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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 5h

A reminder, because I don’t think it’s mentioned enough: Trump has known Ghislaine Maxwell since she was a teenager.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 5h

Usenet was so much fun.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 7h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 8h

If the Attorney General refuses to participate in Senate oversight, Senate Democrats need to move to cut off DOJ funding until she does. Even if they fail, they need to try. Yesterday was outrageous.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 8h

Most of the comedy shows have done a much better job than the political media of holding the Trump administration to account.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 22h

One thing we learned from Bondi’s testimony is that she often stares at senators, unaware that her face is no longer capable of readable expressions.

Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 1d

As a near-senior, in the last few months I’ve gotten COVID, MMR, pneumococcal, flu, shingles, and RSV. Probably closer together than I should but suffered no ill effects at all. Get your jabs.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 1d

The Tiffany Network.

Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 1d

You are the master of the deep cut. I’ve been working for weeks on a Shasta McNasty joke, but no luck.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

I kinda remember Trump pardoning a bunch of people for this, many of whom beat up cops and put them in the hospital. I think they were yelling something about the Vice President as they stormed the building.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, to be there when/if Trump sees this:

Jimmy Kimmel more popular than Trump after show suspension, poll finds

Economist and YouGov poll finds president had a 16-point deficit in terms of popularity compared with late-night host

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Jimmy Kimmel more popular than Trump after show suspension, poll finds

Economist and YouGov poll finds president had a 16-point deficit in terms of popularity compared with late-night host

www.theguardian.com

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a YouTube movie reactor from the UK who’s so awful I can’t look away. Watching her is like being stuck in an Uber with the most sloppy-drunk woman from a bachelorette party.

Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 2d

She kept saying “Who says that??” but when it came time to tell us what was said Mika said, “I’m not going to read that.” Excuse me?? Fuck you, Mika, find a job more in line with your pearl-clutching sensibilities and let’s get someone who’ll read the goddamn news.

Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 3d

Trump’s Navy speech and his ever-more-obvious mental decline should be the A block of every MSNBC show tomorrow. And not as a political story, but a medical story. Every panel should be doctors discussing his dementia, his gait, his hand, his cankles, his catheter, his facial drooping, all of it.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 3d

I swore off Eugene Daniels when he, as head of the WHCA, fired Amber Ruffin from the dinner because of MAGA displeasure. Ever since Kimmel, all of MSNBC has been warning against bending to MAGA pressure. Rightly so, but it’d be a bit rich coming from Daniels.

Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 4d

The Carl Stalling Project albums are frequent listens for me. If they hear it, my neighbors must think I’m looney.

Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 4d

I suspect the former. We’ve all been trapped at a party with a guy like Lutnick, so in love with the sound of his own voice, savoring being the focus of attention.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 5d

You know when a family has huge medical bills it can’t pay? And the family head is up all night, scribbling on a pad, trying to come
up with a way? Worrying all day? Do you want that person driving your kid’s school bus? Operating the crane outside your office? Health care is for all of us.

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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastword.msnbc.com · 5d

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: We are clearly seeing madness pouring from the darkness of Donald Trump's mind youtu.be/PGIxLFGUnUg?...

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell with white text over his shoulder: Disaster in Chief Day 3

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 5d

Nicolle Wallace quoted the New York Times “Anonymous” op/ed and Kevin McCarthy ffs but no mention of Trump’s posture, gait, cankles, catheter, bruising, facial drooping, dementia, nothing. The crisis is happening NOW not in 2017.

Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 5d

Yesterday Deadline White House finally did a segment on Trump being unwell. I was psyched. But it was just another political discussion with political pundits. (“The first term people acted as guardrails. They are no longer there.” 🙄) Have doctors and psychologists on! It’s a MEDICAL issue.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 5d

I know Babbel means well, but I’m not ready to get this message yet. 😳

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 6d

Forty years ago the all-star Artists United Against Apartheid banded together to vow not to play Sun City, to turn down big South African paychecks. Bill Burr and his ilk should’ve followed their example.
youtu.be/4BIvf-ZlJNc?...

Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City (music video)

YouTube video by alex bizzo (Jukeboxtube)

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 6d

The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay

Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.

www.theatlantic.com

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 7d

Ma’am, this is a Macy’s.

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