Rob Grant
@robgrant9.bsky.social
Rugby, music, law, something something
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they said the main epstein guy was going to lock up all the epstein guys, they were as wrong about all this as you can get and you dont have to pretend otherwise
January 31, 2026 at 7:52 PM
they said the main epstein guy was going to lock up all the epstein guys, they were as wrong about all this as you can get and you dont have to pretend otherwise
Psalm for the Slightly Tilted www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“Psalm for the Slightly Tilted”
“This is not / a good year. / But it has / witnesses.”
www.newyorker.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Psalm for the Slightly Tilted www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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I wonder if the New York Times will go after any of the prominent academics in the Epstein files for being rapists as hard as they went after Claudine Gay for being kind of sloppy with citations in her graduate thesis.
If not, why not?
If not, why not?
Here’s Duke behavioral economist Dan Ariely asking Jeffrey Epstein for “the name and email of the redhead that was here with you.” This is four years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
Doo do doo
January 31, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I wonder if the New York Times will go after any of the prominent academics in the Epstein files for being rapists as hard as they went after Claudine Gay for being kind of sloppy with citations in her graduate thesis.
If not, why not?
If not, why not?
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
My senator has taken the gloves off with Rubio and I am here for it.
VAN HOLLEN: Simple yes or no -- were you with President Trump during any of those conversations he had with people who had oil interests in Venezuela about the possibility of deposing Maduro?
RUBIO: That's not a simple yes or no question
(That's a yes)
RUBIO: That's not a simple yes or no question
(That's a yes)
January 28, 2026 at 5:39 PM
My senator has taken the gloves off with Rubio and I am here for it.
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This is what letting RFK jr go wild on health looks like
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 1:14 PM
This is what letting RFK jr go wild on health looks like
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RFKjr- with Trump's approval- has helped measles roar back:
"Before 2025, there were an average of about 180 measles cases reported each year since elimination... The US reported more than 2,200 confirmed measles cases in 2025 — significantly more than there have been in any year since 2000."
"Before 2025, there were an average of about 180 measles cases reported each year since elimination... The US reported more than 2,200 confirmed measles cases in 2025 — significantly more than there have been in any year since 2000."
(CNN) - The fast-growing measles outbreak in South Carolina is now the largest in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated in this country more than two decades ago.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:19 PM
RFKjr- with Trump's approval- has helped measles roar back:
"Before 2025, there were an average of about 180 measles cases reported each year since elimination... The US reported more than 2,200 confirmed measles cases in 2025 — significantly more than there have been in any year since 2000."
"Before 2025, there were an average of about 180 measles cases reported each year since elimination... The US reported more than 2,200 confirmed measles cases in 2025 — significantly more than there have been in any year since 2000."
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homan giving one set of orders, miller giving a second incompatible set of orders and noem refusing to confirm either sounds about right for these assholes
January 26, 2026 at 9:22 PM
homan giving one set of orders, miller giving a second incompatible set of orders and noem refusing to confirm either sounds about right for these assholes
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In essence, Speaker Johnson is gambling that the Senators are cut from the same shoddy moral cloth that he wears every day.
The Senate does not have to take that bait. They are better than Mike Johnson, and this is their chance to prove it.
The Senate does not have to take that bait. They are better than Mike Johnson, and this is their chance to prove it.
January 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM
In essence, Speaker Johnson is gambling that the Senators are cut from the same shoddy moral cloth that he wears every day.
The Senate does not have to take that bait. They are better than Mike Johnson, and this is their chance to prove it.
The Senate does not have to take that bait. They are better than Mike Johnson, and this is their chance to prove it.
So far not beating the allegations…
“We have negotiated a deal that is slightly worse for the US than the previous status quo. Winning!”
Trump: "Based upon a very productive meeting I had with Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one... Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs"
January 22, 2026 at 4:15 PM
So far not beating the allegations…
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But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes.
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes.
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
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Lesson of DOGE secret contacts with overturn-the-election group: "Justice Jackson’s SSA dissent was absolutely right—[both] about the risks inherent in giving DOGE such unfettered access to Americans’ Social Security data" and about the dangers of staying lower-court rulings on a scanty record.
“DOJ’s ‘Notice of Corrections’ ought to give the justices real pause … about substituting their judgment for that of district courts at least where preliminary relief has been based upon an impoverished (or non-existant) record.”
