Bill Grueskin
@bgrueskin.bsky.social
Journalist, professor, dad. Via Sioux City, Colorado Springs, Palo Alto, Rome, Standing Rock, Bologna, Baltimore, Miami Herald, WSJ, Bloomberg, Columbia J School
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“When I came to the U.S. attorney’s office, I thought I had such a slim chance of getting a job because it was such an ultracompetitive place.
“Now it’s like, ‘If you ever threw a pass, do you want to be a quarterback?’”
— Mark Rotert, former federal prosecutor
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“Now it’s like, ‘If you ever threw a pass, do you want to be a quarterback?’”
— Mark Rotert, former federal prosecutor
wapo.st/47Rv3pC
Justice Department struggles as thousands exit — and few are replaced
The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys and backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, in part because of a lack of qualified candidates.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
“When I came to the U.S. attorney’s office, I thought I had such a slim chance of getting a job because it was such an ultracompetitive place.
“Now it’s like, ‘If you ever threw a pass, do you want to be a quarterback?’”
— Mark Rotert, former federal prosecutor
wapo.st/47Rv3pC
“Now it’s like, ‘If you ever threw a pass, do you want to be a quarterback?’”
— Mark Rotert, former federal prosecutor
wapo.st/47Rv3pC
Aw this is sad, when your bestest and only friend is a complete moron.
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Aw this is sad, when your bestest and only friend is a complete moron.
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You will switch from freshly tossed Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca to Chef Boyardee's Cheesy Burger Macaroni In A Cheesy Meat Sauce, and you will not complain.
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
You will switch from freshly tossed Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca to Chef Boyardee's Cheesy Burger Macaroni In A Cheesy Meat Sauce, and you will not complain.
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Reposted by Bill Grueskin
It’s always weird when these government officials do something that makes sense.
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FAA Limits Private Aircraft Flights at Major Airports
The restrictions will affect private jet flights at a dozen airports, including Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, and Chicago’s O’Hare, according to the National Business Aviation Association trade ...
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
It’s always weird when these government officials do something that makes sense.
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And all this time, I thought the Iliad and the Odyssey were two different books.
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
And all this time, I thought the Iliad and the Odyssey were two different books.
This Washpost oped is every bit as awesome as its headline
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
This Washpost oped is every bit as awesome as its headline
That’s me, age 19, two-thirds of the way through the fall quarter, reassuring myself that my 20-page term paper on Greek tragedy wasn’t due til December 17
VAN SUSTEREN: Is the Republican healthcare solution going to go into effect at midnight on Dec. 31? Because people are gonna get sticker shock
MIKE JOHNSON: We have November and December to work on it
MIKE JOHNSON: We have November and December to work on it
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
That’s me, age 19, two-thirds of the way through the fall quarter, reassuring myself that my 20-page term paper on Greek tragedy wasn’t due til December 17
You might think that, given the Dems' concessions in the Senate last night, the Trump administration would give up on its battle to withhold SNAP funding.
Wait, you didn't think that. Neither did any other sane person.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Wait, you didn't think that. Neither did any other sane person.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration wants Supreme Court to intervene in SNAP fight again
The battle over funding for the nation’s largest anti-hunger program has left millions wondering how they will afford food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
You might think that, given the Dems' concessions in the Senate last night, the Trump administration would give up on its battle to withhold SNAP funding.
Wait, you didn't think that. Neither did any other sane person.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Wait, you didn't think that. Neither did any other sane person.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Stewart Rhodes, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman and Maria Bartiromo will be guiding your 757 into Newark Airport this afternoon.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
‘REPORT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY’: Trump threatens to replace absent air traffic controllers with ‘true Patriots’
The president “wouldn’t last five minutes as an air traffic controller,” Biden-era Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Stewart Rhodes, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman and Maria Bartiromo will be guiding your 757 into Newark Airport this afternoon.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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I think normal people may not know how totally unmoored Bartiromo has been during the Trump era. A brief thread.
‘We Don’t Know They Were Wrong’: Fox’s Maria Bartiromo Defends Trump Pardons by Re-Upping Stolen Election Conspiracy
‘We Don’t Know They Were Wrong’: Fox’s Maria Bartiromo Defends Trump Pardons by Re-Upping Stolen Election Conspiracy
Bartiromo argued that because of 2020 election mail-in voting “we don’t know” if those pardoned were “wrong” and there was “more investigation” to be done.
