Russell Sharp
@russms.bsky.social
Finance lawyer living in Brooklyn. New Jersey native. Rutgers undergrad, Michigan Law. Mets fan. he/him/his
Glad the Times is covering the subject but come the f on
January 27, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Glad the Times is covering the subject but come the f on
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One thing I think it notable here is that Weiss talks about being for "the center." She's doing that thing that Elon Musk does where he goes, "Actually, my views are moderate. I don't get why people say I'm far-right." It's an effort to shift public perception of what "center" or "moderate" means.
Weiss' full remarks to CBS News staff (1/4)
January 27, 2026 at 6:18 PM
One thing I think it notable here is that Weiss talks about being for "the center." She's doing that thing that Elon Musk does where he goes, "Actually, my views are moderate. I don't get why people say I'm far-right." It's an effort to shift public perception of what "center" or "moderate" means.
Not just on TV. This is basically what Tucker Carlson was trying to do originally with the Daily Caller, but no one wants this so he pivoted to white nationalism
"maybe we can be a slightly more reasonable Fox News" THIS HAS BEEN TRIED. REPEATEDLY. EVEN MSNBC TRIED THIS AFTER 9/11. IT NEVER WORKS. IT'S NOT GONNA WORK NOW
January 27, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Not just on TV. This is basically what Tucker Carlson was trying to do originally with the Daily Caller, but no one wants this so he pivoted to white nationalism
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The WaPo opinion pages have been a bit of a punchline lately, but the news side is filled with talented journalists who are incredibly important for shining a light on our government. The slash and burn that’s happening is sad and a major worry for basic government accountability.
January 26, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The WaPo opinion pages have been a bit of a punchline lately, but the news side is filled with talented journalists who are incredibly important for shining a light on our government. The slash and burn that’s happening is sad and a major worry for basic government accountability.
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Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
January 25, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
Good, keep bullying the New York Times, everyone
January 25, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Good, keep bullying the New York Times, everyone
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COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
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The media understood that Project 2025 was damaging Trump in the election and helped him spread the lie that he wasn't behind it.
Some of the 2025 policies that have been implemented include cracking down on immigration and dismantling the Department of Education.
Trump has rolled out many of the Project 2025 policies he once claimed ignorance about
Some of the 2025 policies that have been implemented include cracking down on immigration and dismantling the Department of Education.
n.pr
January 19, 2026 at 3:58 PM
The media understood that Project 2025 was damaging Trump in the election and helped him spread the lie that he wasn't behind it.
Great piece. Trump and his fascist inner circle despise Minnesota because it is in many ways the opposite of the miserable hellscape they want the USA to be, and they are punishing Minnesotans for it. Can't be overstated how much Trump, Miller et al. genuinely hate America and their fellow Americans
I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Great piece. Trump and his fascist inner circle despise Minnesota because it is in many ways the opposite of the miserable hellscape they want the USA to be, and they are punishing Minnesotans for it. Can't be overstated how much Trump, Miller et al. genuinely hate America and their fellow Americans
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While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
January 16, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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Leaving aside the practicality issue, it is weird to watch our marco-rubio led zombie-neocon foreign policy where threats to democracy & protesters are a pretext for military intervention and then have the president be like "we need to crush protesters with the military and cancel elections"
January 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Leaving aside the practicality issue, it is weird to watch our marco-rubio led zombie-neocon foreign policy where threats to democracy & protesters are a pretext for military intervention and then have the president be like "we need to crush protesters with the military and cancel elections"
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CBS News, striving to satisfy Bari Weiss’ pledge to “drive the news,” turns to live primetime humiliation porn
DOKOUPIL: When I travel the country, they tell me they don't feel it because grocery prices are up--
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
January 14, 2026 at 1:41 AM
CBS News, striving to satisfy Bari Weiss’ pledge to “drive the news,” turns to live primetime humiliation porn
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At least 25,000 New Yorkers showed up to protest yesterday. We stand in solidarity with Minneapolis, we demand justice for Renee Nicole Good, and we call for ICE to get out of our cities.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 AM
At least 25,000 New Yorkers showed up to protest yesterday. We stand in solidarity with Minneapolis, we demand justice for Renee Nicole Good, and we call for ICE to get out of our cities.
