Scott Fenstermaker
@scottfenstermaker.bsky.social
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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 became coherent a moment later when Trump continued,
“…WE, however, can have all the guns we want.”
“…WE, however, can have all the guns we want.”
To all my fellow 2nd Amendment-loving former friends and supporters. Just wanted you to see this.👇
January 27, 2026 at 7:02 PM
This became coherent a moment later when Trump continued,
“…WE, however, can have all the guns we want.”
“…WE, however, can have all the guns we want.”
Even Trump would have shelved it to take the write off.
Amazon’s MGM studios spent tens of millions, but the documentary is projected to make just $1M in its first week.
This comes as a new report from Rolling Stone details serious labor issues and two-thirds of the film’s staff requesting not to be credited at the end of the film. trib.al/Clr03cD
This comes as a new report from Rolling Stone details serious labor issues and two-thirds of the film’s staff requesting not to be credited at the end of the film. trib.al/Clr03cD
Melania Documentary Flops as Crew Reveals Behind-the-Scenes Chaos
The first lady’s documentary was a mess in production—and now it’s struggling at the box office.
trib.al
January 27, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Even Trump would have shelved it to take the write off.
So timeless. Shakespeare wrote so elegantly about being…
[checks notes]
…too clever to find love?
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…too clever to find love?
This is marvellous. He's even worse than the headline might make you think (gift link)
Celibacy taught me I’m too clever to find love
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/15a11f3...
Celibacy taught me I’m too clever to find love
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/15a11f3...
Celibacy taught me I’m too clever to find love
Before my sex hiatus, I prioritised physical chemistry over emotional intellect. Now, it feels impossible to meet someone with both
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 6:55 PM
So timeless. Shakespeare wrote so elegantly about being…
[checks notes]
…too clever to find love?
[checks notes]
…too clever to find love?
American voters can rationalize anything until there’s nothing more to be gained.
🚨🚨MAGA voter from Iowa on Trump: “He got stupid.. he thinks he’s god.. I’m not voting Republican again”
January 27, 2026 at 6:52 PM
American voters can rationalize anything until there’s nothing more to be gained.
He “got” stupid.
Still not stupider than the voter…
Still not stupider than the voter…
🚨🚨MAGA voter from Iowa on Trump: “He got stupid.. he thinks he’s god.. I’m not voting Republican again”
January 27, 2026 at 6:51 PM
He “got” stupid.
Still not stupider than the voter…
Still not stupider than the voter…
We’ve known we were being lied to for years, yet gleefully reelected the liar. We are here because it’s what the American voters chose.
The truest, deepest American sin is to witness flagrant abuses yet not care because there might be something to be gained.
The truest, deepest American sin is to witness flagrant abuses yet not care because there might be something to be gained.
"We are being lied to... The level of anger I felt when minutes after we saw the video, the federal government lying to us, I said, this is not the truth. We have to let people know. I know his character, I knew who he was. The truth has to come out."
January 27, 2026 at 6:49 PM
We’ve known we were being lied to for years, yet gleefully reelected the liar. We are here because it’s what the American voters chose.
The truest, deepest American sin is to witness flagrant abuses yet not care because there might be something to be gained.
The truest, deepest American sin is to witness flagrant abuses yet not care because there might be something to be gained.
Ah yes, I remember my grandfather telling me that after he got out of the Army, he went to school on the GI Bill for “moral formation.” Apparently he felt his morals were insufficiently formed.
Ahh, who doesn’t remember the good ol’ days when we paid the state U for those great morals…
Ahh, who doesn’t remember the good ol’ days when we paid the state U for those great morals…
"Schools have gotten out of the business of moral formation, and they've gotten into the business of career prep. When you do that, the school loses its moral core."
David Brooks and @monacharen.bsky.social discuss values and higher education on The Mona Charen Show:
David Brooks and @monacharen.bsky.social discuss values and higher education on The Mona Charen Show:
January 26, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Ah yes, I remember my grandfather telling me that after he got out of the Army, he went to school on the GI Bill for “moral formation.” Apparently he felt his morals were insufficiently formed.
Ahh, who doesn’t remember the good ol’ days when we paid the state U for those great morals…
Ahh, who doesn’t remember the good ol’ days when we paid the state U for those great morals…
The debate of whether Trumpism is fascism reminds me of the people who debated whether or not COVID was a black swan.
An astounding and unnecessarily fractious waste of energy compared to organizing against it…whatever the fuck one calls it.
An astounding and unnecessarily fractious waste of energy compared to organizing against it…whatever the fuck one calls it.
January 26, 2026 at 1:37 AM
The debate of whether Trumpism is fascism reminds me of the people who debated whether or not COVID was a black swan.
An astounding and unnecessarily fractious waste of energy compared to organizing against it…whatever the fuck one calls it.
An astounding and unnecessarily fractious waste of energy compared to organizing against it…whatever the fuck one calls it.
Can we finally understand all conservatism as a craven play to create hierarchies of deference separating “people like me,” from “people like you”?
"You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple."
January 25, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Can we finally understand all conservatism as a craven play to create hierarchies of deference separating “people like me,” from “people like you”?
“Yeah…but inflation.”
They know their defenses are lies and that everyone knows they’re lying, so they have to push the negative polarization button in the hopes that their supporters rationalize the indefensible. It’s worked so far bsky.app/profile/jwmu...
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 3:52 PM
“Yeah…but inflation.”
