EB Estes
@ebestes.bsky.social
Semiretired journalist. Man about town. Alum of Tribune News Service, The Times-Picayune, Chicago Tribune, The News & Observer.
- New Orleans
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- New Orleans
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You will do much better than working for Weiss
I need a job and I would not take a job working for Bari Weiss. If you are a commentator who cannot see what the play is there, I'm not sure you should be offering commentary.
January 27, 2026 at 7:41 PM
You will do much better than working for Weiss
Costco has agreed to let me return computer speakers I purchased in 2020 and even I think that's kind of extreme
January 27, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Costco has agreed to let me return computer speakers I purchased in 2020 and even I think that's kind of extreme
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Fuck you.
From the Editorial Board: You don’t need to share the Vances’ political views to be happy for them.
Editorial: A baby at 1 Observatory Circle
A new life is a reason for hope, a moment that invites optimism about the future. We wish Usha and the Vance family well.
trib.al
January 27, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Fuck you.
Word around the clinic is that nobody is better at getting a MRI than yours truly
January 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Word around the clinic is that nobody is better at getting a MRI than yours truly
It's perfectly clear: Americans have the right to carry weapons as long as Trump and his minions approve
trumpers defend a kid like Kyle Rittenhouse with an AR-15 going to another state to shoot, but freak out about a U.S. citizen Alex Pretti with a concealed carry permit who never fired a shot before ICE agents pepper sprayed and killed him.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
January 27, 2026 at 1:56 PM
It's perfectly clear: Americans have the right to carry weapons as long as Trump and his minions approve
Now that Kanye has apologized, let's all go back to ignoring him
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Kanye West apologizes for antisemitic comments, links behavior to 2002 brain injury
In a full page ad in the Wall Street Journal, Ye says, “I am not a Nazi or antisemite. I love Jewish people.”
wapo.st
January 27, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Now that Kanye has apologized, let's all go back to ignoring him
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We have officially found the scapegoat!
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
We have officially found the scapegoat!
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Exclusive: Border Patrol “Commander at Large” Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role and is expected to retire soon, sources tell Nick Miroff.
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
bit.ly
January 26, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Exclusive: Border Patrol “Commander at Large” Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role and is expected to retire soon, sources tell Nick Miroff.
I bet citizens of Nordic countries don't have to listed to Better Help ads while they're getting a MRI
January 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
I bet citizens of Nordic countries don't have to listed to Better Help ads while they're getting a MRI
I picked up the wrong order at my local Chinese restaurant this afternoon and now Little Chinatown is hunting me down
January 26, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I picked up the wrong order at my local Chinese restaurant this afternoon and now Little Chinatown is hunting me down
Every time I see a picture of an innocent child on social media, I just assume they're being kidnapped by ICE
January 26, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Every time I see a picture of an innocent child on social media, I just assume they're being kidnapped by ICE
Trump and his toadies have gone too far. They just don't realize it yet.
How the Trump Administration Rushed to Judgment in Minneapolis Shooting
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Trump and his toadies have gone too far. They just don't realize it yet.
It is remarkable
January 26, 2026 at 2:22 PM
It is remarkable
My congressional representative needs to leave public life and spend the rest of his days reflecting on what he has inflicted on this country
Scalise lies: "The want to defund ICE. They defunded police. The police chief of Mpls said yesterday multiple times how stretched thin his department is. They don't have enough people because Mpls defunded the police." (Police were not defunded and MPD is stretched thin bc of unrest caused by ICE)
January 26, 2026 at 1:52 PM
My congressional representative needs to leave public life and spend the rest of his days reflecting on what he has inflicted on this country
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"Watching America Unravel in Minneapolis."
This is oustanding journalism by a New York Times reporter. It helped me realize what is happening there, and just how bad everything is. I recommend it, which doesn't mean I endorse every line.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/m... [gift link]
This is oustanding journalism by a New York Times reporter. It helped me realize what is happening there, and just how bad everything is. I recommend it, which doesn't mean I endorse every line.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/m... [gift link]
Watching America Unravel in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:47 PM
"Watching America Unravel in Minneapolis."
This is oustanding journalism by a New York Times reporter. It helped me realize what is happening there, and just how bad everything is. I recommend it, which doesn't mean I endorse every line.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/m... [gift link]
This is oustanding journalism by a New York Times reporter. It helped me realize what is happening there, and just how bad everything is. I recommend it, which doesn't mean I endorse every line.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/m... [gift link]
I feel like I need a parka watching this Patriots-Broncos game
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I feel like I need a parka watching this Patriots-Broncos game
Bovino is talking a lot about choices right now. But he fails to mention that the officer who shot Pretti had a choice not to pull the trigger on a man who had already been disarmed.
January 25, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Bovino is talking a lot about choices right now. But he fails to mention that the officer who shot Pretti had a choice not to pull the trigger on a man who had already been disarmed.
This pretty much sums it up
It’s not just that they are murdering people who are peacefully protesting, it’s that they then stand in front of the cameras and slander the victims by telling us that what we see on the videos didn’t happen.
January 25, 2026 at 5:56 PM
This pretty much sums it up
If nothing else, can we all agree not to watch the Melania movie?
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 PM
If nothing else, can we all agree not to watch the Melania movie?
I miss the days when nothing was bigger news than an ice storm in the South
January 25, 2026 at 3:45 PM
I miss the days when nothing was bigger news than an ice storm in the South
NY Post: If only he'd been carrying an assault rifle, this never would have happened
From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
January 25, 2026 at 2:44 PM
NY Post: If only he'd been carrying an assault rifle, this never would have happened
Gregory Bovino is doing some major backtracking on CNN right now, still blaming the victim for showing up but saying 'we need to look at this situation in its totality'
January 25, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Gregory Bovino is doing some major backtracking on CNN right now, still blaming the victim for showing up but saying 'we need to look at this situation in its totality'
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If Americans don't stand up to this sort of unlawful execution of its citizens, we might as well hang it up as a country
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Federal agent secured gun from Minn. man before fatal shooting, videos show
A Post analysis of videos sheds light on the encounter that left 37-year-old Alex Pretti dead.
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January 25, 2026 at 1:25 PM
If Americans don't stand up to this sort of unlawful execution of its citizens, we might as well hang it up as a country
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