Bill Grueskin
@bgrueskin.bsky.social
Journalist, professor, dad. Via Sioux City, Colorado Springs, Palo Alto, Rome, Standing Rock, Bologna, Baltimore, Miami Herald, WSJ, Bloomberg, Columbia J School
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A lot of you don’t realize this, but the gist of the Hanukkah story is that the Maccabees thought they had only enough concrete for a $50 million ballroom, but through a miracle, they built one worth $400 million
Trump now says his ballroom will cost $400 million (it was supposed to cost $250 million less than two months ago)
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
A lot of you don’t realize this, but the gist of the Hanukkah story is that the Maccabees thought they had only enough concrete for a $50 million ballroom, but through a miracle, they built one worth $400 million
Venezuela must return the land that is Venezuelan land, and the oil that lies under Venezuelan land, to its rightful owner, the United States.
Otherwise, we have no option but to take the land and oil (which again, belongs to us and not to Venezuela).
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Otherwise, we have no option but to take the land and oil (which again, belongs to us and not to Venezuela).
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Venezuela must return the land that is Venezuelan land, and the oil that lies under Venezuelan land, to its rightful owner, the United States.
Otherwise, we have no option but to take the land and oil (which again, belongs to us and not to Venezuela).
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Otherwise, we have no option but to take the land and oil (which again, belongs to us and not to Venezuela).
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
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There’s a lot of evidence in this Susie Wiles interview that she knows she’s been the handmaiden for some awful, possibly criminal, policies, and she’s trying to assemble her own defense in advance of any future investigations.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
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Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
There’s a lot of evidence in this Susie Wiles interview that she knows she’s been the handmaiden for some awful, possibly criminal, policies, and she’s trying to assemble her own defense in advance of any future investigations.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
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Susie Wiles is one of the most brilliant political operators in the business, having guided DeSantis and then Trump to significant victories, and the idea that she doesn't know how 'on the record' worked is like saying a pilot doesn't know how to land a plane.
December 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Susie Wiles is one of the most brilliant political operators in the business, having guided DeSantis and then Trump to significant victories, and the idea that she doesn't know how 'on the record' worked is like saying a pilot doesn't know how to land a plane.
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And since it's all on tape, Wiles can no longer deny she said what she said. She just has to say that "significant context was disregarded."
Because if there's one thing her boss is known for, it's making sure everything he says includes significant context.
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Because if there's one thing her boss is known for, it's making sure everything he says includes significant context.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
And since it's all on tape, Wiles can no longer deny she said what she said. She just has to say that "significant context was disregarded."
Because if there's one thing her boss is known for, it's making sure everything he says includes significant context.
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Because if there's one thing her boss is known for, it's making sure everything he says includes significant context.
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For those of you wondering what Scott Turner thinks of Susie Wiles
Hilarious. The WH had all the Cabinet members simultaneously put out statements supporting Susie Wiles after the Vanity Fair article came out.
December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
For those of you wondering what Scott Turner thinks of Susie Wiles
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DeSantis Tried to Bury Her. Now She’s Helping Trump Try to Bury Him. (Published 2023)
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I would not have predicted this.
December 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I would not have predicted this.
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my addition to this conversation is, basically, *don't report news on twitter*, or at least without any level of editing
this is one of the things editors do, or are supposed to do: save you from yourself
this is one of the things editors do, or are supposed to do: save you from yourself
NBC’s “National Law Enforcement Correspondent” reported not just the name of the uncharged “person of interest” in the Brown University murders, but also his DOB, and some allusions about his mental health.
The cops released this guy the same day they took him in.
The cops released this guy the same day they took him in.
December 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
my addition to this conversation is, basically, *don't report news on twitter*, or at least without any level of editing
this is one of the things editors do, or are supposed to do: save you from yourself
this is one of the things editors do, or are supposed to do: save you from yourself
After years of turmoil, Columbia’s trustees are still unable to recruit or agree upon a university president.
Which is, when it comes down to it, the most important part of their job.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Which is, when it comes down to it, the most important part of their job.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Harvard Professor, Vanderbilt Chief Exit Columbia’s Top Job Search
Columbia University extended its search for a new president as it seeks to find a permanent replacement after losing two leaders in the past 16 months.
www.bloomberg.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
After years of turmoil, Columbia’s trustees are still unable to recruit or agree upon a university president.
Which is, when it comes down to it, the most important part of their job.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Which is, when it comes down to it, the most important part of their job.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
There’s a lot of evidence in this Susie Wiles interview that she knows she’s been the handmaiden for some awful, possibly criminal, policies, and she’s trying to assemble her own defense in advance of any future investigations.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
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Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
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Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
There’s a lot of evidence in this Susie Wiles interview that she knows she’s been the handmaiden for some awful, possibly criminal, policies, and she’s trying to assemble her own defense in advance of any future investigations.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
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Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
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This thing deserves a response along the lines of, “Someone has hacked into your email account and is sending idiotic letters on your letterhead. Please contact your internet service provider immediately.”
