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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 7h

Check out the full body shot

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 8h

Do you think he did it conscientiously?

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 8h

There are people on here who complain that NYT headlines are written to be friendly to Trump

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 9h

You don't hear much about "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" these days...

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 9h

Say what you will about Bari Weiss but she had the crowd rolling at the Riyadh comedy festival

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 11h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 11h

I don't care if they cause dementia, boiled bananas are delicious!

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Slate @slate.com · 14h

The justice wasted no time. slate.trib.al/KpnL7Ka

With One Damning Question, Ketanji Brown Jackson Defined the Supreme Court’s New Term

The justice stripped the veneer of constitutional principle from the court’s latest blatant culture war.

slate.trib.al

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 17h

"Your entire pitch…was that you were standing boldly against big bad corporate media that simply wouldn’t tell the truth! This was an easy pitch — albeit one made by every Substacker from Taylor Lorenz to Ken Klippenstein to Naomi Wolf — and, judging by your audience, a fairly lucrative one."

Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 20h

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 20h

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

WELCH: There's a tape, right, with Mr Homan. Is there a tape with audio and video of the transfer of $50k?

BONDI: You would have to talk to Director Patel about that

WELCH: I'm talking to you

BONDI: I don't know the answer

WELCH: You do know

BONDI: Don't call me a liar!

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 17h

Why did "cancelled" become the term for someone driven out of public life because of their misdeeds? "Cancelled" is the word for a TV show that has low ratings and for ending a monthly subscription to a magazine. The "this is for entertainment" subtext was there from the start!

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 18h

Bluesky is more like a message board than Twitter ever was for a few reasons--size, single topic (Trump), and we know who the mods are so we can direct hate at them specifically.

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 19h

I would have gone with "Let's fucking do the news" but maybe that's why I'm an unemployed editor.

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 21h

"Under Trump, American conservatism has given itself over to an orgy of berserk hallucinations, nihilistic transgression and epistemological disorder."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

Opinion | Megyn Kelly Knows Which Way the Winds Are Blowing

www.nytimes.com

Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 1d

Taylor's right. Everybody is so punk on the internet.

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 1d

Doesn't look like he's getting much sleep these days

Axios @axios.com · 1d

President Trump suggested today he may use the Insurrection Act if courts continue to bar him from deploying the National Guard to U.S. cities.

Trump floats Insurrection Act use amid National Guard standoff with states

The extreme presidential power hasn't been used without state consent in over 60 years.

www.axios.com

Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 1d

Nightmare blunt rotation / Three tickets for "Challengers" / Whatever

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe someday people will go to the Weiss Center to review anti-"woke" historical blog posts

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 1d

MY BARI WEISS STORY: In 2019 I correctly guessed her email and asked if she wanted to be on my podcast to talk about her book on antisemitism. She said yes and cc'ed her publicist to send me a copy, which I read and thought was okay. The publicist didn't reply to my follow-up email.

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 1d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's tariffs have ruined Diwali

www.nj.com/mosaic/2025/...

Tariffs on Indian imports dampen Diwali celebrations in N.J.

Business owners in the largest Indian business hub in the nation face 50% tariffs just weeks before their biggest holiday of the year.

www.nj.com

Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 1d

A phenomenon of Trump 2.0 is "I Shouldn't Know Who This Is."

I shouldn't the name of the head of CBS News. I shouldn't know who the head of the Office of Management and Budget or the deputy director of the FBI is. This information should not concern me at all!

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about Suzy and Nellie today 💞

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state's military troops.
I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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