Scratched Tooth
@keencritic.bsky.social
Superfan of Sondheim stuff, big fan of musical theatre in general. Lover of family, cats, reading, travel, pilpul. Tend to get overwrought. Also, Lord, I am affected by a bald patch.
He fails to understand either the Tea Party or HCR.
He's way out of his lane.
He's way out of his lane.
i am fascinated by how nate silver turns everything he doesn’t like into a bespoke ideology. it’s not that he is annoyed by HCR, it is that she is a dreaded “ism” responsible for everything he doesn’t like about the democratic party. same with bluesky.
what the fuck are you talking about man
December 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
He fails to understand either the Tea Party or HCR.
He's way out of his lane.
He's way out of his lane.
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social, please read this on the direct and indirect effects of Citizens United.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social, please read this on the direct and indirect effects of Citizens United.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
This piece is for uncritical supporters of home-schooling. Shouldn't there be at least minimal (and, better, stronger) requirements for some regular inquiry into the children's safety and educational progress? If you believe home-schooling is great, wouldn't you want to demonstrate that?
Opinion | Home-Schooled Kids Are Not All Right
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This piece is for uncritical supporters of home-schooling. Shouldn't there be at least minimal (and, better, stronger) requirements for some regular inquiry into the children's safety and educational progress? If you believe home-schooling is great, wouldn't you want to demonstrate that?
I suppose if you're going to give Bari Weiss' town hall space, this is a good angle to focus on.
www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...
www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...
Erika Kirk tells Jewish father she will combat antisemitism | The Jerusalem Post
Kirk's statement came after being challenged by Bob Milgrim, the father of Sarah Lynn Milgrim, who was killed in an antisemitic attack in Washington earlier this year.
www.jpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I suppose if you're going to give Bari Weiss' town hall space, this is a good angle to focus on.
www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...
www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...
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Tyson is shutting down its Lexington, Nebraska plant in January 2026. That’s 3,200 workers gone in one shot, the largest plant shutdown in company history.
Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.
Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.
December 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Tyson is shutting down its Lexington, Nebraska plant in January 2026. That’s 3,200 workers gone in one shot, the largest plant shutdown in company history.
Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.
Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.
I usually agree with @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social's takes, but here I think his idealistic view of how the government works loses to Emily Bazelon's grittier, more pessimistic view
Losing Slaughter will be as bad as Citizens United, or as losing the tariff case or the birthright citizenship case.
Losing Slaughter will be as bad as Citizens United, or as losing the tariff case or the birthright citizenship case.
Opinion | We’re Trying to Find a Line the Supreme Court Won’t Cross
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I usually agree with @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social's takes, but here I think his idealistic view of how the government works loses to Emily Bazelon's grittier, more pessimistic view
Losing Slaughter will be as bad as Citizens United, or as losing the tariff case or the birthright citizenship case.
Losing Slaughter will be as bad as Citizens United, or as losing the tariff case or the birthright citizenship case.
The Claremont thesis:
In the post-WWII era, America and Europe suscribed to the same values, and America signed up to protect those values.
Then, America fell prey to modernist, globalist, individualist fallacies, which ere embodied also in the EU, which America encouraged Europe to exalt.
cont'd
In the post-WWII era, America and Europe suscribed to the same values, and America signed up to protect those values.
Then, America fell prey to modernist, globalist, individualist fallacies, which ere embodied also in the EU, which America encouraged Europe to exalt.
cont'd
Opinion | Trump Is Not Attacking Europe. He’s Attacking Something Else.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Claremont thesis:
In the post-WWII era, America and Europe suscribed to the same values, and America signed up to protect those values.
Then, America fell prey to modernist, globalist, individualist fallacies, which ere embodied also in the EU, which America encouraged Europe to exalt.
cont'd
In the post-WWII era, America and Europe suscribed to the same values, and America signed up to protect those values.
Then, America fell prey to modernist, globalist, individualist fallacies, which ere embodied also in the EU, which America encouraged Europe to exalt.
cont'd
God, Tom Friedman is so much smarter than David Brooks. Very politely, very tactfully, but very obviously, Tom pwns David in this discussion.
And then he admits he can't decide whether there are grounds for hope or whether he should run around like Chicken Little.
Oy!
And then he admits he can't decide whether there are grounds for hope or whether he should run around like Chicken Little.
Oy!
Opinion | Thomas L. Friedman Says We’re in a New Epoch. David Brooks Has Questions.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
God, Tom Friedman is so much smarter than David Brooks. Very politely, very tactfully, but very obviously, Tom pwns David in this discussion.
And then he admits he can't decide whether there are grounds for hope or whether he should run around like Chicken Little.
Oy!
And then he admits he can't decide whether there are grounds for hope or whether he should run around like Chicken Little.
Oy!
It will be worth watching to see whether (1) en banc rehearing is sought, and (2) whether a majority of the entire court back Boasberg, as suggested earlier.
Breaking: D.C. Circuit's Trump appointees again block Judge Boasberg's contempt inquiry www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-d...
Breaking: D.C. Circuit's Trump appointees again block Judge Boasberg's contempt inquiry
DOJ keeps going to the D.C. Circuit, where Trump appointees on the court have repeatedly stopped the district court's effort to hold the Trump admin accountable.
www.lawdork.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It will be worth watching to see whether (1) en banc rehearing is sought, and (2) whether a majority of the entire court back Boasberg, as suggested earlier.
An antediluvian patriarchal movement like that led by Trump, Vance, Mike Johnson and Musk cannot hope to keep a perpetual muzzle on its women.
