Eclectic Zeal
@eclecticzeal.bsky.social
A progressive living in Oregon. Supporter of keeping democracy. Interests: natural and Earth sciences, space, history, classic films, and film noir.
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My favorite building in the city
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
My favorite building in the city
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In cartoons, a character can run as fast as the joke requires.
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
In cartoons, a character can run as fast as the joke requires.
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Except, of course, it’s *not* all he can say.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
TAPPER: You were the deciding vote that allowed RFK Jr to ascend to the role of Health Secretary. Did you give him too much credit?
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Except, of course, it’s *not* all he can say.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
There aren't enough "hell no" rejections we can say to this Russian plan.
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
There aren't enough "hell no" rejections we can say to this Russian plan.
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FROM THE FOLKS WHO BROUGHT US THE BARD
"...the festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit..."
"...the diseased distillation of everything the country swears it isn't but always has been."
"America's shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol..."
"...the festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit..."
"...the diseased distillation of everything the country swears it isn't but always has been."
"America's shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol..."
The British journalists have a way with words that captures the world's feelings on the leader of the US.
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
FROM THE FOLKS WHO BROUGHT US THE BARD
"...the festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit..."
"...the diseased distillation of everything the country swears it isn't but always has been."
"America's shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol..."
"...the festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit..."
"...the diseased distillation of everything the country swears it isn't but always has been."
"America's shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol..."
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Covering Trump as a weak, desperate man would be a huge change for the press corps, which still mostly treats him as a masterful bully who can get away with anything.
But there are precedents for the press corps turning on a president who they formerly lionized.
presswatchers.org/2025/11/ever...
But there are precedents for the press corps turning on a president who they formerly lionized.
presswatchers.org/2025/11/ever...
Every Trump move is an act of desperation | Press Watch
The news coverage should reflect that.
presswatchers.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Covering Trump as a weak, desperate man would be a huge change for the press corps, which still mostly treats him as a masterful bully who can get away with anything.
But there are precedents for the press corps turning on a president who they formerly lionized.
presswatchers.org/2025/11/ever...
But there are precedents for the press corps turning on a president who they formerly lionized.
presswatchers.org/2025/11/ever...
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this is so unimaginably fucked
October 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
this is so unimaginably fucked
"The East Wing had known wartime and peacetime, tragedy and grace. It welcomed diplomats and astronauts, athletes and scholars. That corridor remembers the comfort of a First Lady's hand on a Gold Star mother's sleeve."
The East Wing Obscenity
This piece is on the free side of the paywall, and I have to admit that writing it made me more sad than I could have imagined. The ugly destruction isn’t just to a building, but to memory, history, and American grace.
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
This piece is on the free side of the paywall, and I have to admit that writing it made me more sad than I could have imagined. The ugly destruction isn’t just to a building, but to memory, history, and American grace.
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
The East Wing Obscenity
Trump's Ballroom Is a Tumor On The People's House
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"The East Wing had known wartime and peacetime, tragedy and grace. It welcomed diplomats and astronauts, athletes and scholars. That corridor remembers the comfort of a First Lady's hand on a Gold Star mother's sleeve."
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October 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Get Jake Tapper on it ASAP.
"On Thursday morning, Trump signed one of his most scandalous pardons to date.
On Thursday afternoon, he couldn’t explain his actions from hours earlier..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
On Thursday afternoon, he couldn’t explain his actions from hours earlier..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
President Bystander stumped when asked about pardon he signed hours earlier
On Thursday morning, Trump signed one of his most scandalous pardons to date. On Thursday afternoon, he couldn’t explain his actions from hours earlier.
www.msnbc.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Get Jake Tapper on it ASAP.
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Donald Trump’s father destroyed Steeplechase Park, the iconic amusement palace of Coney Island. Before demolition, he hosted a party for his rich fuck friends where bikini clad waitresses gave them bricks to throw through Steeplechase’s famous stained glass windows
Donald Trump knocked down the White House East Wing without notice and before approvals —a developer move known as ‘anticipatory demolition,’ where you tear down a building before the preservationists can intervene. His dad did it too.
Trump Used His Dad’s Dirtiest Move on the East Wing
Donald Trump knocked down the White House East Wing without notice and before approvals —a developer move known as ‘anticipatory demolition,’ where you tear down a building before the preservationists can intervene. His dad did it too.
www.curbed.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Donald Trump’s father destroyed Steeplechase Park, the iconic amusement palace of Coney Island. Before demolition, he hosted a party for his rich fuck friends where bikini clad waitresses gave them bricks to throw through Steeplechase’s famous stained glass windows
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How getting the peace prize and getting into Heaven is working out:
Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
October 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
How getting the peace prize and getting into Heaven is working out:
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
"...no room for any type of criminal behavior..." unless it's coming from the White House.
Kash Patel: "This is an operation that showcases to you that under President Trump's administration, there is no room for any type of criminal behavior, be in on the world's largest stage or in the back rooms of tiny parlors where card games were being played."
October 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"...no room for any type of criminal behavior..." unless it's coming from the White House.
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Versailles, if it sucked ass.
October 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Versailles, if it sucked ass.
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Not enough of you believe me right now, but "Rebuild The White House" is going to become one of the most popular slogans in American political history
October 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Not enough of you believe me right now, but "Rebuild The White House" is going to become one of the most popular slogans in American political history
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A little painting of Trump's White House.
October 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A little painting of Trump's White House.
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You guys I’m really sorry but I am never going to forgive him for ripping a side off the White House and I am never going to forgive all the people who could have stopped him but just kept going along to get along.
October 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
You guys I’m really sorry but I am never going to forgive him for ripping a side off the White House and I am never going to forgive all the people who could have stopped him but just kept going along to get along.
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His bullshit is so thick.
Johnson on Epstein: We want maximum transparency. That is exactly what the American people are getting right now.
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
His bullshit is so thick.
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In 1998, David Broder said of Clinton, “He came in here and he trashed the place — and it’s not his place.”
Trump is now
- demolishing the East Wing
- paving the Rose Garden
- adding gold throughout the Oval Office
- building a ballroom
- installing a flagpole
- tearing apart the Lincoln bathroom
Trump is now
- demolishing the East Wing
- paving the Rose Garden
- adding gold throughout the Oval Office
- building a ballroom
- installing a flagpole
- tearing apart the Lincoln bathroom
At the White House, Trump's destructive impulses take a literal turn
Trump’s critics have long accused him of being responsible for making a mess at the White House. Those assessments have now become literal.
www.msnbc.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In 1998, David Broder said of Clinton, “He came in here and he trashed the place — and it’s not his place.”
Trump is now
- demolishing the East Wing
- paving the Rose Garden
- adding gold throughout the Oval Office
- building a ballroom
- installing a flagpole
- tearing apart the Lincoln bathroom
Trump is now
- demolishing the East Wing
- paving the Rose Garden
- adding gold throughout the Oval Office
- building a ballroom
- installing a flagpole
- tearing apart the Lincoln bathroom
Republicans can do the positive spin. Every. Single. Time.
Q: What does it say that president released a video of him pooping on the American people?
MIKE JOHNSON: You can argue he's probably the most effective person who has ever used social media. He's using satire to make a point. He's not calling for the murder of his political opponents.
MIKE JOHNSON: You can argue he's probably the most effective person who has ever used social media. He's using satire to make a point. He's not calling for the murder of his political opponents.
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Republicans can do the positive spin. Every. Single. Time.