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Jon Sternfeld

@jonsternfeld.bsky.social

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Author. Collaborator. Ghost. NYT Bestseller SCENES FROM MY LIFE with Michael K. Williams (Crown); WaPo Book of the Year AN INCONVENIENT COP with Edwin Raymond (Viking); UNPREPARED: AMERICA IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS (Bloomsbury)

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Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · Sep 6

4 years ago, we lost a giant of a man. He still lives on. #bkbmg

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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 2d

Seeing Kimmel spend like half the interview pushing Aziz Ansari to explain why he accepted the Riyadh Comedy Festival is a great use of his platform. Shows that the free-speech mandate he’s been given is not limited to Trump.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JQU...

Aziz Ansari on His New Movie Good Fortune & Why He Did the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Good Boy @goodboy.bsky.social · 1d

It felt like Aziz Nasari was mostly free of his MeToo rep but then he does Riyadh it's so funny it's like he got used to be being cancelled and couldn't live without it like Brooks on the outside in Shawshank Redemption lol

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Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 2h

Oh. My. God.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3h

The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.

The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 3h

Being a degenerate is basically a job requirement for these folks.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3h

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to head up the Office of Special Counsel, cancelled a female colleague’s hotel reservation on a work trip so he could stay with her, and they ended up sharing a room after she learned she didn't have a hotel room. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment

Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 2h

$20 billion for a trump fan. But we are stripping our own people of health care, food stamps and cancer research.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4h

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 2h

They did that to the Chargers too! Maybe it’s a motivation issue?

Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 2h

I hated it and them as much as I hoped. Small victories!

Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you!

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Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 12h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

It's even worse than this. The subhed will leave the casual reader with the vague impression that he actually has a legitimate claim to it.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 3h

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.

Headline: Trump Has His Eyes on Nobel Prize. Will He Get It?

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 3h

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.

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Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 3h

I wanna hate watch. What is it?

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 4h

You would've seemed like a crazy alarmist a year ago if you predicted that Trump 2.0 would brazenly abuse the courts to get revenge on his enemies and send the National Guard into Portland and Chicago, right

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Anthony @camiata2.bsky.social · 7h

Emma Tucker: "You got that article that'll drive engagment ready to publish?"

Jon Fasman: "Sure do boss. Really fucking stupid, just like you asked."

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 8h

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

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Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 4h

The comments are fucking AMAZING. Almost worth this existing.

Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 4h

He's 57, so maybe it's just a need for a younger actor?

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 11h

This is accurate. "I will never change my mind about anything and will reject as false any information that might cause me to" is a core part of MAGA identity.

brent is Saw Gerrera-pilled @therealbrent.bsky.social · 12h

Legit don’t think there’s anything Trump could do to drop below like 39-40% approval.

He could crash the economy AND have the military shooting people in the streets and he’d still poll at like 39.9% lol

FiftyPlusOne.news @fiftyplusone.news · 15h

new polls website just dropped fiftyplusone.news

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 7h

We’re doing studies to prove it (* not how studies work)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 7h

Trump is either supersizing Obamacare or cutting it, depending on which time of day you ask him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "We'll be making cuts that will be permanent. And we're only going to cut Democrat programs. I hate to tell you."

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 7h

I still haven't seen any answer that makes sense to me. Why is an opinion journalist running CBS News as editor in chief? How did that happen, and what is the logic of that appointment? It still isn't clear to me.

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 9h

🎈📌👶 www.marketwatch.com/story/the-ai...

AI bubble is 17 times the size of that of the dot-com frenzy, analyst says

A research firm is arguing not just that AI is in a bubble, but that it is 17 times the size of the dot-com bubble.

www.marketwatch.com

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Butlerian jihadi @rsgreacen.bsky.social · 9h

Whoops

David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 9h

🎈📌👶 www.marketwatch.com/story/the-ai...

AI bubble is 17 times the size of that of the dot-com frenzy, analyst says

A research firm is arguing not just that AI is in a bubble, but that it is 17 times the size of the dot-com bubble.

www.marketwatch.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7h

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: Letitia James held Trump accountable & now he’s hijacking the DOJ to indict her in retaliation

This isn’t justice, it’s abuse of power

We will be amending our existing ethics complaint against Halligan & pursuing other legal measures

www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/10.09.25...

Press Release | Democracy Defenders Fund

www.democracydefendersfund.org

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