Jim Swift
@jimswift.bsky.social
Senior Editor and Cincinnati Bureau Chief at The Bulwark, Kentucky Colonel, Ope-inion Leader™, former hill staffer, Cleveland, Ohio, Cincy, DC and STL sports fan, cheap watch aficionado. 🫡
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The way Trump is handling these meetings with his top lieutenants “definitely gives off Dear Leader vibes, like what you would see with Kim Jong Un or [Vladimir] Putin."
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The way Trump is handling these meetings with his top lieutenants “definitely gives off Dear Leader vibes, like what you would see with Kim Jong Un or [Vladimir] Putin."
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This MSNBC segment right now about the factory jobs for Boeing and the rare earth magnets? That's not even 5,000 jobs and most of them are construction which go away.
This is not inspiring hope Mr. Secretary!
This is not inspiring hope Mr. Secretary!
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This MSNBC segment right now about the factory jobs for Boeing and the rare earth magnets? That's not even 5,000 jobs and most of them are construction which go away.
This is not inspiring hope Mr. Secretary!
This is not inspiring hope Mr. Secretary!
Who We Choose to Be: A Reflection on the Character of Veterans www.thebulwark.com/p/who-we-cho... by @markhertling.bsky.social
Who We Choose to Be: A Reflection on the Character of Veterans
A shared culture of service.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Who We Choose to Be: A Reflection on the Character of Veterans www.thebulwark.com/p/who-we-cho... by @markhertling.bsky.social
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A tech billionaire mocked Pope Leo XIV’s call for ethical AI.
The post was deleted — but not before exposing Silicon Valley’s deeper discomfort: a pope they can’t buy or bully.
It also revealed something older: the Valley’s original sin — the desire to be God.
The post was deleted — but not before exposing Silicon Valley’s deeper discomfort: a pope they can’t buy or bully.
It also revealed something older: the Valley’s original sin — the desire to be God.
Tech Billionaire Mocks Pope Leo’s AI Warning — and Reveals Silicon Valley’s Original Sin
A billionaire tech guru openly mocked Leo's call for moral AI — and quickly backtracked after backlash. It’s a telling collision of Silicon Valley hubris with a pope they cannot buy, bully, or ignore.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A tech billionaire mocked Pope Leo XIV’s call for ethical AI.
The post was deleted — but not before exposing Silicon Valley’s deeper discomfort: a pope they can’t buy or bully.
It also revealed something older: the Valley’s original sin — the desire to be God.
The post was deleted — but not before exposing Silicon Valley’s deeper discomfort: a pope they can’t buy or bully.
It also revealed something older: the Valley’s original sin — the desire to be God.
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When you let a bunch of thugs out of prison, you should expect they’re going to be involved in more crime.
NEW: Jan 6 riot defendant arrested outside a Burger King in Cicero, Illinois.
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
High-profile Jan. 6 defendant facing charges of kidnapping and sexually assaulting woman
John Banuelos' case was unique among Capitol riot prosecutions because he was the only defendant accused of pulling and firing a gun while on Capitol grounds.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
When you let a bunch of thugs out of prison, you should expect they’re going to be involved in more crime.
Cleveland Saint Ignatius and Dublin Jerome are now doing penalty kicks to decide the State title.
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Cleveland Saint Ignatius and Dublin Jerome are now doing penalty kicks to decide the State title.
"It's a con job. Costs are way down."
Live by tHe ViBeS, die by ThE vIbEs.
Live by tHe ViBeS, die by ThE vIbEs.
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"It's a con job. Costs are way down."
Live by tHe ViBeS, die by ThE vIbEs.
Live by tHe ViBeS, die by ThE vIbEs.
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This guy wrote a seven days a week column for 30 years.
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This guy wrote a seven days a week column for 30 years.
I found the most Midwestern state
YouTube video by Phil Edwards
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November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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So yeah temperature has dropped a bit
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
So yeah temperature has dropped a bit
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
사람들이 올 거예요, 레이.
The remote mining town of Sangdong was on the brink of extinction, as South Korea’s population crisis emptied rural communities. Now high school baseball is giving it a second chance.
High School Baseball Brought a Dying Korean Town Back to Life
As South Korea’s population crisis deepens, the remote mining town of Sangdong set out to lure new residents by building a best-in-class baseball program from scratch.
bloom.bg
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
사람들이 올 거예요, 레이.
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oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
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None of this had to happen.
ICE Has Created a ‘Ghost Town’ in the Heart of Chicago
Local communities are stepping up to save neighborhood restaurants and stores.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:30 AM
None of this had to happen.
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"Pluribus" reminded me a bit of a lot of other things. And also, it is like absolutely nothing else you've ever seen. [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/a...
‘Pluribus’ Review: From Many, What?
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"Pluribus" reminded me a bit of a lot of other things. And also, it is like absolutely nothing else you've ever seen. [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/a...
I'm sorry my coffee hasn't kicked in yet but what the flying fuck is this.
So glad we don't have ads on TheBulwark.com.
So glad we don't have ads on TheBulwark.com.
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I'm sorry my coffee hasn't kicked in yet but what the flying fuck is this.
So glad we don't have ads on TheBulwark.com.
So glad we don't have ads on TheBulwark.com.
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The absolute collapse of their stupid AI ruse — hopefully followed by a massive wave of tech regulation and imprisoning the politicians who enabled this — cannot come soon enough.
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The absolute collapse of their stupid AI ruse — hopefully followed by a massive wave of tech regulation and imprisoning the politicians who enabled this — cannot come soon enough.
Sad story here, potentially a path to a happier life for this kid, I hope.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/c...
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/c...
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Sad story here, potentially a path to a happier life for this kid, I hope.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/c...
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/c...
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Megyn Kelly lets it rip with a bigoted, xenophobic, ahistorical rant about immigrants, Muslims and who gets to be an American...as MAGA fights a
civil war over whether antisemites should be welcomed in the movement.
civil war over whether antisemites should be welcomed in the movement.
Opinion | Megyn Kelly’s xenophobic rant against Zohran Mamdani is as MAGA as it gets
Amid an ideological civil war over antisemites in the MAGA movement, the right-wing podcast superstar says Muslims shouldn't hold office in the U.S.
www.msnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Megyn Kelly lets it rip with a bigoted, xenophobic, ahistorical rant about immigrants, Muslims and who gets to be an American...as MAGA fights a
civil war over whether antisemites should be welcomed in the movement.
civil war over whether antisemites should be welcomed in the movement.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM