Paul Blumenthal
@paulblumenthal.bsky.social
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It was the Blue Angels. Captured them all the way uptown.
October 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It was the Blue Angels. Captured them all the way uptown.
Trump's corrupt DOJ is giving him what he wants
September 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Trump's corrupt DOJ is giving him what he wants
These are just some of more high profile episodes of political violence since Trump entered the political fray. This kind of political violence had been rare -- albeit not non-existent and, at times, deadly, as in OKC -- for many years before that www.huffpost.com/entry/charli...
September 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
These are just some of more high profile episodes of political violence since Trump entered the political fray. This kind of political violence had been rare -- albeit not non-existent and, at times, deadly, as in OKC -- for many years before that www.huffpost.com/entry/charli...
Brett, Stop. Just stop. www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
September 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Brett, Stop. Just stop. www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
September 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Mitch McConnell hot dog car crash meme www.kentucky.com/news/politic...
September 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Mitch McConnell hot dog car crash meme www.kentucky.com/news/politic...
Why does every Substack devolve immediately into:
August 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Why does every Substack devolve immediately into:
"Overton window"
2 mentions, both Republicans: Chip Roy and Cornyn
2 mentions, both Republicans: Chip Roy and Cornyn
August 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Overton window"
2 mentions, both Republicans: Chip Roy and Cornyn
2 mentions, both Republicans: Chip Roy and Cornyn
"Microaggression"
There are 16 of these, the plurality are resolutions introduced by Dems on minority health disparities. There are also a few instances of GOP derision. Some examples:
There are 16 of these, the plurality are resolutions introduced by Dems on minority health disparities. There are also a few instances of GOP derision. Some examples:
August 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"Microaggression"
There are 16 of these, the plurality are resolutions introduced by Dems on minority health disparities. There are also a few instances of GOP derision. Some examples:
There are 16 of these, the plurality are resolutions introduced by Dems on minority health disparities. There are also a few instances of GOP derision. Some examples:
"Holding space"
1 use by Dem Rep. Dean Phillips
(all other recent uses refer to livestock)
1 use by Dem Rep. Dean Phillips
(all other recent uses refer to livestock)
August 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Holding space"
1 use by Dem Rep. Dean Phillips
(all other recent uses refer to livestock)
1 use by Dem Rep. Dean Phillips
(all other recent uses refer to livestock)
OK, going to use the Congressional Record to see how these "blacklisted" terms are used.
"Cultural appropriation"
2 uses, one by GOP Rep. Bacon and one by Dem Rep. Barbara Lee
"Cultural appropriation"
2 uses, one by GOP Rep. Bacon and one by Dem Rep. Barbara Lee
August 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
OK, going to use the Congressional Record to see how these "blacklisted" terms are used.
"Cultural appropriation"
2 uses, one by GOP Rep. Bacon and one by Dem Rep. Barbara Lee
"Cultural appropriation"
2 uses, one by GOP Rep. Bacon and one by Dem Rep. Barbara Lee
I missed this completely ridiculous letter SG Sauer submitted to the appeals court hearing the IEEPA tariff case last week. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
August 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I missed this completely ridiculous letter SG Sauer submitted to the appeals court hearing the IEEPA tariff case last week. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Ho's order has already led to an order for the release of another man arrested after attending an immigration hearing storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
August 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Ho's order has already led to an order for the release of another man arrested after attending an immigration hearing storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Pretty important decision from Judge Dale Ho on courthouse arrests of those attending their immigration hearings: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
August 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Pretty important decision from Judge Dale Ho on courthouse arrests of those attending their immigration hearings: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Our first Jewish president
August 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Our first Jewish president
I think her relationship (both personal and professional) with her father is key here -- as you note. He was no different than Epstein. Helped Semion Mogilevich, who was alleged to run prostitution rings, launder money. Israeli intelligence provided him prostitutes, as did others. Thus:
August 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I think her relationship (both personal and professional) with her father is key here -- as you note. He was no different than Epstein. Helped Semion Mogilevich, who was alleged to run prostitution rings, launder money. Israeli intelligence provided him prostitutes, as did others. Thus:
And some more on the Trump-Maxwell relationship, which included young women passing between Trump and Maxwell-Epstein www.huffpost.com/entry/ghisla...
August 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
And some more on the Trump-Maxwell relationship, which included young women passing between Trump and Maxwell-Epstein www.huffpost.com/entry/ghisla...
This comment the White House gave to @delaneyrules.bsky.social raises more questions than it purports to answer.
Was Maxwell subject to "death threats, and significant safety and danger concerns?"
That's a new one with no evidence offered to back it up.
www.huffpost.com/entry/ghisla...
Was Maxwell subject to "death threats, and significant safety and danger concerns?"
That's a new one with no evidence offered to back it up.
www.huffpost.com/entry/ghisla...
August 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This comment the White House gave to @delaneyrules.bsky.social raises more questions than it purports to answer.
Was Maxwell subject to "death threats, and significant safety and danger concerns?"
That's a new one with no evidence offered to back it up.
www.huffpost.com/entry/ghisla...
Was Maxwell subject to "death threats, and significant safety and danger concerns?"
That's a new one with no evidence offered to back it up.
www.huffpost.com/entry/ghisla...
It also just so happens to be a real life QAnon, the most potent Trumpist myth that is built on tropes from captivity narratives, secret societies and nativist myths (not to mention anti-Semitism)
July 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
It also just so happens to be a real life QAnon, the most potent Trumpist myth that is built on tropes from captivity narratives, secret societies and nativist myths (not to mention anti-Semitism)
The Epstein story is a narrative of elite corruption. By latching onto it the right co-opted anti-elite sentiment and tapped into a rich vein of American mythos about secret elite cabals
July 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The Epstein story is a narrative of elite corruption. By latching onto it the right co-opted anti-elite sentiment and tapped into a rich vein of American mythos about secret elite cabals