larelli
@larelli.bsky.social
Gardener. Democrat. Dog Aficionado.
All about peonies, politics and pups
Hell is empty and all the skeets are here
All about peonies, politics and pups
Hell is empty and all the skeets are here
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So does Peter Navarro bsky.app/profile/dave...
Hassett has a PhD in Economics. My follow up question would have been "Mr Hassett, what are you doing with your life?"
November 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
So does Peter Navarro bsky.app/profile/dave...
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Rats fleeing the Trump ship give me glee because they are a signal about structural integrity, but I don't have to hand it to the rats.
November 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Rats fleeing the Trump ship give me glee because they are a signal about structural integrity, but I don't have to hand it to the rats.
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Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run on kitchen table issues?
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
November 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run on kitchen table issues?
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
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Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run to the center on immigration?
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
November 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run to the center on immigration?
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
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When I hear "pundits," I ask: what kind?
POV pundits defend and — if they can — develop a line of thought. George Will runs events through his world view and columns come out.
Pundits of the savvy style think they are our realists. Their motto is, "You may not like it, but it's smart politics."
POV pundits defend and — if they can — develop a line of thought. George Will runs events through his world view and columns come out.
Pundits of the savvy style think they are our realists. Their motto is, "You may not like it, but it's smart politics."
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
When I hear "pundits," I ask: what kind?
POV pundits defend and — if they can — develop a line of thought. George Will runs events through his world view and columns come out.
Pundits of the savvy style think they are our realists. Their motto is, "You may not like it, but it's smart politics."
POV pundits defend and — if they can — develop a line of thought. George Will runs events through his world view and columns come out.
Pundits of the savvy style think they are our realists. Their motto is, "You may not like it, but it's smart politics."
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I think based on everything we know people are underestimating the possibility that Larry Summers deliberately sabotaged Obama rather than shot down a larger stimulus out of stupidity.
November 16, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I think based on everything we know people are underestimating the possibility that Larry Summers deliberately sabotaged Obama rather than shot down a larger stimulus out of stupidity.
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Larry Summers (World Bank/Clinton admin/Harvard president/Obama admin) yukking it up with Jeffrey Epstein about women being dumb and society coming down too hard on perverts makes me wonder how all women are not constantly Becoming The Joker
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Larry Summers (World Bank/Clinton admin/Harvard president/Obama admin) yukking it up with Jeffrey Epstein about women being dumb and society coming down too hard on perverts makes me wonder how all women are not constantly Becoming The Joker
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Good reminder that the Catholic League is just one very odd guy calling himself the Catholic League
Holy shit. They're really doing it. They're doing "actually pedophilia is good now." The debasement of the American Right is complete.
MEGYN KELLY IS RIGHT ABOUT EPSTEIN - Catholic League
Bill Donohue
www.catholicleague.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Good reminder that the Catholic League is just one very odd guy calling himself the Catholic League
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If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
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Any off ramp is a good off ramp
November 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Any off ramp is a good off ramp
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Imagine being paid to give political advice and thinking the opposing party covering up a giant paedophile ring is something to avoid talking about
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Imagine being paid to give political advice and thinking the opposing party covering up a giant paedophile ring is something to avoid talking about
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Not that I believe really anything Nuzzi writes, given her record, but the far bigger scandal here is her claim that RFK Jr. was still actively using psychedelics last year, then became HHS secretary in an admin that is killing people for smuggling recreational drugs.
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Not that I believe really anything Nuzzi writes, given her record, but the far bigger scandal here is her claim that RFK Jr. was still actively using psychedelics last year, then became HHS secretary in an admin that is killing people for smuggling recreational drugs.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Wife: It is interesting that the biggest papers and networks burned decades of hard work by others who built up their brands to bend over immediately for Donald Trump because they thought he would be a successful dictator and 10 months in he's flailing. Those people have the worst business instincts
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Wife: It is interesting that the biggest papers and networks burned decades of hard work by others who built up their brands to bend over immediately for Donald Trump because they thought he would be a successful dictator and 10 months in he's flailing. Those people have the worst business instincts
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CNN: Trump in Epstein files
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
CNN: Trump in Epstein files
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
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The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
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So like...10 months ago
Imagine a world where revelations about a cabinet member’s drug use isn’t buried under stories about the president’s rapist party pal.
November 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
So like...10 months ago
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“Ultimately, between the money she made from her interactions with men and in the food services industry she was able to save up enough money to get braces.”
“Court documents described the party as involving ‘alcohol; cocaine; middle-aged men; and young attractive females.’”
No not Epstein:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
No not Epstein:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“Ultimately, between the money she made from her interactions with men and in the food services industry she was able to save up enough money to get braces.”
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Gonna be haunted by that Gaetz story for a while.
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Gonna be haunted by that Gaetz story for a while.
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Another Reuters exclusive
The Biden administration acquired evidence in the last months of its term that senior officials in the Israeli government were openly discussing the ongoing use of Palestinians as human shields by the IDF in Gaza. They sat on the evidence.
The Biden administration acquired evidence in the last months of its term that senior officials in the Israeli government were openly discussing the ongoing use of Palestinians as human shields by the IDF in Gaza. They sat on the evidence.
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Another Reuters exclusive
The Biden administration acquired evidence in the last months of its term that senior officials in the Israeli government were openly discussing the ongoing use of Palestinians as human shields by the IDF in Gaza. They sat on the evidence.
The Biden administration acquired evidence in the last months of its term that senior officials in the Israeli government were openly discussing the ongoing use of Palestinians as human shields by the IDF in Gaza. They sat on the evidence.
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"The JOB the Trump Administration is doing on the Epstein case?" Job? What does this "job" entail? This is the problem with horserace political journalism: Here's a toxic scandal from his personal life pre-politics that ought to have landed him in prison long before 2016. His "job" is to be honest.
Harry Enten: "Nobody is buying what Trump is selling on Epstein. His net approval on it is an absolutely dreadful -39 pts... Far worse than any other major issue.
It isn't improving over time.
Even among the GOP, just 45% (!) approve of the job the Trump admin is doing on the Epstein case."
It isn't improving over time.
Even among the GOP, just 45% (!) approve of the job the Trump admin is doing on the Epstein case."
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Attorney: Can 13-year olds consent to sex?
Republicans: CAN THEY EVER
Republicans: CAN THEY EVER
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Attorney: Can 13-year olds consent to sex?
Republicans: CAN THEY EVER
Republicans: CAN THEY EVER
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"she needed money for braces"
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"she needed money for braces"
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
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Lmao total joke of a rag
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lmao total joke of a rag
Finally a bit of good news today!
This is so cool: Copper, which makes induction stoves with li-ion batteries integrated, is going to build *10,000* of these suckers for use in New York public housing.
Better cooking, easier cleaning, grid resiliency built in. Win win win.
Better cooking, easier cleaning, grid resiliency built in. Win win win.
$32 Million Commitment Announced to Electrify Cooking Appliances in NYCHA Buildings Through Induction Stove Challenge - NYSERDA
The New York Power Authority (NYPA), the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) today announced that the next phase of the ...
www.nyserda.ny.gov
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Finally a bit of good news today!