Eli Friedmann
@eligit.bsky.social
Guitar player/teacher/photographer in Manhattan.
Pro Trump and other annoying accounts blocked/muted on sight.
Pro Trump and other annoying accounts blocked/muted on sight.
I’ll be honest:
He looks deceased.
He looks deceased.
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I’ll be honest:
He looks deceased.
He looks deceased.
The only thing which springs to mind is that networks get handed over to people like Bari Weiss when they want to die.
In no universe is putting decrepit annoying Alan Dershowitz on screens going to "work".
This is the sign of a company going into terminal irrelevance.
Appealing to nobody.
In no universe is putting decrepit annoying Alan Dershowitz on screens going to "work".
This is the sign of a company going into terminal irrelevance.
Appealing to nobody.
American journalism will be saved by…87 year old Alan Dershowitz?
That’s the big idea to help turn this ship around?
😂
That’s the big idea to help turn this ship around?
😂
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The only thing which springs to mind is that networks get handed over to people like Bari Weiss when they want to die.
In no universe is putting decrepit annoying Alan Dershowitz on screens going to "work".
This is the sign of a company going into terminal irrelevance.
Appealing to nobody.
In no universe is putting decrepit annoying Alan Dershowitz on screens going to "work".
This is the sign of a company going into terminal irrelevance.
Appealing to nobody.
It’s both comical and dystopian.
Americans hate each other so readily that it is seen as gig work.
“Make Americans fight online for $10 an hour! Work from home!”
Americans hate each other so readily that it is seen as gig work.
“Make Americans fight online for $10 an hour! Work from home!”
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It’s both comical and dystopian.
Americans hate each other so readily that it is seen as gig work.
“Make Americans fight online for $10 an hour! Work from home!”
Americans hate each other so readily that it is seen as gig work.
“Make Americans fight online for $10 an hour! Work from home!”
SMDH…
"Senate Republican Joni Ernst (Iowa) blocked an attempt to pass a bill aimed at using U.S.'s leverage to bring an end to the genocide in Sudan by suspending arms shipments to the United Arab Emirates."
"27,000 people were killed in three days."
#USA #Sudan #UAE #Genocide #Military #Weapons
"27,000 people were killed in three days."
#USA #Sudan #UAE #Genocide #Military #Weapons
GOP Blocks Bill to Ban Arms Sales to UAE Until It Stops Arming Sudan Genocidaires
Darfur's governor said this week that 27,000 people were killed in the days following RSF's el-Fasher siege last month.
truthout.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
SMDH…
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"... the scale of the deception—as revealed by the “About” feature—suggests that in his haste to turn X into a political weapon for the far right, Musk may have revealed that the platform he’s long called “the number 1 source of news on Earth” is really just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors." 🤣
“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 AM
"... the scale of the deception—as revealed by the “About” feature—suggests that in his haste to turn X into a political weapon for the far right, Musk may have revealed that the platform he’s long called “the number 1 source of news on Earth” is really just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors." 🤣
Ok, cool.
Illegitimate prosecution ended.
As it should be.
Now hopefully we can go back to never hearing from this blowhard ever again.
Illegitimate prosecution ended.
As it should be.
Now hopefully we can go back to never hearing from this blowhard ever again.
Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Ok, cool.
Illegitimate prosecution ended.
As it should be.
Now hopefully we can go back to never hearing from this blowhard ever again.
Illegitimate prosecution ended.
As it should be.
Now hopefully we can go back to never hearing from this blowhard ever again.
Reposted by Eli Friedmann
Small businesses across the country, including here in Nevada, are preparing for higher prices again. They’re facing higher shipping costs, higher tariff costs, and higher prices across their supply chains.
Most Small Businesses Planning Price Hikes As Inflation Escalates, Report Finds
Despite mounting pressure from tariffs and rising costs, small businesses remain “cautiously optimistic,” according to a Bank of America report.
www.forbes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Small businesses across the country, including here in Nevada, are preparing for higher prices again. They’re facing higher shipping costs, higher tariff costs, and higher prices across their supply chains.
Reposted by Eli Friedmann
Incoming NJ governor Mike Sherrill says she will withhold federal income taxes from the government to defy Trump.
More of this, please! Just inject it into my veins.
More of this, please! Just inject it into my veins.
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Incoming NJ governor Mike Sherrill says she will withhold federal income taxes from the government to defy Trump.
More of this, please! Just inject it into my veins.
More of this, please! Just inject it into my veins.
Never trust a psychopath where your healthcare is concerned.
President Trump's delayed health care plan could impact subsidies, income caps, and premiums, but details remain uncertain.
