Philip Bump
@pbump.com
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Philip Bump
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· Oct 11
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The Gallup poll finding that 4 in 10 (!) young women would like to move out of the U.S. is striking. But it's also probably a symptom of a deeper problem: a lack of confidence in the American system and its ability to self-correct. www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
The subtext to the surge in young women saying they hope to leave the U.S.
Polling, like anything else that involves human beings, is not strictly analytical. There is an emotional aspect to the results, a natural side effect of asking people how they feel about candidates o...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Gallup poll finding that 4 in 10 (!) young women would like to move out of the U.S. is striking. But it's also probably a symptom of a deeper problem: a lack of confidence in the American system and its ability to self-correct. www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
Times has a new report up about a Florida Republican's alleged exploitation of a minor. Uh, sorry: a different Florida Republican. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Girl Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Times has a new report up about a Florida Republican's alleged exploitation of a minor. Uh, sorry: a different Florida Republican. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
The Gallup poll finding that 4 in 10 (!) young women would like to move out of the U.S. is striking. But it's also probably a symptom of a deeper problem: a lack of confidence in the American system and its ability to self-correct. www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
The subtext to the surge in young women saying they hope to leave the U.S.
Polling, like anything else that involves human beings, is not strictly analytical. There is an emotional aspect to the results, a natural side effect of asking people how they feel about candidates o...
www.pbump.net
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Gallup poll finding that 4 in 10 (!) young women would like to move out of the U.S. is striking. But it's also probably a symptom of a deeper problem: a lack of confidence in the American system and its ability to self-correct. www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
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According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Per @jenniferjjacobs.bsky.social, DOD presented Trump with plans for strikes in Venezuela yesterday, including on the ground. Astonishing to see the U.S. on the brink of another regime-change invasion with essentially none of the pre-2003 effort to rationalize it domestically and internationally.
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Per @jenniferjjacobs.bsky.social, DOD presented Trump with plans for strikes in Venezuela yesterday, including on the ground. Astonishing to see the U.S. on the brink of another regime-change invasion with essentially none of the pre-2003 effort to rationalize it domestically and internationally.
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"On the first question, several jury members struggled to stifle laughter as Lairmore expanded on the hoagie’s alleged explosive properties. 'It was like, Oh, you poor baby,' the juror told me." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Inside the Sandwich Guy’s Jury Deliberations
Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm?
www.theatlantic.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"On the first question, several jury members struggled to stifle laughter as Lairmore expanded on the hoagie’s alleged explosive properties. 'It was like, Oh, you poor baby,' the juror told me." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
This is what Trump means by affordability.
Eric Trump: "You can send $500 million worth of bitcoin on a Sunday night at 11pm while having a glass of wine with your wife for virtually zero fees."
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is what Trump means by affordability.
One thing I wasn’t prepared for as a parent was how much time I’d have to spend triaging damage done indirectly by other kids’ shitty parents.
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
One thing I wasn’t prepared for as a parent was how much time I’d have to spend triaging damage done indirectly by other kids’ shitty parents.
Dropping kid off at school, saw a pickup with a Blue Lives Matter flag, an FOP sticker … and a decal reading, “When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.”
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Dropping kid off at school, saw a pickup with a Blue Lives Matter flag, an FOP sticker … and a decal reading, “When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.”
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Legislation to reopen the government also includes a provision that would allow eight GOP senators to sue the FBI over phone searches.
@pbump.com joins @stephruhle.bsky.social with an important reminder: "The FBI was investigating Donald Trump's effort to steal the 2020 election."
@pbump.com joins @stephruhle.bsky.social with an important reminder: "The FBI was investigating Donald Trump's effort to steal the 2020 election."
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Legislation to reopen the government also includes a provision that would allow eight GOP senators to sue the FBI over phone searches.
@pbump.com joins @stephruhle.bsky.social with an important reminder: "The FBI was investigating Donald Trump's effort to steal the 2020 election."
@pbump.com joins @stephruhle.bsky.social with an important reminder: "The FBI was investigating Donald Trump's effort to steal the 2020 election."
Trump: [seizing his monkey paw this morning]: change the conversation away from how I said there weren’t any talented Americans
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Trump: [seizing his monkey paw this morning]: change the conversation away from how I said there weren’t any talented Americans
Also, imagine being the person who was like, “nah, there are no other questions to answer” *today*.
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Also, imagine being the person who was like, “nah, there are no other questions to answer” *today*.
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This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
1. This email mentions some machinations involving the dubious sale of a Palm Beach house. bsky.app/profile/davi...
November 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
1. This email mentions some machinations involving the dubious sale of a Palm Beach house. bsky.app/profile/davi...
1. In an email, Epstein mentions a former girlfriend he "gave" to Trump.
bsky.app/profile/arid...
bsky.app/profile/arid...
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
1. In an email, Epstein mentions a former girlfriend he "gave" to Trump.
bsky.app/profile/arid...
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NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
It is moments like this in which it's useful for a president to have at least one defender who has some credibility.
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It is moments like this in which it's useful for a president to have at least one defender who has some credibility.
Was listening to a (painful) podcast about the shutdown in which it was argued that the Democrats took the best deal that they could. Which isn't really the point.
The point is primarily that *politically* the resolution of the fight disadvantaged Democrats, from framing to implementation.
The point is primarily that *politically* the resolution of the fight disadvantaged Democrats, from framing to implementation.
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Was listening to a (painful) podcast about the shutdown in which it was argued that the Democrats took the best deal that they could. Which isn't really the point.
The point is primarily that *politically* the resolution of the fight disadvantaged Democrats, from framing to implementation.
The point is primarily that *politically* the resolution of the fight disadvantaged Democrats, from framing to implementation.
Included in the Epstein files released today is a video of a dog chewing up a Trump dog toy — a toy I wrote about back in July 2016. www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix...
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Included in the Epstein files released today is a video of a dog chewing up a Trump dog toy — a toy I wrote about back in July 2016. www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix...
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If you are also a scientist, sure. If you aren't, like these guys, you should probably shut the fuck up and let the people whose opinions matter talk.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If you are also a scientist, sure. If you aren't, like these guys, you should probably shut the fuck up and let the people whose opinions matter talk.
"Bias is when you choose to not cover things that hurt you politically but focus on things you think are helpful," presented in word and deed.
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"Bias is when you choose to not cover things that hurt you politically but focus on things you think are helpful," presented in word and deed.
Wrote a bit about this yesterday. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
More examples from this week! You are getting a lot of "free check might be on the way" stories on local news and the free check is not on the way.
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Wrote a bit about this yesterday. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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"The opinion also states that drug cartels are selling drugs to finance a campaign of violence and extortion, according to four people." That would be remarkable, since it's not how drug cartels work. They use violence to protect their business--selling drugs. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. troops not liable in boat strikes, classified Justice Dept. memo says
In a classified memo, the Trump administration’s Office of Legal Counsel said that U.S. troops would not be liable for participating in boat strikes on alleged narco-traffickers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"The opinion also states that drug cartels are selling drugs to finance a campaign of violence and extortion, according to four people." That would be remarkable, since it's not how drug cartels work. They use violence to protect their business--selling drugs. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...