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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d

Frog and Toad looked into a mirror.

“We look brave,” said Frog.

“Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3h

Who the fuck thinks Johnny Cash is "deeply uncool"

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 10h

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3h

The frogs are multiplying

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 5h

10/10 no notes

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 5h

Conversely, if this asshole gets awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, it will just confirm that our struggle is a global one. Bootlicking quislings are everywhere, including at the top of international organizations.

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 12h

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 5h

We are in the most embarrassing timeline

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 5h

“The Nobel Committee is an independent body and the Norwegian government has no involvement in determining the prizes. But I’m not sure Trump knows that. We have to be prepared for anything from him.”

That they have to say this...

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h

i feel like everything bari weiss does is treated like she's a network exec in 1973 when she's really just a LARPer at the helm of a particularly irrelevant brand while TV news is dying.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 9h

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 12h

This would literally be like giving Hitler the Nobel peace prize after Munich.

Trump is killing Venezuelan fishermen and violating the human rights of immigrants while trying to wage a war against blue cities.

So no, he doesn’t deserve the fucking Nobel peace prize.

Chris Cillizza @chriscillizza.bsky.social · 13h

What if...Donald Trump actually deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 10h

Everybody who pushed Democrats to be more aggressive after the insurrection was right. Listen to them next time (if there is a next time).

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 11h

Somehow manages to be wildly antisemitic, antivaxx and viscerally fundamentally wrong in a single sentence

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 14h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11h

The fastest I've ever blocked someone

@chriscillizza.bsky.social: What if...Donald Trump actually deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

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Ted Brassfield @tedbrassfield.bsky.social · 12h

Trump & RFK Jr linking autism to being Jewish. (In case you are still wondering)

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 14h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 13h

RFK having another normal one

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14h

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 13h

Noem continued by leveling a threat: "I told them if they didn't meet our demands for safety and security on the streets and work with us, then we were going to bring in more federal law enforcement."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Kristi Noem: "I was in Portland and met with the governor and mayor and chief of police and superintendent of the highway patrol. They are all lying and disingenuous and dishonest people. Because as soon as you leave the room, then they make the exact opposite response."

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 14h

Masterful job by the Israeli government and AIPAC in making Israel a pariah state

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 14h

For the first time in polling history, more Americans sympathize with Palestinians over Israelis.

And the shift just isn’t with Democrats.

Younger Republicans — those under 50 — are 41 points less likely than older Republicans to side with Israelis.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 16h

This is why I think the next Democratic president needs to use the EXACT tools that SCOTUS has handed Trump. Don't leave room for any distinctions.

Impound funds for deportation. Give ICE the USAID treatment. Refuse to collect government-backed debt. Purge MAGA loyalists from the executive branch.

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Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 1d

There is no single way to resist; only the courage to invent one. 👍

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

This is my grandmother during World War II. She was dating my grandfather at the time, thereby making her

Woman standing next to a Navy medical department vehicle during World War II

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1d

"I support the military occupation of my own state" is a wild wild thing to say.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”