Marcelo Martinelli
@marc3l0m.bsky.social
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Anthropic CEO being the only one to not put out a Manchurian candidate style post about how David Sacks is the best most kind and public spirited person ever furthering my impression of them as the least bad of those companies
December 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Anthropic CEO being the only one to not put out a Manchurian candidate style post about how David Sacks is the best most kind and public spirited person ever furthering my impression of them as the least bad of those companies
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Let me just save us all hours and say that nothing any of us are proposing here - including me - will likely happen in the next decade or longer, so if you want to defeat Trumpism, you're gonna have to understand, and use, the system that's in place.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Let me just save us all hours and say that nothing any of us are proposing here - including me - will likely happen in the next decade or longer, so if you want to defeat Trumpism, you're gonna have to understand, and use, the system that's in place.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Reagan was like Joe Free Trade. He and Thatcher are the avatars of the neoclassical economics resurgence, trade liberalization, etc. good or bad this is pure reality. The idea that this conversation is even happening shows how much we’re in the mad king 2+2=7 world.
Trump: "They cheated on a commercial. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs and they said he didn't. And I guess it was AI or something. They cheated badly. Canada got caught cheating on a commercial. Can you believe it?"
October 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Reagan was like Joe Free Trade. He and Thatcher are the avatars of the neoclassical economics resurgence, trade liberalization, etc. good or bad this is pure reality. The idea that this conversation is even happening shows how much we’re in the mad king 2+2=7 world.
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With TikTok’s potential sale to a group of Donald Trump allies, “we should be far less worried about what foreign governments could do with our social-media information than about how our own government might abuse it,” David Karpf argues.
The MAGA Media Takeover
Trump and his powerful friends are creating a dangerous moment for free speech.
bit.ly
October 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
With TikTok’s potential sale to a group of Donald Trump allies, “we should be far less worried about what foreign governments could do with our social-media information than about how our own government might abuse it,” David Karpf argues.
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It's remarkable how one man and his followers have ruined so much of America. Absolutely jarring.
September 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It's remarkable how one man and his followers have ruined so much of America. Absolutely jarring.
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Only the best people.
I present to you the acting US Attorney of the Eastern District of Virginia.
In addition to overseeing the prosecution of James Comey, Lindsey Halligan will also oversee a slew of national security cases due to the fact that her district covers the Pentagon, CIA, and NSA.
(H/T @atrupar.com)
In addition to overseeing the prosecution of James Comey, Lindsey Halligan will also oversee a slew of national security cases due to the fact that her district covers the Pentagon, CIA, and NSA.
(H/T @atrupar.com)
September 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Only the best people.
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when team no fight / centrist dems lose Ezra Klein ….
Ezra Klein: "I’m not going to tell you I am absolutely sure Democrats should shut the government down. I’m not. At the same time, joining Republicans to fund this government is worse than failing at opposition. It’s complicity." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
when team no fight / centrist dems lose Ezra Klein ….
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Powell called out Trump for making stuff up to smear him
"I'm not aware of that, Mr President. I haven't heard that from anybody at the Fed. You just added in a third building is what that is. No, it was built five years ago. We finished it five years ago. It's not new."
"I'm not aware of that, Mr President. I haven't heard that from anybody at the Fed. You just added in a third building is what that is. No, it was built five years ago. We finished it five years ago. It's not new."
July 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Powell called out Trump for making stuff up to smear him
"I'm not aware of that, Mr President. I haven't heard that from anybody at the Fed. You just added in a third building is what that is. No, it was built five years ago. We finished it five years ago. It's not new."
"I'm not aware of that, Mr President. I haven't heard that from anybody at the Fed. You just added in a third building is what that is. No, it was built five years ago. We finished it five years ago. It's not new."
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WATCH: “Denying it will not stop it.”
Genocide scholar (and former IDF soldier) Omer Bartov on why he wrote his “Never Again” NYT piece
Genocide scholar (and former IDF soldier) Omer Bartov on why he wrote his “Never Again” NYT piece
July 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
WATCH: “Denying it will not stop it.”
