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Walter Isaacson just used the word “affair” to describe the relationship between Jefferson and Sally Hemings on Morning Joe just now, no one at the table objected or even commented . @walteri.bsky.social @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Walter Isaacson just used the word “affair” to describe the relationship between Jefferson and Sally Hemings on Morning Joe just now, no one at the table objected or even commented . @walteri.bsky.social @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social
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“How to Fix America” 🎧➡️ @mattduss.bsky.social joined @gideonrachman.bsky.social on the @financialtimes.com Rachman Review to discuss the challenges defining America’s future.
www.ft.com/content/4581...
www.ft.com/content/4581...
How to fix America
‘Our politics is deeply corrupt and people need to understand that’
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September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“How to Fix America” 🎧➡️ @mattduss.bsky.social joined @gideonrachman.bsky.social on the @financialtimes.com Rachman Review to discuss the challenges defining America’s future.
www.ft.com/content/4581...
www.ft.com/content/4581...
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The dumbest administration in any country anywhere in the world in the history of mankind.
October 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The dumbest administration in any country anywhere in the world in the history of mankind.
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Another potential health breakthrough.
Galleri test: Exciting results from blood test for 50 cancers
The Galleri test looks for fragments of DNA that have broken off a tumour and are circulating in the blood.
www.bbc.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Another potential health breakthrough.
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We currently have a president who is so childishly crude and grotesque that newspapers consider it indecent to accurately describe the video he recently posted, and TV shows think it is indecent to show it.
But many Americans are OK that the Oval Office is home to the nation's crassest toddler.
But many Americans are OK that the Oval Office is home to the nation's crassest toddler.
October 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
We currently have a president who is so childishly crude and grotesque that newspapers consider it indecent to accurately describe the video he recently posted, and TV shows think it is indecent to show it.
But many Americans are OK that the Oval Office is home to the nation's crassest toddler.
But many Americans are OK that the Oval Office is home to the nation's crassest toddler.
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Senile
Q: Do you feel Israel was justified with striking when it did?
TRUMP: Striking where?
Q: In Gaza. Today. And overnight.
TRUMP: I'd have to get back to you on that
TRUMP: Striking where?
Q: In Gaza. Today. And overnight.
TRUMP: I'd have to get back to you on that
October 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Senile
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I'm sure that Trump being *obsessed* with undermining Venezuela has NOTHING to do with the fact that it competes with his authoritarian pals in Russia and Saudi Arabia in selling oil.
October 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I'm sure that Trump being *obsessed* with undermining Venezuela has NOTHING to do with the fact that it competes with his authoritarian pals in Russia and Saudi Arabia in selling oil.
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"Unless something dramatic changes, Vladimir Putin will be unable to win the war on the battlefield. The fact that he nevertheless continues to try regardless suggests that he is out of ideas."
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
Russia's latest big Ukraine offensive gains next to nothing, again
Hundreds of thousands of Vladimir Putin's troops are losing their lives for barely any land
www.economist.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"Unless something dramatic changes, Vladimir Putin will be unable to win the war on the battlefield. The fact that he nevertheless continues to try regardless suggests that he is out of ideas."
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
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Which is *exactly* what some of us have saying he would do.
Oh, and he’s funneling NATO intelligence to Russia.
Trump is a Russian asset and a traitor.
Oh, and he’s funneling NATO intelligence to Russia.
Trump is a Russian asset and a traitor.
"The US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier"
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Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia
US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting
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October 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Which is *exactly* what some of us have saying he would do.
Oh, and he’s funneling NATO intelligence to Russia.
Trump is a Russian asset and a traitor.
Oh, and he’s funneling NATO intelligence to Russia.
Trump is a Russian asset and a traitor.
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This speech from Hegseth is intolerable. Read the words of his predecessors in advance of Jan 6 for something better. joycevance.substack.com/p/pete-hegse...
Pete Hegseth and the Generals
The story of self-styled “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth’s meeting for top military leaders has evolved since the earliest leaks last week.
joycevance.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This speech from Hegseth is intolerable. Read the words of his predecessors in advance of Jan 6 for something better. joycevance.substack.com/p/pete-hegse...
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Not all inflation carries the same political weight. As The Economist observes, “Grocery prices have an uncanny ability to anger voters, who tend to use their weekly shop as an economic barometer.”
#economy #inflation @theeconomistevents.bsky.social
#economy #inflation @theeconomistevents.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Not all inflation carries the same political weight. As The Economist observes, “Grocery prices have an uncanny ability to anger voters, who tend to use their weekly shop as an economic barometer.”
