Scott Fenstermaker
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BASH: One of the concerns is that Elon Musk has billions tied up in govt contracts. You don't see a conflict of interest?
CHRIS SUNUNU: Everyone has a conflict of interest
BASH: But that's a pretty big one
SUNUNU: He's so rich he's removed from the potential financial influence
CHRIS SUNUNU: Everyone has a conflict of interest
BASH: But that's a pretty big one
SUNUNU: He's so rich he's removed from the potential financial influence
At the advent of Trumpism, many conservative pundits asked, "Why is the GOP abandoning conservatism? Conservatism is about personal freedom and pragmatism, not populist mobs! Where did this wholly different thing come from?"
MAGA isn't a deviation from conservatism, but the apotheosis of it. /1
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MAGA isn't a deviation from conservatism, but the apotheosis of it. /1
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This is exactly right.
In the conservative headspace, Libs are conduct hall-monitors, and “individual liberty” means “freedom from the rules of Libs.”
In the conservative headspace, Libs are conduct hall-monitors, and “individual liberty” means “freedom from the rules of Libs.”
"Individual liberty" is when conservatives decide everything. Their concept of liberty is just domination, not freedom to do what they want, but freedom to force everyone else to do what they want. bsky.app/profile/donm...
The only way to assure individual liberty is to hand unprecedented governmental power to the guy engaged in blatant democratic backsliding
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This is exactly right.
In the conservative headspace, Libs are conduct hall-monitors, and “individual liberty” means “freedom from the rules of Libs.”
In the conservative headspace, Libs are conduct hall-monitors, and “individual liberty” means “freedom from the rules of Libs.”
Kushner is actually a financial partner in the Paramount bid.
this pretty much guarantees months and months of performative bullshit by Trump and Ellison and right wing media about how Netflix ownership would be a woke antitrust nightmare, but letting Larry and his nepobaby son dominate U.S. media would be a delightful, populist spritzer
It’s a Bidding War: Paramount Attempts Hostile Offer for Warner Bros.
David Ellison calls Netflix's $82.7 billion deal value an "inferior proposal" and tells Warners shareholders that his coalition promises $18 billion more in cash.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Kushner is actually a financial partner in the Paramount bid.
An underappreciated effect of the Trump age is that we’re all being taught not to care, because our leaders don’t care.
If admin officials and legislators don’t care that bombing boats is a crime, people will likewise shrug when CEO’s get murdered.
“Well, he was bad.”
If admin officials and legislators don’t care that bombing boats is a crime, people will likewise shrug when CEO’s get murdered.
“Well, he was bad.”
Duckworth: "It is a war crime. It's illegal. No matter how you put it, it's all illegal. I've been shot down behind enemy lines. Under the laws of war, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual ... you're not allowed to go back in and kill them."
December 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
An underappreciated effect of the Trump age is that we’re all being taught not to care, because our leaders don’t care.
If admin officials and legislators don’t care that bombing boats is a crime, people will likewise shrug when CEO’s get murdered.
“Well, he was bad.”
If admin officials and legislators don’t care that bombing boats is a crime, people will likewise shrug when CEO’s get murdered.
“Well, he was bad.”
This is just hitting me now, but is it weird to anyone else that Solitaire’s priestess cloak is attached to the wall, and the hat is on a lever doohickey?
December 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is just hitting me now, but is it weird to anyone else that Solitaire’s priestess cloak is attached to the wall, and the hat is on a lever doohickey?
It’s actually worse than that, because we are likely to see some green chutes of potential repair, which will be annihilated upon the election of President Vance (or one in his mold) in 2032.
By then, the electorate will have forgotten all this, and will be bitching about woke, inflationary Dems.
By then, the electorate will have forgotten all this, and will be bitching about woke, inflationary Dems.
"What if Trumpism waned, MAGA cracked up, the public rediscovered its commitment to liberalism, and our institutions were already so corrupted that they were beyond repair?"
@jvl.bsky.social gets dark — very dark — in today's Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
@jvl.bsky.social gets dark — very dark — in today's Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
What If It’s Already Too Late?
Institutional rot or ideological infection—either way, a real “Deep State” is already taking shape.
www.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It’s actually worse than that, because we are likely to see some green chutes of potential repair, which will be annihilated upon the election of President Vance (or one in his mold) in 2032.
By then, the electorate will have forgotten all this, and will be bitching about woke, inflationary Dems.
By then, the electorate will have forgotten all this, and will be bitching about woke, inflationary Dems.
Half of all GDP growth. Jesus.
To give you any idea, just before the 2001 internet crash, tech companies accounted for about 30% of GDP growth.
And that was spread out over a lot of companies. Unlike now.
