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Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 10h

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So CNN doctors it's uploads now?

CNN and CBS News are broken..

Who could have imagined that?

attn: @jfallows.bsky.social

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Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline)

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. The plan wasn’t to be made public. Clearly someone hit the panic button in his earpiece. It gets...

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Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 12h

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 22h

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 16h

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... and did Chris Cuomo challenge a word of this?

Where was Leland Vittert?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 20h

Merrick Garland green-lit the search of Mar-a-Lago. It happened in August 2022 three months before Jack Smith was appointed. Jack Smith was in the Netherlands at the Hauge prosecuting Kosovo war crimes when Mar-a-Lago was searched. Eric should have listened to my podcast.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Eric Trump accuses Jack Smith of "planting classified documents at Mar-a-Lago"

Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 17h

💯😠... CNN is broken beyond repair.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 19h

Reminder to @CNN about why this is a humiliating self-own by them.

1) Prez *does* have some legal power to change geog name, as used in federal documents. Thus Gulf of Mexico-->USA!

2) Prez has *zero* legal power to create, abolish, or rename a fed dept. Requires act of Congress.

STOP NOW CNN

Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 19h

This is capitulation. It is not the "Department of War." If CNN concedes on this point, they'll concede on any point.

Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 20h

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Thank you, Leland Vittert @onbalanceguests.bsky.social for following up to expose his hypocrisy and dishonesty and @atrupar.com for reporting it to the rest of us.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 20h

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... and just in case anyone has forgotten who was still in the WH and, as such, signed it into law...

Thank you, @bostonglobe.com and @joshtpm.bsky.social

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

Boston Globe. “Longstanding policy” is federal law passed in 2019. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/n...

Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 23h

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Earlier this morning, I read this well-written and well-argued persuasive essay on Substack that (imho) says essentially the same thing in a few more words.

www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/democracy-...

Thank you, @pbump.com and @brockm.bsky.social

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Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 23h

While I'm too old to fully appreciate Taylor Swift or Bad Bunny, wouldn't it be great if Taylor showed up as a background singer or in a surprise duet at the SuperBowl half-time show?

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Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 23h

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Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 1d

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Thank you, @davidpepperoh.bsky.social and @knecessary.bsky.social

David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 1d

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Cartoon Tuesday: “Crash”

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Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 1d

Any bet on whether @jdickerson.bsky.social will still be able to write and present whatever he feels is appropriate in his "Reporter's Notebook" at the end of the CBS Evening News?

Serious Question: Does BW get to see the scripts before they are aired?

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Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 1d

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So true, but it's hard to decide who are more infuriating: otherwise competent ideologues like Bondi or ignorant opportunists like Kash Patel.

Fwiw, RFK Jr. is in a category all by himself...

Thank you, @petersagal.bsky.social

Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 1d

BTW, this is why all the rage at the WaPo for this back in Jan is misplaced. She really is qualified. Two terms at FL AG, lots of relevant experience/knowledge. She showed in that confirmation hearing that she knows exactly how do to the job correctly and with integrity, if she wanted to.

Graphic from the WaPo indicating the Pam Bondi was qualified to be AG.

Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 1d

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"Whoa!" per @kairyssdal.bsky.social

More precisely, it's the law!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 1d

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

A new White House memo says that furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay.

This is clearly against the law, which guarantees furloughed federal employees back pay for the duration of a government shutdown.

Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 2d

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Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 2d

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A profound and nonjudgmental series of observations.

The dissonant tensions that distinguish "traditional" from "modern" are present everywhere and are perhaps the root of polarization that transcends politics.

Thank you, @brianklaas.bsky.social

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We are different from all other humans in history

Countless experiences that have become routine for us are unprecedented in the history of our species. Here's why that matters.

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Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 2d

I do not think he is kidding... 😠

Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 2d

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With editorial guidance like this coming to CBS, one has to wonder how long @jdickerson.bsky.social will last as anchor at the vaunted CBS Evening News...

Richard Hanania: I Can Explain Why the Nazi Salute is Back

"These stiff-armed salutes are not expressions of sincere Nazism but of oppositional culture that, like a rebel band that keeps wearing fatigues after victory, has failed to realize it's no longer in the opposition."

Bari Weiss say "Read @RichardHanania in @TheFP"...

Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 2d

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Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for that. As a "consumer", I wonder whether headlines have more importance now in the same sense that the "algorithms" the intervene in social media venues changed the impact of straight up "blogging".

In the past, the news stand owner controlled the presentation of works which mattered.

Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 3d

💯😠... 'nuff said.

h/t @langsam-karen.bsky.social

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 3d

I’m just going to keep repeating that undocumented immigrant workers actually _help subsidize federal programs for everybody else_.

In 2022 alone, they paid $25.7 billion into Social Security and $6.4 billion into Medicare—both programs they can’t access due to their legal status👇🏽

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 3d

Oh so the guy who made up gross lies about immigrants STEALING AND EATING PETS has more thoughts about immigrants? I’m sure he’s totally telling the truth this time.

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Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 3d

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Serious question (perhaps for NYT editors past and present): Do they actually discuss and debate these headline choices? Or does the responsible individual just make a choice independently most of the time?

My two cents as a "reader": the reporters should have a say if not a veto.

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Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 4d

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Edward Goldstick @ejgoldstick.bsky.social · 4d

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@vermontgmg.bsky.social:

"The lesson of the Trump era is to stick with your principles. He’s coming for you anyway, whether you do or not, so you might as well stick to your principles so people don’t laugh at you afterward and you can look yourself in the mirror."

h/t @crampell.bsky.social

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 5d

Pity the ADL. It went out of its way to defend Elon Musk's definitely-not-a-sieg-heil, and in return gets this.

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