Diane Werts
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Happy anniversary to #NewCoke, the how-do-you-do-fellow-kids-iest possible cola-wars move (and prompt for some truly hilarious conspiracy theories) www.history.com/this-day-in-...
New Coke debuts, one of the biggest product flops in history | April 23, 1985 | HISTORY
On April 23, 1985, The Coca-Cola Company announces that it is changing the formula of its signature soft drink for the first time in 99 years. The short-lived, sweeter New Coke, as it is called, debut...
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April 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Happy anniversary to #NewCoke, the how-do-you-do-fellow-kids-iest possible cola-wars move (and prompt for some truly hilarious conspiracy theories) www.history.com/this-day-in-...
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Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
March 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
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As of today, there are more kids infected with measles than there are trans athletes playing in college sports in the U.S.
March 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
As of today, there are more kids infected with measles than there are trans athletes playing in college sports in the U.S.
Amazing eye-opener! Stream the "American Masters" doc "The Disappearance of Miss Scott" (thru March 22), about the jazz piano/singing star and '50s TV pioneer. Until her activism and the Blacklist killed her career. (Name-checks from Billie Holiday to Mickey Guyton.)
www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
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The Disappearance of Miss Scott - Watch the Hazel Scott documentary now | American Masters | PBS
Jazz virtuoso and screen superstar Hazel Scott was the first Black American to have their own television show.
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March 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Amazing eye-opener! Stream the "American Masters" doc "The Disappearance of Miss Scott" (thru March 22), about the jazz piano/singing star and '50s TV pioneer. Until her activism and the Blacklist killed her career. (Name-checks from Billie Holiday to Mickey Guyton.)
www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
"There is no evidence that Trump is a figure of deep thought or serious insight. There is no evidence that Trump is anything other than..an ego-driven creature of boundless envy and vicious overlapping resentments..on a grand tour of retribution against the public."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...
Opinion | Trump Promised Retribution. Turns Out He Had a Very Big Target in Mind. (Gift Article)
It is hard to describe the president’s first month and a half in office as something other than a retribution campaign against the American people.
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March 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
"There is no evidence that Trump is a figure of deep thought or serious insight. There is no evidence that Trump is anything other than..an ego-driven creature of boundless envy and vicious overlapping resentments..on a grand tour of retribution against the public."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...
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19. Will Friedwald, The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums. No book I read this year brought me more joy or cost me more money in vinyl and CDs. It’s hard to hit the sweet spot between scholarship, enthusiasm and excellent taste but WF does it repeatedly here. A glorious swan song. CURTAIN.
December 30, 2024 at 9:03 PM
19. Will Friedwald, The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums. No book I read this year brought me more joy or cost me more money in vinyl and CDs. It’s hard to hit the sweet spot between scholarship, enthusiasm and excellent taste but WF does it repeatedly here. A glorious swan song. CURTAIN.
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
"If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky ... "
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Opinion | A Day of American Infamy (Gift Article)
A dreadful moment for Ukraine, for the free world, for the legacy of an America that once stood for the principles of the Atlantic Charter.
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March 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky ... "
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
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Never forget this day, February 28, 2025, when an American president abused and betrayed a democratic ally in the midst of a barbaric war with Russia. This grotesque stain will never wash away.
February 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Never forget this day, February 28, 2025, when an American president abused and betrayed a democratic ally in the midst of a barbaric war with Russia. This grotesque stain will never wash away.
So Tump is presented a letter from King Charles during a press conference. He doesn't read it aloud. He doesn't respond to what it says. (UK PM has to explain it invites him for a state visit.) I'm starting to think he's illiterate.
February 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
So Tump is presented a letter from King Charles during a press conference. He doesn't read it aloud. He doesn't respond to what it says. (UK PM has to explain it invites him for a state visit.) I'm starting to think he's illiterate.
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The WHCA responds: "This move tears at the independence of a free press in the United States. It suggests the government will choose the journalists who cover the president. In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps."
The White House Press Secretary says that the White House Press team, not the White House Correspondents Association, will now pick the pool.
Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2
February 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The WHCA responds: "This move tears at the independence of a free press in the United States. It suggests the government will choose the journalists who cover the president. In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps."
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lol
BASH: I remember a time when Republicans were very careful about the government having access to personal data
NOEM: Well, we can't trust the government anymore
BASH: You are the government
NOEM: Well, we can't trust the government anymore
BASH: You are the government
February 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
lol
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Someone explain to Elon Musk that this is why 'regulations' exist.
Because in the United States, it’s legal to feed chicken shit to cattle.
That’s why. That’s literally the reason
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
That’s why. That’s literally the reason
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
February 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Someone explain to Elon Musk that this is why 'regulations' exist.
So, making us dumber is now a priority. Pretty soon we'll be as ignorant as . . . you know . . .
More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis found. The purges have removed information about vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes, scientific research and more.
Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday
Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”
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February 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM
So, making us dumber is now a priority. Pretty soon we'll be as ignorant as . . . you know . . .
Here I am! Up to no good!
Machine took my quarter!
Machine took my quarter!
February 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Here I am! Up to no good!
Machine took my quarter!
Machine took my quarter!