Jon Danziger
@danziger.bsky.social
OED researcher. Professor, film and American Studies. Writer. I expect to die without seeing the Jets win the Super Bowl.
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Jon Danziger
@danziger.bsky.social
· Dec 20
With classes finally over, highlight of the semester has to be my extensive knowledge of the Wicked movies and Heated Rivalry putting my Bro Emeritus status in jeopardy with the film bros
The neighbors who shovel the snow out of their driveway and in to the middle of the street are the same ones who give out bad Halloween candy.
January 27, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The neighbors who shovel the snow out of their driveway and in to the middle of the street are the same ones who give out bad Halloween candy.
To call Chuck Schumer inadequate is an insult to the inadequate.
We have no principles, but we do have alliteration!
And it will be a mystery to him why voters don't rally to him and his party.
We have no principles, but we do have alliteration!
And it will be a mystery to him why voters don't rally to him and his party.
Word is from NBC that instructions from Mr. Schumer to his caucus are: “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.” 1/ www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:54 PM
To call Chuck Schumer inadequate is an insult to the inadequate.
We have no principles, but we do have alliteration!
And it will be a mystery to him why voters don't rally to him and his party.
We have no principles, but we do have alliteration!
And it will be a mystery to him why voters don't rally to him and his party.
"Everything was fine here until this." - the most self-deluded employees imaginable
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:34 AM
"Everything was fine here until this." - the most self-deluded employees imaginable
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Heard 'Melania" is going to get an Oscar. From FIFA.
January 27, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Heard 'Melania" is going to get an Oscar. From FIFA.
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All of this happened with basically no help from elected officials of the opposition party. This was entirely the people.
January 26, 2026 at 8:56 PM
All of this happened with basically no help from elected officials of the opposition party. This was entirely the people.
the thugs coming in to fuck up Bovino
January 27, 2026 at 1:36 AM
the thugs coming in to fuck up Bovino
Imagine being such a little bitch that they send in Tom Homan to clean up your mess.
January 27, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Imagine being such a little bitch that they send in Tom Homan to clean up your mess.
Top Post Reporter, sit down, your mother and I have to speak with you about the Tooth Fairy.
Brian Stelter: A top Post reporter tells me "there's now a strong sense" across the newsroom "that neither Jeff Bezos nor Will Lewis are serious, good-faith stewards of The Washington Post."
January 27, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Top Post Reporter, sit down, your mother and I have to speak with you about the Tooth Fairy.
America: You can kill innocent people, but you MAY NOT SHITPOST
@cnn.com now reporting this.
They have cut Bovino off from his social media accounts.
Effective immediately.
They have cut Bovino off from his social media accounts.
Effective immediately.
January 27, 2026 at 12:47 AM
America: You can kill innocent people, but you MAY NOT SHITPOST
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Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
January 26, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
This is a joke, right?
You’re joking?
Good one.
You’re joking?
Good one.
Rahm Emanuel's “combination of policy talk, moral reflection and candid critiques of recent Democratic fixations is distinctive, and there’s impressive political savvy in what he foregrounds and how he frames it,” argues Frank Bruni.
Opinion | Will Rahm Emanuel Run for President in 2028?
A Democratic insider with an outside chance at the White House
nyti.ms
January 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This is a joke, right?
You’re joking?
Good one.
You’re joking?
Good one.
M2LANIA: MAR-A-LAGO DRIFT
MELANIA 2: MELANIER
January 26, 2026 at 5:19 PM
M2LANIA: MAR-A-LAGO DRIFT
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God Save the King
January 26, 2026 at 1:14 PM
God Save the King
Your state did not help us terrorize its citizens, so what choice did we have other than shooting people in the head
Blanche: "Remember, what we all saw in that 10 or second video is not the full story. Every American should know that. The story goes way beyond that. It starts with the fact that literally for months we have received 0 assistance from the state of Minnesota."
