Adam Bonin
@adambonin.bsky.social
Philadelphia-based 91st Most Powerful Lawyer in Pennsylvania (City and State PA, 2023) specializing in political law. Opinions are mine alone.
Tomorrow when you're watching the Macy's Parade, remember that whenever you see one of these "all-star" marching band or cheerleading groups, what you're seeing is a for-profit company that's charging kids thousands of dollars + travel costs to participate in the parade and do some tourist stuff.
Performer Package – Spirit of America Productions
spiritofamericaproductions.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Tomorrow when you're watching the Macy's Parade, remember that whenever you see one of these "all-star" marching band or cheerleading groups, what you're seeing is a for-profit company that's charging kids thousands of dollars + travel costs to participate in the parade and do some tourist stuff.
Folks, it's time to watch Anakin Skywalker as the most punchable character in film history, and I'm including all the bums Rocky Balboa pummeled at the start of ROCKY III.
okay shattered glass is streaming for free on tubi and prime. i’m starting in 5 mins if you want to watch, too.
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Folks, it's time to watch Anakin Skywalker as the most punchable character in film history, and I'm including all the bums Rocky Balboa pummeled at the start of ROCKY III.
There's going to be some SURVIVOR Discourse™ after this one.
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
There's going to be some SURVIVOR Discourse™ after this one.
TIL there's a new James L. Brooks movie next month and the fact that I haven't heard a thing about it until now is bad for this movie, for the state of the movies in general, or both.
Ella McCay | Official Trailer | In Theaters December 12
YouTube video by 20th Century Studios
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November 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
TIL there's a new James L. Brooks movie next month and the fact that I haven't heard a thing about it until now is bad for this movie, for the state of the movies in general, or both.
I guess his tenure with San Diego has ... desisted.
BREAKING: The New York Post has learned Dylan Cease to Blue Jays. $210M, 7 years
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I guess his tenure with San Diego has ... desisted.
Roy Cohn could not be reached for comment.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Roy Cohn could not be reached for comment.
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R.I.P. to them both, and condolences to their kin and loved ones. None of this needed to happen.
NEW: The governor of West Virginia says that two members of the state National Guard shot today in DC have died.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
R.I.P. to them both, and condolences to their kin and loved ones. None of this needed to happen.
I want a How Bruce Springsteen Made His Albums Multiverse. Each film with a different director and star. And in one of the films, he should be portrayed via motion capture by a CGI chimpanzee.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I want a How Bruce Springsteen Made His Albums Multiverse. Each film with a different director and star. And in one of the films, he should be portrayed via motion capture by a CGI chimpanzee.
Your child may whisper to and smile with Santa.
Your child may whisper to and look at Santa.
Your child may smile with and look at Santa.
DO NOT CONSIDER FOR ONE MOMENT having your child whisper to, smile with, AND look at Santa.
Your child may whisper to and look at Santa.
Your child may smile with and look at Santa.
DO NOT CONSIDER FOR ONE MOMENT having your child whisper to, smile with, AND look at Santa.
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Your child may whisper to and smile with Santa.
Your child may whisper to and look at Santa.
Your child may smile with and look at Santa.
DO NOT CONSIDER FOR ONE MOMENT having your child whisper to, smile with, AND look at Santa.
Your child may whisper to and look at Santa.
Your child may smile with and look at Santa.
DO NOT CONSIDER FOR ONE MOMENT having your child whisper to, smile with, AND look at Santa.
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new @fangraphs.com: When he announced his retirement, I fretted that Chase Utley wouldn't get much of a sniff from BBWAA voters due to his short career and lack of awards. As he enters his 3rd year on the ballot, he's in very good shape for eventual election.
JAWS and the 2026 Hall of Fame Ballot: Chase Utley blogs.fangraphs.com/jaws-and-the...
JAWS and the 2026 Hall of Fame Ballot: Chase Utley
Overshadowed by a pair of MVP-winning teammates, the longtime Phillies second baseman was a favorite of scouts and statheads, and may be the one who winds up in Cooperstown.
blogs.fangraphs.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
new @fangraphs.com: When he announced his retirement, I fretted that Chase Utley wouldn't get much of a sniff from BBWAA voters due to his short career and lack of awards. As he enters his 3rd year on the ballot, he's in very good shape for eventual election.
“Jean was the very first volunteer on my very first campaign,” [Gov.] Shapiro said. “We knocked doors together, met our neighbors together, and, after winning, served our community together.”
Wonderful Inq remembrance today of Jean Corrigan, a champion public servant, citizen, and human being.
Wonderful Inq remembrance today of Jean Corrigan, a champion public servant, citizen, and human being.
Jean E. Corrigan, former Montgomery County manager and longtime assistant to then-state Rep. Josh Shapiro, has died at 70
She served as Gov. Shapiro’s constituent service agent when he represented the 153rd legislative district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2004 to 2012.
share.inquirer.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“Jean was the very first volunteer on my very first campaign,” [Gov.] Shapiro said. “We knocked doors together, met our neighbors together, and, after winning, served our community together.”
Wonderful Inq remembrance today of Jean Corrigan, a champion public servant, citizen, and human being.
Wonderful Inq remembrance today of Jean Corrigan, a champion public servant, citizen, and human being.
I SING MY SONG FOR ALL TO HEAR.
Farewell Mr. Bunting - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I SING MY SONG FOR ALL TO HEAR.
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I'm truly not sure how to feel about the identity of the new celebrity voice of Kraft Mac and Cheese. As incongruous a choice as ordering lobster at a diner.
Best Thing Ever | Better Than The Holidays
YouTube video by Kraft Mac and Cheese
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I'm truly not sure how to feel about the identity of the new celebrity voice of Kraft Mac and Cheese. As incongruous a choice as ordering lobster at a diner.
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I am in episode 3 of the Ken Burns series, and for the record I would not have known but for this that Rahway NJ used to be known as "Spanktown."
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I am in episode 3 of the Ken Burns series, and for the record I would not have known but for this that Rahway NJ used to be known as "Spanktown."
Respectfully, this makes little sense. To the extent that DE-incorporated 501(c)(4)s and (c)(6)s are involved in political spending, they'll just reincorporate elsewhere. (And they're the ones chiefly involved in this stuff, not for-profit corporations.)
If the state of Delaware prohibited companies incorporated there from spending on elections in any way, Citizens United would be dead in the water.
Delaware incorporates more companies than any other state.
It’s a blue state. Let’s get cracking on moving Delaware lawmakers on this!
Delaware incorporates more companies than any other state.
It’s a blue state. Let’s get cracking on moving Delaware lawmakers on this!
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Respectfully, this makes little sense. To the extent that DE-incorporated 501(c)(4)s and (c)(6)s are involved in political spending, they'll just reincorporate elsewhere. (And they're the ones chiefly involved in this stuff, not for-profit corporations.)
I'm truly not sure how to feel about the identity of the new celebrity voice of Kraft Mac and Cheese. As incongruous a choice as ordering lobster at a diner.
Best Thing Ever | Better Than The Holidays
YouTube video by Kraft Mac and Cheese
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I'm truly not sure how to feel about the identity of the new celebrity voice of Kraft Mac and Cheese. As incongruous a choice as ordering lobster at a diner.
And the backside, per @timmyfacciola.bsky.social, is the same but in Yiddish. (I ran it through Google Translate; also attached.). No paid-for I can see. A fascinating little early ratfucking in NY-17.
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
And the backside, per @timmyfacciola.bsky.social, is the same but in Yiddish. (I ran it through Google Translate; also attached.). No paid-for I can see. A fascinating little early ratfucking in NY-17.
Just want to remind everyone that some people who appeared on reality tv (Survivor s2, for @atg.wa.gov) can be really awesome public servants, even if the most prominent one these days (our Secretary of Transportation/NASA Administrator/Archaic Norms Czar) is decidedly not.
WA AG Nick Brown is suing HUD over changes to its homeless housing grant program that could put thousands of currently housed people on the street in the Seattle area alone. The changes eliminate most funding for permanent housing and impose right-wing ideological requirements on programs.
AG Brown sues over HUD policy that would put more people into homelessness | Washington State
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is illegally upending supports for tens of thousands of Americans experiencing housing insecurity or homelessness with abrupt changes that wi...
www.atg.wa.gov
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Just want to remind everyone that some people who appeared on reality tv (Survivor s2, for @atg.wa.gov) can be really awesome public servants, even if the most prominent one these days (our Secretary of Transportation/NASA Administrator/Archaic Norms Czar) is decidedly not.
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Tied elections in Pennsylvania: a delightful survey from @votebeat.org. cc: @the-downballot.com
(These were mostly one-vote ties in write-in races in 2025; I've had local races with ties at 517, 1043, and 3035 votes.)
(These were mostly one-vote ties in write-in races in 2025; I've had local races with ties at 517, 1043, and 3035 votes.)
How Pennsylvania resolves tied elections, and why they keep happening
Write-in votes frequently lead to ties in municipal election cycles.
www.votebeat.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Tied elections in Pennsylvania: a delightful survey from @votebeat.org. cc: @the-downballot.com
(These were mostly one-vote ties in write-in races in 2025; I've had local races with ties at 517, 1043, and 3035 votes.)
(These were mostly one-vote ties in write-in races in 2025; I've had local races with ties at 517, 1043, and 3035 votes.)
post a famous bathroom scene
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
post a famous bathroom scene
You’ll be visited by three spirits
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
You’ll be visited by three spirits
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
Post a famous bathroom scene.
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Post a famous bathroom scene.
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It's time for babies to learn enough personal responsibility to get themselves out of their car seats when they're left behind, you see.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's time for babies to learn enough personal responsibility to get themselves out of their car seats when they're left behind, you see.
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Philadelphia, re: the "chopped cheese sandwich."
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Philadelphia, re: the "chopped cheese sandwich."
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A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.