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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1h

Please nobody tell professional writer praising professional journalists Caitlin Flanagan what "out of whole cloth" means

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Not now but soon enough, there will be major stories about The Free Press being the creation of three female founders who constructed a hugely successful digital business out of whole cloth.

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Jody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 3h

By the way the author of the piece is Caitlin Flanagan—Harper's Letter signatory, U. of Austin advisory board member, & the author of this tweet on the occasion of that (pseudo-)university's founding, maybe the greatest string of sentences ever assembled on Earth or any other planet

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Jody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 3h

This article isn't at all smart, it's dumb & dishonest, as is Sally Jenkins' attempt to pass off one of most malevolent fascism-friendly ideologues of our time as a plucky "woman entrepreneur."

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 4h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 1d

You can tell that I wrote that post fast & w/feeling bc I overcooked the pudding w/adjectives! Anyway RIP DK

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Jody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 1d

I know we're not supposed to talk about Woody Allen, but ANNIE HALL is one of the supreme American movies & Diane Keaton's wild charisma is 90% of the reason why. And btw her performance of "Seems Like Old Times" is pure magic—up there with the greatest musical scenes in cinema, zero doubt

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

Mother Jones has substantially more paid subscribers than Bari Weiss’ Free Press, so perhaps someone should put us in charge of a TV network.

Nice little TV network you got there

How easily has Trump rolled corporate media? So much more easily than he probably expected.

www.motherjones.com

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Jody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 7d

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Mike Check @check1check2.bsky.social · 8d

We don't have to live like this

alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 9d

Breaking news: ICE stops family at gunpoint—smash car window on top of newborn baby.

"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.

“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."

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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 9d

this is a GOOD speech

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9d

I am just so fucking proud of her.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 9d

Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes' office has released video of federal agents handcuffing her at Humboldt Park Health, as she asked them to present a judicial warrant for another arrest.

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 12d

In Announcing Full Fascism, Questions Linger Whether This Could Have Been An Email

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12d

Breaking News: President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military should use U.S. cities as “training grounds” at an unusual meeting focused on culture wars. It was unclear why they needed to gather senior military leaders from overseas to tell them this face to face.

Live Updates: Trump Addresses Rare Military Gathering as Government Shutdown Looms

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 12d

I know this is the old battle but the attempts to normalize this shit is exactly why it was good to yell at everyone involved with Tom Cotton's oped in 2020

NPR @npr.org · 12d

JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."

Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'

Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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Jody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 12d

Every now & then a song corresponds so precisely to your personal tastes 'n' predilections that it feels like you dreamt it into existence. E.g. when the credits read "Skillibeng ft. Vybz Kartel & Françoise Hardy."

Skillibeng - New Gears "Remix" (Official Music Video) ft. Vybz Kartel, Françoise Hardy

YouTube video by Skillibeng

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Jody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 13d

Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle, p. 11

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”

New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Jody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 14d

As for why Witt cracks jokes in her "lefty essay": since (like Ezra) DT's mission in life is to be a Centrist oracle who clean$ up on the lecture circuit & has text threads w/Jon Tester, it doesn't occur him that some ppl write for other reasons, i.e. to think aloud &, yeah, to give readers pleasure

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Jody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 14d

Pls don't ask how I found myself perusing TCW's retweets of the world's 2nd most tedious Abundance chump...but since I did...

Marveling at the gall of DT & (by proxy) TCW, two absolute dullards, offering writing advice to Emily Witt, whose LRB piece is so shrewd, sharp-witted, funny, trenchant etc.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15d

I am deeply honored to receive the endorsement of @bendthearc.bsky.social, , their first ever in a mayoral election.

“We are really very excited about Zohran and his platform not in spite of our commitment to Jewish values but because of them.”

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 16d

New year ✨

New mayor ✨

We, the nation’s largest domestic focused progressive Jewish advocacy organization, announce our first ever mayoral endorsement today:

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for New York City Mayor.

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Text reads: "New year. New mayor. Bend the Arc: Jewish Action endorses Zohran Mamdani for Mayor of New York City." The graphic is colorful and features a picture of Mamdani against a rendering of buildings in New York City.

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Jody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 14d

Best Marginalia 2025: "MICRO"

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Jody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 15d

Once again we're reminded that mainstream journalism's ignorance, incuriosity, & casual vilification of the activist left is professional malpractice. The press is simply ill-equipped to understand what it means when the president sends in troops to "fight Antifa."

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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 15d

As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland

At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 17d

Don't stop looking at what is happening. These sadists are living out their fantasies. And our tax dollars are paying for it.

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 17d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social · 18d

Once & for all, let's specify what "poptimism" was & wasn't, and why many people can't stop blaming it for every cultural change of the past 20 years. Most recently the esteemed Kelefa Sanneh, who's often (wrongly) said to have started it! Today in @slate.com
slate.com/culture/2025...

A screenshot of the headline of an article by Carl Wilson, reading, "Criticism's Biggest Strawman: What was 'poptimism,' and why are people still saying terrible things about it?" It's illustrated by a picture of a straw-stuffed scarecrow in a field, wearing a Taylor Swift T-shirt.

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Jody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 18d

Both sides!

Leigh Claire La Berge @lclaberge.bsky.social · 19d

Everyone: American political discourse cannot be any more stupid.
Kamala Harris:

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