Trump punts big health care plan reveal
President Trump's delayed health care plan could impact subsidies, income caps, and premiums, but details remain uncertain.
www.rawstory.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Never trust a psychopath where your healthcare is concerned.
These ginned up cases were a joke.
Glad they are being treated as such.
Glad they are being treated as such.
The criminal cases against both James Comey and Letitia James are dismissed. A total humiliation for Donald Trump and Pam Bondi. — And it’s only Monday.
November 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
These ginned up cases were a joke.
Glad they are being treated as such.
Glad they are being treated as such.
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The President of the United States should not be president of the United States.
November 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The President of the United States should not be president of the United States.
What the peace plan looks like when one is not on team Putin:
❗️🇪🇺🇺🇦 The full text of the EU plan to end the war in Ukraine is published by The Telegraph
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
What the peace plan looks like when one is not on team Putin:
I said this before the meeting and I'll say it again now.
I think it was the smart play to go meet with trump.
I think some real damage was prevented.
Obviously not ALL the potential damage has been prevented.
Far from it.
But SOME damage has been prevented.
And some is better than none.
I think it was the smart play to go meet with trump.
I think some real damage was prevented.
Obviously not ALL the potential damage has been prevented.
Far from it.
But SOME damage has been prevented.
And some is better than none.
Mamdani and Trump Tamp Down Fears Over National Guard in New York City
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/n...
Mamdani and Trump Tamp Down Fears Over National Guard in New York City
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I said this before the meeting and I'll say it again now.
I think it was the smart play to go meet with trump.
I think some real damage was prevented.
Obviously not ALL the potential damage has been prevented.
Far from it.
But SOME damage has been prevented.
And some is better than none.
I think it was the smart play to go meet with trump.
I think some real damage was prevented.
Obviously not ALL the potential damage has been prevented.
Far from it.
But SOME damage has been prevented.
And some is better than none.
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This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
What Cassidy is saying is that he is untrustworthy.
Simple as that.
He voted to confirm someone that he now admits is dangerously wrong about a very important issue.
Simple as that.
He voted to confirm someone that he now admits is dangerously wrong about a very important issue.
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 4:20 PM
What Cassidy is saying is that he is untrustworthy.
Simple as that.
He voted to confirm someone that he now admits is dangerously wrong about a very important issue.
Simple as that.
He voted to confirm someone that he now admits is dangerously wrong about a very important issue.
Many of those maga accounts you saw on twitter were not who they pretended to be.
They were run by people in other countries attempting (and succeeding) to influence our elections.
They were run by people in other countries attempting (and succeeding) to influence our elections.
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Many of those maga accounts you saw on twitter were not who they pretended to be.
They were run by people in other countries attempting (and succeeding) to influence our elections.
They were run by people in other countries attempting (and succeeding) to influence our elections.
This is pretty much the case.
As I've said before, Trump is a WWF brain.
To him all this political posturing IS mostly playacting.
It's all showbiz to him.
"I call you a communist, you call me a fascist! It's fun and means nothing!"
At his core he is a nihilistic sociopath, not political.
As I've said before, Trump is a WWF brain.
To him all this political posturing IS mostly playacting.
It's all showbiz to him.
"I call you a communist, you call me a fascist! It's fun and means nothing!"
At his core he is a nihilistic sociopath, not political.
The thing about Trump saying it’s fine for Mamdani to call him a fascist is that he genuinely thinks all of this is kayfabe, just as he could insult Rubio or Cruz but still work with them. It’s not possible for him to imagine other people being sincere about anything.
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This is pretty much the case.
As I've said before, Trump is a WWF brain.
To him all this political posturing IS mostly playacting.
It's all showbiz to him.
"I call you a communist, you call me a fascist! It's fun and means nothing!"
At his core he is a nihilistic sociopath, not political.
As I've said before, Trump is a WWF brain.
To him all this political posturing IS mostly playacting.
It's all showbiz to him.
"I call you a communist, you call me a fascist! It's fun and means nothing!"
At his core he is a nihilistic sociopath, not political.
It’s too on the nose.
But isn’t everything now?
But isn’t everything now?
I figured as much, and so have many others.
Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Senator Angus King (I-ME) say that Marco Rubio admitted that the 28-point "peace plan" for Ukraine was a Russian document, not a U.S. one.
Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Senator Angus King (I-ME) say that Marco Rubio admitted that the 28-point "peace plan" for Ukraine was a Russian document, not a U.S. one.
US Senators say Rubio admitted leaked Ukraine peace plan is Putin’s not Trump’s
The breaking news comes via PBS NewsHour correspondent Nick Schifrin who tweeted it on X.com. According to Schifrin, Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) told him that Rubio called him and other lawmakers to ma...
www.dailykos.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It’s too on the nose.
But isn’t everything now?