Genocide scholar (and former IDF soldier) Omer Bartov on why he wrote his “Never Again” NYT piece
Genocide scholar (and former IDF soldier) Omer Bartov on why he wrote his “Never Again” NYT piece
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Sadly the people who most need to watch this whole thing won’t. But we sure will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-W...
(Mehdi is not the one you want to bring the weak sauce to)
(Mehdi is not the one you want to bring the weak sauce to)
July 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Sadly the people who most need to watch this whole thing won’t. But we sure will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-W...
(Mehdi is not the one you want to bring the weak sauce to)
(Mehdi is not the one you want to bring the weak sauce to)
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I honestly questioned whether Press Box Chronicles would work. But we're about to hit 25k subs. So ... hey. And I deserve 0 credit--wasn't my idea. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQrG...
How Anabolic Steroids usage led one man to Brain Cancer: The story of former NFL lineman Lyle Alzado
YouTube video by Press Box Chronicles with Jeff Pearlman
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July 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I honestly questioned whether Press Box Chronicles would work. But we're about to hit 25k subs. So ... hey. And I deserve 0 credit--wasn't my idea. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQrG...
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Tom Brady is with Trump today.
A good reminder: Brady is a douche.
A good reminder: Brady is a douche.
July 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Tom Brady is with Trump today.
A good reminder: Brady is a douche.
A good reminder: Brady is a douche.
We Warned About the First China Shock. The Next One Will Be Worse. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
Opinion | We Warned About the First China Shock. The Next One Will Be Worse.
www.nytimes.com
July 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We Warned About the First China Shock. The Next One Will Be Worse. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
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NEW from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social — "Epstein and Trump: What We Know"
A seminal read in @thebulwark.com Morning Shots: www.thebulwark.com/p/america-th...
A seminal read in @thebulwark.com Morning Shots: www.thebulwark.com/p/america-th...
America Thirst
Welcome to the era of Trump-branded globalism.
www.thebulwark.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
NEW from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social — "Epstein and Trump: What We Know"
A seminal read in @thebulwark.com Morning Shots: www.thebulwark.com/p/america-th...
A seminal read in @thebulwark.com Morning Shots: www.thebulwark.com/p/america-th...
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Bolsonaro. Le Pen. Putin. Netanyahu. Bukele. MBS.
Why does Trump tell other countries — and ours — to go easy on authoritarian lawbreakers, defendants, and criminal suspects?
Because he’s a criminal himself. He’s using American power not to serve Americans, but to protect his fellow scoundrels.
Why does Trump tell other countries — and ours — to go easy on authoritarian lawbreakers, defendants, and criminal suspects?
Because he’s a criminal himself. He’s using American power not to serve Americans, but to protect his fellow scoundrels.
Trump’s Foreign Policy: Felons First
The pattern is clear—he’s using American power not to help Americans but to shield foreign authoritarians from justice.
lnk.thebulwark.com
July 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Bolsonaro. Le Pen. Putin. Netanyahu. Bukele. MBS.
Why does Trump tell other countries — and ours — to go easy on authoritarian lawbreakers, defendants, and criminal suspects?
Because he’s a criminal himself. He’s using American power not to serve Americans, but to protect his fellow scoundrels.
Why does Trump tell other countries — and ours — to go easy on authoritarian lawbreakers, defendants, and criminal suspects?
Because he’s a criminal himself. He’s using American power not to serve Americans, but to protect his fellow scoundrels.
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CNBC: What about using tariffs to modify some other country's behavior? What if people start doing that to us?
HASSETT: Look, the president has made clear there are a couple national emergencies
CNBC: What about Brazil?
HASSETT: Brazil has been transshipping Chinese goods
HASSETT: Look, the president has made clear there are a couple national emergencies
CNBC: What about Brazil?
HASSETT: Brazil has been transshipping Chinese goods
July 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
CNBC: What about using tariffs to modify some other country's behavior? What if people start doing that to us?
HASSETT: Look, the president has made clear there are a couple national emergencies
CNBC: What about Brazil?
HASSETT: Brazil has been transshipping Chinese goods
HASSETT: Look, the president has made clear there are a couple national emergencies
CNBC: What about Brazil?
