Greg Tannen
@gregtannen.bsky.social
I write stuff. Words in places like The New Yorker and Mcsweeneys. Music on the TV & on the radio & in the film. Voice overs all over.
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Greg Tannen
@gregtannen.bsky.social
· Nov 12
So! I'm here, too. And Instagram. And Threads. I'll probably also join Blather, and then maybe Goobledook. After that Farnishemshire looks pretty good. Lastly, I'm just going to scream outside.
Oh look we're the mafia
Chris Wright: "That's the leverage over Venezuela -- you can sell oil together with the US, or you cannot sell oil."
January 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Oh look we're the mafia
Waiting for the strongly worded letter from the Democrats.
January 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Waiting for the strongly worded letter from the Democrats.
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
All this because he's in the Epstein files.
January 3, 2026 at 1:04 PM
All this because he's in the Epstein files.
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Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
December 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
Dude we just want healthcare
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Dude we just want healthcare
Maybe we should have a Commerce Secretary who, I dunno, knows how math works.
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Maybe we should have a Commerce Secretary who, I dunno, knows how math works.
These are the rantings of a deluded old man.
The most out of touch president in history.
Oh, and he's a rapist.
America!
The most out of touch president in history.
Oh, and he's a rapist.
America!
December 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
These are the rantings of a deluded old man.
The most out of touch president in history.
Oh, and he's a rapist.
America!
The most out of touch president in history.
Oh, and he's a rapist.
America!
Is Trump getting a peace prize from @fifaclubworldcup.bsky.social before or after he orders the killings of more Venezuelans?
December 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Is Trump getting a peace prize from @fifaclubworldcup.bsky.social before or after he orders the killings of more Venezuelans?
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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
The "peace plan" suggested by the US - which obviously is translated from Russian- we could add to list of Trump's crimes. It just absolutely rapes Ukraine.
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The "peace plan" suggested by the US - which obviously is translated from Russian- we could add to list of Trump's crimes. It just absolutely rapes Ukraine.
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Not a military expert, but I believe the Uniform Code of Military Justice says that soldiers are NOT supposed to follow illegal orders.
That's the military laws. That's already there.
Trump freaking out and calling Dems traitors for basically quoting the UCMJ is a pretty big tell.
That's the military laws. That's already there.
Trump freaking out and calling Dems traitors for basically quoting the UCMJ is a pretty big tell.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Not a military expert, but I believe the Uniform Code of Military Justice says that soldiers are NOT supposed to follow illegal orders.
That's the military laws. That's already there.
Trump freaking out and calling Dems traitors for basically quoting the UCMJ is a pretty big tell.
That's the military laws. That's already there.
Trump freaking out and calling Dems traitors for basically quoting the UCMJ is a pretty big tell.
People are discovering - like every economist warned - that tariffs cause prices to go up and hurt the economy, and a majority think the Epstein files should be released, so how soon until Trump attacks Venezuela?
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
People are discovering - like every economist warned - that tariffs cause prices to go up and hurt the economy, and a majority think the Epstein files should be released, so how soon until Trump attacks Venezuela?
Having first boldly instigated tariffs that drove up prices, Trump now will triumphantly slash tariffs in a bid to drive prices back down.
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Having first boldly instigated tariffs that drove up prices, Trump now will triumphantly slash tariffs in a bid to drive prices back down.
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This would be “worst NFP print since Dec 2020,” adds the Goldman desk.
(WSJ) - U.S. nonfarm payrolls likely shrunk by 50,000 roles in October, economists at Goldman Sachs said.
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This would be “worst NFP print since Dec 2020,” adds the Goldman desk.
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800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
One of the least important but still obnoxious Trump things is that he's taking his gold-plated shit all over the 2026 World Cup, and Infantino is licking his boots with nonsense like this.
@fifaclubworldcup.bsky.social
@fifaclubworldcup.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
One of the least important but still obnoxious Trump things is that he's taking his gold-plated shit all over the 2026 World Cup, and Infantino is licking his boots with nonsense like this.
@fifaclubworldcup.bsky.social
@fifaclubworldcup.bsky.social
Yes.
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Yes.
Democrats should be tee-ing up huge ad buys over the holidays - both Thanksgiving and Christmas - about how the GOP increased your medical premiums AND blocked funding for SNAP
(pretty please?)
@democrats.org @meidastouch.com @lincolnproject.us
(pretty please?)
@democrats.org @meidastouch.com @lincolnproject.us
November 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Democrats should be tee-ing up huge ad buys over the holidays - both Thanksgiving and Christmas - about how the GOP increased your medical premiums AND blocked funding for SNAP
(pretty please?)
@democrats.org @meidastouch.com @lincolnproject.us
(pretty please?)
@democrats.org @meidastouch.com @lincolnproject.us
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Pork Peppermint Patty
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Bitterfinger
Bitterfinger
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S&Ms
S&Ms
October 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Pork Peppermint Patty
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VOTE - early if you can, or on Tuesday, Nov 4.
Make a plan to vote and VOTE.
And VOTE BLUE.
#VoteBlue #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica
Make a plan to vote and VOTE.
And VOTE BLUE.
#VoteBlue #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica
October 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
VOTE - early if you can, or on Tuesday, Nov 4.
Make a plan to vote and VOTE.
And VOTE BLUE.
#VoteBlue #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica
Make a plan to vote and VOTE.
And VOTE BLUE.
#VoteBlue #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica
It's high-time we start stating that this is President Miller.
a) it's true, and
b) it'll drive Trump nuts
a) it's true, and
b) it'll drive Trump nuts
Q: Would the administration consider putting troops on the ground in any capacity in Venezuela?
STEPHEN MILLER: These are terrorists and they're gonna be killed
STEPHEN MILLER: These are terrorists and they're gonna be killed
October 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
It's high-time we start stating that this is President Miller.
a) it's true, and
b) it'll drive Trump nuts
a) it's true, and
b) it'll drive Trump nuts
Pure, disgusting greed.
The White House has released a list of donors who contributed to President Trump’s new ballroom, amid a backlash over the demolition of the decades-old East Wing to make way for the project. https://wapo.st/4nhvJKD
October 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Pure, disgusting greed.