Meg Sinnott
@verybusymidge.bsky.social
Writer, editor, breaker-upper in the peanut brittle factory.
“Easily confused but not to be underestimated” — Sister Margaret Ann, 2nd grade report
“Easily confused but not to be underestimated” — Sister Margaret Ann, 2nd grade report
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You should read this excerpt from Natan’s new book, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, and not just because I, me, am in it 😇 #crosswords
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Hidden Politics of the Crossword Puzzle
Take it from me: A crossword clue can be debated with the kind of fervor normally reserved for corporatist propaganda and outright racism.
www.thenation.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
You should read this excerpt from Natan’s new book, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, and not just because I, me, am in it 😇 #crosswords
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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With the extremely pronounced caveat that no one should read or believe a single thing Ryan Lizza ever has to say, a huge congratulations to him for making the words "Mark Sanford" the greatest goddamn plot twist since Bruce Willis being a ghost
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
With the extremely pronounced caveat that no one should read or believe a single thing Ryan Lizza ever has to say, a huge congratulations to him for making the words "Mark Sanford" the greatest goddamn plot twist since Bruce Willis being a ghost
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I heard this in the moment and frankly thought Trump said "Peggy" and assumed there was a reporter there with that name. A completely shocking comment.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I heard this in the moment and frankly thought Trump said "Peggy" and assumed there was a reporter there with that name. A completely shocking comment.
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Sir, this is a McDonald’s.
Trump is ranting barely coherently to McDonald's franchise owners: "The one pilot said, 'skedaddle!' And that thing just turned on its side -- pppph. And it's so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability."
November 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Sir, this is a McDonald’s.
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Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.
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I am honestly a little shocked that I haven't heard more pundits and interview subjects pointing back to the Trump/Miss Teen USA stuff from 2016, in light of all the once-again-increased Epstein scrutiny. I mean, it's right there. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
A Timeline of Donald Trump's Creepiness While He Owned Miss Universe
From walking into a teen dressing room to joking about his obligation to sleep with contestants, Donald Trump is a storied pageant creep.
www.rollingstone.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I am honestly a little shocked that I haven't heard more pundits and interview subjects pointing back to the Trump/Miss Teen USA stuff from 2016, in light of all the once-again-increased Epstein scrutiny. I mean, it's right there. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Stop me if you've heard this before:
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Stop me if you've heard this before:
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
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One of the biggest problems in the US right now, and an aggravator of every other problem, is that most news outlets are owned by right wing billionaires who approve of Trump's fascism.
People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.
November 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
One of the biggest problems in the US right now, and an aggravator of every other problem, is that most news outlets are owned by right wing billionaires who approve of Trump's fascism.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
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Teen Vogue has had more guts to dissect and expose the truth when so many veteran media outlets have bent their knees to a criminal despot and his regime and this news is absolutely appalling and unacceptable
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Teen Vogue has had more guts to dissect and expose the truth when so many veteran media outlets have bent their knees to a criminal despot and his regime and this news is absolutely appalling and unacceptable
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“.. perhaps the most cruel and unlawful offense the Trump administration has perpetrated yet — freezing funding already enacted into law to feed hungry Americans while he shovels tens of billions of dollars .. to Argentina and into his ballroom.”
@politico.com #SNAP
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com #SNAP
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“.. perhaps the most cruel and unlawful offense the Trump administration has perpetrated yet — freezing funding already enacted into law to feed hungry Americans while he shovels tens of billions of dollars .. to Argentina and into his ballroom.”
@politico.com #SNAP
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com #SNAP
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Insurance rates up $2000.
Food benefits cut off.
Farmers unable to sell their crops.
Skyrocketing national debt.
$40 billion to Argentina.
America First!
Food benefits cut off.
Farmers unable to sell their crops.
Skyrocketing national debt.
$40 billion to Argentina.
America First!
October 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Insurance rates up $2000.
Food benefits cut off.
Farmers unable to sell their crops.
Skyrocketing national debt.
$40 billion to Argentina.
America First!
Food benefits cut off.
Farmers unable to sell their crops.
Skyrocketing national debt.
$40 billion to Argentina.
America First!
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Oriana Korol, a clarinetist with the Unpresidented Brass Band, was arrested after a man and federal agents barreled into band members who were standing across the street from the ICE office and playing the theme from “Ghostbusters.”
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Oriana Korol, a clarinetist with the Unpresidented Brass Band, was arrested after a man and federal agents barreled into band members who were standing across the street from the ICE office and playing the theme from “Ghostbusters.”
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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Pete Hegseth is Gob Bluth.
October 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Pete Hegseth is Gob Bluth.
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Look what’s chalked all over the sidewalks of Bloomfield, NJ.
Free speech is a power we should use while we can.
Chalk is cheap.
#NoKings October 18.
Free speech is a power we should use while we can.
Chalk is cheap.
#NoKings October 18.
October 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Look what’s chalked all over the sidewalks of Bloomfield, NJ.