But isn’t everything now?
Even after the United States surrenders to climate change, the rest of the world isn’t much better.
Sad reality.
Sad reality.
Dozens of countries had called for a clear "roadmap" to transition away from the use of coal, oil and gas. The U.S. did not participate in the negotiations.
U.N. climate talks end without agreement on phasing out fossil fuels
Dozens of countries had called for a clear "roadmap" to transition away from the use of coal, oil and gas. The U.S. did not participate in the negotiations.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Even after the United States surrenders to climate change, the rest of the world isn’t much better.
Sad reality.
Sad reality.
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I’m sick of hearing that closing the Department of Education would send control back to the states.
The states already have control.
What they really want with a closing is lack of oversight, access to education funding, and more Christian Nationalism in schools.
The states already have control.
What they really want with a closing is lack of oversight, access to education funding, and more Christian Nationalism in schools.
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I’m sick of hearing that closing the Department of Education would send control back to the states.
The states already have control.
What they really want with a closing is lack of oversight, access to education funding, and more Christian Nationalism in schools.
The states already have control.
What they really want with a closing is lack of oversight, access to education funding, and more Christian Nationalism in schools.
Yup.
Just like with musk buying twitter, these oligarchs don’t care if these things make money. The point was to remove them as a tool for criticizing the powerful and they’ve done that. A secondary goal was spreading their own propaganda, and maybe making a little money was a distant third concern.
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Yup.
So:
Both Putin and Zelenskyy are a no.
Brilliant deal maker trump.
Pleasing nobody.
Incompetent.
Both Putin and Zelenskyy are a no.
Brilliant deal maker trump.
Pleasing nobody.
Incompetent.
Russia flat out rejects Trump's 28-point peace plan: "Even in a reduced military and territorial form, Ukraine would remain a significant danger, requiring us to keep our forces on the western borders."
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
So:
Both Putin and Zelenskyy are a no.
Brilliant deal maker trump.
Pleasing nobody.
Incompetent.
Both Putin and Zelenskyy are a no.
Brilliant deal maker trump.
Pleasing nobody.
Incompetent.
It sure does make you think.
Just remembering how one of the most important and widely read and dropped-with-maximally-damaging-timing "Biden is old and senile" pieces was reported by Nuzzi. It makes you think!
well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It sure does make you think.
Boy do I agree with this.
The way a lot of people turn politics into a toxic video game environment is not healthy.
I have never been a "fan" or "friend" of ANY politician.
To me, there is only cause and effect.
If there are two candidates I pick the one who will have a net better effect.
That's it.
The way a lot of people turn politics into a toxic video game environment is not healthy.
I have never been a "fan" or "friend" of ANY politician.
To me, there is only cause and effect.
If there are two candidates I pick the one who will have a net better effect.
That's it.
People have got to find a lower-stakes outlet for their parasocial fandom urges than politics.
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Boy do I agree with this.
The way a lot of people turn politics into a toxic video game environment is not healthy.
I have never been a "fan" or "friend" of ANY politician.
To me, there is only cause and effect.
If there are two candidates I pick the one who will have a net better effect.
That's it.
The way a lot of people turn politics into a toxic video game environment is not healthy.
I have never been a "fan" or "friend" of ANY politician.
To me, there is only cause and effect.
If there are two candidates I pick the one who will have a net better effect.
That's it.
It's worth remembering, when trying to assess Hochul, that she did not ask for this job.
She was thrown into it when Cuomo resigned in disgrace.
That is NOT what usually happens to any lieutenant governor.
It is not to be expected when one takes on that job.
So IMO she's done ok.
Stepped up.
She was thrown into it when Cuomo resigned in disgrace.
That is NOT what usually happens to any lieutenant governor.
It is not to be expected when one takes on that job.
So IMO she's done ok.
Stepped up.
Yep.
I gave her a hard time during the politicking around congestion pricing but she has come into her own to a pretty impressive degree.
She had to jump into the job when Cuomo was forced out in disgrace.
So she has had to learn on the job is a very stressful time….
I gave her a hard time during the politicking around congestion pricing but she has come into her own to a pretty impressive degree.
She had to jump into the job when Cuomo was forced out in disgrace.
So she has had to learn on the job is a very stressful time….
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It's worth remembering, when trying to assess Hochul, that she did not ask for this job.
She was thrown into it when Cuomo resigned in disgrace.
That is NOT what usually happens to any lieutenant governor.
It is not to be expected when one takes on that job.
So IMO she's done ok.
Stepped up.
She was thrown into it when Cuomo resigned in disgrace.
That is NOT what usually happens to any lieutenant governor.
It is not to be expected when one takes on that job.
So IMO she's done ok.
Stepped up.