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@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social you got good Love today
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social you got good Love today
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My alma mater, George Washington HS in Northeast Philly, has always been a place which enabled immigrants to join and fulfill the American Dream. So I'm thrilled today to learn of Kateryna Sobolevska, who fled Ukraine at 14, learned English at GWHS, and is now top of her class and applying to Ivies.
This teen fled war in Ukraine for a new life in Philly. Now she’s at the top of her class.
Living and learning in the U.S. has changed Kateryna Sobolevska, who fled Ukraine at age 14. She's now a senior at George Washington High School in Northeast Philadelphia.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My alma mater, George Washington HS in Northeast Philly, has always been a place which enabled immigrants to join and fulfill the American Dream. So I'm thrilled today to learn of Kateryna Sobolevska, who fled Ukraine at 14, learned English at GWHS, and is now top of her class and applying to Ivies.
Call Americans gringos.
That will put the offense right in front.
That will put the offense right in front.
I understand the reasons some non-Americans have for using this, but this post is correct — you’ll be immediately ignored here if you use it.
If I wrote a post referring to “UKians” all the people living there would ignore me too, and rightly so.
If I wrote a post referring to “UKians” all the people living there would ignore me too, and rightly so.
If your argument involves referring to Americans as “USians” it doesn’t matter how cogent the rest of your point may be tbh
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Call Americans gringos.
That will put the offense right in front.
That will put the offense right in front.
Oswald pulled the trigger!
Every line of investigation should have led from that point!
Every line of investigation should have led from that point!
Where in the Commission’s report do they investigate anything else than Oswald? Why did the CIA not inform the Commission that the Cubans Oswald got arrested and later debate on New Orleans radio were CIA-funded $50K/month? My point was the Commission was not thorough and arguably in bad faith.
November 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Oswald pulled the trigger!
Every line of investigation should have led from that point!
Every line of investigation should have led from that point!
Your characterization of Katzenbach’s memo for one:
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Your characterization of Katzenbach’s memo for one:
All that may be true, it is not imo, but it’s absolutely ridiculous to pretend do not know Oswald did it.
Maybe he was hired by the CIA or LBJ or Earl Warren, but he did it.
Maybe he was hired by the CIA or LBJ or Earl Warren, but he did it.
The Warren Commission chose not to investigate *a lot.* DOJ’s Katzenbach wrote a memo that they had to convince the public it was Oswald and Oswald alone within hours of his death. That was their marching orders. There’s a lot of the conspiracies I dismiss but we don’t have to play make believe.
We do know who killed JFK. The Warren Commission was an incredibly thorough and good-faith effort to prove and document what had happened, which they did. The conspiracy theories arose in spite of best efforts to avoid them, but there really isn't anything they could have reasonably done better.
November 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
All that may be true, it is not imo, but it’s absolutely ridiculous to pretend do not know Oswald did it.
Maybe he was hired by the CIA or LBJ or Earl Warren, but he did it.
Maybe he was hired by the CIA or LBJ or Earl Warren, but he did it.
At least we know who killed JD Tippit.
I hate this stupid shit. You can have your conspiracy theory but it must include Oswald was the guy who pulled the trigger.
I hate this stupid shit. You can have your conspiracy theory but it must include Oswald was the guy who pulled the trigger.
My first political memory - exactly 62 years ago right now, a 4-year-old boy trying to understand his mom's tears - is still the biggest event in my lifetime. We still (IMO) don't *really* know who killed JFK, but we know the public's trust was shattered. It's a straight line to today's mess
November 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
At least we know who killed JD Tippit.
I hate this stupid shit. You can have your conspiracy theory but it must include Oswald was the guy who pulled the trigger.
I hate this stupid shit. You can have your conspiracy theory but it must include Oswald was the guy who pulled the trigger.
It’s actually a horrendous piece imo.
1/ Nuzzi was a terrible political reporter, not “one of the best of her generation,”
2/ Unethical reporters have existed forever. It’s not a “current” thing. Stop dressing up Nuzzi’s flaws as the zeitgeist’s fault.
Rosen fos here
1/ Nuzzi was a terrible political reporter, not “one of the best of her generation,”
2/ Unethical reporters have existed forever. It’s not a “current” thing. Stop dressing up Nuzzi’s flaws as the zeitgeist’s fault.
Rosen fos here
"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It’s actually a horrendous piece imo.
1/ Nuzzi was a terrible political reporter, not “one of the best of her generation,”
2/ Unethical reporters have existed forever. It’s not a “current” thing. Stop dressing up Nuzzi’s flaws as the zeitgeist’s fault.
