Shawn "Smith" Peirce
@silversmith1.bsky.social
Co-Host & Co-Producer at The Politics Bar thepoliticsbar.com | Fmr. Exec. Producer The Randi Rhodes Show | Longtime Producer, Host, Editor, Writer, Journalist. | Born In Neb | Also at Mastodon, Threads, & Twitter
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November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Which means there are the 8 #TraitorDems (Yes, 7+1 Indy) and likely 6-8 Democratic Weasels who also need to be exposed.
And since the weasels are likely up for re-election in 2026, it'll be MUCH easier to target them, & replace them in primaries, once we know who they are.
And since the weasels are likely up for re-election in 2026, it'll be MUCH easier to target them, & replace them in primaries, once we know who they are.
Coordinating votes to protect vulnerable members is one of the few things a Senate leader can do. Likely that means even more Senators were in favor of a deal, which should tell you he couldn't stop it, only mitigate the damage to the caucus
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Which means there are the 8 #TraitorDems (Yes, 7+1 Indy) and likely 6-8 Democratic Weasels who also need to be exposed.
And since the weasels are likely up for re-election in 2026, it'll be MUCH easier to target them, & replace them in primaries, once we know who they are.
And since the weasels are likely up for re-election in 2026, it'll be MUCH easier to target them, & replace them in primaries, once we know who they are.
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Even if not pushing for this debacle, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s inability to hold his caucus is proof positive he is the wrong leader for this time.
The eight Neville Chamberlains betrayed the thousands of government workers who have held out, the SNAP beneficiaries who have faced starvation, and the millions of Democrats who supported this fight. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
Forget ‘moderates.’ There are ‘fighters’ and there are ‘defeatists’
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Even if not pushing for this debacle, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s inability to hold his caucus is proof positive he is the wrong leader for this time.
All that sh** gonna be taken down when the next legit president comes in.
Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
All that sh** gonna be taken down when the next legit president comes in.
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a lot of media outlets determined to learn the hard way why we do things the way we do
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
a lot of media outlets determined to learn the hard way why we do things the way we do
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"But the true message—the prospective message—is that pardons will be available to everyone who joins him in election subversion in 2026 and 2028. This wave of preemptive pardons is a permission slip, an encouragement for election subversion in the future."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Pardon the Corruption
Trump’s blanket pardons for stop-the-steal illegality aren’t only about settling scores from past elections. They’re about laying the groundwork to subvert future ones.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"But the true message—the prospective message—is that pardons will be available to everyone who joins him in election subversion in 2026 and 2028. This wave of preemptive pardons is a permission slip, an encouragement for election subversion in the future."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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this is so silly. people know the deal with bond. the writers should just embrace the metatextual aspects of the franchise
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
this is so silly. people know the deal with bond. the writers should just embrace the metatextual aspects of the franchise
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(WSJ) - U.S. nonfarm payrolls likely shrunk by 50,000 roles in October, economists at Goldman Sachs said.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
(WSJ) - U.S. nonfarm payrolls likely shrunk by 50,000 roles in October, economists at Goldman Sachs said.
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2/ Here's a reminder of long accepted journalism standards & practices as detailed by the SPJ. You can be sure that these guidelines are not practiced by Bari's Free Press, Fox, and other right wing, pro-Trump media outlets.
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
2/ Here's a reminder of long accepted journalism standards & practices as detailed by the SPJ. You can be sure that these guidelines are not practiced by Bari's Free Press, Fox, and other right wing, pro-Trump media outlets.
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This gives away the game. Bari, Trump & the right wing don't believe in fact-based journalism. Doing away with long held standards & practices makes way for the 'free press' propaganda style media.
Bari Weiss' first weeks at CBS News marked by all-out warfare against professional ethics standards in the newsroom, part of an effort to convert it from journalism into rank political propaganda.
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This gives away the game. Bari, Trump & the right wing don't believe in fact-based journalism. Doing away with long held standards & practices makes way for the 'free press' propaganda style media.
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Finally, standards editors are good at spotting trends. They may notice that the newsroom overall has become lax at giving sources enough time to comment, or tightening ledes, or using quotes out of context, etc. Individual editors rarely bother with that.
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Finally, standards editors are good at spotting trends. They may notice that the newsroom overall has become lax at giving sources enough time to comment, or tightening ledes, or using quotes out of context, etc. Individual editors rarely bother with that.