We elected this twice because an electoral majority of Americans, even though they won’t admit it in polls, love this.
It puts them on the dominant team.
If the Trump era teaches us one thing, it’s that a plurality of Americans are just fucking awful.
It puts them on the dominant team.
If the Trump era teaches us one thing, it’s that a plurality of Americans are just fucking awful.
This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
January 25, 2026 at 3:42 PM
We elected this twice because an electoral majority of Americans, even though they won’t admit it in polls, love this.
It puts them on the dominant team.
If the Trump era teaches us one thing, it’s that a plurality of Americans are just fucking awful.
It puts them on the dominant team.
If the Trump era teaches us one thing, it’s that a plurality of Americans are just fucking awful.
Police Squad’s sin was requiring people to lean forward and pay attention to the jokes.
Very odd to think now that when The Naked Gun first came out, Police Squad was its forgotten precursor and almost viewed as an 'extra'. Now it's essentially the other way round - which is fair enough as Police Squad hits a high the movies never quite did.
timworthington.org/2022/06/03/l...
timworthington.org/2022/06/03/l...
January 25, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Police Squad’s sin was requiring people to lean forward and pay attention to the jokes.
Up until about 55 years ago, this was just called Tuesday in Mississippi.
We have always lived in this country.
We have always lived in this country.
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Up until about 55 years ago, this was just called Tuesday in Mississippi.
We have always lived in this country.
We have always lived in this country.
This was aired right next to a profile of Chanel, whose founder was a Nazi collaborator.
January 25, 2026 at 2:38 PM
This was aired right next to a profile of Chanel, whose founder was a Nazi collaborator.
These Democrats financed the murder of Alex Pretti.
Say their names: Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Jared Golden (Maine), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.), Laura Gillen (N.Y.), Don Davis (N.C.), Tom Suozzi (N.Y.) and Vicente Gonzalez
January 25, 2026 at 2:30 PM
These Democrats financed the murder of Alex Pretti.
Now we all know what it was like to be a southern black man until very recently.
Noem: This looks like a situation where an individual arrived at the scene to inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Now we all know what it was like to be a southern black man until very recently.
If we would just learn the fairly simple lesson that Republicans are cruel and awful, this nation would be a profoundly better place.
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 25, 2026 at 2:56 AM
If we would just learn the fairly simple lesson that Republicans are cruel and awful, this nation would be a profoundly better place.
Oof.
Statement from Senator John Fetterman about today’s events in Minnesota:
January 25, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Oof.
How were Ross and Rachel the backbone of Friends all those years, with Ross being so unwatchably terrible?
January 25, 2026 at 1:56 AM
How were Ross and Rachel the backbone of Friends all those years, with Ross being so unwatchably terrible?
There will be no investigation because the president and Justice Dept support the murder, and Congress doesn’t care.
Imagine this in a trial.
Devastating first-hand witness to Alex Pretti's killing
Declaration filed in federal court:
"I don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him."
Devastating first-hand witness to Alex Pretti's killing
Declaration filed in federal court:
"I don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him."
January 25, 2026 at 1:52 AM
There will be no investigation because the president and Justice Dept support the murder, and Congress doesn’t care.
It makes sense that an organization that steals so much IP would build a business plan around claiming other people’s IP.
It’s the kind of projection that makes Trump always think people are trying to cheat him.
It’s the kind of projection that makes Trump always think people are trying to cheat him.
Lmao the bubble is fit to burst, boys
This is a hysterical and insane choice, I hope they follow through!
This is a hysterical and insane choice, I hope they follow through!
January 24, 2026 at 2:46 PM
It makes sense that an organization that steals so much IP would build a business plan around claiming other people’s IP.
It’s the kind of projection that makes Trump always think people are trying to cheat him.
It’s the kind of projection that makes Trump always think people are trying to cheat him.
“They’re all paid agitators!”
Uhh, that’d be a lotta cheese. And all the billionaires are on the other side…
Uhh, that’d be a lotta cheese. And all the billionaires are on the other side…
January 24, 2026 at 1:59 PM
“They’re all paid agitators!”
Uhh, that’d be a lotta cheese. And all the billionaires are on the other side…
Uhh, that’d be a lotta cheese. And all the billionaires are on the other side…
When we say, “apocalypse-proof boat,” are we talking about, like, brimstone and shit?
Bear Grylls: ‘I’ve bought an apocalypse-proof boat, with an array of weaponry’
Bear Grylls: ‘I’ve bought an apocalypse-proof boat, with an array of weaponry’
The adventurer on his family’s escape vessel, his crush on the Princess of Wales, and a disgusting toenail habit
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:45 PM
When we say, “apocalypse-proof boat,” are we talking about, like, brimstone and shit?
I hope when this is over, conservatives realize that no matter what it calls itself, any project that seeks to roll back civil rights and the New Deal is on the wrong side of history.
The lesson is broader than MAGA. MAGA is just a mirror.
The lesson is broader than MAGA. MAGA is just a mirror.
"On every level, it's not only just evil and egotistical and corrupt, it's relentlessly stupid."
Mike Murphy talks Trump's Board of Peace and more with @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
Mike Murphy talks Trump's Board of Peace and more with @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
January 24, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I hope when this is over, conservatives realize that no matter what it calls itself, any project that seeks to roll back civil rights and the New Deal is on the wrong side of history.
The lesson is broader than MAGA. MAGA is just a mirror.
The lesson is broader than MAGA. MAGA is just a mirror.