Jacob Weindling
@jakeweindling.bsky.social
Editor at Large @splinternews.bsky.social
Rabid Colorado sports partisan.
Mildly rabid lefty partisan.
Reluctant finance guy.
Accidental UFO reporter-ish (more on that later).
Signal: JacobWeindling.16
Rabid Colorado sports partisan.
Mildly rabid lefty partisan.
Reluctant finance guy.
Accidental UFO reporter-ish (more on that later).
Signal: JacobWeindling.16
Gold way down, stocks up, yields up, risk up the most
The very broken market's nature is healing
The very broken market's nature is healing
February 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Gold way down, stocks up, yields up, risk up the most
The very broken market's nature is healing
The very broken market's nature is healing
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I feel like trump voters are beginning to realize there isn't some grand ending here. It's just national suicide and not everyone is down with that
Remarkable: 55% of noncollege whites and even 50% of rural whites say ICE is too aggressive, per new Fox News poll.
And 71% of independents disapprove of Trump on immigration.
This is digging deep into Trump's base.
We detail these numbers on today's pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
And 71% of independents disapprove of Trump on immigration.
This is digging deep into Trump's base.
We detail these numbers on today's pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Trump Tirade over Protests Goes Off Rails as Crushing Fox Poll Hits
As Trump grows more delusional about how hated his ICE raids have become, a longtime pro-immigrant organizer explains why this may be a watershed moment in terms of public opinion on the issue.
newrepublic.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I feel like trump voters are beginning to realize there isn't some grand ending here. It's just national suicide and not everyone is down with that
Everywhere you look these days you can find a Republican who has been shamelessly violating Biggie's 4th Crack Commandment
kind of striking how many main characters in Trump II are obviously and severely disturbed nymag.com/intelligence...
Nancy Mace Is Not Okay
“Something’s broken. The motherboard’s fried. We’re short-circuiting somewhere.”
nymag.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Everywhere you look these days you can find a Republican who has been shamelessly violating Biggie's 4th Crack Commandment
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Goalie fight, as called in American Sign Language:
February 2, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Goalie fight, as called in American Sign Language:
Bad Bunny is an American treasure
Bad Bunny with a powerful anti-ICE speech at the Grammys 🔥🔥🔥🔥
"Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say ‘ICE out.’ We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans."
"Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say ‘ICE out.’ We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans."
February 2, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Bad Bunny is an American treasure
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the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
February 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
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February 1, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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Any serious reckoning of Obama’s legacy is going to have to grapple with the fact that Summers held a position of influence in the administration for years.
Larry Summers, seen here somehow managing to have the worst gender politics in the room while in a one on one conversation with JEFFREY FUCKING EPSTEIN.
February 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Any serious reckoning of Obama’s legacy is going to have to grapple with the fact that Summers held a position of influence in the administration for years.
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NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up
January 31, 2026 at 2:02 PM
NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up
Someone paying $55k for dinner with Bari Weiss is one of the clearest examples of how taxes on the wealthy are criminally low
Bari Weiss attended a fundraiser last night in NYC, attendee tells me. There was an auction item for dinner with her and wife Nellie Bowles. Several people cheered in approval, many others said after how gross it was. Bari shouted out “And you can make out with Nellie!” It ultimately sold for $55k.
February 1, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Someone paying $55k for dinner with Bari Weiss is one of the clearest examples of how taxes on the wealthy are criminally low
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liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
February 1, 2026 at 4:36 PM
liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
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a "fun" fact is that texas' state senate map is so gerrymandered that this swing would flip all but four republican districts
February 1, 2026 at 4:47 AM
a "fun" fact is that texas' state senate map is so gerrymandered that this swing would flip all but four republican districts
Holy shit
February 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Holy shit
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And most of the major media did not take it as seriously as they should have because they were also often ridiculed by Gawker etc. An entire century thus far of reactionary politics from people getting owned online.
we said all along that they wanted Gawker dead not because we embarrassed a pro wrestler but because the Epstein story is one Gawker was covering a decade before most other people caught up & was just one of many stories exposing powerful people and their misdeeds
Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
January 31, 2026 at 9:27 PM
And most of the major media did not take it as seriously as they should have because they were also often ridiculed by Gawker etc. An entire century thus far of reactionary politics from people getting owned online.
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Epstein is the most garish and harrowing manifestation of this but oligarchy makes life miserable in a thousand other ways. A core point of democracy is that no one should have so much power that they can make themselves everybody's problem. We should have a political party that believes that
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 31, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Epstein is the most garish and harrowing manifestation of this but oligarchy makes life miserable in a thousand other ways. A core point of democracy is that no one should have so much power that they can make themselves everybody's problem. We should have a political party that believes that
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In America the only way to retire from working is to let Gunther choke you to death
January 31, 2026 at 9:15 PM
In America the only way to retire from working is to let Gunther choke you to death
Will never feel right watching an Avs-Red Wings game where it doesn't feel like a 12 man brawl could unfold at any moment
January 31, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Will never feel right watching an Avs-Red Wings game where it doesn't feel like a 12 man brawl could unfold at any moment
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One effect of the gendered split in the US political imagination, in which liberals are feminized and conservatives are masculinized, is that liberals’ opposition to the right is cast as disavowed sexual desire. Liberals secretly want fascism, in this view, the same way women secretly want rape.
I don’t know what I expected when I saw that Chris Rufo was taking on the “fascism canard” but lol
January 31, 2026 at 5:43 PM
One effect of the gendered split in the US political imagination, in which liberals are feminized and conservatives are masculinized, is that liberals’ opposition to the right is cast as disavowed sexual desire. Liberals secretly want fascism, in this view, the same way women secretly want rape.
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Cross-posting this comment from Jeet Heer over on Twitter. It really is kind of funny that Musk is just totally unable to pick up on code and innuendo.
January 31, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Cross-posting this comment from Jeet Heer over on Twitter. It really is kind of funny that Musk is just totally unable to pick up on code and innuendo.
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all the people who thought it was for hedging fiat currency or buying heroin learning it's the pedophiles' secret handshake
January 31, 2026 at 5:24 PM
all the people who thought it was for hedging fiat currency or buying heroin learning it's the pedophiles' secret handshake
Crypto is getting annihilated today
January 31, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Crypto is getting annihilated today
If this guy never sees the inside of a jail cell, rule of law in America is just a relic of the past
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:52 PM
If this guy never sees the inside of a jail cell, rule of law in America is just a relic of the past
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On August 12, 2017, Heather Heyer was killed by a neo-Nazi in Charlottesville.
On August 17, 2017, Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner that antifa was “a gift to the far right”.
In between those dates he met with Jeffrey Epstein in Tuscon.
On August 17, 2017, Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner that antifa was “a gift to the far right”.
In between those dates he met with Jeffrey Epstein in Tuscon.
January 31, 2026 at 11:06 AM
On August 12, 2017, Heather Heyer was killed by a neo-Nazi in Charlottesville.
On August 17, 2017, Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner that antifa was “a gift to the far right”.
In between those dates he met with Jeffrey Epstein in Tuscon.
On August 17, 2017, Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner that antifa was “a gift to the far right”.
In between those dates he met with Jeffrey Epstein in Tuscon.
Nuggets going 10-6 without Jokic and integrating him back like nothing happened feels like a real "uh oh, Happy learned how to putt" situation
January 31, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Nuggets going 10-6 without Jokic and integrating him back like nothing happened feels like a real "uh oh, Happy learned how to putt" situation