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Also, a story editor often works with the reporter every day, and probably wants to keep that relationship running smoothly.
Standards editors don't usually feel the same obligation. In AITA message boards, they proudly say, 'Damn right, I am'
bsky.app/profile/just...
Standards editors don't usually feel the same obligation. In AITA message boards, they proudly say, 'Damn right, I am'
bsky.app/profile/just...
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Also, a story editor often works with the reporter every day, and probably wants to keep that relationship running smoothly.
Standards editors don't usually feel the same obligation. In AITA message boards, they proudly say, 'Damn right, I am'
bsky.app/profile/just...
Standards editors don't usually feel the same obligation. In AITA message boards, they proudly say, 'Damn right, I am'
bsky.app/profile/just...
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The point of having a standards editor is that you bring in a skilled, disinterested person to read or watch a story and point out possible bias, errors and lapses.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The point of having a standards editor is that you bring in a skilled, disinterested person to read or watch a story and point out possible bias, errors and lapses.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
That Bari Weiss has no standards should surprise no one familiar with both her "work" and actual journalism.
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
That Bari Weiss has no standards should surprise no one familiar with both her "work" and actual journalism.
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Ah yes, the thing to revitalize your downtown is to fill it with masked and armed man who routinely pepper spray random people. Everyone loves that.
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Ah yes, the thing to revitalize your downtown is to fill it with masked and armed man who routinely pepper spray random people. Everyone loves that.
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Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
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If they can’t make it, the law then says they have to give their job to maintenance staff on the Hill who I guarantee you will do exponentially better and more humane jobs at the gig than most of Congress
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If they can’t make it, the law then says they have to give their job to maintenance staff on the Hill who I guarantee you will do exponentially better and more humane jobs at the gig than most of Congress
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They should be required legally to walk back
There’s real irony in this: lawmakers can’t get back to DC to vote to reopen the government because flights are canceled, thanks to the same shutdown they caused.
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
They should be required legally to walk back
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Could someone please ask him -- or any Republican -- how this is supposed to reduce costs?
Trump: "We want a healthcare system where we pay the money to the people instead of the insurance companies. We're gonna be working on that very hard over the next short period of time. Where the people get the money. We're talking about trillions and trillions of dollars."
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Could someone please ask him -- or any Republican -- how this is supposed to reduce costs?
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November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
VETERANS DAY! We have Jody Hamilton, Charlie Pierce and Shasi Conrad. Join us 9a-Noon ET on:
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TV: Free Speech TV on #AppleTV / #AmazonFireTV / Roku / #SlingTV
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"In losing, Dems have said: we will relinquish future opportunities to use deadlines to bend Trump to our will. That is a posture of weakness that voters will pick up on."
On the pod, @brianbeutler.bsky.social has good ideas for Ds to salvage something from shutdown:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
On the pod, @brianbeutler.bsky.social has good ideas for Ds to salvage something from shutdown:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
Trump’s Rage over Shutdown Boils Over in Rant that Should Wake Up Dems
Trump’s angry new rant about air traffic controllers and the government shutdown showed his weakness. A sharp observer of Senate Democrats explains why they seem to be caving—and what they can do inst...
newrepublic.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"In losing, Dems have said: we will relinquish future opportunities to use deadlines to bend Trump to our will. That is a posture of weakness that voters will pick up on."
On the pod, @brianbeutler.bsky.social has good ideas for Ds to salvage something from shutdown:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
On the pod, @brianbeutler.bsky.social has good ideas for Ds to salvage something from shutdown:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
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This is most of the reason but remember it next time they tell you how important the senate is for allowing slow and careful deliberation and debate
The least sinister (but probably just as enraging) explanation has always been "they just wanna get out of the Senate chambers and off the clock." Why make the process take longer when they could fail quickly and go home?
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
This is most of the reason but remember it next time they tell you how important the senate is for allowing slow and careful deliberation and debate
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After Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration released $100 million in SNAP benefits to recipients, local business owners who depend on those customers — such as those at Reading Terminal Market and the Italian Market — welcomed their return.
With SNAP in legal limbo, Philly businesses depend on its recipients
While the program's pause is being adjudicated by the Supreme Court, local businesses welcome the return of their SNAP customers
www.inquirer.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
After Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration released $100 million in SNAP benefits to recipients, local business owners who depend on those customers — such as those at Reading Terminal Market and the Italian Market — welcomed their return.