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You can trash the country, the Constitution, and democracy, but hands off the economy.
"I wanna rock and roll all night/ And part of every day."
we haven’t done misheard lyrics in a while and it’s a nice distraction from The Horrors. what’s your favorite mondegreen?
I misheard that lyric for years also but fwiw it’s “Bible’s got psalms”
December 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"I wanna rock and roll all night/ And part of every day."
"Dazed compunction?" "Freaksome lynching?" "Attack on her personhood?" "Navigated her?"
That's prose that actively works against meaning.
That's prose that actively works against meaning.
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"Dazed compunction?" "Freaksome lynching?" "Attack on her personhood?" "Navigated her?"
That's prose that actively works against meaning.
That's prose that actively works against meaning.
Samuel Beckett presents "American Canto." Sounds as if it really is a story and text for nothing.
Also, Ezra Pound already did American cantos and, uh, that's not a good precedent for a boatload of reasons.
Also, Ezra Pound already did American cantos and, uh, that's not a good precedent for a boatload of reasons.
This book needed chapters.
It wouldn’t have fixed the book. (God no.) but it would’ve forced an ounce of structure onto this structureless mess.
This is like watching a twelve-hour play with no intermission.
It wouldn’t have fixed the book. (God no.) but it would’ve forced an ounce of structure onto this structureless mess.
This is like watching a twelve-hour play with no intermission.
December 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Samuel Beckett presents "American Canto." Sounds as if it really is a story and text for nothing.
Also, Ezra Pound already did American cantos and, uh, that's not a good precedent for a boatload of reasons.
Also, Ezra Pound already did American cantos and, uh, that's not a good precedent for a boatload of reasons.
This seems like a suboptimal way to deal with the plunging crime rate.
However, it's an excellent way to announce that he has massive and deep-seated sexual insecurities.
Mr. "Masculine Leadership" would get his ass kicked by an eight year old.
However, it's an excellent way to announce that he has massive and deep-seated sexual insecurities.
Mr. "Masculine Leadership" would get his ass kicked by an eight year old.
it does feel like an intense societal problem that the founder of palantir, the biggest survellience company, thinks like this
December 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This seems like a suboptimal way to deal with the plunging crime rate.
However, it's an excellent way to announce that he has massive and deep-seated sexual insecurities.
Mr. "Masculine Leadership" would get his ass kicked by an eight year old.
However, it's an excellent way to announce that he has massive and deep-seated sexual insecurities.
Mr. "Masculine Leadership" would get his ass kicked by an eight year old.
Just wondering when the Trump insiders will start publishing tell-alls about his dementia, ignorance, and stupidity.
I'm guessing the first one drops ~three months after the midterms.
I'm guessing the first one drops ~three months after the midterms.
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just wondering when the Trump insiders will start publishing tell-alls about his dementia, ignorance, and stupidity.
I'm guessing the first one drops ~three months after the midterms.
I'm guessing the first one drops ~three months after the midterms.
"Laden with cargo?" Did he have a parrot on his shoulder when he said that?
Rep. Crawford defends Hegseth's second strike on a demolished boat: "They were trying to right that ship. It was still laden with cargo. They were potentially signaling other vessels in the region."
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"Laden with cargo?" Did he have a parrot on his shoulder when he said that?
Yeah, making money is something you apologize for in a borough where the median rent is $4600.
"Men need to spend money to get laid!"
Meanwhile, just the other day...
Meanwhile, just the other day...
December 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Yeah, making money is something you apologize for in a borough where the median rent is $4600.
Wage growth from September 2024 September 2025 was 0.8%. With a median income of $83430, that's ~$669.
FOX: The numbers that we looked at show that inflation is still higher than wage growth
HASSETT: No. Wage growth is higher than inflation now. I'll send you an email
FOX: Inflation is at 2.9%
HASSETT: Real wage growth is $1,200 over the year. I'll show it to you
HASSETT: No. Wage growth is higher than inflation now. I'll send you an email
FOX: Inflation is at 2.9%
HASSETT: Real wage growth is $1,200 over the year. I'll show it to you
December 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Wage growth from September 2024 September 2025 was 0.8%. With a median income of $83430, that's ~$669.
She's literally arguing that the Secretary of State can murder anyone anywhere.
Batya might be just fine with a dudetrustme basis for a terrorist designation, but Americans with a functioning moral compass actually expect a plausible public rationale for who is to be treated as a terrorist in our name.
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
She's literally arguing that the Secretary of State can murder anyone anywhere.
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Every election, some people convince themselves that it's possible to beat a Republican in a safe seat.
There's zero chance of a 13 point swing in SC. Donate to a candidate who could win.
There's zero chance of a 13 point swing in SC. Donate to a candidate who could win.
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Every election, some people convince themselves that it's possible to beat a Republican in a safe seat.
There's zero chance of a 13 point swing in SC. Donate to a candidate who could win.
There's zero chance of a 13 point swing in SC. Donate to a candidate who could win.
Sounds like the set up to a Hallmark Xmas film.
Romance in the Beltway: a disgraced reporter returns to DC only to discover she's working with the ex who cost her her previous job. Will their love be a Christmas miracle?
