Rob Grant
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Sandwich verdict wasn’t jury nullification. It was failure to prove the required “reasonable fear of physical injury” in a case where the agent was wearing A BULLETPROOF VEST. The only crime was the waste of resources on this case. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | The sandwich thrower was wrong. But Jeanine Pirro was, too.
To establish a forcible assault, jurors were required to find that Dunn caused “reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm.” That allegation was laughable.
www.msnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Sandwich verdict wasn’t jury nullification. It was failure to prove the required “reasonable fear of physical injury” in a case where the agent was wearing A BULLETPROOF VEST. The only crime was the waste of resources on this case. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
One way you can tell that Dr. Oz is a serious man of science and not at all a quack is because he gives ranges like 125,000,000 to 135,000,000,000
If he is saying billion, with a B, that's about 400 pounds per person, which seems like an unhealthy amount of weight to lose. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Oz: We thought it was 125 million pounds. Our estimate is Americans will lose 135 billion pounds by the midterms
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
One way you can tell that Dr. Oz is a serious man of science and not at all a quack is because he gives ranges like 125,000,000 to 135,000,000,000
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates
This is yet again a jurisprudence that refuses to accept any criticism.
I was just really amused by Alito's pearl-clutching about Scalia's intellectual integrity yesterday like pls be serious
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
Sam Alito Forced to Briefly Contemplate the Crushing Weight of His Intellectual Bankruptcy
On Monday, the justice came agonizingly close to acknowledging how freely self-described textualists set aside the text when they find it inconvenient.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is yet again a jurisprudence that refuses to accept any criticism.
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Remember that time Dick Cheney shot a guy in the face and then the guy had to go on TV and apologise for how being shot in the face made Dick Cheny look bad?
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Remember that time Dick Cheney shot a guy in the face and then the guy had to go on TV and apologise for how being shot in the face made Dick Cheny look bad?
Mike Johnson is less interested in current events than my 11 year old.
RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Mike Johnson is less interested in current events than my 11 year old.
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The simplest reason why the Trump administration is cutting off SNAP, despite adequate reserves, is that they hate the program and don't care about the people who depend upon it.
They are breaking the law not to provide SNAP while also enforcing the "equal treatment rules" to hurt SNAP users.
They are breaking the law not to provide SNAP while also enforcing the "equal treatment rules" to hurt SNAP users.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The simplest reason why the Trump administration is cutting off SNAP, despite adequate reserves, is that they hate the program and don't care about the people who depend upon it.
They are breaking the law not to provide SNAP while also enforcing the "equal treatment rules" to hurt SNAP users.
They are breaking the law not to provide SNAP while also enforcing the "equal treatment rules" to hurt SNAP users.
Yamamoto absolute baseball legend now
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Yamamoto absolute baseball legend now
Empty Pages is that anything
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Empty Pages is that anything
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Handin' out pocket-sized Constitutions to trick or treaters this year. Go get a Snickers bar next door, Waldo. Uncle George is hooking you up with the Separation of Powers and whatnot.
November 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Handin' out pocket-sized Constitutions to trick or treaters this year. Go get a Snickers bar next door, Waldo. Uncle George is hooking you up with the Separation of Powers and whatnot.
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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Ah yes, "We the Democrats" is definitely what a Republican official in a Republican administration meant when she said "your government is failing you...we have failed you"
Mike Johnson immediately tries to clean up for Brooke Rollins: "When she says 'we have failed you,' she means 'we, the Democrats,' okay?"
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Ah yes, "We the Democrats" is definitely what a Republican official in a Republican administration meant when she said "your government is failing you...we have failed you"
Amazing
Mike Johnson immediately tries to clean up for Brooke Rollins: "When she says 'we have failed you,' she means 'we, the Democrats,' okay?"
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Amazing
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Simple, it’s not *a* travel it’s 2.5 travels
How was this not called a travel?? Lol
October 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Simple, it’s not *a* travel it’s 2.5 travels
The coat is bad, sure, but what is that perched atop his head?
Custom made double breasted uniform great coat not alluding to any historical period in particular surely
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The coat is bad, sure, but what is that perched atop his head?
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jake tapper byline
the first 10 grafs are an open mic for the gop-led committee with the exception of "biden disputed" the findings and "the democrats are likely to criticize" the findings
come on
the first 10 grafs are an open mic for the gop-led committee with the exception of "biden disputed" the findings and "the democrats are likely to criticize" the findings
come on
I don’t think the Republicans have fully gamed out what it will mean for the current administration down the road if presidential pardons can be invalidated www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/p...
GOP-led Oversight Committee says Biden pardons signed by autopen are ‘void’ in final report | CNN Politics
Former President Joe Biden experienced such “cognitive decline” while in office that it remains a serious question as to whether he was aware of the substance of the various pardons and commutations s...
www.cnn.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
jake tapper byline
the first 10 grafs are an open mic for the gop-led committee with the exception of "biden disputed" the findings and "the democrats are likely to criticize" the findings
come on
the first 10 grafs are an open mic for the gop-led committee with the exception of "biden disputed" the findings and "the democrats are likely to criticize" the findings
come on
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It is shocking that Trump is quickly tearing down a portion of the White House. But isn’t the bigger story that this action is of a piece with his autocratic presumption that he can unilaterally destroy public goods without any public consultation or explanation?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
Trump Is Wasting No Time in Tearing Down the East Wing
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
It is shocking that Trump is quickly tearing down a portion of the White House. But isn’t the bigger story that this action is of a piece with his autocratic presumption that he can unilaterally destroy public goods without any public consultation or explanation?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
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Mike Johnson not knowing any of the details with Yakety Sax
October 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Mike Johnson not knowing any of the details with Yakety Sax
“My misspelling was off the record, do not quote”
We’ve updated our story with an additional comment provided by the United States Justice Department.
October 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“My misspelling was off the record, do not quote”
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The first time the Confederate flag ever paraded through the US Capitol was on January 6, 2021.
The first time the White House was damaged in over 200 years since the US rebuilt in the 1820s after the British burned it in the war of 1812 was mid October, 2025.
The first time the White House was damaged in over 200 years since the US rebuilt in the 1820s after the British burned it in the war of 1812 was mid October, 2025.
October 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The first time the Confederate flag ever paraded through the US Capitol was on January 6, 2021.
The first time the White House was damaged in over 200 years since the US rebuilt in the 1820s after the British burned it in the war of 1812 was mid October, 2025.
The first time the White House was damaged in over 200 years since the US rebuilt in the 1820s after the British burned it in the war of 1812 was mid October, 2025.
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On Friday, Trump asked SCOTUS to let him invade Chicago, relying on declarations already deemed unreliable, to disprove Chicago's claim it was abt animus.
On Saturday, he posted AI slop showing him dropping shit on America.
On Sunday, he bombed SoCal.
On Saturday, he posted AI slop showing him dropping shit on America.
On Sunday, he bombed SoCal.
October 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
On Friday, Trump asked SCOTUS to let him invade Chicago, relying on declarations already deemed unreliable, to disprove Chicago's claim it was abt animus.
On Saturday, he posted AI slop showing him dropping shit on America.
On Sunday, he bombed SoCal.
On Saturday, he posted AI slop showing him dropping shit on America.
On Sunday, he bombed SoCal.