Tina Peters’ lawyer demands Colorado honor Trump’s pardon, threatens to take legal action
December 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
This thing deserves a response along the lines of, “Someone has hacked into your email account and is sending idiotic letters on your letterhead. Please contact your internet service provider immediately.”
Ever since they got kicked out of the press pool over that Gulf of Mexico lunacy, the AP has been one of the clearest chroniclers of Trump’s absurd lies and offenses
You go, AP 💪. "unsubstantiated claim...shocking post...even for Trump...drastic departure from the role presidents typically play...after the death of a public figure...laid bare Trump’s unwillingness to rise above political grievance in moments of crisis."
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump levels political attack on Rob Reiner in inflammatory post after his killing
President Donald Trump is blaming Rob Reiner’s outspoken opposition to the president for the actor-director’s killing, delivering the unsubstantiated claim in a post that seemed intent on decrying his...
apnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Ever since they got kicked out of the press pool over that Gulf of Mexico lunacy, the AP has been one of the clearest chroniclers of Trump’s absurd lies and offenses
JD Vance’s immigrants ⤵️
December 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
JD Vance’s immigrants ⤵️
Yes, the Statue of Liberty has collapsed, but the Golden Arches stand tall and unflinching, no matter what
NEW: The most symbolic thing ever just happened in Guaíba, Brazil.
December 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Yes, the Statue of Liberty has collapsed, but the Golden Arches stand tall and unflinching, no matter what
BBC smooshed together sentences from separate parts of his January 6 screed. Which was bad.
But when Trump says they're "words that I never said," he's BS-ing you.
But when Trump says they're "words that I never said," he's BS-ing you.
Trump: "I'm suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth ... I guess they used AI or something"
December 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
BBC smooshed together sentences from separate parts of his January 6 screed. Which was bad.
But when Trump says they're "words that I never said," he's BS-ing you.
But when Trump says they're "words that I never said," he's BS-ing you.
NBC’s “National Law Enforcement Correspondent” reported not just the name of the uncharged “person of interest” in the Brown University murders, but also his DOB, and some allusions about his mental health.
The cops released this guy the same day they took him in.
The cops released this guy the same day they took him in.
December 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
NBC’s “National Law Enforcement Correspondent” reported not just the name of the uncharged “person of interest” in the Brown University murders, but also his DOB, and some allusions about his mental health.
The cops released this guy the same day they took him in.
The cops released this guy the same day they took him in.
I don't know which is more stunning, the rise in cases or the Fox News emblem in the lower left corner.
Trump put a known vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of our public health.
Now we're here.
Now we're here.
December 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I don't know which is more stunning, the rise in cases or the Fox News emblem in the lower left corner.
This sounds like another CBS town hall in the making. Surrounded by some insipid, "see how good things happen when we all talk to each other" dialogue
One more example of "the Woke Right" narrative, where the right tries to frame members who have gone too far as actually sort of leftist. In Fuentes case, it is the overt nature of the anti-semitism. Dreher has no problem working for a govt whose leader (Orban) engages in dog-whistle anti-semitism.
December 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This sounds like another CBS town hall in the making. Surrounded by some insipid, "see how good things happen when we all talk to each other" dialogue
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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It's notable to me that one of the main guys the NYTimes pays to be on the "conservatism" beat has long seemed to have almost no understanding of the movement he's paid to analyze.
December 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's notable to me that one of the main guys the NYTimes pays to be on the "conservatism" beat has long seemed to have almost no understanding of the movement he's paid to analyze.
Shorter version of this post is:
Don't say anything bad about the president, or you and your spouse will be stabbed to death in your home.
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
Don't say anything bad about the president, or you and your spouse will be stabbed to death in your home.
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
December 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Shorter version of this post is:
Don't say anything bad about the president, or you and your spouse will be stabbed to death in your home.
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
Don't say anything bad about the president, or you and your spouse will be stabbed to death in your home.
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
"The good children will get lots of gifts. And so, it turns out, will the bad children.
"In fact, the only ones who won't get very much are the poor children.
"That's because Santa judges a child's goodness largely based on parental income."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9orJ...
"In fact, the only ones who won't get very much are the poor children.
"That's because Santa judges a child's goodness largely based on parental income."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9orJ...
Cunk on Christmas - Diane Morgan as Philomena Cunk
YouTube video by Sublimate
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December 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"The good children will get lots of gifts. And so, it turns out, will the bad children.
"In fact, the only ones who won't get very much are the poor children.
"That's because Santa judges a child's goodness largely based on parental income."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9orJ...
"In fact, the only ones who won't get very much are the poor children.
"That's because Santa judges a child's goodness largely based on parental income."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9orJ...