Alternative title: You've Got Issues.
Romance in the Beltway: a disgraced reporter returns to DC only to discover she's working with the ex who cost her her previous job. Will their love be a Christmas miracle?
Alternative title: You've Got Issues.
Let’s just make Olivia Nuzzi SecDef and merge the timeline.
December 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Sounds like the set up to a Hallmark Xmas film.
Romance in the Beltway: a disgraced reporter returns to DC only to discover she's working with the ex who cost her her previous job. Will their love be a Christmas miracle?
Alternative title: You've Got Issues.
Romance in the Beltway: a disgraced reporter returns to DC only to discover she's working with the ex who cost her her previous job. Will their love be a Christmas miracle?
Alternative title: You've Got Issues.
This is the Bluesky version of Murc's Law.
Every one is blaming pelosi for this
December 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is the Bluesky version of Murc's Law.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Matty raises a good point. The best way to win elections is to do absolutely nothing.
Wait, that's idiotic. Never mind.
Wait, that's idiotic. Never mind.
Y’all talked too much about the TN-7 race, turned it high salience, juiced turnout, and wrecked Dems’ chances of sneaking in a win.
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Matty raises a good point. The best way to win elections is to do absolutely nothing.
Wait, that's idiotic. Never mind.
Wait, that's idiotic. Never mind.
The lowest gas prices are in OK at $2.40. National average is $3.00.
So yeah, that's unthinkable -- although if/when he trashes the economy, we'll certainly see low prices.
So yeah, that's unthinkable -- although if/when he trashes the economy, we'll certainly see low prices.
Trump claims that gas prices are "$1.99 in some places of the country. Unthinkable."
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The lowest gas prices are in OK at $2.40. National average is $3.00.
So yeah, that's unthinkable -- although if/when he trashes the economy, we'll certainly see low prices.
So yeah, that's unthinkable -- although if/when he trashes the economy, we'll certainly see low prices.
This is an excellent thread, and I would add that insulting your readers seems like a very bad strategy even for a paper that hasn't failed as repeatedly and egregiously as the Times.
For my part, I would say that questioning the framing of some Times stories—for example, the highlighting of Trump’s putative emotions or the foregrounding of what he says (even when, as is often the case, what he says is false)—is not an indication that I want my “views validated.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is an excellent thread, and I would add that insulting your readers seems like a very bad strategy even for a paper that hasn't failed as repeatedly and egregiously as the Times.
In all seriousness, I would love to have this person take five minutes to explain how they think this works.
December 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In all seriousness, I would love to have this person take five minutes to explain how they think this works.
“It was just an MRI,” he said. “What part of the body? It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and I aced it.”
Yeah, that's a real quote.
apnews.com/article/dona...
Yeah, that's a real quote.
apnews.com/article/dona...
Doctor says Trump had preventative screening MRI on heart, abdomen with 'perfectly normal' results
Trump’s doctor says the president had MRI imaging on his heart and abdomen in October as part of a preventative screening for men his age.
apnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
“It was just an MRI,” he said. “What part of the body? It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and I aced it.”
Yeah, that's a real quote.
apnews.com/article/dona...
Yeah, that's a real quote.
apnews.com/article/dona...
December 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The Atlantic has some excellent writers. It also has some who are clueless and dishonest.
53% of American adults did not get flu vaccine last season. 77% did not get Covid booster. Totally agree that they are all pod people who cannot be trusted to be part of our democratic discussion. So grateful that ace reporters like you are still brave enough to tell the truth.
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The Atlantic has some excellent writers. It also has some who are clueless and dishonest.
Let’s see if this is the start of actual coverage of Trump’s decline: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Let’s see if this is the start of actual coverage of Trump’s decline: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
A lot of people *think* they love hot weather. Some really do, but many don't.
By the way I think the number one thing that the internet underrates in housing choice is that people (insanely, in my view) seem to love hot weather
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A lot of people *think* they love hot weather. Some really do, but many don't.
Somehow, Zimmerman misses the fact that Mamdani DID say Trump was a fascist, and repeated that after the Oval Office visit.
Zimmerman also concedes that Trump is at least fascist adjacent and a vicious racist, but we shouldn't say that because...polls.
Just clown shit.
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Zimmerman also concedes that Trump is at least fascist adjacent and a vicious racist, but we shouldn't say that because...polls.
Just clown shit.
share.inquirer.com/OzSg1S
To defeat Trump, stop calling him names
Calling the president a fascist does nothing to advance the Democrats’ cause — and more of the party's leaders would do well to realize that, Jonathan Zimmerman writes.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Somehow, Zimmerman misses the fact that Mamdani DID say Trump was a fascist, and repeated that after the Oval Office visit.
Zimmerman also concedes that Trump is at least fascist adjacent and a vicious racist, but we shouldn't say that because...polls.
Just clown shit.
share.inquirer.com/OzSg1S
Zimmerman also concedes that Trump is at least fascist adjacent and a vicious racist, but we shouldn't say that because...polls.
Just clown shit.
share.inquirer.com/OzSg1S