HASSETT: Brazil has been transshipping Chinese goods
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I have wondered for a long time which mattered more: reality, or the online perception of reality. If people whose children die still don't believe in vaccines, then we have the answer.
“Their kids die of measles and they still don’t believe it.”
MSNBC Senior reporter @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social explains why the misinformation coming from RFK Jr. around vaccines is ‘cynicism,’ not ‘skepticism’. “This is an anti-vaccine activist in charge of public health” #VELSHI
MSNBC Senior reporter @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social explains why the misinformation coming from RFK Jr. around vaccines is ‘cynicism,’ not ‘skepticism’. “This is an anti-vaccine activist in charge of public health” #VELSHI
RFK Jr. ‘makes a living on lawsuits that target vaccines:’ Brandy Zadrozny on HHS measles response
Measles cases have reached a 33-year high with breakouts across 39 states. Critics have called on HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to do more to stop the spread. Kennedy has been advocating alternatives to the MMR vaccine. MSNBC Senior Reporter Brandy Zadrozny argues this is “vaccine cynicism” coming from “a person who makes a living on lawsuits that target vaccines, an anti-vaccine activist in charge of public health,” says Zadrozny.
www.msnbc.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I have wondered for a long time which mattered more: reality, or the online perception of reality. If people whose children die still don't believe in vaccines, then we have the answer.
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It is simply not in any way serious or credible to fire a Fed chair over a building renovation. Period. Reporters should cover this for what it is—in your face politicization of US monetary policy. Then cover the ramifications for markets and the global economy like @colbylsmith.bsky.social did
July 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It is simply not in any way serious or credible to fire a Fed chair over a building renovation. Period. Reporters should cover this for what it is—in your face politicization of US monetary policy. Then cover the ramifications for markets and the global economy like @colbylsmith.bsky.social did
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Arguably the damage is done, no one stepping into the job as Fed Chair can be reasonably seen as independent
Trump has yet to name his pick to replace Powell, but whomever he chooses will have to overcome doubts that they are setting interest rates free of influence from the White House or risk eroding the institution’s credibility www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/b... @nytimes.com @darioperkins.bsky.social
Trump’s Push for Influence Over Fed Decisions May Hobble Next Chair
www.nytimes.com
July 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Arguably the damage is done, no one stepping into the job as Fed Chair can be reasonably seen as independent
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KARL: Does the president have the authority to fire the Fed chair?
HASSETT: That's a thing that's being looked into, but certainly if there's cause, he does
HASSETT: That's a thing that's being looked into, but certainly if there's cause, he does
July 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
KARL: Does the president have the authority to fire the Fed chair?
HASSETT: That's a thing that's being looked into, but certainly if there's cause, he does
HASSETT: That's a thing that's being looked into, but certainly if there's cause, he does
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Holy shit -- Kevin Hassett completely bombs on ABC when pressed by Jon Karl to explain how Trump can possibly justify 50% tariffs on Brazil even though the country has a trade *deficit* with the US
July 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Holy shit -- Kevin Hassett completely bombs on ABC when pressed by Jon Karl to explain how Trump can possibly justify 50% tariffs on Brazil even though the country has a trade *deficit* with the US
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Noem on a federal judge blocking the Trump administration from racially profiling: "Judges are getting political. It's not their job. I hope they can bring some dignity back to the bench, because we certainly are lacking it now from many of these federal judges."
July 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Noem on a federal judge blocking the Trump administration from racially profiling: "Judges are getting political. It's not their job. I hope they can bring some dignity back to the bench, because we certainly are lacking it now from many of these federal judges."
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Tom Nichols: "Donald Trump ran, in order of importance, for three reasons: stay out of prison, get revenge on his enemies, enrich himself and the people around him by every means possible. Everything else is just window dressing."
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Tom Nichols: "Donald Trump ran, in order of importance, for three reasons: stay out of prison, get revenge on his enemies, enrich himself and the people around him by every means possible. Everything ...
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July 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Tom Nichols: "Donald Trump ran, in order of importance, for three reasons: stay out of prison, get revenge on his enemies, enrich himself and the people around him by every means possible. Everything else is just window dressing."
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This is what Schedule F is for
July 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This is what Schedule F is for