Tom Cairney
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it is almost as if someone was promoted beyond their ability
“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 4:00 PM
it is almost as if someone was promoted beyond their ability
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i just realized what hes describing here is a fundraising email, they sold us out for for the promise of dope ass fundraising emails
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
i just realized what hes describing here is a fundraising email, they sold us out for for the promise of dope ass fundraising emails
"What's the point of standards," is what I've ever to every woman who wouldn't date me. Hopefully, this line goes as well for her as it did for me
“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 2:55 PM
"What's the point of standards," is what I've ever to every woman who wouldn't date me. Hopefully, this line goes as well for her as it did for me
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The lesson Trump took from his first term was that he hadn’t exercised his presidential powers aggressively enough. And that included the pardon power.
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
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.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The lesson Trump took from his first term was that he hadn’t exercised his presidential powers aggressively enough. And that included the pardon power.
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
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either the baseball team or the law enforcement agency needs to change its name because every time I see an article about the Texas Rangers investigating something my first thought is "Corey Seager doesn't have jurisdiction over that"
Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick have ordered the Texas Rangers to investigate Texas Southern University after a new state audit found evidence of poor bookkeeping and financial mismanagement.
Abbott, Patrick call for DPS to investigate Texas Southern University over financial mismanagement findings
State Auditor Lisa Collier said university staff vacancies for “critical” financial responsibilities have contributed to delays in financial reporting, as well as poor asset oversight and weak contracting processes.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
either the baseball team or the law enforcement agency needs to change its name because every time I see an article about the Texas Rangers investigating something my first thought is "Corey Seager doesn't have jurisdiction over that"
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Yes our DoorDash communists and our white nationalists are often motivated by the same reactionary instinct, a toxic paranoia that the riches they were rightfully owed were stolen from them by modernity. The only disagreement is about which part of modernity did them stealing
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Yes our DoorDash communists and our white nationalists are often motivated by the same reactionary instinct, a toxic paranoia that the riches they were rightfully owed were stolen from them by modernity. The only disagreement is about which part of modernity did them stealing
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been waiting for literally any story about clase to mention this rather than to just idly speculate on what would cause a millionaire to spike pitches for tens of thousands of dollars
Between this and his involvement in Finlete it sure sounds like he needed every cent he could find for things you are welcome to speculate about
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
been waiting for literally any story about clase to mention this rather than to just idly speculate on what would cause a millionaire to spike pitches for tens of thousands of dollars
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Bari Weiss not understanding what standards are for is a little too on the nose.
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Bari Weiss not understanding what standards are for is a little too on the nose.
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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Begala’s criticism of Mamdani’s vote share is so disingenuous! Yes, the candidate facing both Republican and intra-party opposition in a high turnout election did not perform as well as candidates running essentially unopposed in low turnout ones.
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Begala’s criticism of Mamdani’s vote share is so disingenuous! Yes, the candidate facing both Republican and intra-party opposition in a high turnout election did not perform as well as candidates running essentially unopposed in low turnout ones.
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I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events
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It’s insane to treat the filibuster as the most sacrosanct.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s insane to treat the filibuster as the most sacrosanct.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
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i think an especially depressing part of this whole saga is that "we need to win primaries so establishment dems are replaced by true progressives" is a thing we've done before but one of the progressives we worked hard to install over the establishment pick was fetterman
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 AM
i think an especially depressing part of this whole saga is that "we need to win primaries so establishment dems are replaced by true progressives" is a thing we've done before but one of the progressives we worked hard to install over the establishment pick was fetterman
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the dodgers can't beat the mets when the dodgers ARE the mets
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
the dodgers can't beat the mets when the dodgers ARE the mets
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
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Well, at least he admits he should have quit his Senate race.
Maybe PA could have had Conor Lamb as its US Senator, instead of John Fetterman.
And, I guess he was too busy writing his book to meet with his constituents, like me.
Excellent reporting from the Inquirer.
share.inquirer.com/q286ET
Maybe PA could have had Conor Lamb as its US Senator, instead of John Fetterman.
And, I guess he was too busy writing his book to meet with his constituents, like me.
Excellent reporting from the Inquirer.
share.inquirer.com/q286ET
John Fetterman said he ‘should have quit’ Senate bid in an excerpt from his new book
John Fetterman gave an emotional look into his struggle with depression in an excerpt of his new book Unfettered.
share.inquirer.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Well, at least he admits he should have quit his Senate race.
Maybe PA could have had Conor Lamb as its US Senator, instead of John Fetterman.
And, I guess he was too busy writing his book to meet with his constituents, like me.
Excellent reporting from the Inquirer.
share.inquirer.com/q286ET
Maybe PA could have had Conor Lamb as its US Senator, instead of John Fetterman.
And, I guess he was too busy writing his book to meet with his constituents, like me.
Excellent reporting from the Inquirer.
share.inquirer.com/q286ET
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Just noticed on an old VHS that Robert Patrick was wearing a NIN shirt when he was 3D scanned for the T-1000. That would have been 1990, so he was proudly supporting his brother Richard Patrick, who was in a new band called Nine Inch Nails at the time.
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Just noticed on an old VHS that Robert Patrick was wearing a NIN shirt when he was 3D scanned for the T-1000. That would have been 1990, so he was proudly supporting his brother Richard Patrick, who was in a new band called Nine Inch Nails at the time.
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I have to hand it to them, it's an incredible bit to publicly lose a game of chicken, admit that's what happened, and then spend the next day lecturing everyone about courage and tenacity
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I have to hand it to them, it's an incredible bit to publicly lose a game of chicken, admit that's what happened, and then spend the next day lecturing everyone about courage and tenacity
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This is a fever dream.
Kaine says he thinks Johnson will have no choice but to take up the subsidies if it passes through the Senate. "And if it comes out of here bipartisan, he cannot not take it up without having November 2026 make November 2025 look like a picnic."
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is a fever dream.
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it's still funny that the wunderkind bright idea to fill a job is "someone already doing one of the other 9 identical jobs." classic outside-the-box youngster gm telling the boss to "sign the american league all stars" thinking. you can't lose!
Bari Weiss’ interest in high-profile journalists under contract at rival networks has struck insiders as naïve, and raised questions about her recruiting tactics. Meanwhile, CBS News staffers are bracing for another round of layoffs.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...
Weiss’ Anchor Wishlist
Bari Weiss’ interest in high-profile journalists under contract at rival networks has struck insiders as naïve, and raised questions about her recruiting tactics. Meanwhile, CBS News staffers are bra...
www.status.news
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
it's still funny that the wunderkind bright idea to fill a job is "someone already doing one of the other 9 identical jobs." classic outside-the-box youngster gm telling the boss to "sign the american league all stars" thinking. you can't lose!
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More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
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what many centrist scolds of bluesky(tm) don't get is most lefty left shitheads on here are desperate to give dems a chance, they HUNGER to believe, and yet centrist dem reps trip over their own dicks on the first hurdle every time
it's not being a spoiler to expect your reps to stand up to fascism
it's not being a spoiler to expect your reps to stand up to fascism
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
what many centrist scolds of bluesky(tm) don't get is most lefty left shitheads on here are desperate to give dems a chance, they HUNGER to believe, and yet centrist dem reps trip over their own dicks on the first hurdle every time
it's not being a spoiler to expect your reps to stand up to fascism
it's not being a spoiler to expect your reps to stand up to fascism
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No notes….nailed it 🎯
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
No notes….nailed it 🎯
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate