@girodstreet.bsky.social
Perfectly stated. Wannabe elites.
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
December 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Perfectly stated. Wannabe elites.
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Ken Jennings delivers. This thread is hilarious.
We all love Remembering Guys, but mostly it's just that Cleanthony played so much international ball that it was a good hook for a category about basketball terms in foreign languages.
"International Hoops Terms With Cleanthony Early" has to be the wildest sports category in Jeopardy! history.
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Ken Jennings delivers. This thread is hilarious.
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Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.
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Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
Ask yourself this: How would the New York Times have covered the protests if it had been seven million MAGA supporters flooding the streets? We don’t even have to guess: We know how they and other mainstream outlets covered the Tea Party protests during Obama’s first term.
October 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
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The NBA dudes who were just arrested did less but will get more punishment than this guy did. Just proves the adage, never steal anything small.
President Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, whose crypto exchange has been boosting the Trump family's own crypto venture.
Exclusive | Trump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder
The pardon follows months of efforts by Changpeng Zhao to boost Trump crypto company
on.wsj.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The NBA dudes who were just arrested did less but will get more punishment than this guy did. Just proves the adage, never steal anything small.
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Hey, he’s only the president, how is he supposed to know who he is pardoning
COLLINS: Today you pardoned the founded of Binance. Can you explain why you did that?
TRUMP: Which one was that?
COLLINS: The founder of Binance
TRUMP: I believe we're talking about the same person, because I do pardon a lot of people. I don't know. He was recommended by a lot of people.
TRUMP: Which one was that?
COLLINS: The founder of Binance
TRUMP: I believe we're talking about the same person, because I do pardon a lot of people. I don't know. He was recommended by a lot of people.
October 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Hey, he’s only the president, how is he supposed to know who he is pardoning
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Trump and Orban are Putin puppets and assets and this is the murderous dictator they revere. The U.S. and Russia did not uphold the 1994 Budapest memorandum and no meeting should take place in Budapest. #StandWithUkraine @kyivpost.com @ec.europa.eu
October 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Trump and Orban are Putin puppets and assets and this is the murderous dictator they revere. The U.S. and Russia did not uphold the 1994 Budapest memorandum and no meeting should take place in Budapest. #StandWithUkraine @kyivpost.com @ec.europa.eu
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This is the asymmetry in our politics and media. If this was the other way around, Biden had pardoned someone then charged with trying to kill Trump, it would be the biggest story in America and every Republican commentator, congressman, news outlet, would be screaming about it in unison.
Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week
A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill the top House Democrat.
www.cbsnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is the asymmetry in our politics and media. If this was the other way around, Biden had pardoned someone then charged with trying to kill Trump, it would be the biggest story in America and every Republican commentator, congressman, news outlet, would be screaming about it in unison.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This only happens to you once
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hot damn, what a blog www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
September 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
hot damn, what a blog www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
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I'm gifting this piece from @radiofreetom.bsky.social because everyone needs to read it. It's Tom at his best.
He's worth the subscription price all by himself, btw.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
He's worth the subscription price all by himself, btw.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Government Wants to See Your Papers
And the Supreme Court decides that the Fourth Amendment might not be for everyone.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I'm gifting this piece from @radiofreetom.bsky.social because everyone needs to read it. It's Tom at his best.
He's worth the subscription price all by himself, btw.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
He's worth the subscription price all by himself, btw.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
As good a piece as you will read about where the United States is today. It's three years old, and as fresh as if it were written this morning.
Some of you asked me what I think it means to be "conservative" now. I wrote about it three years ago here:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Confessions of a Conservative Apostate
What does it mean to be a conservative now?
www.theatlantic.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
As good a piece as you will read about where the United States is today. It's three years old, and as fresh as if it were written this morning.
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The United States summed up in two headlines.
July 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The United States summed up in two headlines.
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There is no press outlet of any size, in any medium, that would offer this kind of coverage to a Democratic president, no matter the circumstances.
There is a massive, explicit agitprop operation on the right, devoted to the power of the conservative faction, & there is no analogue on the left.
There is a massive, explicit agitprop operation on the right, devoted to the power of the conservative faction, & there is no analogue on the left.
CNN: INTEL ASSESSMENT CONTRDICTS TRUMP
MSNBC: CEASEFIRE HANGING BY A THREAD
FOX NEWS:
MSNBC: CEASEFIRE HANGING BY A THREAD
FOX NEWS:
June 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
There is no press outlet of any size, in any medium, that would offer this kind of coverage to a Democratic president, no matter the circumstances.
There is a massive, explicit agitprop operation on the right, devoted to the power of the conservative faction, & there is no analogue on the left.
There is a massive, explicit agitprop operation on the right, devoted to the power of the conservative faction, & there is no analogue on the left.
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They call immigrants "freeloaders" while attacking them in their workplaces
May 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
They call immigrants "freeloaders" while attacking them in their workplaces
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Trump cares ONLY about Trump, NOT policy! He's narcissist, psychopath, rapist, traitor, and criminal. He holds MAGA, GOP, media, minorities in contempt -- everyone but wealthy billionaires and governments that will bribe him to use his power and immunity to help them -- all at OUR expense.
May 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Trump cares ONLY about Trump, NOT policy! He's narcissist, psychopath, rapist, traitor, and criminal. He holds MAGA, GOP, media, minorities in contempt -- everyone but wealthy billionaires and governments that will bribe him to use his power and immunity to help them -- all at OUR expense.
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Devastating. The cowardice and the betrayal of an incomparable news brand.
Scoop: CBS News pulled a "60 Minutes" segment that focused on job losses at the Internal Revenue Service hours before it was scheduled to air, replacing it with a feature story on Cajun music.
Story: www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
Story: www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
May 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Devastating. The cowardice and the betrayal of an incomparable news brand.
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I just think it’s hilarious that people went to college with the Pope. “What’s Ken up to these days? Partner at a law firm outside Pittsburgh, that’s nice. And Bob? Oh, he’s the Pope.”
May 9, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I just think it’s hilarious that people went to college with the Pope. “What’s Ken up to these days? Partner at a law firm outside Pittsburgh, that’s nice. And Bob? Oh, he’s the Pope.”
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Man whose tax exempt charity was shut down for embezzlement says what now?
April 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Man whose tax exempt charity was shut down for embezzlement says what now?
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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.