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kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · Nov 18

The Constitution means whatever the hell 5 Republican Party operatives in black robes say it means.

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · Nov 18

Ugh. SCOTUS just instructed that states lack the authority to keep federal candidates off the ballot to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment.

It is not a stretch to worry that a 2028 SCOTUS would similarly decide that states lack the authority to enforce the Twenty-Second Amendment.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Nov 18

President-elect Donald Trump has mused more than once that he might like to run for re-election again in 2028 and seek a third term. The Constitution's 22nd Amendment does not allow it. Here’s why. nyti.ms/48YsMZO

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kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 46m

Remember when we mocked the press for falling for the carefully cultivated everyman image of George W. Bush, Scott Brown, and Glenn Youngkin because they (respectively) owned a cattleless Texas ranch, drove a pick up truck, and wore puffy vests?

kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 2h

Hassett uses language (“timeout”) typically describing how you deal with a tantrum-throwing toddler.

kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 2h

The NY Times has been awful for my entire adult life and I’m nearly 50.

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kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 2h

Always punching down because those people can’t deny you access.

kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 2h

I trust the Roberts Court as far as I can throw them.

kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 2h

🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
“Who are Brown Shirts in your neighborhood, in your neighborhood, in your neighborho-o-o-od?”
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kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 3h

Somewhere in the greater DC metro area, six conservative activists in black robes just smiled simultaneously.

kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 3h

Even the German shepherds in the original Wolfenstein were smarter than that.

kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 3h

The neckgina lives forever. Like the Billy Ripken baseball card.

kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 3h

How many times did this newspaper act as Trump’s scrivener about prices coming down on day one?

kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 4h

At the risk of repeating myself: “ICE delenda est.”

kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 4h

“Herr Hitler in the Clouds” was published two weeks before the Nazi invasion of Poland.

kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 4h

Privilege is the word that eluded me before coffee. Well said.

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kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 4h

White conservatives are the only cohort whose rage is taken as a given and therefore normalized.

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kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 5h

The NY Times is now state media.

Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 12h

What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes

www.nytimes.com

kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 5h

Its not like No Kings was a major event akin to another tidbit in But Her Emails coverage.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 5h

I asked the NYT why it played the “No Kings” parades—which drew an estimated 5 million+ protesters—with two small photos below the fold on their Sunday Page One, teasing to a story on page 23.

Their spokesperson gave me this answer, excerpted in today’s Laurels/Darts.

www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

"I...would respectfully disagree with the suggestion that including a story 'below the fold' in our print edition negates this being a significant story in the eyes of The Times.
We deployed more than 20 reporters and a dozen photographers to cover the 'No Kings' protests on Saturday, and had comprehensive live coverage throughout the day as well as articles, photography, and video pieces....
"While we did have our two front-page photos on the protests, using print alone to measure a story's significance, impact, or reach is a partial and outdated assessment. Altogether, this was comprehensive on-the-ground coverage, in line with how we would approach documenting other comparable events.

"On Sundays, we tend to showcase reporting that readers can only find at The Times, in this case, the results of a monthslong investigation into how members of a murderous regime have escaped justice. Two other articles on the Sunday front addressed major themes that came up in the protests, namely President Trump's approach to the shutdown/governing and whether the Democratic Party can regain power in Washington. Devoting two photos on the Sunday front page and deep nationwide reporting on most of an inside page is significant print coverage. We covered the
'No Kings' protest in June on the front page; we covered the July protests as well."

kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 5h

Screenshot from 1 minute ago.

kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 15h

Pure projection.

kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 22h

Or as I like to say: “In today’s stopped clock news.”

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Simon Little 🍁 @simonplittle.ca · 22h

Extremely funny that INFOWARS has agreed not to publish anything without the explicit consent of the US government

Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 1d

The far-right conspiracy site Infowars says it has signed the Pentagon press agreement and says Breanna Morello will be joining the 'new media' press corps covering the Defense Department.

"I won't be moving to D.C. of course—thank god," she caveats. x.com/infowars/sta...

INFOWARS on X: "🚨MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 Breanna Morello will be covering news at the Pentagon as a part of the Pentagon Press Corps! The new Pentagon Press Corps consists of over 60 journalists that will combat the fake news stranglehold of legacy media. This is great news for truth and https://t.co/id0VtguTIW" / X

🚨MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 Breanna Morello will be covering news at the Pentagon as a part of the Pentagon Press Corps! The new Pentagon Press Corps consists of over 60 journalists that will combat the fake news stranglehold of legacy media. This is great news for truth and https://t.co/id0VtguTIW

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kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 23h

Aka the Howlin’ Georgia Act.

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kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 23h

“No federal education funds to schools named after Confederate traitors.”

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kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 1d

He hates the same people they do.

kevinmcnamee.bsky.social @kevinmcnamee.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans have become increasingly brazen about their gaslighting as more and more newsrooms become controlled by partisan hacks.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

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