Thank God!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
Thank God!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
Opinion | Republican Women vs. the G.O.P.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
An antediluvian patriarchal movement like that led by Trump, Vance, Mike Johnson and Musk cannot hope to keep a perpetual muzzle on its women.
Thank God!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
Thank God!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
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Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
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MAGA New Right's credo stands Pascal on his head:
Vérité en deçà des Pyrénées, vérité au-delà; erreur en deçà des Pyrénées, erreur au-delà.
There is a reasonable way-station between moral relativism and universalist morality; it involves distinguishing fundamental principles from ancillary ones.
Vérité en deçà des Pyrénées, vérité au-delà; erreur en deçà des Pyrénées, erreur au-delà.
There is a reasonable way-station between moral relativism and universalist morality; it involves distinguishing fundamental principles from ancillary ones.
Opinion | The Closing of the MAGA Mind
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
MAGA New Right's credo stands Pascal on his head:
Vérité en deçà des Pyrénées, vérité au-delà; erreur en deçà des Pyrénées, erreur au-delà.
There is a reasonable way-station between moral relativism and universalist morality; it involves distinguishing fundamental principles from ancillary ones.
Vérité en deçà des Pyrénées, vérité au-delà; erreur en deçà des Pyrénées, erreur au-delà.
There is a reasonable way-station between moral relativism and universalist morality; it involves distinguishing fundamental principles from ancillary ones.
"A reasonable majority exists. It’s searching for alternatives to a leader and a movement it has found wanting."
The good news: a reasonable majority exists.
The bad news: if it's still "searching for alternatives", it has certainly not committed to voting for Democrats.
Kinda "least worst".
The good news: a reasonable majority exists.
The bad news: if it's still "searching for alternatives", it has certainly not committed to voting for Democrats.
Kinda "least worst".
Opinion | The Reasonable Majority Is No Longer Silent
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"A reasonable majority exists. It’s searching for alternatives to a leader and a movement it has found wanting."
The good news: a reasonable majority exists.
The bad news: if it's still "searching for alternatives", it has certainly not committed to voting for Democrats.
Kinda "least worst".
The good news: a reasonable majority exists.
The bad news: if it's still "searching for alternatives", it has certainly not committed to voting for Democrats.
Kinda "least worst".
Rabbi Cosgrove demonstrates that clarity of vision requires going beyond fierce criticism of Mamdani, and is immediately attacked from the right
www.jta.org/2025/12/09/u...
www.jta.org/2025/12/09/u...
NYC rabbi who spurred anti-Mamdani push turns his criticism toward Jews and Israel at Zionist gathering - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Elliot Cosgrove called for a "new chapter of American Zionism" at the convention of the American Zionist Movement.
www.jta.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Rabbi Cosgrove demonstrates that clarity of vision requires going beyond fierce criticism of Mamdani, and is immediately attacked from the right
www.jta.org/2025/12/09/u...
www.jta.org/2025/12/09/u...
From abortion to anti-drug trafficking to AI (and that's just the A's), Ross finds insufficient Christianity in Trump's policies.
Duh.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
Duh.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
Opinion | Why Is Christianity So Hard to Find in the Trump Administration?
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
From abortion to anti-drug trafficking to AI (and that's just the A's), Ross finds insufficient Christianity in Trump's policies.
Duh.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
Duh.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
I'm just afraid that people are getting over their skis here. There is little evidence of Republicans abandoning Trump--rather, they rebel against policies that can be blamed on Trump's underlings (and, of course, that includes virtually every Republican in DC, up to and counting John Roberts).
Opinion | Republicans Are Quietly Pushing Back Against Trump
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December 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I'm just afraid that people are getting over their skis here. There is little evidence of Republicans abandoning Trump--rather, they rebel against policies that can be blamed on Trump's underlings (and, of course, that includes virtually every Republican in DC, up to and counting John Roberts).
Not all that different from a hypothetical scenario in which the assignment was to explain Darwin's findings in the Galapagos and the response was a defense of creationism based solely on the Bible.
I wonder whether "Inherit the Wind" could be made today, or would it be deemed too woke?l
I wonder whether "Inherit the Wind" could be made today, or would it be deemed too woke?l
Opinion | How One Student’s Failing Grade Became a Cause Célèbre on the Right
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Not all that different from a hypothetical scenario in which the assignment was to explain Darwin's findings in the Galapagos and the response was a defense of creationism based solely on the Bible.
I wonder whether "Inherit the Wind" could be made today, or would it be deemed too woke?l
I wonder whether "Inherit the Wind" could be made today, or would it be deemed too woke?l
Whether he's right or wrong on substance--and, per usual, he's partly right and partly wrong--the fact that Obama's Deputy National Security Advisor would publish this shows the extent of Israel's fall from grace in the Democratic Party.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Opinion | This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza
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December 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Whether he's right or wrong on substance--and, per usual, he's partly right and partly wrong--the fact that Obama's Deputy National Security Advisor would publish this shows the extent of Israel's fall from grace in the Democratic Party.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Shows what a minefield Mamdani faces--and how hard it is for Jews who want to support Israel but not unlawful policies.
forward.com/news/antisem...
forward.com/news/antisem...
Mamdani draws lines around how Jews should use ‘sacred spaces’
Zohran Mamdani entered the debate over when it's acceptable to protest outside a synagogue following a demonstration at Park East.
forward.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Shows what a minefield Mamdani faces--and how hard it is for Jews who want to support Israel but not unlawful policies.
forward.com/news/antisem...
forward.com/news/antisem...
