thank you @sarahposner.bsky.social - as always... it was fun doing this - rarely do you get to deconstruct your own weirdness :)

that article was such a massive embarrassment - i mean, subject matter wise, and also as a piece of writing - was it writing? awful headline, non-story, editor hoping to be "buzzy" .. or something. ... as a former GQ writer, it offends me on a few levels.

Barbara Starr, who covered the Pentagon for decades, says the announcement is "beyond odd" and that the preexisting press corps "still is working every day no matter how afraid of it you all seem to be"

Jamie Raskin tells me he'll formally demand any and all communications between the White House and DOJ about these $230 million claims. He's set to push it at the next Judiciary Committee meeting, challenging Republicans.

Read these Raskin quotes, they're striking:

newrepublic.com/article/2021...

Srsly pls reach out - can’t dm you here…

Hey - [email protected] … reach out so we can talk !

I see Luigi as at best non- ideological or post- ideological but not “left wing” by any means. (Even hardcore neo nazis agree that the healthcare system needs an overhaul…)