#economy #inflation @theeconomistevents.bsky.social
#economy #inflation @theeconomistevents.bsky.social
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Has Donald Trump traded technological advantage—and national security—for financial gain? Listen to “Checks and Balance”
Short circuit: America’s fragmented semiconductor policy
Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, President Trump reversed the ban on certain Nvidia exports to China. And now the U.S. government will take a share of Nvidia’s profit. Who wins when Trump interferes in business?
econ.st
August 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Has Donald Trump traded technological advantage—and national security—for financial gain? Listen to “Checks and Balance”
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Another mess, but Alaska is still part of the United States, America is still in NATO, and Kyiv remains free—and in this second Trump presidency, perhaps that counts as a good-enough day.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Buys More Time for Putin
The meeting at the White House today yielded little progress toward peace—but it could have been far worse.
www.theatlantic.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Another mess, but Alaska is still part of the United States, America is still in NATO, and Kyiv remains free—and in this second Trump presidency, perhaps that counts as a good-enough day.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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SCOOP: Many Democrats left House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' annual California fundraising event last week convinced Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is running for president, according to 4 attendees.
Scoop: Andy Beshear wows Democrats at big donor fundraiser
Beshear's biggest applause line came when he explained why he vetoed a transgender rights measure.
www.axios.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
SCOOP: Many Democrats left House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' annual California fundraising event last week convinced Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is running for president, according to 4 attendees.
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The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.
Citing a nonexistent crime crisis, Trump plans to take over the Washington DC police and put troops in the streets of the nation's capital. Contrary to his claims, violent crime in DC is at a 30-year low. @katierogersnyt.bsky.social Campbell Robertson Chris Cameron www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Here’s the latest.
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.
Economic History matters
I've been trying forever to figure out why I have trouble talking to well-meaning crypto dads. I finally figured out that they see the success of a financial bet as the the success of an idea, and I think really good financial bets can still be bad for a lot of people
www.ft.com/content/d06f...
www.ft.com/content/d06f...
The futile loneliness of a crypto short
I never bet against crypto — that doesn’t mean I like it
www.ft.com
August 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Economic History matters
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I've been trying forever to figure out why I have trouble talking to well-meaning crypto dads. I finally figured out that they see the success of a financial bet as the the success of an idea, and I think really good financial bets can still be bad for a lot of people
www.ft.com/content/d06f...
www.ft.com/content/d06f...
The futile loneliness of a crypto short
I never bet against crypto — that doesn’t mean I like it
www.ft.com
August 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I've been trying forever to figure out why I have trouble talking to well-meaning crypto dads. I finally figured out that they see the success of a financial bet as the the success of an idea, and I think really good financial bets can still be bad for a lot of people
www.ft.com/content/d06f...
www.ft.com/content/d06f...
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Paramount’s new CEO doesn’t seem to think he has a “South Park” problem
‘South Park’ gets high praise from new Paramount boss amid Trump feud | CNN Business
Paramount’s new CEO doesn’t seem to think he has a “South Park” problem.
www.cnn.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Paramount’s new CEO doesn’t seem to think he has a “South Park” problem
Exactly
“Upon closer inspection, Trump’s trade deals aren’t nearly as impressive as they sound,” Rogé Karma argues. “In fact, they aren’t really trade deals in the traditional sense, and they might not benefit the U.S. at all”:
So, About Those Big Trade Deals
If you read the fine print, the “concessions” from America’s trade partners don’t add up to much.
bit.ly
August 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Exactly
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Pete Hegseth doesn’t want to talk about his hugely ambitious missile defense project.
Maybe that’s because all anyone knows about Golden Dome is that it will be an expensive, all-azimuth defense against everything that flies - and unlikely to work
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Maybe that’s because all anyone knows about Golden Dome is that it will be an expensive, all-azimuth defense against everything that flies - and unlikely to work
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Want to Talk About Golden Dome
National missile defense is still impossible—and expensive.
www.theatlantic.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Pete Hegseth doesn’t want to talk about his hugely ambitious missile defense project.
Maybe that’s because all anyone knows about Golden Dome is that it will be an expensive, all-azimuth defense against everything that flies - and unlikely to work
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Maybe that’s because all anyone knows about Golden Dome is that it will be an expensive, all-azimuth defense against everything that flies - and unlikely to work
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Donald Trump’s trade policy will be hard to dislodge. Its beneficiaries will be well-organised; its victims may not even realise why they are poorer than they could have been
Donald Trump thinks he’s winning on trade, but America will lose
The harm from tariffs will be lasting and deep
econ.st
August 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Donald Trump’s trade policy will be hard to dislodge. Its beneficiaries will be well-organised; its victims may not even realise why they are poorer than they could have been
