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Jon Danziger
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OED researcher. Professor, film and American Studies. Writer. I expect to die without seeing the Jets win the Super Bowl.
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If you draw someone you don't like in Secret Santa, may I recommend American Canto
I don’t know, she’s doing exactly what new management wants, right? They’re driven by having their prejudices validated, and are happy to pay for it - given their wealth, it’s coins found in the couch. See also Bezos and the Washington Post.
I think this person will not be employed by CBS this time next year
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"

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November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Well well well, if it isn't...eh, who cares
BREAKING MS NOW:

Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.
President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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The best thing I learned from Macaulay Culkin at last night’s Home Alone screening is that his 4yo son loves the movie, thinks of himself as Kevin, and has no idea that that’s his dad. Culkin is attempting to hide that fact for as long as possible
a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
ALT: a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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I can't speak for what was said at the protests, but seeing people react to an anodyne statement like "sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law" as if it were a vicious slur is clarifying.
Zohran Mamdani chastised a Manhattan synagogue that hosted an event promoting migration to Israel and settlements in occupied territories. His stance further tested his strained relationship with pro-Israel Jews in New York.
Mamdani Response to Protest Inflames Tensions with Jewish Leaders
The mayor-elect chastised a synagogue that hosted an event promoting migration to Israel and settlements in occupied territories. His stance further tested his strained relationship with pro-Israel Jews.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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What time do you get in?
Officially moving to Chicago tomorrow. I assume JB Pritzker will be waiting for me at the airport
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Oh, look, it’s the Venn diagram of free markets and personal liberties
Page One, WAPO:

The going rate for a Trump pardon? About $1 million.

@washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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you don't actually have to talk to these people
“The entire purpose of science is to search for existential truths,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told me. “It’s not subjective. It should be objective. I believe science is a place where you can find unity if you can get a conversation going.” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Too much John Dickerson; not enough Catturd
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"

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November 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
One is reminded of William Shawn’s self-portrait as Ingres’ odalisque
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I would have thrown in curveballs like 'L'Année dernière à Marienbad' and 'Battleship Potemkin' just to see if people were paying attention, lists are stupid
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Most Powerful Man in Science
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
1. Stop making lists
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Aside from being grotesque and just casually racist, it reflects that the paper sees the world the way Trump does: every interaction must have a winner and a loser. Everything is zero sum.

It’s cold comfort, but they hate themselves and one another as much as they hate us.
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand, Charlie Brown
We Thought You Was a Toad, Charlie Brown
Is it safe, Charlie Brown?
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Second prize is a set of steak knives, Charlie Brown
I’m not the guy you kill, Charlie Brown. I’m the guy you buy!
This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Now go back and get your fuckin' shine box, Charlie Brown
I didn’t come here to fuck around, I come here to smoke, Charlie Brown
I have done all I set out to do, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
"a high-ranking employee of the French Government"
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Upon its initial release, my grandparents went to see this, thinking it must be about nineteenth-century Vienna.

I have always wondered about the person at the kiosk selling them the tickets.
November 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
just some classic negging right here
WELKER: Just to be clear, do you think President Trump is a fascist?

MAMDANI: After President Trump said that, I said yes

WELKER: So you do

MAMDANI: That's something I've said in the past. I say it today. What I appreciated about the conversation is were not shy about the places of disagreement
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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how’s Elon’s America party going
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART
AND YOU’RE TO BLAME
DARLING, YOU GIVE LOVE
A BAD NAME
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Who can really say which approach is most effective
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women
No fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I said STOP.
Collaborate, and listen.
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Well it's 40 below and I don't give a fuck,
Got a heater in my truck and I'm off to the rodeo

It's an alla man left and alla man right
Come on you fuckin' dummy get your right step right
Get off stage you god damn goof you know

You piss me off, you fuckin' jerk
You get on my nerves
November 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM