@bruceklorfine.bsky.social
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Star Wars (1977): A lone hero (Greedo) helps a wayward capitalist (Han Solo) escape the touchy-feely bullshit of a group of woke idiots (Luke, Obi Wan) hell-bent on harming the private property of the galaxy's wealth creators (Grand Mof Tarkin, Darth Vader).
Yes, Peter Thiel is functionally illiterate. Here’s his attempt at summarising the Star Wars plot to Maureen Dowd in 2017:
www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/f...
www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/f...
July 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Star Wars (1977): A lone hero (Greedo) helps a wayward capitalist (Han Solo) escape the touchy-feely bullshit of a group of woke idiots (Luke, Obi Wan) hell-bent on harming the private property of the galaxy's wealth creators (Grand Mof Tarkin, Darth Vader).
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The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”
July 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”
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Hi. Hey. Mike here. When media companies cancel Late Night shows to appease fascist presidents, America fucking ends.
July 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Hi. Hey. Mike here. When media companies cancel Late Night shows to appease fascist presidents, America fucking ends.
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“Their kids die of measles and they still don’t believe it.”
MSNBC Senior reporter @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social explains why the misinformation coming from RFK Jr. around vaccines is ‘cynicism,’ not ‘skepticism’. “This is an anti-vaccine activist in charge of public health” #VELSHI
MSNBC Senior reporter @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social explains why the misinformation coming from RFK Jr. around vaccines is ‘cynicism,’ not ‘skepticism’. “This is an anti-vaccine activist in charge of public health” #VELSHI
RFK Jr. ‘makes a living on lawsuits that target vaccines:’ Brandy Zadrozny on HHS measles response
Measles cases have reached a 33-year high with breakouts across 39 states. Critics have called on HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to do more to stop the spread. Kennedy has been advocating alternatives to the MMR vaccine. MSNBC Senior Reporter Brandy Zadrozny argues this is “vaccine cynicism” coming from “a person who makes a living on lawsuits that target vaccines, an anti-vaccine activist in charge of public health,” says Zadrozny.
www.msnbc.com
July 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“Their kids die of measles and they still don’t believe it.”
MSNBC Senior reporter @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social explains why the misinformation coming from RFK Jr. around vaccines is ‘cynicism,’ not ‘skepticism’. “This is an anti-vaccine activist in charge of public health” #VELSHI
MSNBC Senior reporter @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social explains why the misinformation coming from RFK Jr. around vaccines is ‘cynicism,’ not ‘skepticism’. “This is an anti-vaccine activist in charge of public health” #VELSHI
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BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
April 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
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Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’ politi.co/42TgorF
Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’
The girl was deported Friday with her mother to Honduras, despite her father’s efforts to keep her in the United States.
politi.co
April 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’ politi.co/42TgorF
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Two American Airlines jets, including one carrying at least six members of Congress from New York and New Jersey, clipped wings on a taxiway at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington on Thursday, officials said.
Plane Carrying 6 Members of Congress Is Clipped at Reagan Airport
Two American Airlines jets clipped wings on a taxiway, officials said. Representative Grace Meng said that, in 10 years of flying to and from Washington, “This has never happened to me.”
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Two American Airlines jets, including one carrying at least six members of Congress from New York and New Jersey, clipped wings on a taxiway at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington on Thursday, officials said.
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. @jenpsaki.msnbc.com calls out the media’s addiction to viral moments, repetitive questions and the way the press prioritizes a spectacle over substance. #TheWeeklyShow #JonStewart #WhiteHouse
February 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
. @jenpsaki.msnbc.com calls out the media’s addiction to viral moments, repetitive questions and the way the press prioritizes a spectacle over substance. #TheWeeklyShow #JonStewart #WhiteHouse
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I’m sure it’s just my TDS, but I think Trump is proving to be exactly as bad as we said he was going to be and people who acted like we were hysterical should be embarrassed they didn’t do more to try and stop it.
