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jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Aug 29

And my part, too—admittedly

jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Aug 29

Great piece but I believe the tape will be running until noon on January 20, *2029* (?)

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jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Aug 8

Would welcome your thoughts (and humanity), Bluesky:

Social media accounts of Palestinians desperate for funds are being flagged as spam

People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squad

www.theguardian.com

jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Jul 21

@marketplace.org Great report on the Athletics, who, to be clear, play in *West* Sacramento, and not in the state capital.

jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Apr 30

Makes Baghdad Bob seem utterly transparent: www.newsmuseum.pt/en/duelos/sa...

Saddam's gatekeeper

From Saddam Hussein’s Information Minster to a phenomenon of pop culture. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf's comments made him famous as Baghdad Bob and made him a star in the Western world

www.newsmuseum.pt

jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Apr 21

Himself excepted of course—then, it’s ‘innocent *after* proven guilty.’

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jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Apr 20

Not exactly a "Man bites dog" headline, is it?

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jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Apr 20

And plenty of 'counter examples,' notably the District of Columbia v. Heller in which Scalia and his cronies conveniently ignored what the authors of the Second Amendment intended.

jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Apr 20

Makes complete sense--from yesterday:

jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Apr 20

A little too late for that--Rogan, who was too blind to see what could likely happen, the day before Election Day: "(Elon Musk) makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you'll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way. For the record, yes, that's an endorsement of Trump."

jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Apr 20

Amazing work by @nytimes.com this weekend--a recount of Paul Revere's ride, the then-and-now neighborhoods along the way, and those who say "the past bravery of Revere...and others had inspired them to join" a demonstration 250 years later (that would be 2025):

Riding Paul Revere’s Route 250 Years Later, Here’s What We Saw

We followed the route of Revere’s famous midnight ride. Along the way we spoke to many Americans who felt a sense of wonder about that April night.

www.nytimes.com

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jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Apr 12

News you can, and should, use:

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Apr 12

Not sure of the paywall status with this but really enjoyed this piece in The New Yorker, assembling a practical guide to remaining fully American, even under Trump, w interviews from global dissident movements. Good stuff. www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...

So You Want to Be a Dissident?

A practical guide to courage in Trump’s age of fear.

www.newyorker.com

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jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Apr 12

More importantly: Would this reduce the trade deficit with El Salvador — or increase it?

jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Apr 11

My understanding is ‘illegal immigrants’ are also responsible for the decline in consumer confidence and for Steven Seagal’s inability to win an Academy Award.

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jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Apr 1

Yes, but Nixon just barely outpaced him in the spring of '73, falling into the 40s by the end of April that year: www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/d...

Richard M. Nixon Public Approval | The American Presidency Project

www.presidency.ucsb.edu

jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Mar 12

Wow! What an insult to car dealers.

jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Mar 12

Seems to me he’s desperately seeking an excuse to switch parties.

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jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Mar 9

What if you are bombing three-year-olds, as Trump and Vance’s boss has been doing for three years now?

jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Mar 9

This @washingtonpost.com headline implies Musk has uncovered ‘waste,’ but the article, while echoing the headline, doesn’t point to any such discovery.

Column | Some Republicans act as if Musk is the first to uncover waste. He isn’t.

Outside groups from across the ideological spectrum have spent decades documenting questionable government spending.

www.washingtonpost.com

jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Mar 6

As was said in the movie ‘The Town,’ now that’s how you drive a $&@#%+* car!

Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · Mar 6

With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:

jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Mar 3

So when Biden gets his facts wrong, he’s unsuited for the presidency—but when Trump does the same, it means the person correcting him is undiplomatic? Piece this together, @washingtonpost.com—it’s not that hard.

The Trump-Zelensky blowup, broken down by body-language analysts

The decision not to use an interpreter, the power imbalance, Trump’s misstatements and Zelensky’s “warrior energy” helped fuel the unusual public flap.

www.washingtonpost.com

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jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Mar 3

Yes, and the number of deals Trump has reneged on—just ask his now-bankrupt vendors--are too numerous to count...

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jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Mar 3

Disappointed the speaker got sick, but protests are a form of free speech, too.

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jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Mar 3

How about: "Why don't you ask Musk, who has never led a country, much less one during wartime, the same question?"

jmdevitt.bsky.social @jmdevitt.bsky.social · Mar 3

Without counting, it seems more Dems were critical of Biden’s pardoning Hunter than there have been Republicans critical of *anything* Trump has done—and that’s a long list.

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