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Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 14h

Wonderful column by Margaret Sullivan at The Guardian on the terrible, weird choice of Bari Weis by CBS News

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Bari Weiss is a weird and worrisome choice as top editor for CBS News | Margaret Sullivan

When Weiss was named editor-in-chief, it was the latest turn in the network’s confounding departure from its roots

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Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 19h

I agree that it’s a great newspaper. My favorite. The cost to access all content, digitally….. is SUBSTANTIALLY more than any other news source. Not even close to being affordable or justifiable for me. A news source for the rich in my opinion which is sad

Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 19h

Paying a substantial amount to be a “standard subscriber” and not having access to all of the content unless paying much more to “upgrade to premium” is a terrible business model and why I cancelled FT. Sorry

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Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 1d

… and the response? Genocide

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Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 1d

Just when I want to subscribe to The Atlantic, I find out that senior staff writer David Frum has been writing speeches for the Israeli government and Eliot Cohen writes garbage like this:

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 2d

Trump understood the fundamental realities of the war in Gaza in a way that “the posturing leaders of many other countries did not,” @eliotacohen.bsky.social argues. If he pulls off a peace deal, “he will deserve that gala night in Oslo.”

Trump’s Great Achievement

If the president succeeds in ending the Gaza war, he will deserve a gala night in Oslo.

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Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 2d

Just when you think The Atlantic is worth the subscription, SMDH 🙄

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Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 4d

Absolutely my favorite cuisine. Ethiopian food is amazing!!

Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 4d

If Frum is not immediately fired by @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social @theatlantic.com …… it tells you all you need to know about The Atlantic

Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 5d

Son of a bitch.

David Frum should be fired from The Atlantic immediately

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5d

According to hacked emails obtained by @dropsitenews.com, 'journalist' Douglas Murray was allegedly writing secret draft speeches for the Israeli ambassador to the UN while also pretending to be an independent 'journalist'.

Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 5d

FWIW, I read the Globe on the digital app AND sometimes the ePaper. Always see the byline

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 5d

"None — repeat none — of America’s fentanyl has been found to originate from Venezuela. Yet Trump and Pete Hegseth, his compulsively strutting “secretary of war”, insist that the country is fuelling America’s opioid epidemic." Me on Trump's wag the dog script. www.ft.com/content/5b3e...

Venezuela is Trump’s useful enemy

Despite the president’s claims, the South American country is nowhere close to being the US’s biggest drug supplier

www.ft.com

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 17d

Folks had no idea who owns their local TV stations - until large, faceless corporations, Sinclair and Nexstar, said they can't watch Jimmy Kimmel because of politics

This is why they've been warning us: media consolidation is a threat to democracy. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/jimm...

Kimmel blackout is what happens when your TV isn’t locally sourced

When most Americans weren't looking, a handful of companies seized control over what you see on your local TV channels.

www.inquirer.com

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Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 18d

My experience is the opposite. After using the reMarkable for a couple of years I now know where every note and every project are; can search them by tags, transcribe to text if needed, and share seamlessly. And no longer have paper notebooks everywhere

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Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 18d

Based on my experiences I disagree. I also tried both and the writing experience, user-friendly features, design, and functionality of the reMarkable were vastly superior for me

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 19d

"Having silenced most institutional dissent within his first nine months, what could Trump accomplish in the next fourteen?" My column. www.ft.com/content/a284...

America’s accelerating exit from itself

After the Kirk murder, Trump is pulverising the country’s founding principles with astonishing ease

www.ft.com

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Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 21d

Good grief 🙄

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Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 22d

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Mehdi Hasan on X: "The clips are endless. And yet you have Republicans and some liberals saying endlessly that Kirk was ‘civil’ and never name-called or insulted anyone. Btw, notice how Kirk supporters never share any clips from his shows. Now you know why." / X

The clips are endless. And yet you have Republicans and some liberals saying endlessly that Kirk was ‘civil’ and never name-called or insulted anyone. Btw, notice how Kirk supporters never share any clips from his shows. Now you know why.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 24d

Pa.'s 2 senators, including alleged Dem Fetterman, picked the wrong week to tell Americans not to talk about fascism, Hitler

The shredding of the 1st Amendment that led to gov't coercion to silence Jimmy Kimmel is fast becoming our own Reichstag fire

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/jimm...

Kimmel yanked: Sen. Fetterman, can we call it ‘fascism’ yet? | Will Bunch

Trump regime shredded the First Amendment in forcing Jimmy Kimmel's off the air. Our 'leaders' still don't get it.

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Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 25d

It led to the pathetic Washington Post to fire a wonderful journalist in Karen Attiah. So, it sure can be

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Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 26d

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 26d

The Washington Post was the paper of my teen dreams -- whose courage helped convince me to chose a life in journalism. Monday's firing of the Post's moral beacon, Karen Attiah, proved that a newsroom I'd believed in is now dead to me

Why I finally ditched the Post www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

The Washington Post has broken my heart | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, the best Democrat in America right now.

www.inquirer.com

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 26d

The Washington Post was the paper of my teen dreams -- whose courage helped convince me to chose a life in journalism. Monday's firing of the Post's moral beacon, Karen Attiah, proved that a newsroom I'd believed in is now dead to me

Why I finally ditched the Post www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

The Washington Post has broken my heart | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, the best Democrat in America right now.

www.inquirer.com

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 26d

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26d

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Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

www.vanityfair.com

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Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 26d

Agreed, but The Sting is right up there too!

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Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 27d

I hung in there with the Post as long as possible. The cowardly firing of Karen Attiah was the final straw. I’m done. Bezos and Will Lewis destroyed the once proud news organization. Pathetic

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Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 28d

Good grief 🙄

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Brian Gallagher @bmgall.bsky.social · 29d

Here’s a good NYT column that puts this issue in perspective for me

Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...

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