Russell Sharp
@russms.bsky.social
Finance lawyer living in Brooklyn. New Jersey native. Rutgers undergrad, Michigan Law. Mets fan. he/him/his
Hate is too strong of a word but I for one kind of think this. Yglesias has a lot of stupid opinions and, I believe, has suffered qualitatively from audience capture in recent years. But he’s right more often than not and understands that “orange man bad” is the correct assessment of the moment
September 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Hate is too strong of a word but I for one kind of think this. Yglesias has a lot of stupid opinions and, I believe, has suffered qualitatively from audience capture in recent years. But he’s right more often than not and understands that “orange man bad” is the correct assessment of the moment
And they’re both correct
August 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
And they’re both correct
America if Biden had made Doug Jones AG instead of Merrick Garland
July 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
America if Biden had made Doug Jones AG instead of Merrick Garland
Live feed of JD Vance addressing the American faction of postliberal conservative Catholics this morning
April 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Live feed of JD Vance addressing the American faction of postliberal conservative Catholics this morning
@thewaroncars.bsky.social Thought you’d appreciate this message from a friend to whom I recommended the podcast. (Told him, welcome to the war on cars, of course.)
March 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
@thewaroncars.bsky.social Thought you’d appreciate this message from a friend to whom I recommended the podcast. (Told him, welcome to the war on cars, of course.)
There is some truth to this but, at a strictly personal level, they also like Trump and especially his staff personally and preferred them to Biden’s, and many of them even admit to this www.cjr.org/political_pr...
February 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
There is some truth to this but, at a strictly personal level, they also like Trump and especially his staff personally and preferred them to Biden’s, and many of them even admit to this www.cjr.org/political_pr...
Lmao my mouth was agape at this drooling sycophancy
February 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Lmao my mouth was agape at this drooling sycophancy
Wonder what the difference could be
January 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Wonder what the difference could be
Gonna tell my kids this was marc andreessen
January 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Gonna tell my kids this was marc andreessen
The “What’s News” summary in today’s Wall Street Journal implies that congestion pricing’s critics are right and it’s hurting businesses…but in the actual article, the only two people the WSJ found claiming their businesses are losing revenue from it are a parking garage operator and a cab driver
January 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The “What’s News” summary in today’s Wall Street Journal implies that congestion pricing’s critics are right and it’s hurting businesses…but in the actual article, the only two people the WSJ found claiming their businesses are losing revenue from it are a parking garage operator and a cab driver
Tried posting the *bluesky* post above to my account and that was also deleted
January 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Tried posting the *bluesky* post above to my account and that was also deleted
No, this thing adfontesmedia.com/wp-content/u...
December 10, 2024 at 6:09 PM
No, this thing adfontesmedia.com/wp-content/u...
Remembering that time Ebert came to his defense over one specific review and then backpedaled after reading some of his other reviews
December 4, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Remembering that time Ebert came to his defense over one specific review and then backpedaled after reading some of his other reviews
Just the outgoing Times DC bureau chief saying that if the Times isn’t actively pissing off the left, it thinks it’s doing something wrong, and implying that the Times recalibrated its coverage to be more Trump-favorable. (Just what changes made you stop feeling uneasy?) www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
December 4, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Just the outgoing Times DC bureau chief saying that if the Times isn’t actively pissing off the left, it thinks it’s doing something wrong, and implying that the Times recalibrated its coverage to be more Trump-favorable. (Just what changes made you stop feeling uneasy?) www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
The mainstream media lied about Trump’s ties to the very unpopular project 2025 during the campaign, only to do a “whoopsies guess that’s who is gonna staff the administration after all” once Trump won the election, because the media was trying to help him win
November 21, 2024 at 1:06 PM
The mainstream media lied about Trump’s ties to the very unpopular project 2025 during the campaign, only to do a “whoopsies guess that’s who is gonna staff the administration after all” once Trump won the election, because the media was trying to help him win
Trump (a rapist): I will impose my vision of "protecting" women on them whether they like it or not! Also I'm putting RFK Jr (another rapist) in charge of women's health
Kamala: This is bad
NYT: Both sides "trade gender attacks"!
Kamala: This is bad
NYT: Both sides "trade gender attacks"!
November 1, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Trump (a rapist): I will impose my vision of "protecting" women on them whether they like it or not! Also I'm putting RFK Jr (another rapist) in charge of women's health
Kamala: This is bad
NYT: Both sides "trade gender attacks"!
Kamala: This is bad
NYT: Both sides "trade gender attacks"!
Rufo is just an old-fashioned gutter racist who thinks any Black person (especially a Black woman) with a prominent and prestigious job couldn't possibly have deserved it.
October 15, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Rufo is just an old-fashioned gutter racist who thinks any Black person (especially a Black woman) with a prominent and prestigious job couldn't possibly have deserved it.