The post ‘We Don’t Know They Were Wrong’: Fox’s Maria Bartiromo Defends Trump Pardons by Re-Upping Stolen Election Conspiracy first appeared on Mediaite.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I think normal people may not know how totally unmoored Bartiromo has been during the Trump era. A brief thread.
Online folks are saying they're gonna back a primary challenge against Kaine and, well, he is up for re-election in 2030
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 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Online folks are saying they're gonna back a primary challenge against Kaine and, well, he is up for re-election in 2030
You will switch from freshly tossed Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca to Chef Boyardee's Cheesy Burger Macaroni In A Cheesy Meat Sauce, and you will not complain.
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
You will switch from freshly tossed Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca to Chef Boyardee's Cheesy Burger Macaroni In A Cheesy Meat Sauce, and you will not complain.
It’s always weird when these government officials do something that makes sense.
🎁 ⤵️
www.wsj.com/business/air...
🎁 ⤵️
www.wsj.com/business/air...
FAA Limits Private Aircraft Flights at Major Airports
The restrictions will affect private jet flights at a dozen airports, including Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, and Chicago’s O’Hare, according to the National Business Aviation Association trade ...
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
It’s always weird when these government officials do something that makes sense.
🎁 ⤵️
www.wsj.com/business/air...
🎁 ⤵️
www.wsj.com/business/air...
Prof. @jeremylittau.com suggested ham and pineapple, adding, “but I have the privilege of tenure.”
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I'm ordering four pizzas for an undergraduate lunch (about 15 people). What toppings would you pick?
1) cheese
2) veggie
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1) cheese
2) veggie
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November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Prof. @jeremylittau.com suggested ham and pineapple, adding, “but I have the privilege of tenure.”
www.chronicle.com/newsletter/d...
www.chronicle.com/newsletter/d...
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Trump and Republicans raised ACA health care premiums. They were unwilling to compromise despite a historically long shutdown and dismal public approval. Holding a vote after premiums go up, and enforcing the vote with another shutdown threat can force Republicans to own the issue
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Trump and Republicans raised ACA health care premiums. They were unwilling to compromise despite a historically long shutdown and dismal public approval. Holding a vote after premiums go up, and enforcing the vote with another shutdown threat can force Republicans to own the issue
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
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He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
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According to a new letter from @raskin.house.gov: "The deference and servility to Ms. Maxwell have reached such preposterous levels that one of the top officials at the facility has complained that he is 'sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.'"
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison "luxuries"
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell's treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel."
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
According to a new letter from @raskin.house.gov: "The deference and servility to Ms. Maxwell have reached such preposterous levels that one of the top officials at the facility has complained that he is 'sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.'"
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
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I think there is a near-pathological remove from which a lot of people on this website view politics. For all the talk about material conditions, a refusal to see the effects on material shutdown that have happened and were worsening. “Yeah but the other guy’ll get blamed” can change on a dime.
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I think there is a near-pathological remove from which a lot of people on this website view politics. For all the talk about material conditions, a refusal to see the effects on material shutdown that have happened and were worsening. “Yeah but the other guy’ll get blamed” can change on a dime.
meanwhile, in the lower left corner..
November 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
meanwhile, in the lower left corner..
Someone wrote a story recently about how the party that gives in on a shutdown historically suffers no or little damage in the following year's election (eg, GOP caved in 2013, gained 9 Senate and 13 House seats in 2014).
Does anyone remember that piece?
Does anyone remember that piece?
November 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Someone wrote a story recently about how the party that gives in on a shutdown historically suffers no or little damage in the following year's election (eg, GOP caved in 2013, gained 9 Senate and 13 House seats in 2014).
Does anyone remember that piece?
Does anyone remember that piece?
This MLB indictment is incredible. It alleges, among many other things, that a star Cleveland pitcher was placing bets *during a game* that a pitch he was about to throw would be a ball, and it would be under 98 mph.
www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This MLB indictment is incredible. It alleges, among many other things, that a star Cleveland pitcher was placing bets *during a game* that a pitch he was about to throw would be a ball, and it would be under 98 mph.
www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Donald Trump appeared to be wearing a red tie.
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise questions about Trump’s on-the-job performance.
Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media | CNN Politics
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise qu...
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Donald Trump appeared to be wearing a red tie.