Rick Perlstein
@rickperlstein.bsky.social
"O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet..."
The land that never has been yet..."
Can't right now.
January 31, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Can't right now.
Chapeau, Guardian!
January 31, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Chapeau, Guardian!
I said that too!
January 31, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I said that too!
That's the point: they're lying. And, most everyone knows they're lying. Also, they know you know they're lying. There's a club, you're not in it. It's good to be the king blah blah blah.
(We shall overcome!)
(We shall overcome!)
January 31, 2026 at 2:22 AM
That's the point: they're lying. And, most everyone knows they're lying. Also, they know you know they're lying. There's a club, you're not in it. It's good to be the king blah blah blah.
(We shall overcome!)
(We shall overcome!)
I mean, yeah, they're on the payroll.
January 31, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I mean, yeah, they're on the payroll.
It's not for them. Practically no one will buy it. It's for her. For her ego. Probably in one theater so they could tell the dictator they did it
January 31, 2026 at 1:40 AM
It's not for them. Practically no one will buy it. It's for her. For her ego. Probably in one theater so they could tell the dictator they did it
This part: they couldn't spare a few press spots in a 2,347-seat theater. And the Post is, like, fine with it.
January 31, 2026 at 1:34 AM
This part: they couldn't spare a few press spots in a 2,347-seat theater. And the Post is, like, fine with it.
... wonderfully strange article is in an ancient, almost extinct prose genre once practiced universally in what were called newspaper "society pages." Preserved exclusively in the Washington Post. Which always harbored a civicly disastrous taste for aristocracy.
January 31, 2026 at 1:30 AM
... wonderfully strange article is in an ancient, almost extinct prose genre once practiced universally in what were called newspaper "society pages." Preserved exclusively in the Washington Post. Which always harbored a civicly disastrous taste for aristocracy.
I love this one. When you're a Kennedy, and you see a tie you like, but not in the length you prefer, you buy it, then you have a "guy" who comes over to pick it up and "make it thinner."
By the way, this...
By the way, this...
January 31, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I love this one. When you're a Kennedy, and you see a tie you like, but not in the length you prefer, you buy it, then you have a "guy" who comes over to pick it up and "make it thinner."
By the way, this...
By the way, this...
Swallow a gummy and listen to John Luther Adams! Now!
January 31, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Swallow a gummy and listen to John Luther Adams! Now!
I have tickets!
January 31, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I have tickets!
Only with vigorous application of the word "bitches."
January 31, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Only with vigorous application of the word "bitches."
Very prohetable.
January 30, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Very prohetable.
I said it's great. What else am I supposed to answer?
January 30, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I said it's great. What else am I supposed to answer?
I don't understand the question.
January 30, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I don't understand the question.