February 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I’m sure it’s just my TDS, but I think Trump is proving to be exactly as bad as we said he was going to be and people who acted like we were hysterical should be embarrassed they didn’t do more to try and stop it.
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Like I said, mass firing 'probationary' employees (i.e., new hires) in the federal government means firing a lot of veterans, particularly disabled vets.
apnews.com/live/trump-p...
apnews.com/live/trump-p...
February 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Like I said, mass firing 'probationary' employees (i.e., new hires) in the federal government means firing a lot of veterans, particularly disabled vets.
apnews.com/live/trump-p...
apnews.com/live/trump-p...
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I dislike hearing that a message didn't "work"--as in universally failed--in a circumstance where Democrats lost but such a narrow margin. Failing to reach/persuade enough voters to win is not the same as failing to reach/persuade voters more generally. It's possible quite a few were persuaded.
The second seems to be based on speculation. I haven't seen any actual evidence that voters were turned off by Democrats' talking about threats to democracy and the dangers of rightwing authoritarianism. I don't believe I heard the word "fascism" come out of the mouth of a Democratic official.
January 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I dislike hearing that a message didn't "work"--as in universally failed--in a circumstance where Democrats lost but such a narrow margin. Failing to reach/persuade enough voters to win is not the same as failing to reach/persuade voters more generally. It's possible quite a few were persuaded.
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“I’ve always been very, very lightly edited on the column ...The editing became extremely intrusive. It was very much toning down of my voice, toning down of the feel, and a lot of pressure for what I considered false equivalence.” And, increasingly, attempts “to dictate the subject.”
Given how many shitty columnists and columns there are in the #BrokenTimes, what's shocking about this report is that any columns there are edited...and that they made the bad choice of editing one of their last, best columnists, @pkrugman.bsky.social.
www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...
www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...
Paul Krugman on Leaving the New York Times
The paper wanted to take away his newsletter or make him write less frequently, he says.
www.cjr.org
January 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“I’ve always been very, very lightly edited on the column ...The editing became extremely intrusive. It was very much toning down of my voice, toning down of the feel, and a lot of pressure for what I considered false equivalence.” And, increasingly, attempts “to dictate the subject.”
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Can't listen to Canadians balk at American stupidity when we have provinces doing this shit.
Danielle Smith created a $2 million task force full of Covid denialists and sketchy so-called experts.
Danielle Smith created a $2 million task force full of Covid denialists and sketchy so-called experts.
Alberta task force recommends halt of COVID-19 vaccines in new report
The task force’s final report into pandemic response touched on several points common with disinformation campaigns such as the effectiveness of public health restrictions and masking
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Can't listen to Canadians balk at American stupidity when we have provinces doing this shit.
Danielle Smith created a $2 million task force full of Covid denialists and sketchy so-called experts.
Danielle Smith created a $2 million task force full of Covid denialists and sketchy so-called experts.
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I graduated high school in 2003 and two students from my school were expelled for being pregnant.(the men weren't, tho!)
They also allowed anti-choicers to post graphic anti-abortion signs along the school grounds.
And this was a publicly funded high school here in Ontario.
Defund them now.
They also allowed anti-choicers to post graphic anti-abortion signs along the school grounds.
And this was a publicly funded high school here in Ontario.
Defund them now.
Fun fact. Catholic high schools used to expel(not suspend)girls who were pregnant bc they were bad for the school’s image.
The fathers stayed&their reputations were protected. Feels like we’re on a slippery slope back to that for girls in catholic schools.
The public high school had a daycare.
The fathers stayed&their reputations were protected. Feels like we’re on a slippery slope back to that for girls in catholic schools.
The public high school had a daycare.
January 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I graduated high school in 2003 and two students from my school were expelled for being pregnant.(the men weren't, tho!)
They also allowed anti-choicers to post graphic anti-abortion signs along the school grounds.
And this was a publicly funded high school here in Ontario.
