Thinking about the millions of QAnon followers who spun elaborate papedophile conspiracies from emails about pizza. All now strangely silent as a blackmail op so brazen it would be cut from a Verhoeven movie takes place between the American president and the world's most famous child sex trafficker.
You guys, Gerry Howard is here and nobody told me?
My wife had to serve as this jerk's publicist at Vintage for one of his books in the early eighties, when he was some kind of liberal hero -- huh??? -- for defending wife-murderer Claus Von Bulow. He was just as awful a human being back then as he is today. No pierogis for you!
Can’t say why exactly, but the phrase “once again refused a pierogi” made me laugh out loud.
August 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
You guys, Gerry Howard is here and nobody told me?
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As the dissents point out, the majority constantly contradicts its own recent decisions to fit the result they want. Ie: a HS football coach leading a Christian prayer does not violate other students religious rights, but a storybook with LGBT characters does. On some level they must know this.
June 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As the dissents point out, the majority constantly contradicts its own recent decisions to fit the result they want. Ie: a HS football coach leading a Christian prayer does not violate other students religious rights, but a storybook with LGBT characters does. On some level they must know this.
VO: And that’s when they realized they were well and truly f***ed
Massie: "There are still voices in this administration -- you've still got JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr -- you've still got calmer heads that could prevail."
June 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
VO: And that’s when they realized they were well and truly f***ed