Gregory Baird
@gregorybaird.bsky.social
Screenwriter (WGA), novelist, musician. Author of The Dream Catcher. Member of The All Worn Out Jug Band.
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Upcoming CBS town hall debate topics:
“Was Hitler really that bad?”
“Is voting bad for women?”
“Does America need Eugenics?”
“Was Hitler really that bad?”
“Is voting bad for women?”
“Does America need Eugenics?”
December 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Upcoming CBS town hall debate topics:
“Was Hitler really that bad?”
“Is voting bad for women?”
“Does America need Eugenics?”
“Was Hitler really that bad?”
“Is voting bad for women?”
“Does America need Eugenics?”
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Trump’s prime-time “economic address” wasn’t news, it was a live broadcast of lies. The more disturbing story is why legacy media keeps airing this stuff unfiltered, then calling it journalism. #uspolitics #legacymedia #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Live From the White House: Misinformation
Trump’s economic address and the media’s ongoing surrender of journalistic responsibility
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Trump’s prime-time “economic address” wasn’t news, it was a live broadcast of lies. The more disturbing story is why legacy media keeps airing this stuff unfiltered, then calling it journalism. #uspolitics #legacymedia #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas.
One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
With @texastribune.org
One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
With @texastribune.org
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas.
One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
With @texastribune.org
One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
With @texastribune.org
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And many supporters of this travesty have the nerve to call themselves Christians!
What if one of the children being made semi-orphans or deported is the 2ND Coming of Christ?
At the very least blue mayors/govs need to fire & jail any cop cooperating with ICE!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What if one of the children being made semi-orphans or deported is the 2ND Coming of Christ?
At the very least blue mayors/govs need to fire & jail any cop cooperating with ICE!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
And many supporters of this travesty have the nerve to call themselves Christians!
What if one of the children being made semi-orphans or deported is the 2ND Coming of Christ?
At the very least blue mayors/govs need to fire & jail any cop cooperating with ICE!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What if one of the children being made semi-orphans or deported is the 2ND Coming of Christ?
At the very least blue mayors/govs need to fire & jail any cop cooperating with ICE!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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That was some weird shit
December 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
That was some weird shit
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What the absolute [expletive] was that?!?
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
What the absolute [expletive] was that?!?
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BREAKING: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ discharge petition has reached 218 signatures, clearing the threshold needed to force a vote on a clean, three-year extension of Obamacare premium subsidies.
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
BREAKING: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ discharge petition has reached 218 signatures, clearing the threshold needed to force a vote on a clean, three-year extension of Obamacare premium subsidies.
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Today WGAW members joined the @sbworkersunited.org picket line in support of their fight. ✊ #1u
December 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Today WGAW members joined the @sbworkersunited.org picket line in support of their fight. ✊ #1u
Yo La Tengo, “Gimme Some Money”
12/15/25. Bowery Ballroom
12/15/25. Bowery Ballroom
December 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Yo La Tengo, “Gimme Some Money”
12/15/25. Bowery Ballroom
12/15/25. Bowery Ballroom
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BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard has quietly enacted a policy downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.” The manual is now in effect, despite public outrage and warnings after the draft was revealed last month. (Washington Post)
December 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard has quietly enacted a policy downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.” The manual is now in effect, despite public outrage and warnings after the draft was revealed last month. (Washington Post)
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I cannot improve upon this.
December 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I cannot improve upon this.
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Orange juice that tastes good after you brush your teeth, an app that picks a watermelon for you, carbonated gum, escalators that go 30mph, sparkly mud, cats but friendly. I HAVE RESTARTED THE IDEA MACHINE
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Orange juice that tastes good after you brush your teeth, an app that picks a watermelon for you, carbonated gum, escalators that go 30mph, sparkly mud, cats but friendly. I HAVE RESTARTED THE IDEA MACHINE
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@samanthamichaels.bsky.social has been a criminal justice reporter for over a decade. She has lived in an authoritarian country overseas.
But she has never seen a police presence like the one in ICE-occupied Memphis.
“The people supposedly eliminating crime are making the city unlivable.”
But she has never seen a police presence like the one in ICE-occupied Memphis.
“The people supposedly eliminating crime are making the city unlivable.”
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
@samanthamichaels.bsky.social has been a criminal justice reporter for over a decade. She has lived in an authoritarian country overseas.
But she has never seen a police presence like the one in ICE-occupied Memphis.
“The people supposedly eliminating crime are making the city unlivable.”
But she has never seen a police presence like the one in ICE-occupied Memphis.
“The people supposedly eliminating crime are making the city unlivable.”
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The Antichrist may already be here, but MAGA provides so many possible candidates, it’s hard to choose just one.
December 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Antichrist may already be here, but MAGA provides so many possible candidates, it’s hard to choose just one.
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They wear assault-rifle tie pins. Just sayin’…
December 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
They wear assault-rifle tie pins. Just sayin’…
They wear assault-rifle tie pins. Just sayin’…
December 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
They wear assault-rifle tie pins. Just sayin’…
The Antichrist may already be here, but MAGA provides so many possible candidates, it’s hard to choose just one.
December 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Antichrist may already be here, but MAGA provides so many possible candidates, it’s hard to choose just one.
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“Commercial breaks were largely filled with spots from direct-response advertisers, including the dietary supplement SuperBeets.
“Viewers of of the telecast on WCBS, the CBS flagship in New York, saw a commercial for Chia Pet, the terra-cotta figure that sprouts plant life after a few weeks.”
“Viewers of of the telecast on WCBS, the CBS flagship in New York, saw a commercial for Chia Pet, the terra-cotta figure that sprouts plant life after a few weeks.”
Major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall telecast Saturday, moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring an interview with Erika Kirk.
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Big Advertisers Appear Wary of CBS News’ Bari Weiss Town Hall Format
Many major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall format moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring a conversation with Erika Kirk
variety.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:22 AM
“Commercial breaks were largely filled with spots from direct-response advertisers, including the dietary supplement SuperBeets.
“Viewers of of the telecast on WCBS, the CBS flagship in New York, saw a commercial for Chia Pet, the terra-cotta figure that sprouts plant life after a few weeks.”
“Viewers of of the telecast on WCBS, the CBS flagship in New York, saw a commercial for Chia Pet, the terra-cotta figure that sprouts plant life after a few weeks.”
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Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
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#Trump isn’t just abusing the pardon power, he’s rewriting who counts as a criminal, who counts as a victim, and what this country claims to stand for. This is how a nation’s character unravels in real time. #uspolitics #authoritarianism #kakistocracy
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The Moral Injury of a Nation
Trump’s presidency as a collective trauma, and the undoing of American character.
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
#Trump isn’t just abusing the pardon power, he’s rewriting who counts as a criminal, who counts as a victim, and what this country claims to stand for. This is how a nation’s character unravels in real time. #uspolitics #authoritarianism #kakistocracy
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
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#GVerse #FuckICE detain U.S. citizen for "looking" Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
December 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
#GVerse #FuckICE detain U.S. citizen for "looking" Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
“It is really, really hard to get your head around the raw hubris of the majority. They really will be destabilizing the operating structure of the entire U.S. government. Why? Because they believe they have a better idea about how the past century should’ve been done.”
—Deborah Pearlstein
—Deborah Pearlstein
December 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“It is really, really hard to get your head around the raw hubris of the majority. They really will be destabilizing the operating structure of the entire U.S. government. Why? Because they believe they have a better idea about how the past century should’ve been done.”
—Deborah Pearlstein
—Deborah Pearlstein