Free speech is a power we should use while we can.
Chalk is cheap.
#NoKings October 18.
Free speech is a power we should use while we can.
Chalk is cheap.
#NoKings October 18.
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Just when you forget about him, Lindsey Graham reminds you what a loathsome and dishonest politician he is.
June 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Just when you forget about him, Lindsey Graham reminds you what a loathsome and dishonest politician he is.
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"This Court rules that the challenged directives . . . are arbitrary and capricious."
"They are of no force and effect."
"They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"
"They are of no force and effect."
"They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"
June 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"This Court rules that the challenged directives . . . are arbitrary and capricious."
"They are of no force and effect."
"They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"
"They are of no force and effect."
"They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"
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For those of you who knew Victoria Brownworth on Twitter, she passed away from cancer yesterday.
She was a fearless journalist who reported on AIDS in the 80s (when Reagan was ignoring it), lifted up the LGBTQ community, & rooted out corruption.
Her wife, Maddy Gold, died of cancer in 2022.
She was a fearless journalist who reported on AIDS in the 80s (when Reagan was ignoring it), lifted up the LGBTQ community, & rooted out corruption.
Her wife, Maddy Gold, died of cancer in 2022.
May 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
For those of you who knew Victoria Brownworth on Twitter, she passed away from cancer yesterday.
She was a fearless journalist who reported on AIDS in the 80s (when Reagan was ignoring it), lifted up the LGBTQ community, & rooted out corruption.
Her wife, Maddy Gold, died of cancer in 2022.
She was a fearless journalist who reported on AIDS in the 80s (when Reagan was ignoring it), lifted up the LGBTQ community, & rooted out corruption.
Her wife, Maddy Gold, died of cancer in 2022.
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On the topic of presidential mental acuity, the current president was awake at 1:30am rage tweeting about his former opponents’ crowd sizes and calling Beyoncé, Bono, and Bruce Springsteen ‘unpatriotic entertainers.’ Where is the news cycle about his fitness for office?
May 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
On the topic of presidential mental acuity, the current president was awake at 1:30am rage tweeting about his former opponents’ crowd sizes and calling Beyoncé, Bono, and Bruce Springsteen ‘unpatriotic entertainers.’ Where is the news cycle about his fitness for office?
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We’re living through Trump’s conversion of the presidency into a global business operation—one in which family enrichment drives national policy. Foreign influence. Secret deals. Cryptocurrency grifts. Worse than just corruption, this is a blueprint for authoritarian kleptocracy.
May 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
We’re living through Trump’s conversion of the presidency into a global business operation—one in which family enrichment drives national policy. Foreign influence. Secret deals. Cryptocurrency grifts. Worse than just corruption, this is a blueprint for authoritarian kleptocracy.
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Music 🎼 is JOY 👏
May 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Music 🎼 is JOY 👏
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Accepting a private jumbo-jet from a foreign nation is a clear violation of our Constitution, which plainly prohibits U.S. officials from accepting gifts from foreign governments.
May 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Accepting a private jumbo-jet from a foreign nation is a clear violation of our Constitution, which plainly prohibits U.S. officials from accepting gifts from foreign governments.
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People who never read books now in charge of books.
May 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
People who never read books now in charge of books.
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President Trump 2.0 has openly committed more impeachable abuses of power than all prior presidents combined, including Trump 1.0.
The question isn’t whether he should be impeached, convicted, and removed from office but whether Republicans have the guts to do their job.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/p...
The question isn’t whether he should be impeached, convicted, and removed from office but whether Republicans have the guts to do their job.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/p...
Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff says he ‘strongly’ agrees Trump needs to be impeached | CNN Politics
Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff told a voter in Georgia on Friday that he “strongly” agrees that President Donald Trump needs to be impeached.
www.cnn.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
President Trump 2.0 has openly committed more impeachable abuses of power than all prior presidents combined, including Trump 1.0.
The question isn’t whether he should be impeached, convicted, and removed from office but whether Republicans have the guts to do their job.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/p...
The question isn’t whether he should be impeached, convicted, and removed from office but whether Republicans have the guts to do their job.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/p...
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J. D. Vance has cited Andrew Jackson to justify the idea that a president can disobey the federal judiciary’s rulings. The historical record says no such thing.
Vance is either an ignoramus or a liar. I opt for both views of our deceitful Vice President.
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Vance is either an ignoramus or a liar. I opt for both views of our deceitful Vice President.
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Vance’s Junk History | Sean Wilentz
When Donald Trump and his followers go in search of historical forerunners to justify their regime, they turn with striking regularity to the presidency
www.nybooks.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
J. D. Vance has cited Andrew Jackson to justify the idea that a president can disobey the federal judiciary’s rulings. The historical record says no such thing.
Vance is either an ignoramus or a liar. I opt for both views of our deceitful Vice President.
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Vance is either an ignoramus or a liar. I opt for both views of our deceitful Vice President.
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...