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A dozen years ago I read this Jon Lee Anderson piece in the New Yorker (free link below) and it has stayed with me. I don't know how anyone who has read it or has any level of knowledge of Venezuela thinks a US occupation or sponsored govt will succeed. pscourses.ucsd.edu/ps200b/Ander...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:17 PM
A dozen years ago I read this Jon Lee Anderson piece in the New Yorker (free link below) and it has stayed with me. I don't know how anyone who has read it or has any level of knowledge of Venezuela thinks a US occupation or sponsored govt will succeed. pscourses.ucsd.edu/ps200b/Ander...
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President Zelenskyy on Maduro:
What can I say here? If this can be done to dictators, like that, then the United States of America know what they should do next.
What can I say here? If this can be done to dictators, like that, then the United States of America know what they should do next.
January 3, 2026 at 6:37 PM
President Zelenskyy on Maduro:
What can I say here? If this can be done to dictators, like that, then the United States of America know what they should do next.
What can I say here? If this can be done to dictators, like that, then the United States of America know what they should do next.
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All righty -- this year's writerly resolution is live, should you care to read it. The tl;dr is it's actually quite an optimistic read, so hopefully it'll give you some juice to kick open the new year and put words to stories that need to be told.
Writer Resolution 2026: Wield The Weapon That Is You
It’s never precisely easy to be a writer — professional or otherwise. I mean, it’s easy in the sense of, hey, anybody can open a word processor and start (fiercely or methodically…
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December 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
All righty -- this year's writerly resolution is live, should you care to read it. The tl;dr is it's actually quite an optimistic read, so hopefully it'll give you some juice to kick open the new year and put words to stories that need to be told.
a plus of moving to a new state with little of my stuff is rediscovering reading books. In the past 5 weeks:
The Man Who Came Uptown (Pelecanos); Legs (Kennedy); Dune (Herbert), For Whom the Bell Tolls (EH); The Burn Palace (Dobyns); finishing the year with The Big Short, which is kinda terrifying.
The Man Who Came Uptown (Pelecanos); Legs (Kennedy); Dune (Herbert), For Whom the Bell Tolls (EH); The Burn Palace (Dobyns); finishing the year with The Big Short, which is kinda terrifying.
December 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
a plus of moving to a new state with little of my stuff is rediscovering reading books. In the past 5 weeks:
The Man Who Came Uptown (Pelecanos); Legs (Kennedy); Dune (Herbert), For Whom the Bell Tolls (EH); The Burn Palace (Dobyns); finishing the year with The Big Short, which is kinda terrifying.
The Man Who Came Uptown (Pelecanos); Legs (Kennedy); Dune (Herbert), For Whom the Bell Tolls (EH); The Burn Palace (Dobyns); finishing the year with The Big Short, which is kinda terrifying.
Writing that closing graf was always the hardest part for me. Your closer on this piece -- that's how it's done.
December 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Writing that closing graf was always the hardest part for me. Your closer on this piece -- that's how it's done.
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Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
this is good work.
DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
December 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
this is good work.
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
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December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
damn. I know they've been hinting at it since the winter meetings but I still did not expect the Rays to trade Brandon Lowe. Plus Shane Baz. Nice set of prospects but still, the fire sale is heartbreaking. #TampaBayRays #firesale #downer
December 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
damn. I know they've been hinting at it since the winter meetings but I still did not expect the Rays to trade Brandon Lowe. Plus Shane Baz. Nice set of prospects but still, the fire sale is heartbreaking. #TampaBayRays #firesale #downer
Just got back from picking up my kid at Brown. When he was accepted, I thought, this is one place that will never have a shooting. Today, I saw so many parents hugging their kids and just not letting go, as if it might protect them. It can’t, of course, and our leaders won’t take actions that might.
A mass shooting at my alma mater Brown University hit hard, proving no community is safe from senseless violence in a land with more guns than people
Trump added insult to injury by claiming there is "nothing you can do." We can do a lot about guns
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/brow...
Trump added insult to injury by claiming there is "nothing you can do." We can do a lot about guns
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/brow...
Mass shooting at Brown U.: When gun heartbreak comes home | Will Bunch
A mass shooting at my alma mater is a gutting reminder that no one is safe until we tackle America's gun crisis.
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December 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Just got back from picking up my kid at Brown. When he was accepted, I thought, this is one place that will never have a shooting. Today, I saw so many parents hugging their kids and just not letting go, as if it might protect them. It can’t, of course, and our leaders won’t take actions that might.
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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
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A+ headline work from the AP apnews.com/article/dona...
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A+ headline work from the AP apnews.com/article/dona...
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Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education - actual, real education in reading, writing, thinking, arguing, analyzing, & synthesizing by doing the actual hard work for which there is no substitute - is stronger than it’s ever been at any point in human history.
November 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education - actual, real education in reading, writing, thinking, arguing, analyzing, & synthesizing by doing the actual hard work for which there is no substitute - is stronger than it’s ever been at any point in human history.
at this point, paper towels are a better use of paper than the Washington Post.
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
at this point, paper towels are a better use of paper than the Washington Post.
somehow two stick figures are making my heart ache.
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Fifteen Years
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November 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
somehow two stick figures are making my heart ache.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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The Trump Administration killed over 383 active clinical trials and directly harmed more than 74,000 Americans with lasting future impacts for the public at large.
Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.
Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.
Trump admin axed 383 active clinical trials, dumping over 74K participants
It’s a “violation of foundational ethical principles of human participant research.”…
arstechnica.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Trump Administration killed over 383 active clinical trials and directly harmed more than 74,000 Americans with lasting future impacts for the public at large.
Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.
Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.
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Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Look, umps miss calls. It happens. But it sucks when a missed strike three call turns into a home run.
October 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Look, umps miss calls. It happens. But it sucks when a missed strike three call turns into a home run.
This woman absolutely bringing it at No Kings in Sarasota, Fla.
October 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This woman absolutely bringing it at No Kings in Sarasota, Fla.
Max Scherzer, last night -- that's one reason we love baseball.
October 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Max Scherzer, last night -- that's one reason we love baseball.
The Inky's Will Bunch gets it. Gift link:
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Dems must say: No troops, or no shutdown deal | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, billionaire saved by Penn wants to wreck it.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The Inky's Will Bunch gets it. Gift link:
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Pretty happy with the MLB playoffs lineup. If I'd been able to pick the eight teams moving on to the division series, I'd have chosen all of these except LA.
Now back to Bsky anonymity.
Now back to Bsky anonymity.
October 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Pretty happy with the MLB playoffs lineup. If I'd been able to pick the eight teams moving on to the division series, I'd have chosen all of these except LA.
Now back to Bsky anonymity.
Now back to Bsky anonymity.
Eight million views in less than 10 hours. That's Star Wars trailer numbers. Actually, better: The Mandalorian & Grogu trailer has 8 million views in 2 days.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...
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Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
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September 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Eight million views in less than 10 hours. That's Star Wars trailer numbers. Actually, better: The Mandalorian & Grogu trailer has 8 million views in 2 days.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...
Re-posting a friend's thoughts:
When Melissa Hortman and her husband were gunned down by an insane right-winger, what we should want out of that grotesque act is real gun control.
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When Melissa Hortman and her husband were gunned down by an insane right-winger, what we should want out of that grotesque act is real gun control.
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September 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Re-posting a friend's thoughts:
When Melissa Hortman and her husband were gunned down by an insane right-winger, what we should want out of that grotesque act is real gun control.
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When Melissa Hortman and her husband were gunned down by an insane right-winger, what we should want out of that grotesque act is real gun control.
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