January 26, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Your state did not help us terrorize its citizens, so what choice did we have other than shooting people in the head
JDV confusing ICE with the plot of Career Opportunities, with Frank Whaley and Jennifer Connelly (1991, Bryan Gordon)
Oh my God, what an incredibly real and incredibly terrifying story. These grown men were locked inside a restaurant? Wow.
It's hard to say where that ranks next to the state-sanctioned murders and the kidnapping of children, but gosh, they were briefly locked inside a restaurant? Heaven forfend.
It's hard to say where that ranks next to the state-sanctioned murders and the kidnapping of children, but gosh, they were briefly locked inside a restaurant? Heaven forfend.
January 26, 2026 at 1:14 AM
JDV confusing ICE with the plot of Career Opportunities, with Frank Whaley and Jennifer Connelly (1991, Bryan Gordon)
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The suit, sure, but think about him going into the hair salon and saying, "Give me the Anton Chigurh"
we need to go back to athletes not trying to be fashionable
January 26, 2026 at 12:14 AM
The suit, sure, but think about him going into the hair salon and saying, "Give me the Anton Chigurh"
Counterpoint: GFY
Seriously, folks, people did NOT vote for murder on the streets. A majority of those who voted went for Trump, and to win power, those against Trump will have to win many of them over, not reject them all as people who want fascism.
January 26, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Counterpoint: GFY
Roasting a chicken on a snow day and yelling at a football game on television, excited to report that I have become both my grandmother *and* my grandfather
January 25, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Roasting a chicken on a snow day and yelling at a football game on television, excited to report that I have become both my grandmother *and* my grandfather
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Reading up on the exciting new discipline of eugenic sound studies
Whistles are now WMDs, according to the "high IQ" crowd.
January 25, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Reading up on the exciting new discipline of eugenic sound studies
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it's equal parts great and bizarre to see someone in office who seems genuinely proud to be a public servant
We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.
January 25, 2026 at 4:50 PM
it's equal parts great and bizarre to see someone in office who seems genuinely proud to be a public servant
“A comeback”? Everything is sports to them.
Trump is unpopular, but how do Democrats frame their arguments for a comeback?
Two veteran politicos, Rahm Emanuel and Gretchen Whitmer, have thoughts
In NPR video interviews. Worth watching on a snowy day.
Two veteran politicos, Rahm Emanuel and Gretchen Whitmer, have thoughts
In NPR video interviews. Worth watching on a snowy day.
January 25, 2026 at 3:33 PM
“A comeback”? Everything is sports to them.
Bezos knows it's a bad investment. I think he doesn’t care about losses at the paper, a rounding error for a man of his wealth.
He thought he could buy its reputation, use generational good will to support his spaceboy projects, Ayn Rand social policies. Surprise! We're stupid, but not that stupid.
He thought he could buy its reputation, use generational good will to support his spaceboy projects, Ayn Rand social policies. Surprise! We're stupid, but not that stupid.
If this is true (and that’s not a small if), it is reasonable to posit that Bezos is trying to offload the Post. Or kill it altogether.
Sports is a top driver of traffic and subscriptions for most news sites.
And we’ve seen how Bezos and Lewis have mangled the Opinion section.
Sports is a top driver of traffic and subscriptions for most news sites.
And we’ve seen how Bezos and Lewis have mangled the Opinion section.
January 25, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Bezos knows it's a bad investment. I think he doesn’t care about losses at the paper, a rounding error for a man of his wealth.
He thought he could buy its reputation, use generational good will to support his spaceboy projects, Ayn Rand social policies. Surprise! We're stupid, but not that stupid.
He thought he could buy its reputation, use generational good will to support his spaceboy projects, Ayn Rand social policies. Surprise! We're stupid, but not that stupid.
"In the future, we should form a committee about this" really is the perfect distillation of the Democratic response, of the failure of the party to meet this moment.
We will need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission when these cruel, lawless people are out of office. They must be held accountable in order for our nation to heal.
January 25, 2026 at 1:07 PM
"In the future, we should form a committee about this" really is the perfect distillation of the Democratic response, of the failure of the party to meet this moment.
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The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 11:06 AM
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.