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Writer, editor, artist, scientist; she/her
And/or are you a Lana del Rey song come to life?
(Upon reading that line, I had to close the tab.)
(Upon reading that line, I had to close the tab.)
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
And/or are you a Lana del Rey song come to life?
(Upon reading that line, I had to close the tab.)
(Upon reading that line, I had to close the tab.)
The food, like Trump himself, is stuck in 1987.
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The food, like Trump himself, is stuck in 1987.
No worries! It’s to be expected— they are both vile, reprehensible, fascistic blond people on TV!
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
No worries! It’s to be expected— they are both vile, reprehensible, fascistic blond people on TV!
*Megyn (even worse)
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 AM
*Megyn (even worse)
I detest Laura Ingraham but also need to correct that the utterer of the “barely legal” comment about 15-year-olds is Megan Kelly, a different awful fascist blond person.
November 14, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I detest Laura Ingraham but also need to correct that the utterer of the “barely legal” comment about 15-year-olds is Megan Kelly, a different awful fascist blond person.
“Too early” implies that there is an anticipated appropriate time to do so; what a cynical headline.
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
“Too early” implies that there is an anticipated appropriate time to do so; what a cynical headline.
Dalton, where Donald Barr was headmaster (Barr got him the job).
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Dalton, where Donald Barr was headmaster (Barr got him the job).
Yep. The connections are thick, tangled, and numerous.
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Yep. The connections are thick, tangled, and numerous.
Barr’s father got Epstein a job teaching math at the Dalton School.
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Barr’s father got Epstein a job teaching math at the Dalton School.
”Brand will deliver an eloquent rant”— what on earth? Politico reported that as news, with nary a quotation mark or qualification?
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
”Brand will deliver an eloquent rant”— what on earth? Politico reported that as news, with nary a quotation mark or qualification?
Not beside the point at all! It is another iteration of the point, which is that they are poseur loser idiots!
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Not beside the point at all! It is another iteration of the point, which is that they are poseur loser idiots!
Musk and Andreesen are the 14-year-olds who are so uncool they have to hang out with the 12-year-olds.
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Musk and Andreesen are the 14-year-olds who are so uncool they have to hang out with the 12-year-olds.
So Trump, having tried his hand at the “wellness“ racket, had preexisting ties to the supplement con artists who orbit RFK (Oz; the brother of the surgeon general nominee; et al). I did not know of Trump’s failed vitamin venture, and it explains a lot.
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
So Trump, having tried his hand at the “wellness“ racket, had preexisting ties to the supplement con artists who orbit RFK (Oz; the brother of the surgeon general nominee; et al). I did not know of Trump’s failed vitamin venture, and it explains a lot.
Oh, I didn’t listen to him; that’s just my analysis of his brain sliding across to Omar without any logical segue. (And, yes, both women have 50, if not 100, points on him!)
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Oh, I didn’t listen to him; that’s just my analysis of his brain sliding across to Omar without any logical segue. (And, yes, both women have 50, if not 100, points on him!)
His associative, super-racist brain just slid, in the “Black women in Congress” category, over to Ilhan Omar, who was born in Somalia. (That is how I parse his garble.)
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
His associative, super-racist brain just slid, in the “Black women in Congress” category, over to Ilhan Omar, who was born in Somalia. (That is how I parse his garble.)
Wharton professor William Kelley, on Trump: “The dumbest goddamn student I ever had.”
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Wharton professor William Kelley, on Trump: “The dumbest goddamn student I ever had.”
This is an incredible document, and Kyle is, regardless of job definition, a powerful journalist for having written it. Please share widely!
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This is an incredible document, and Kyle is, regardless of job definition, a powerful journalist for having written it. Please share widely!
Shaheen speaks (not only like an old-fashioned aunt but also) as though the Republicans have any capacity for shame. They made clear long ago that they have no shame whatsoever.
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Shaheen speaks (not only like an old-fashioned aunt but also) as though the Republicans have any capacity for shame. They made clear long ago that they have no shame whatsoever.
Thank you for reposting the piece— I just read it from start to finish, and it is excellent: astute, self-aware, humane, illuminating, and instructive, as well as more than a little heart-breaking in light of everything.
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Thank you for reposting the piece— I just read it from start to finish, and it is excellent: astute, self-aware, humane, illuminating, and instructive, as well as more than a little heart-breaking in light of everything.
Also, Mare Winningham in “St. Elmo’s Fire.”
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Also, Mare Winningham in “St. Elmo’s Fire.”
Lili Taylor in “Dogfight”
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Lili Taylor in “Dogfight”
His delivery can only be described as “bad student council speech” (if that is not already redundant). The strategic pause before he intones, “FA, FO,” is truly pathetic.
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
His delivery can only be described as “bad student council speech” (if that is not already redundant). The strategic pause before he intones, “FA, FO,” is truly pathetic.
His comment is so off-base, as he tries to pretend he has “business insight,” only reinforcing that he knows nothing about how an economy works.
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
His comment is so off-base, as he tries to pretend he has “business insight,” only reinforcing that he knows nothing about how an economy works.