To give you any idea, just before the 2001 internet crash, tech companies accounted for about 30% of GDP growth.
And that was spread out over a lot of companies. Unlike now.
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Half of all GDP growth. Jesus.
To give you any idea, just before the 2001 internet crash, tech companies accounted for about 30% of GDP growth.
And that was spread out over a lot of companies. Unlike now.
To give you any idea, just before the 2001 internet crash, tech companies accounted for about 30% of GDP growth.
And that was spread out over a lot of companies. Unlike now.
Imagine what you could do with Duck Hunt these days…
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Imagine what you could do with Duck Hunt these days…
Like Charlie Kirk, Bill Buckley applied erudition to the project of explaining why the powerless in society deserved no power.
To the end of his life, Buckley never wavered from his belief that the Civil Rights movement was mistaken.
www.salon.com/2015/06/07/w...
To the end of his life, Buckley never wavered from his belief that the Civil Rights movement was mistaken.
www.salon.com/2015/06/07/w...
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Like Charlie Kirk, Bill Buckley applied erudition to the project of explaining why the powerless in society deserved no power.
To the end of his life, Buckley never wavered from his belief that the Civil Rights movement was mistaken.
www.salon.com/2015/06/07/w...
To the end of his life, Buckley never wavered from his belief that the Civil Rights movement was mistaken.
www.salon.com/2015/06/07/w...
Trump polls abysmally until you name a Democrat and ask voters to choose.
The Dem brand is so bad, and annoys voters so much, that they simply bake the corruption into the cost of doing business.
The Dem brand is so bad, and annoys voters so much, that they simply bake the corruption into the cost of doing business.
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Trump polls abysmally until you name a Democrat and ask voters to choose.
The Dem brand is so bad, and annoys voters so much, that they simply bake the corruption into the cost of doing business.
The Dem brand is so bad, and annoys voters so much, that they simply bake the corruption into the cost of doing business.
It may, but just remember, Dem:
Coalitions of the pissed off only last as long as the piss-off stimulus is actually in office.
Once out, voters get instant amnesia.
Coalitions of the pissed off only last as long as the piss-off stimulus is actually in office.
Once out, voters get instant amnesia.
“A coalition of the pissed off” 🔥
The Guardian on @aftynbehn.bsky.social’s quest to flip TN-7 on December 2nd
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Guardian on @aftynbehn.bsky.social’s quest to flip TN-7 on December 2nd
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It may, but just remember, Dem:
Coalitions of the pissed off only last as long as the piss-off stimulus is actually in office.
Once out, voters get instant amnesia.
Coalitions of the pissed off only last as long as the piss-off stimulus is actually in office.
Once out, voters get instant amnesia.
Congratulations, Professor Ehrman. Chapel Hill, and New Testament scholarship in general will be all the less without your contribution. We appreciate you.
Congratulations to Bart Ehrman on his retirement!
ehrmanblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Congratulations, Professor Ehrman. Chapel Hill, and New Testament scholarship in general will be all the less without your contribution. We appreciate you.
Trump’s bullshit is insane, but in a predictable way.
Dems could be much better at preparing for a preemptive rebuttal.
Buttigieg can do it. Why not every other Dem?
Dems could be much better at preparing for a preemptive rebuttal.
Buttigieg can do it. Why not every other Dem?
Trump shamelessly lies: "Go to Walmart and other companies, and in every case it's about 25% that a Thanksgiving meal and surroundings are 25% lower. That's big fact."
November 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Trump’s bullshit is insane, but in a predictable way.
Dems could be much better at preparing for a preemptive rebuttal.
Buttigieg can do it. Why not every other Dem?
Dems could be much better at preparing for a preemptive rebuttal.
Buttigieg can do it. Why not every other Dem?
I remember that trailer and it was some dope shit.
The seventeenth film in the James Bond series "GOLDENEYE" directed by Martin Campbell and the first to star Pierce Brosnan as secret agent 007, premiered #OnThisDay in 1995 at the Radio City Music Hall, New York City
🎬 Eon Productions
🎞 United Artists
🎬 Eon Productions
🎞 United Artists
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I remember that trailer and it was some dope shit.
The political right:
“The one and only thing on this earth worse than a liberal is a pedophile. That is the one and only thing.”
“The one and only thing on this earth worse than a liberal is a pedophile. That is the one and only thing.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The political right:
“The one and only thing on this earth worse than a liberal is a pedophile. That is the one and only thing.”
“The one and only thing on this earth worse than a liberal is a pedophile. That is the one and only thing.”
Even on the ‘90s, the high school and college Republicans could always be relied upon to rat out the local El Pollo Loco to Gov Pete Wilson.
“Republican” has never meant what Republicans think it means.
