Jeff Blehar remains *BOX OFFICE POISON*
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really only here for @damin.bsky.social content tbh
October 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
really only here for @damin.bsky.social content tbh
Glad to see everybody's handled things completely normally around here, like normal people would.
September 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Glad to see everybody's handled things completely normally around here, like normal people would.
Happy 4th of July, everyone. www.nationalreview.com/2025/07/trum...
Trump’s CBS Settlement Win Is a Loss for America, Not Just the Media | National Review
This lawsuit was designed only to be used as a bludgeon, not to be won.
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July 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Happy 4th of July, everyone. www.nationalreview.com/2025/07/trum...
Here on a wellness check; is everybody okay?
June 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Here on a wellness check; is everybody okay?
this sucks, I heard JD Vance had joined Bluesky and I was suddenly prepared to return to this platform for insights and conversation.
now this.
now this.
June 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
this sucks, I heard JD Vance had joined Bluesky and I was suddenly prepared to return to this platform for insights and conversation.
now this.
now this.
Seems like an awful lot of money and organizing manpower to waste just to announce "hey guys I guess we're all returning to Twitter after all" by the back door, but I guess people need outside help to craft clever spin.
June 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Seems like an awful lot of money and organizing manpower to waste just to announce "hey guys I guess we're all returning to Twitter after all" by the back door, but I guess people need outside help to craft clever spin.
I have bad news for you all: www.nationalreview.com/2025/05/the-...
The Progressive Ecosystem Is Breeding Killers | National Review
Yes, it can happen here.
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May 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I have bad news for you all: www.nationalreview.com/2025/05/the-...
The rule of law is being tested. Soon it may be broken. What happens next?
I'm not here to persuade. I am here to warn. www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-...
I'm not here to persuade. I am here to warn. www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-...
Trump Tests the True Limits of Presidential Power | National Review
This is no accident; it is a strategy.
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April 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The rule of law is being tested. Soon it may be broken. What happens next?
I'm not here to persuade. I am here to warn. www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-...
I'm not here to persuade. I am here to warn. www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-...
Against the arrest and deportation of Rumeysa Ozturk, merely for free speech. A line in the sand.
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The newest from National Review: www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/wher...
Where Do You Draw the Line? | National Review
While I concede the legality of the administration’s move against Rumeysa Öztürk, I reject its morality and prudence.
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March 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Against the arrest and deportation of Rumeysa Ozturk, merely for free speech. A line in the sand.
The newest from National Review: www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/wher...
The newest from National Review: www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/wher...
A lot of people on my side are dunking on this right now, but I don't have that reaction at all. Instead, I authentically respect the honesty of the admission. It absolutely sucks to admit you strongly believed in something you later realized was completely hollow.
Just ask me, former neocon.
Just ask me, former neocon.
I absolutely regret my role in this — it turns out that academic social science is shot through with dramatically more ideological bias than I realized 20-15 years ago and all the stuff you guys churn out should come with huge warning labels before it’s presented to laypeople.
March 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
A lot of people on my side are dunking on this right now, but I don't have that reaction at all. Instead, I authentically respect the honesty of the admission. It absolutely sucks to admit you strongly believed in something you later realized was completely hollow.
Just ask me, former neocon.
Just ask me, former neocon.
I'm glad I wrote this so that I never have to write about it again. Read it if you can. www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/i-ca...
I Can Only Look Back in Anger | National Review
Five years later, the architects of the Covid Era’s lockdown insanity deserve only our contempt.
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March 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I'm glad I wrote this so that I never have to write about it again. Read it if you can. www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/i-ca...
You really should read this piece by @bendreyfuss.bsky.social about his colleague at Mother Jones from back in the day, legendary liberal blogger Kevin Drum, who passed away on Friday. His co-workers - who treated him shabbily - have no idea how good they had it. www.calmdownben.com/p/kevin-drum...
Kevin Drum was forced out of Mother Jones by people who didn't know about a secret thing he did for them.
RIP Kevin.
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March 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You really should read this piece by @bendreyfuss.bsky.social about his colleague at Mother Jones from back in the day, legendary liberal blogger Kevin Drum, who passed away on Friday. His co-workers - who treated him shabbily - have no idea how good they had it. www.calmdownben.com/p/kevin-drum...
Reposted by Jeff Blehar remains *BOX OFFICE POISON*
RIP to a kind, decent, and very wise man.
Oh no; this is horrible. He was one of the best of us.
Rest in power, Kevin.
Rest in power, Kevin.
Health Update - Kevin Drum
With a heavy heart, I have to tell you that after a long battle with cancer my husband Kevin Drum passed away on Friday, March 7, 2025. No public memorial services are planned. In lieu of flowers, ple...
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March 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
RIP to a kind, decent, and very wise man.
Twitter is down and I'll admit as a writer who uses it for a lot of research (it's getting better than Google in some ways) it feels like The Day The World Ended.
But also I feel a small twinge of joy.
But also I feel a small twinge of joy.
March 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Twitter is down and I'll admit as a writer who uses it for a lot of research (it's getting better than Google in some ways) it feels like The Day The World Ended.
But also I feel a small twinge of joy.