Rosen fos here
1/ Nuzzi was a terrible political reporter, not “one of the best of her generation,”
2/ Unethical reporters have existed forever. It’s not a “current” thing. Stop dressing up Nuzzi’s flaws as the zeitgeist’s fault.
Rosen fos here
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Lindsey Halligan's confession that she didn't re-present the indictment to the grand jury creates problems even beyond the fact that that likely means there's no indictment.
Count 2 of the existing indictment relies on the count grand jurors rejected.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/19/l...
Count 2 of the existing indictment relies on the count grand jurors rejected.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/19/l...
Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer Confesses There Is No Indictment - emptywheel
Lindsey Halligan has now confessed that she never re-presented the indictment against Jim Comey, which almost certainly means there is no indictment against him.
www.emptywheel.net
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Lindsey Halligan's confession that she didn't re-present the indictment to the grand jury creates problems even beyond the fact that that likely means there's no indictment.
Count 2 of the existing indictment relies on the count grand jurors rejected.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/19/l...
Count 2 of the existing indictment relies on the count grand jurors rejected.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/19/l...
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NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Probably best known would be Rickey Jackson. NFL Hall of Famer.
Who was in your high school graduating class, +/- two years, that would be of interest?
For example, I took a basketball class and graduated w/all-time 8th man Jud Buechler (look it up), and may have followed Stephanie Seymour (not sure if she still WENT to school after I moved there).
For example, I took a basketball class and graduated w/all-time 8th man Jud Buechler (look it up), and may have followed Stephanie Seymour (not sure if she still WENT to school after I moved there).
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Probably best known would be Rickey Jackson. NFL Hall of Famer.
Ahhhh.
So the SCOTUS will issue stay pending appeal.
No 5th Circuit
So the SCOTUS will issue stay pending appeal.
No 5th Circuit
Under the district+circuit three-judge panel procedure for redistricting cases, there's no appeal to the 5th Circuit on this, only direct to SCOTUS. The filing deadline for candidates is in 20 days.
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Federal judges block Texas from using redrawn congressional maps that would boost the GOP in the 2026 midterm elections.
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Ahhhh.
So the SCOTUS will issue stay pending appeal.
No 5th Circuit
So the SCOTUS will issue stay pending appeal.
No 5th Circuit
Wow. Obviously the 5th Circuit will overturn this. The Supreme Court will rule Section 2 of the VRA unconstitutional by then.
So it’s all for naught, but wow.
So it’s all for naught, but wow.
Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Wow. Obviously the 5th Circuit will overturn this. The Supreme Court will rule Section 2 of the VRA unconstitutional by then.
So it’s all for naught, but wow.
So it’s all for naught, but wow.
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My serious take is that Nuzzi committed a huge ethical breach of standards and should be ashamed, not profiting off a book deal and getting a warm and fuzzy profile in the Times.
There are too many good, hard-working ethical reporters out there for this stuff to be rewarded.
There are too many good, hard-working ethical reporters out there for this stuff to be rewarded.
Welcome to journalism in 2025, when ethics are not longer required and the whole thing feels like a high school lunchroom, complete with the elitist “You can’t sit with us!” nepo babies at legacy outlets who all write stories about how great their pals are.
God, it’s so depressing.
God, it’s so depressing.
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
My serious take is that Nuzzi committed a huge ethical breach of standards and should be ashamed, not profiting off a book deal and getting a warm and fuzzy profile in the Times.
There are too many good, hard-working ethical reporters out there for this stuff to be rewarded.
There are too many good, hard-working ethical reporters out there for this stuff to be rewarded.
That’s not remotely true
In new statement, attorney for Ghislaine Maxwell:
"Maxwell has not requested a commutation - or made a Pardon – application to the second Trump Administration. Prior to any such application a prisoner needs to demonstrate that all possible avenues of appeal have been exhausted"
"Maxwell has not requested a commutation - or made a Pardon – application to the second Trump Administration. Prior to any such application a prisoner needs to demonstrate that all possible avenues of appeal have been exhausted"
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
That’s not remotely true
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When a far right pundit on a CNN panel with me ‘joked’ about my beeper going off live on air & then got banned by CNN, Megyn Kelly had him on her show & they both laughed about it.
Yet here is Kelly getting super offended when someone else makes the beeper threat against her. Oh, the hypocrisy.
Yet here is Kelly getting super offended when someone else makes the beeper threat against her. Oh, the hypocrisy.
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
When a far right pundit on a CNN panel with me ‘joked’ about my beeper going off live on air & then got banned by CNN, Megyn Kelly had him on her show & they both laughed about it.
