MGEmancipation
@mgemancipation.bsky.social
Host, FRDH podcast www.goldfarbpod.com RU listening? MichaelGoldfarb.substack.com R U reading? Been doing this forever: BBC, NPR, NYTimes, WashPo, Guardian etc
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A rock and roll infused FRDH, First Rough Draft of History this week, With a little added S & M:
"Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory." National Security Strategy 2025
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/time-is-on...
"Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory." National Security Strategy 2025
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/time-is-on...
December 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A rock and roll infused FRDH, First Rough Draft of History this week, With a little added S & M:
"Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory." National Security Strategy 2025
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/time-is-on...
"Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory." National Security Strategy 2025
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/time-is-on...
The latest FRDH, First Rough Draft of History, anticipated this development and is all about Europe's "learned helplessness" before America and what it can do to "unlearn" it. With the FT's Martin Wolf and Martin Sandbu
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/europe-202...
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/europe-202...
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The latest FRDH, First Rough Draft of History, anticipated this development and is all about Europe's "learned helplessness" before America and what it can do to "unlearn" it. With the FT's Martin Wolf and Martin Sandbu
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/europe-202...
frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/europe-202...
Tom Stoppard: my one chance at immortality will be this mention, in his acknowledgements for Leopoldstadt.
November 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Tom Stoppard: my one chance at immortality will be this mention, in his acknowledgements for Leopoldstadt.
I don't get this framing. We've been told by people in the know on this platform that Trump has been a Kremlin asset for decades. Presumably Russia already knows how to manipulate him and get into his good graces.
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I don't get this framing. We've been told by people in the know on this platform that Trump has been a Kremlin asset for decades. Presumably Russia already knows how to manipulate him and get into his good graces.
The decline of American journalism continues @washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The decline of American journalism continues @washingtonpost.com
"Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract."
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract."
In addition to being a cunt this man is a Scotch Egg Eating Surrender Monkey, although TBF the deathly silence of
@hooverinstitution.bsky.social titans since Trump regime's 2nd legit bite of the cherry is of a piece with this. Vile overprivileged has-beens.
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@hooverinstitution.bsky.social titans since Trump regime's 2nd legit bite of the cherry is of a piece with this. Vile overprivileged has-beens.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
In addition to being a cunt this man is a Scotch Egg Eating Surrender Monkey, although TBF the deathly silence of
@hooverinstitution.bsky.social titans since Trump regime's 2nd legit bite of the cherry is of a piece with this. Vile overprivileged has-beens.
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@hooverinstitution.bsky.social titans since Trump regime's 2nd legit bite of the cherry is of a piece with this. Vile overprivileged has-beens.
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Top item: Surprise
Bottom item: No Surprise
Bottom item: No Surprise
November 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Top item: Surprise
Bottom item: No Surprise
Bottom item: No Surprise
5-fer
That is all, now go about your business
That is all, now go about your business
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
5-fer
That is all, now go about your business
That is all, now go about your business
This is especially for Sulzberger the Vth, Joseph Kahn & Kathleen Kingsbury (oh, there's a firewall between news & opinion at the Times? Yeah, and there IS such a thing as Santa Claus)
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is especially for Sulzberger the Vth, Joseph Kahn & Kathleen Kingsbury (oh, there's a firewall between news & opinion at the Times? Yeah, and there IS such a thing as Santa Claus)
The average high school student who gets a C on his US history test already knows this. The cult of Burns is a mystery to me
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The average high school student who gets a C on his US history test already knows this. The cult of Burns is a mystery to me
niche post for @miketanier.bsky.social @mattlombardo.bsky.social @micarlson.bsky.social and others. Spotted today in DSW Port St. Lucie FLA, with comment
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
niche post for @miketanier.bsky.social @mattlombardo.bsky.social @micarlson.bsky.social and others. Spotted today in DSW Port St. Lucie FLA, with comment
It's Sunday. Do you need more "analysis" abt Tuesday's MAGA whupping? He's nuts, end of story. Maybe U r addicted to the crisis. Unhealthy!! As the US slides deeper into cold civil war, take a break & listen to a briefing from Northern Ireland on its' post-conflict progress.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
It's Sunday. Do you need more "analysis" abt Tuesday's MAGA whupping? He's nuts, end of story. Maybe U r addicted to the crisis. Unhealthy!! As the US slides deeper into cold civil war, take a break & listen to a briefing from Northern Ireland on its' post-conflict progress.
