William Finkel
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@talibkweli.bsky.social is more at home on the stage of the Blue Note than I am on my own couch. Thanks for entertaining us!
July 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
@talibkweli.bsky.social is more at home on the stage of the Blue Note than I am on my own couch. Thanks for entertaining us!
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when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet
July 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet
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House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.
June 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.
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We should treat lying to Congress as the felony it is & enforce the law
May 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We should treat lying to Congress as the felony it is & enforce the law
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May 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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They’re eating the cats! They’re eating the dogs!
May 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
They’re eating the cats! They’re eating the dogs!
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When you don’t have a deal, but you announce a deal anyway, granting your pissed off counterparty additional leverage because it becomes even harder for you to credibly walk away from the table, that’s the art of the deal.
announcing that we will be announcing concepts of a plan for a trade deal with China
May 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
When you don’t have a deal, but you announce a deal anyway, granting your pissed off counterparty additional leverage because it becomes even harder for you to credibly walk away from the table, that’s the art of the deal.
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
May 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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My latest newsletter is out now: "5 Growth Hacks for Brands to 'Game' AI Search." Yes, Gartner predicts website referrals from traditional Google search will drop 25% by next year. But that doesn't mean all hope is lost.
GET IT HERE themediabrain.substack.com/p/how-brands...
#ai #media #marketing
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May 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My latest newsletter is out now: "5 Growth Hacks for Brands to 'Game' AI Search." Yes, Gartner predicts website referrals from traditional Google search will drop 25% by next year. But that doesn't mean all hope is lost.
GET IT HERE themediabrain.substack.com/p/how-brands...
#ai #media #marketing
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#ai #media #marketing
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Few lawyers are willing to speak publicly about President Trump’s actions against law firms. Fear is rippling through Washington. But, despite being a target, Marc Elias is still talking. Scott Pelley sits down with him tonight on 60 Minutes.
May 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Few lawyers are willing to speak publicly about President Trump’s actions against law firms. Fear is rippling through Washington. But, despite being a target, Marc Elias is still talking. Scott Pelley sits down with him tonight on 60 Minutes.
@wearedelasoul.com "The Magic Number" greets me when I turn on MLB The Show; "Say No Go" is starting as I leave the gym. It feels like we're seeing how much we needed De La all those years when the library was unavailable...and I'm here for it!
May 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
@wearedelasoul.com "The Magic Number" greets me when I turn on MLB The Show; "Say No Go" is starting as I leave the gym. It feels like we're seeing how much we needed De La all those years when the library was unavailable...and I'm here for it!
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Very narrowly lost the vote on this. This was a chance for the Senate to put American businesses, farmers, workers and producers first. Most Republicans chose Trump. I’m not done, I will keep at this until we repeal Trump’s disastrous tariffs.
Later today the Senate will vote on my bipartisan legislation to end Trump’s tariffs. This has a real chance of passing. I encourage everyone to make your voices heard with your Senators if you feel strongly about this issue. I’ll be working to get it across the finish line. More soon.
May 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Very narrowly lost the vote on this. This was a chance for the Senate to put American businesses, farmers, workers and producers first. Most Republicans chose Trump. I’m not done, I will keep at this until we repeal Trump’s disastrous tariffs.
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Opinion | The DOGE staffers are not too young to run the government.
by Bill Belichick
by Bill Belichick
May 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Opinion | The DOGE staffers are not too young to run the government.
by Bill Belichick
by Bill Belichick
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So, we are really supposed to believe the way out of the tariff debacle is Trump negotiating new individual trade deals with hundreds of incredibly pissed off countries simultaneously?
Truly, how f--ling insane is that? THIS IS THE PLAN??????
Truly, how f--ling insane is that? THIS IS THE PLAN??????
April 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
So, we are really supposed to believe the way out of the tariff debacle is Trump negotiating new individual trade deals with hundreds of incredibly pissed off countries simultaneously?
Truly, how f--ling insane is that? THIS IS THE PLAN??????
Truly, how f--ling insane is that? THIS IS THE PLAN??????
I forget, how did Laura Loomer's work with Stannis Baratheon work out?
April 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I forget, how did Laura Loomer's work with Stannis Baratheon work out?
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Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
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The claim that the destruction of essential civilizational institutions is being done in the name of the Jews is itself a form of antisemitism—cultural vandalism carried out in our name.
That, my friends, is rank bullshit.
That, my friends, is rank bullshit.
April 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The claim that the destruction of essential civilizational institutions is being done in the name of the Jews is itself a form of antisemitism—cultural vandalism carried out in our name.
That, my friends, is rank bullshit.
That, my friends, is rank bullshit.
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Open letter by 700+ Jewish faculty in US on Trump's Columbia funding cuts, supposedly against antisemitism: "Not on our behalf. Harming US Universities does not protect Jewish people. Cutting funding for research does not protect Jewish people. Punishing researchers does not protect Jewish people."
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E-0lkZ…
March 28, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Open letter by 700+ Jewish faculty in US on Trump's Columbia funding cuts, supposedly against antisemitism: "Not on our behalf. Harming US Universities does not protect Jewish people. Cutting funding for research does not protect Jewish people. Punishing researchers does not protect Jewish people."
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One small part of Beryl Howell's order rejecting DOJ's bid to force her to recuse.
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March 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
One small part of Beryl Howell's order rejecting DOJ's bid to force her to recuse.
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The problem with that "First they came for" poem is it makes a lot of unlikely assumptions. For example it assumes they would ever come for me
March 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The problem with that "First they came for" poem is it makes a lot of unlikely assumptions. For example it assumes they would ever come for me
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
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Remarkable resignation letter from the Justice Department's chief information officer in the immigration review division — a disabled veteran.
Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy:
Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy:
February 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Remarkable resignation letter from the Justice Department's chief information officer in the immigration review division — a disabled veteran.
Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy:
Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy:
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This is all a good reminder that, “no help, no votes until the criminal conduct stops” is neither a big ask nor a politically perilous one.
February 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This is all a good reminder that, “no help, no votes until the criminal conduct stops” is neither a big ask nor a politically perilous one.
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Gov Hochul can fire the mayor. She should have done so when the scope and scale of his cascading congenital corruption career was laid out in federal indictments. She waited for him to go to trial. Now that injustice has taken its course she is the only reason he remains in office. Step up Hochul.
February 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Gov Hochul can fire the mayor. She should have done so when the scope and scale of his cascading congenital corruption career was laid out in federal indictments. She waited for him to go to trial. Now that injustice has taken its course she is the only reason he remains in office. Step up Hochul.