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I really do think that dems should be making carrot/stick “if you’re disgusted and this is not what you signed up for, quit now and turn whistleblower and that will be remembered later” and “if you follow and illegal order, that will also be remembered later” messaging
i suppose the hunch is, or has to be, that some weak support exists in ice too, and can be peeled off. disorganizing their shit seems to be the quickest way to totally humiliate the regime
January 10, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I really do think that dems should be making carrot/stick “if you’re disgusted and this is not what you signed up for, quit now and turn whistleblower and that will be remembered later” and “if you follow and illegal order, that will also be remembered later” messaging
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One of the core purposes of right-wing media is to rewrite your memory and reprogram your moral response to an event you saw with your own eyes. George Floyd died of a heart attack. Jan 6 was a peaceful picnic. This process has already begun
THERE IS VIDEO
I really do not want to recommend to everyone a video of a person being shot but there is video from multiple angles
why not cut the crap and just publish "this paper supports random state murder, it makes us feel good, kill kill kill"? same exact meaning, less embarrassing
I really do not want to recommend to everyone a video of a person being shot but there is video from multiple angles
why not cut the crap and just publish "this paper supports random state murder, it makes us feel good, kill kill kill"? same exact meaning, less embarrassing
January 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
One of the core purposes of right-wing media is to rewrite your memory and reprogram your moral response to an event you saw with your own eyes. George Floyd died of a heart attack. Jan 6 was a peaceful picnic. This process has already begun
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I think it's pretty clear that they want to provoke confrontation, and they want ICE agents to feel tense, frightened, and threatened—antagonistic to the public, grateful and loyal to the administration that "protects" them. They want excuses for violence, and a militia eager to deploy it.
Noem: "People need to stop using their vehicles as weapons ... it's clear that it's being coordinated. People are being trained"
January 8, 2026 at 12:35 AM
I think it's pretty clear that they want to provoke confrontation, and they want ICE agents to feel tense, frightened, and threatened—antagonistic to the public, grateful and loyal to the administration that "protects" them. They want excuses for violence, and a militia eager to deploy it.
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Good, direct, unequivocal messaging here.
Also: to Trumpists, lying is a patriotic sacrament. Trumpists lie because they believe, as a tenet of Trumpism, that the people they hate deserve to be lied to and that it’s for the best for the few people they don’t hate today.
Also: to Trumpists, lying is a patriotic sacrament. Trumpists lie because they believe, as a tenet of Trumpism, that the people they hate deserve to be lied to and that it’s for the best for the few people they don’t hate today.
ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video.
The Trump administration is lying.
The Trump administration is lying.
January 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Good, direct, unequivocal messaging here.
Also: to Trumpists, lying is a patriotic sacrament. Trumpists lie because they believe, as a tenet of Trumpism, that the people they hate deserve to be lied to and that it’s for the best for the few people they don’t hate today.
Also: to Trumpists, lying is a patriotic sacrament. Trumpists lie because they believe, as a tenet of Trumpism, that the people they hate deserve to be lied to and that it’s for the best for the few people they don’t hate today.
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Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
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Invading the sovereign territory of another country, let alone a NATO ally, is in fact a hugely staggeringly dangerous and violent move that would put the US in line with the greatest evil empires of history! It is not in fact just a distraction from grocery prices!
The White House is laser focused on threatening a military takeover of Greenland.
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
January 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Invading the sovereign territory of another country, let alone a NATO ally, is in fact a hugely staggeringly dangerous and violent move that would put the US in line with the greatest evil empires of history! It is not in fact just a distraction from grocery prices!
One of the things you can’t unsee after people point it out is that democrats love to post in riddles! Just come out and say that Mike Johnson is an insurrectionist who hates America (and for good measure that he’s also a weird little freak who’s obsessed with his son’s porn habits)
Why won’t Speaker Johnson display this plaque thanking law enforcement for their heroic efforts to protect our Democracy on January 6?
January 7, 2026 at 4:58 AM
One of the things you can’t unsee after people point it out is that democrats love to post in riddles! Just come out and say that Mike Johnson is an insurrectionist who hates America (and for good measure that he’s also a weird little freak who’s obsessed with his son’s porn habits)
Well *of course* Pete Hegseth’s DOD is going to be ordering from the chain whose founder is famous for being a sweaty divorced guy who got fired for saying the n word!
![“Papa Johns Pizza (2.3 miles from the Pentagon) is experiencing an extreme spike in activity at 476% as of Sunday evening. Extreme Pizza (0.5 miles from Pentagon) also reports a spike at 200%. DEFCON level is 3.” [Graphs]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:og2eegud2leeqgoimclcw6rx/bafkreiby5iwgqixb2s7sokmv3sv4q4l4c7tqj5ip7vflp4sdfgixj47dkq@jpeg)
January 5, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Well *of course* Pete Hegseth’s DOD is going to be ordering from the chain whose founder is famous for being a sweaty divorced guy who got fired for saying the n word!
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After a year of Trump II, the refrain that this is only happening because Trump's insane masks the reality that it's going to be a recurring part of American governance until underlying structures change
January 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
After a year of Trump II, the refrain that this is only happening because Trump's insane masks the reality that it's going to be a recurring part of American governance until underlying structures change
The U.S. is run by a gang of petty criminal thugs, and it is essential for protecting democracy and the rule of law that the next Democratic administration works in concert with our allies abroad to ruin the lives of everyone involved with this administration
Why do I have to read an Irish paper for a feature about this?
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:53 PM
The U.S. is run by a gang of petty criminal thugs, and it is essential for protecting democracy and the rule of law that the next Democratic administration works in concert with our allies abroad to ruin the lives of everyone involved with this administration