“Republican” has never meant what Republicans think it means.
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Even on the ‘90s, the high school and college Republicans could always be relied upon to rat out the local El Pollo Loco to Gov Pete Wilson.
“Republican” has never meant what Republicans think it means.
“Republican” has never meant what Republicans think it means.
I’m happy, as are many, that MediasTouch has surpassed Joe Rogan as the number one podcast…
That’s still doesn’t make “major breaking” a thing.
If you intend to be a news source as distinct from clickbait, act like it.
That’s still doesn’t make “major breaking” a thing.
If you intend to be a news source as distinct from clickbait, act like it.
MAJOR BREAKING: Adelita Grijalva is now a member of Congress
Adelita Grijalva sworn in
November 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I’m happy, as are many, that MediasTouch has surpassed Joe Rogan as the number one podcast…
That’s still doesn’t make “major breaking” a thing.
If you intend to be a news source as distinct from clickbait, act like it.
That’s still doesn’t make “major breaking” a thing.
If you intend to be a news source as distinct from clickbait, act like it.
Aquacknophobia?
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Aquacknophobia?
This movie is brilliant in ways many of which I’m just now fully appreciating.
NICE catch. It's like every scene where he starts to figure something out, you *literally* see his eyes clearing
Another instance, Connie Sachs is starting to tell Smiley her theories on Polyankov. Smiley is lost in thought for a bit, then she turns off a lamp and we see his eyes.
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This movie is brilliant in ways many of which I’m just now fully appreciating.
Would also have accepted:
“Have James Bond show up in his friend’s consulting room to announce the he had never actually fallen over the falls at Reichenbach.”
“Have James Bond show up in his friend’s consulting room to announce the he had never actually fallen over the falls at Reichenbach.”
Just introduce the new Bond like this, give a cheeky wink to the camera & say ‘Bet I had you worried’
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Would also have accepted:
“Have James Bond show up in his friend’s consulting room to announce the he had never actually fallen over the falls at Reichenbach.”
“Have James Bond show up in his friend’s consulting room to announce the he had never actually fallen over the falls at Reichenbach.”
Those who have seen Death by Lightning will recognize that the only real difference between Guiteau and Trump was that the latter started by being given millions of dollars.
‘Most horrific death you could imagine’: the truth behind Netflix’s Death by Lightning
‘Most horrific death you could imagine’: the truth behind Netflix’s Death by Lightning
The streamer’s new historical drama looks back on the often forgotten story of US president James Garfield whose progressive political career was cut horribly short
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Those who have seen Death by Lightning will recognize that the only real difference between Guiteau and Trump was that the latter started by being given millions of dollars.
“Now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb.”
-Dark Helmet
Spaceballs
-Dark Helmet
Spaceballs
Democratic Senator Shaheen says "Hopefully the Republicans may hear us."
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“Now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb.”
-Dark Helmet
Spaceballs
-Dark Helmet
Spaceballs
As I understand it, this is a complete cave that makes the entire shutdown pointless. Well done.
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
As I understand it, this is a complete cave that makes the entire shutdown pointless. Well done.
Lamarr was almost categorically impressive. Almost.
The one quality she lacked was a sense of humor. She actually did sue Mel Brooks over the character of Hedly Lamarr.
The one quality she lacked was a sense of humor. She actually did sue Mel Brooks over the character of Hedly Lamarr.
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Lamarr was almost categorically impressive. Almost.
The one quality she lacked was a sense of humor. She actually did sue Mel Brooks over the character of Hedly Lamarr.
The one quality she lacked was a sense of humor. She actually did sue Mel Brooks over the character of Hedly Lamarr.
Also, the story of Benjamin Button is based on Paul Rudd.
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Also, the story of Benjamin Button is based on Paul Rudd.
Not at all.
Guys, we’re here for one reason: America wants all this. They consistently send increasingly incompetent, increasingly cruel conservatives to office.
If Gore had won in 2000, this all still happens in some form. Why? Because Americans want it and vote for it.
Guys, we’re here for one reason: America wants all this. They consistently send increasingly incompetent, increasingly cruel conservatives to office.
If Gore had won in 2000, this all still happens in some form. Why? Because Americans want it and vote for it.
How different the world would have been had the Rehnquist Court not been corrupt
November 7th, 2000.
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Not at all.
Guys, we’re here for one reason: America wants all this. They consistently send increasingly incompetent, increasingly cruel conservatives to office.
If Gore had won in 2000, this all still happens in some form. Why? Because Americans want it and vote for it.
Guys, we’re here for one reason: America wants all this. They consistently send increasingly incompetent, increasingly cruel conservatives to office.
If Gore had won in 2000, this all still happens in some form. Why? Because Americans want it and vote for it.