Today’s “One First” on developments in the DOGE/Social Security case:
Today’s “One First” on developments in the DOGE/Social Security case:
Bonus 203: Correcting the Record in the Social Security/DOGE Case
An eye-opening filing by the Department of Justice should give more than a little pause to the justices with respect to one of their earlier grants of emergency relief to the Trump administration.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Lesson of DOGE secret contacts with overturn-the-election group: "Justice Jackson’s SSA dissent was absolutely right—[both] about the risks inherent in giving DOGE such unfettered access to Americans’ Social Security data" and about the dangers of staying lower-court rulings on a scanty record.
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You all have bought all the bread
Tortillas and muffins
If i didn’t know better i would say Brooke Rollins is doing the meal prep
Tortillas and muffins
If i didn’t know better i would say Brooke Rollins is doing the meal prep
January 21, 2026 at 11:23 PM
You all have bought all the bread
Tortillas and muffins
If i didn’t know better i would say Brooke Rollins is doing the meal prep
Tortillas and muffins
If i didn’t know better i would say Brooke Rollins is doing the meal prep
“We have negotiated a deal that is slightly worse for the US than the previous status quo. Winning!”
Trump: "Based upon a very productive meeting I had with Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one... Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs"
January 21, 2026 at 7:36 PM
“We have negotiated a deal that is slightly worse for the US than the previous status quo. Winning!”
If I were Mike Johnson, I would hire a staffer to read the newspaper and tell me the important stuff.
Surprise! Mike Johnson says he hasn't seen any of Trump's (bonkers) speech in Davos
January 21, 2026 at 3:52 PM
If I were Mike Johnson, I would hire a staffer to read the newspaper and tell me the important stuff.
Oh.
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
dlvr.it
January 20, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Oh.
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After decades in the U.S., a Mexican couple prepares to self-deport—and leave their children behind. Jordan Salama reports from San Bernardino, California.
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A Mexican Couple in California Plans to Self-Deport—and Leave Their Kids Behind
Can undocumented parents elude ICE capture for one more year, until their youngest turns eighteen?
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December 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
After decades in the U.S., a Mexican couple prepares to self-deport—and leave their children behind. Jordan Salama reports from San Bernardino, California.
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There are places where Trump, as president, has broad freedom of action. And there are places where Trump, as president, has been able to act unilaterally because the main point of opposition, Congress (and SCOTUS), support his program. (1/?)
January 15, 2026 at 10:17 PM
There are places where Trump, as president, has broad freedom of action. And there are places where Trump, as president, has been able to act unilaterally because the main point of opposition, Congress (and SCOTUS), support his program. (1/?)
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Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Holy hell, what an obituary
You would have to work hard to come up with a more batshit series of words.
Crypto lobbyist and former senator Kyrsten Sinema has been sued for having affair with her ex-bodyguard. She also allegedly encouraged him to take the psychedelic drug MDMA on a Senate work trip so she could guide him through it.
Kyrsten Sinema Accused of Having Affair With Ex-Bodyguard
Crypto lobbyist and former senator Kyrsten Sinema has been sued for having affair with her ex-bodyguard. She also allegedly encouraged him to take the psychedelic drug MDMA on a Senate work trip so she could guide him through it.
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January 15, 2026 at 8:10 PM
You would have to work hard to come up with a more batshit series of words.
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People really reacting to this without all the details. I am sure there are good and legitimate reasons why President Trump is taking the oil revenue ransom he extorted from Venezuela and is putting into a Middle Eastern bank account that Congress cannot control.
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
People really reacting to this without all the details. I am sure there are good and legitimate reasons why President Trump is taking the oil revenue ransom he extorted from Venezuela and is putting into a Middle Eastern bank account that Congress cannot control.
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that’s how you thread the affordability + ICE needle
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:21 AM
that’s how you thread the affordability + ICE needle
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TWO. Two chances this Supreme Court had to make the right call. One was the simply call January 6 what it was: An insurrection. Even the liberal justices couldn’t do that. The other was to not make sham and politically-motivated investigations an “official act.”
And here we fucking are.
And here we fucking are.
January 12, 2026 at 1:52 AM
TWO. Two chances this Supreme Court had to make the right call. One was the simply call January 6 what it was: An insurrection. Even the liberal justices couldn’t do that. The other was to not make sham and politically-motivated investigations an “official act.”
And here we fucking are.
And here we fucking are.
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kinda feel like we should have seen mass resignations from the doj five or six watergates ago
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
kinda feel like we should have seen mass resignations from the doj five or six watergates ago