Defund them now.
They also allowed anti-choicers to post graphic anti-abortion signs along the school grounds.
And this was a publicly funded high school here in Ontario.
Defund them now.
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Given how many shitty columnists and columns there are in the #BrokenTimes, what's shocking about this report is that any columns there are edited...and that they made the bad choice of editing one of their last, best columnists, @pkrugman.bsky.social.
www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...
www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...
Paul Krugman on Leaving the New York Times
The paper wanted to take away his newsletter or make him write less frequently, he says.
www.cjr.org
January 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Given how many shitty columnists and columns there are in the #BrokenTimes, what's shocking about this report is that any columns there are edited...and that they made the bad choice of editing one of their last, best columnists, @pkrugman.bsky.social.
www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...
www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...
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At this point I feel like Elon could scream I AM A NAZI and people would still be like, let’s look at this from a more nuanced position.
January 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
At this point I feel like Elon could scream I AM A NAZI and people would still be like, let’s look at this from a more nuanced position.
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TikTok is back up lol. It’s all bullshit. Everything is bullshit. And there’s a shit ton coming for the next four years.
Sigh.
Sigh.
January 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
TikTok is back up lol. It’s all bullshit. Everything is bullshit. And there’s a shit ton coming for the next four years.
Sigh.
Sigh.
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Thanks to all for your kind remembrances on this awful day. Words will come later. Only feelings at the moment. Mourn and remember him but don’t forget to celebrate too. We won’t see his like again. The man from another place has gone home. #DavidLynch #TwinPeaks
January 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Thanks to all for your kind remembrances on this awful day. Words will come later. Only feelings at the moment. Mourn and remember him but don’t forget to celebrate too. We won’t see his like again. The man from another place has gone home. #DavidLynch #TwinPeaks
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You’ll probably see this screenshot floating around a lot but it really was wonderful to see Lynch put a scene in Twin Peaks: The Return where he has his character literally stare at the camera and say that you should either support trans people or die. I needed to hear that in 2017
January 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
You’ll probably see this screenshot floating around a lot but it really was wonderful to see Lynch put a scene in Twin Peaks: The Return where he has his character literally stare at the camera and say that you should either support trans people or die. I needed to hear that in 2017
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not Lynch's movie, I know, but god, what a sendoff
January 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
not Lynch's movie, I know, but god, what a sendoff
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Karine Jean-Pierre discusses the framework of the hostage and ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel that President Biden began negotiating in May.
It sounds like American hostages could be released as soon as Sunday.
Bravo, Biden!
It sounds like American hostages could be released as soon as Sunday.
Bravo, Biden!
January 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Karine Jean-Pierre discusses the framework of the hostage and ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel that President Biden began negotiating in May.
It sounds like American hostages could be released as soon as Sunday.
Bravo, Biden!
It sounds like American hostages could be released as soon as Sunday.
Bravo, Biden!
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This is sick.
A Douthat special, in which he dismisses Canada's nationhood: "not-Americanness finally ceased to be a plausible basis for a nation-state." Ugly American.
O Canada, Come Join Us www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/o...
O Canada, Come Join Us www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/o...
Opinion | O Canada, Come Join Us
Perhaps Trump is not making a threat but offering an opportunity.
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is sick.
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It's actually remarkable how much MAGA rhetoric about Canada mimics Putin's rhetoric about Ukraine. "Culturally it's the same. It's not a real country. The border is artificial."
A Douthat special, in which he dismisses Canada's nationhood: "not-Americanness finally ceased to be a plausible basis for a nation-state." Ugly American.
O Canada, Come Join Us www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/o...
O Canada, Come Join Us www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/o...
Opinion | O Canada, Come Join Us
Perhaps Trump is not making a threat but offering an opportunity.
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It's actually remarkable how much MAGA rhetoric about Canada mimics Putin's rhetoric about Ukraine. "Culturally it's the same. It's not a real country. The border is artificial."