But also I feel a small twinge of joy.
How's this place doing? Still joke-free?
February 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
How's this place doing? Still joke-free?
Might as well get this confession out of the way now: I, too, am a @jessesingal.com follower.
January 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Might as well get this confession out of the way now: I, too, am a @jessesingal.com follower.
I don't even like Trump and I want to find the dude wearing the NR hat and offer him a free yearly subscription, just for angering this man.
January 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I don't even like Trump and I want to find the dude wearing the NR hat and offer him a free yearly subscription, just for angering this man.
I think the biggest reason why it's hard to spend much time on this app is because it's impossible to have an actual CONVERSATION on this app. That was always possible on Twitter (and even remains so in an attenuated way) but is impossible here due to low volume and Panopticon Supervision.
A shame.
A shame.
January 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I think the biggest reason why it's hard to spend much time on this app is because it's impossible to have an actual CONVERSATION on this app. That was always possible on Twitter (and even remains so in an attenuated way) but is impossible here due to low volume and Panopticon Supervision.
A shame.
A shame.
Hey y'all remember that hilarious gutbuster that put David Fincher on the map, right? I saw SE7EN in the theater with my mom, and it was worst car ride home ever!
Anyway, that's the setup for my take on what the next four years portends.
Fun, from @NRO: www.nationalreview.com/corner/whats...
Anyway, that's the setup for my take on what the next four years portends.
Fun, from @NRO: www.nationalreview.com/corner/whats...
What’s in the Box? | National Review
Donald Trump has the upper hand.
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January 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Hey y'all remember that hilarious gutbuster that put David Fincher on the map, right? I saw SE7EN in the theater with my mom, and it was worst car ride home ever!
Anyway, that's the setup for my take on what the next four years portends.
Fun, from @NRO: www.nationalreview.com/corner/whats...
Anyway, that's the setup for my take on what the next four years portends.
Fun, from @NRO: www.nationalreview.com/corner/whats...
I rarely drop in here, because it's not the world's most friendly place, but I do care a lot about the filmmaker David Lynch. So I wrote this tribute to him on Friday for @NRO, something a bit different, b/c I suck at film criticism.
Hope you enjoy it: www.nationalreview.com/corner/how-d...
Hope you enjoy it: www.nationalreview.com/corner/how-d...
How David Lynch Found His Lost Highway | National Review
Sometimes you have to travel along a crowded and well-beaten path before you find your emergency exit and escape, to the lost and open highway.
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January 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I rarely drop in here, because it's not the world's most friendly place, but I do care a lot about the filmmaker David Lynch. So I wrote this tribute to him on Friday for @NRO, something a bit different, b/c I suck at film criticism.
Hope you enjoy it: www.nationalreview.com/corner/how-d...
Hope you enjoy it: www.nationalreview.com/corner/how-d...
Boy this place has become a mess pretty quickly, hasn't it.
December 16, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Boy this place has become a mess pretty quickly, hasn't it.
"Murdering CEOs Is Evil, Actually."
An important correction from Dominic Pino, over at @nationalreview.bsky.social: www.nationalreview.com/corner/murde...
An important correction from Dominic Pino, over at @nationalreview.bsky.social: www.nationalreview.com/corner/murde...
Murdering CEOs Is Evil | National Review
The level of seething resentment some people seem to have of wealthy people is deeply unhealthy.
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December 5, 2024 at 2:50 AM
"Murdering CEOs Is Evil, Actually."
An important correction from Dominic Pino, over at @nationalreview.bsky.social: www.nationalreview.com/corner/murde...
An important correction from Dominic Pino, over at @nationalreview.bsky.social: www.nationalreview.com/corner/murde...
Vaya con Dios, Matt Gaetz. www.nationalreview.com/corner/happy...
Happy Trails, Matt Gaetz | National Review
Matt Gaetz is a pustulent suppurating wound on the backside of American politics, an irritating boil lanced at long last.
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November 24, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Vaya con Dios, Matt Gaetz. www.nationalreview.com/corner/happy...
I normally don't post around here because (1) most of my stuff is paywalled; (2) it's, erm...not the most welcoming place for someone with my conservative politics.
But this piece is out from behind the paywall for once, and I thought you might enjoy it: www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-...
But this piece is out from behind the paywall for once, and I thought you might enjoy it: www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-...
Morning Joe Kneels Before Zod | National Review
And the Resistance demands an explanation.
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November 19, 2024 at 7:58 PM
I normally don't post around here because (1) most of my stuff is paywalled; (2) it's, erm...not the most welcoming place for someone with my conservative politics.
But this piece is out from behind the paywall for once, and I thought you might enjoy it: www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-...
But this piece is out from behind the paywall for once, and I thought you might enjoy it: www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-...
I rarely post here (all apologies), but I felt like this thing I wrote was worth posting here, because the topic matters and don't delude yourself about that. It CAN happen here. www.nationalreview.com/corner/it-ca...
October 27, 2023 at 11:50 PM
I rarely post here (all apologies), but I felt like this thing I wrote was worth posting here, because the topic matters and don't delude yourself about that. It CAN happen here. www.nationalreview.com/corner/it-ca...