Charles
@runnette.bsky.social
Editorial Director, Creative Strategy Consultant. Former Seattleite, currently in Virginia. Husband and dog dad.
The Atlantic is trash.
In the 19th century, the heyday of American mobility, roughly a third of all Americans changed addresses each year. European visitors were astonished. The American “is devoured with a passion for locomotion,” the French writer Michel Chevalier observed in 1835. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
How Progressives Froze the American Dream
The U.S. was once the world’s most geographically mobile society. Now we’re stuck in place—and that’s a very big problem.
www.theatlantic.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The Atlantic is trash.
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At least 30 people have died in ICE custody in less than a year under the current administration. With the massive increase in detainments, conditions inside ICE detention facilities will only get worse, leading to even more deaths.
December 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
At least 30 people have died in ICE custody in less than a year under the current administration. With the massive increase in detainments, conditions inside ICE detention facilities will only get worse, leading to even more deaths.
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Fact-checking Trump’s 18-minute speech from last night.
December 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Fact-checking Trump’s 18-minute speech from last night.
Absolutely enraging.
MORE from Jack Smith:
"Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021 ... He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents."
"Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021 ... He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents."
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Absolutely enraging.
Total insanity
Not for nothing, but this is thiiiiiiiiiiis close to an act of war
December 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Total insanity
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When Europe and Russia disagree on an issue at the UN, it's long been the case that the US sides with Europe. This year, not so much. www.howtoreadthisch.art/data-is-anti...
December 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
When Europe and Russia disagree on an issue at the UN, it's long been the case that the US sides with Europe. This year, not so much. www.howtoreadthisch.art/data-is-anti...
The end of our democracy, and the start of our kleptocracy. Justice Stevens stating the obvious in his dissent, “counting every legally cast vote cannot constitute irreparable harm.” Shout out to chief underminer of 🇺🇸 John Roberts, for assisting Bush’s legal team. Nice payback he got in 2005.
This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The end of our democracy, and the start of our kleptocracy. Justice Stevens stating the obvious in his dissent, “counting every legally cast vote cannot constitute irreparable harm.” Shout out to chief underminer of 🇺🇸 John Roberts, for assisting Bush’s legal team. Nice payback he got in 2005.
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Monthly global climate data update from @climate.noaa.gov for the month of November 2025.
Third hottest month of November since 1850.
datagraver.com/climate-data...
#climate
Third hottest month of November since 1850.
datagraver.com/climate-data...
#climate
December 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Monthly global climate data update from @climate.noaa.gov for the month of November 2025.
Third hottest month of November since 1850.
datagraver.com/climate-data...
#climate
Third hottest month of November since 1850.
datagraver.com/climate-data...
#climate
This cannot be the way this country works.
The president’s son-in-law is in on Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros.
And Trump recently said he wasn’t a fan of the Netflix bid.
Cuz this is Trump’s Washington.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
And Trump recently said he wasn’t a fan of the Netflix bid.
Cuz this is Trump’s Washington.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This cannot be the way this country works.
Why is anyone ok with this?
December 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Why is anyone ok with this?
No bottom.
North Korean-style. A Potemkin village of fake journalists.
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
No bottom.
Me toooo!!
I sometimes think of the multiverse in which Al Gore won in 2000. I wonder what is happening over there
🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
December 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Me toooo!!
Russian Special Envoy Witkoff
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Russian Special Envoy Witkoff
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1. EXCLUSIVE
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware
Records obtained by Oligarch Watch reveal that the facility relies on Chinese transformers, creating a major security vulnerability.
oligarchwatch.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
1. EXCLUSIVE
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
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Fear is contagious, but so is courage. I remain steadfast in my oath to the Constitution and am grateful to those across the nation who stand with us. Don't give up the ship.
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Fear is contagious, but so is courage. I remain steadfast in my oath to the Constitution and am grateful to those across the nation who stand with us. Don't give up the ship.
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Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Also, it’s not going to happen. Why is anyone with any sense pretending it will?
Yale Budget Lab has estimated the cost of the Trump tariff checks "is about twice as large as the total revenue that will be raised by the administration's tariff hikes."
Point is, it's not a dividend, it's borrowing from the future.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/est...
Point is, it's not a dividend, it's borrowing from the future.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/est...
November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Also, it’s not going to happen. Why is anyone with any sense pretending it will?
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Yale Budget Lab has estimated the cost of the Trump tariff checks "is about twice as large as the total revenue that will be raised by the administration's tariff hikes."
Point is, it's not a dividend, it's borrowing from the future.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/est...
Point is, it's not a dividend, it's borrowing from the future.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/est...
November 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Yale Budget Lab has estimated the cost of the Trump tariff checks "is about twice as large as the total revenue that will be raised by the administration's tariff hikes."
Point is, it's not a dividend, it's borrowing from the future.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/est...
Point is, it's not a dividend, it's borrowing from the future.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/est...
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It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
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66% of all solar and 69%(!) of all wind installed globally this year, will be installed in China🤯🇨🇳
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
66% of all solar and 69%(!) of all wind installed globally this year, will be installed in China🤯🇨🇳
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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What your president and his team are prioritizing.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
What your president and his team are prioritizing.
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A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
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Please watch
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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