Chris Breitenbach
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Yknow it might be a good idea for Dems to counter this any time soon
"Men are men. Men can never become women. Women are women. Women can never become men."
December 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Yknow it might be a good idea for Dems to counter this any time soon
This is how you do it.
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is how you do it.
"So while we are glad that our fans and foes enjoy the debate about the single best/worst whopper, we are stepping back... focusing less on the offenders who perpetuate the falsehoods, and more on those who are hurt by them." www.politifact.com/article/2025...
PolitiFact names 2025 the Year of the Lies
“It’s time to revisit the basics of why it’s important to call out lies. They’re more than just words. Lies harm livelihoods and families.” Read why PolitiFact named 2025 the Year of the Lies, from Ed...
www.politifact.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"So while we are glad that our fans and foes enjoy the debate about the single best/worst whopper, we are stepping back... focusing less on the offenders who perpetuate the falsehoods, and more on those who are hurt by them." www.politifact.com/article/2025...
Moreso than his great movies, what's hardest for me this morning is just how good a person Rob Reiner was. A true mensch in a world that so desperately needs more.
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Moreso than his great movies, what's hardest for me this morning is just how good a person Rob Reiner was. A true mensch in a world that so desperately needs more.
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
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This is one of those times when all of the bad news just sucks the air out of your lungs.
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This is one of those times when all of the bad news just sucks the air out of your lungs.
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I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
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Jasmine Crockett: “Democrats that believe the only way that you can win is by being soft & sounding like a Republican — That is not true —
What people are looking for are people that are tough & are going to fight for them
fight for better health care
fight for access to jobs
fight for education”
What people are looking for are people that are tough & are going to fight for them
fight for better health care
fight for access to jobs
fight for education”
December 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Jasmine Crockett: “Democrats that believe the only way that you can win is by being soft & sounding like a Republican — That is not true —
What people are looking for are people that are tough & are going to fight for them
fight for better health care
fight for access to jobs
fight for education”
What people are looking for are people that are tough & are going to fight for them
fight for better health care
fight for access to jobs
fight for education”
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A Democrat hasn’t been elected Mayor of Miami in nearly 30 years. VP Harris beat Trump in Miami by just one point last year. Tonight, Eileen Higgins became the first Democrat to win in three decades and won by 19 points. This is a very, very bad sign for the GOP.
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
A Democrat hasn’t been elected Mayor of Miami in nearly 30 years. VP Harris beat Trump in Miami by just one point last year. Tonight, Eileen Higgins became the first Democrat to win in three decades and won by 19 points. This is a very, very bad sign for the GOP.
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Skill. Issue.
Once, during a storm, an older gentleman knocked on my Cuban godmother’s door and after some pantomime because neither spoke much English, she determined he needed eggs. She gave him the last of what she had even though she was on a fixed income. 1/6
Once, during a storm, an older gentleman knocked on my Cuban godmother’s door and after some pantomime because neither spoke much English, she determined he needed eggs. She gave him the last of what she had even though she was on a fixed income. 1/6
Vance has such contempt for his supporters, it's wild.
"How do you borrow a cup of sugar?"
"How do you borrow a cup of sugar?"
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Skill. Issue.
Once, during a storm, an older gentleman knocked on my Cuban godmother’s door and after some pantomime because neither spoke much English, she determined he needed eggs. She gave him the last of what she had even though she was on a fixed income. 1/6
Once, during a storm, an older gentleman knocked on my Cuban godmother’s door and after some pantomime because neither spoke much English, she determined he needed eggs. She gave him the last of what she had even though she was on a fixed income. 1/6
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
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This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A🧵
This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
It’s so dumb how much I care about this game! And yet here we are. I love Ohio and I love my alma mater. Let’s go Buckeyes! Beat that team up north!
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It’s so dumb how much I care about this game! And yet here we are. I love Ohio and I love my alma mater. Let’s go Buckeyes! Beat that team up north!
Finished watching Pee-wee As Himself tonight, the two-part doc about Paul Ruebens' creative life. Profoundly moving to me 'cause Pee-wee's Playhouse, that Saturday morning run from 86-90, is still the best 5-years I ever spent in a makerspace. #identity #creativity
www.hbomax.com/shows/pee-we...
www.hbomax.com/shows/pee-we...
Watch Pee-wee as Himself | HBO Max
Watch Pee-wee as Himself on HBO Max. Plans start at $10.99/month. In his own words, actor Paul Reubens recounts his life story and the creation of his beloved alter-ego Pee-wee Herman.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Finished watching Pee-wee As Himself tonight, the two-part doc about Paul Ruebens' creative life. Profoundly moving to me 'cause Pee-wee's Playhouse, that Saturday morning run from 86-90, is still the best 5-years I ever spent in a makerspace. #identity #creativity
www.hbomax.com/shows/pee-we...
www.hbomax.com/shows/pee-we...
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Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
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Have spoken/taught at Northwestern many times; have many good friends there; always been an admirer and fan. Multiple ties especially with Medill School. Will never forget commencement ceremony there, 19 years ago.
Not an admirer or fan of this.
Courage is contagious. So is capitulation.
Not an admirer or fan of this.
Courage is contagious. So is capitulation.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Have spoken/taught at Northwestern many times; have many good friends there; always been an admirer and fan. Multiple ties especially with Medill School. Will never forget commencement ceremony there, 19 years ago.
Not an admirer or fan of this.
Courage is contagious. So is capitulation.
Not an admirer or fan of this.
Courage is contagious. So is capitulation.
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Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
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A thing about rewatching The Wire is you can see why the actors whose careers took off after it succeeded, but you can also see a couple of dozen GREAT performances from people who got zero bump from it. Some of them are local Baltimore actors, but a lot of it is just the dumb nature of the biz.
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A thing about rewatching The Wire is you can see why the actors whose careers took off after it succeeded, but you can also see a couple of dozen GREAT performances from people who got zero bump from it. Some of them are local Baltimore actors, but a lot of it is just the dumb nature of the biz.
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This is why Fascists hate libraries.
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is why Fascists hate libraries.
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An honor to host filmmaker Jafar Panâhi last night for a special screening of IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
An honor to host filmmaker Jafar Panâhi last night for a special screening of IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
Here for it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Here for it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...