Yet here is Kelly getting super offended when someone else makes the beeper threat against her. Oh, the hypocrisy.
Yet here is Kelly getting super offended when someone else makes the beeper threat against her. Oh, the hypocrisy.
Retirement seems a good thing for him now.
John Fetterman was taken to the hospital after suffering from a “ventricular fibrillation flare-up” and falling near his home
John Fetterman Hospitalized After Fall
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Retirement seems a good thing for him now.
Someone forgot to protect Schumer
Note the two Dems who swapped between the March cloture vote, Gillibrand and Peters, for the two who voted to cave yesterday, Kaine and Rosen, are not necessarily consistent w/claims about protecting people.
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Someone forgot to protect Schumer
lol
Shaheen on Fox & Friends: "I believe there are number of Republicans who are gonna join us in trying to address healthcare costs ... we are gonna be able to continue to right about healthcare because we're gonna have a vote in December."
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
lol
Im sorry there is no spinning this- this is the worst piece of negotiations and politics strategy of recent memory.
R’s were under pressure, infighting, and stuck with Trump.
You just engineered a complete let off.
Sorry Marcy you’re barking up the wrong tree here
R’s were under pressure, infighting, and stuck with Trump.
You just engineered a complete let off.
Sorry Marcy you’re barking up the wrong tree here
SNAP was likely resolved for November but if you really believe this there was an easy tactical move to play- vote for the House CR which funded to November 21, that solves the short term problems.
I feel like this needs to be said, bc some big accounts are missing it.
The people feeling the pain of shutdown:
Govt workers furloughed or working for free (Lots in VA)
Flights (note fight over private v. commercial @katieporteroc.bsky.social won)
40M losing SNAP
v
20M on ACA subsidies
The people feeling the pain of shutdown:
Govt workers furloughed or working for free (Lots in VA)
Flights (note fight over private v. commercial @katieporteroc.bsky.social won)
40M losing SNAP
v
20M on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Im sorry there is no spinning this- this is the worst piece of negotiations and politics strategy of recent memory.
R’s were under pressure, infighting, and stuck with Trump.
You just engineered a complete let off.
Sorry Marcy you’re barking up the wrong tree here
R’s were under pressure, infighting, and stuck with Trump.
You just engineered a complete let off.
Sorry Marcy you’re barking up the wrong tree here
SNAP was likely resolved for November but if you really believe this there was an easy tactical move to play- vote for the House CR which funded to November 21, that solves the short term problems.
I feel like this needs to be said, bc some big accounts are missing it.
The people feeling the pain of shutdown:
Govt workers furloughed or working for free (Lots in VA)
Flights (note fight over private v. commercial @katieporteroc.bsky.social won)
40M losing SNAP
v
20M on ACA subsidies
The people feeling the pain of shutdown:
Govt workers furloughed or working for free (Lots in VA)
Flights (note fight over private v. commercial @katieporteroc.bsky.social won)
40M losing SNAP
v
20M on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
SNAP was likely resolved for November but if you really believe this there was an easy tactical move to play- vote for the House CR which funded to November 21, that solves the short term problems.
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Listening to these 8 Dem Senators explain their vote convinces me that they are either idiots or liars. Either is plausible.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Listening to these 8 Dem Senators explain their vote convinces me that they are either idiots or liars. Either is plausible.
I don’t think anyone knows if they would have agreed to the Schumer offer.
Trump is mercurial.
If he said do it the GOP would have followed orders
Trump is mercurial.
If he said do it the GOP would have followed orders
The pro-capitulate-to-Trump-though-we're-winning Senate Dems are correct that Republicans agreeing to extend ACA subsidies was not going to happen. Where they're wrong is not seeing that forcing Senate Republicans to nuke the filibuster is the best possible outcome on every time horizon
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I don’t think anyone knows if they would have agreed to the Schumer offer.
Trump is mercurial.
If he said do it the GOP would have followed orders
Trump is mercurial.
If he said do it the GOP would have followed orders
Lol no it won’t be. These people have no credibility on anything now.
This is just delusional bullshit.
They will capitulate again.
This is just delusional bullshit.
They will capitulate again.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Lol no it won’t be. These people have no credibility on anything now.
This is just delusional bullshit.
They will capitulate again.
This is just delusional bullshit.
They will capitulate again.
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Listening to these pathetic rationalizations from King, Hassan, Shaheen, whoever else they have queued up.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Listening to these pathetic rationalizations from King, Hassan, Shaheen, whoever else they have queued up.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.