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Sunset. James River, Yogaville VA
November 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Sunset. James River, Yogaville VA
It is now likely that SCOTUS will overturn LBJ's greatest legislation, the Voting Rights Act, before Robert Caro actually finishes his LBJ biography which with 4 volumes published has yet to reach the Voting Rights Act.
October 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It is now likely that SCOTUS will overturn LBJ's greatest legislation, the Voting Rights Act, before Robert Caro actually finishes his LBJ biography which with 4 volumes published has yet to reach the Voting Rights Act.
Edward Luce just now in the FT. Spot on. Urge all at Blue Sky to change their focus from his swollen ankles & demented word-salad comments & social media posts to more substantive things
October 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Edward Luce just now in the FT. Spot on. Urge all at Blue Sky to change their focus from his swollen ankles & demented word-salad comments & social media posts to more substantive things
Stefan E. Brodie, Betty Wold Johnson Foundation, Charles and Marissa Cascarilla, Edward and Shari Glazer, Harold Hamm, Benjamin Leon Jr., Lutnick Family, Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation, Stephen A. Schwarzman, Konstantin Sokolov, Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher, Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Stefan E. Brodie, Betty Wold Johnson Foundation, Charles and Marissa Cascarilla, Edward and Shari Glazer, Harold Hamm, Benjamin Leon Jr., Lutnick Family, Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation, Stephen A. Schwarzman, Konstantin Sokolov, Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher, Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss.
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Announcing the creation of the Mme. DeFarge society. Learn to knit and remember the names via
@HC_Richardson
a 🧵 of those donating to Trump’s ballroom:
Altria Group Inc., Amazon, Apple, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Coinbase, Comcast Corporation, J. Pepe
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@HC_Richardson
a 🧵 of those donating to Trump’s ballroom:
Altria Group Inc., Amazon, Apple, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Coinbase, Comcast Corporation, J. Pepe
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October 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Announcing the creation of the Mme. DeFarge society. Learn to knit and remember the names via
@HC_Richardson
a 🧵 of those donating to Trump’s ballroom:
Altria Group Inc., Amazon, Apple, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Coinbase, Comcast Corporation, J. Pepe
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@HC_Richardson
a 🧵 of those donating to Trump’s ballroom:
Altria Group Inc., Amazon, Apple, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Coinbase, Comcast Corporation, J. Pepe
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The quality of Trump's mercy is strained. It strains credulity
October 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The quality of Trump's mercy is strained. It strains credulity
I went down to the demonstration and did not get my fair share of abuse, instead all I picked up was good, good, good vibrations which gave me expectations and made me ask a question
October 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I went down to the demonstration and did not get my fair share of abuse, instead all I picked up was good, good, good vibrations which gave me expectations and made me ask a question
Brothers (and Arsenal supporters) in Arms. No Kings @ Long Beach Island NJ 700 people by 1:15.
October 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Brothers (and Arsenal supporters) in Arms. No Kings @ Long Beach Island NJ 700 people by 1:15.
Dawn of a new day for America. NO KINGS!!
October 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Dawn of a new day for America. NO KINGS!!
Donald Trump bankrupted a casino. Pritzker cleaned one out, I say go with the guy who wins.
October 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Donald Trump bankrupted a casino. Pritzker cleaned one out, I say go with the guy who wins.
At 1 level, not surprising this is how young MAGA activists talk & are stupid enough to put it in writing. But don't dismiss these messages published in Politico, especially if you are Jewish & think Trump and the wider MAGA Republican party are on your side. They are not.
October 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
At 1 level, not surprising this is how young MAGA activists talk & are stupid enough to put it in writing. But don't dismiss these messages published in Politico, especially if you are Jewish & think Trump and the wider MAGA Republican party are on your side. They are not.