Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social
Dad, husband, host @Marketplace. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran. [email protected]
Reposted by Kai Ryssdal
"Military.com was about to be sold to a company with no discernible interest in journalism whose founder, Hassan Youssef, got his start with his brother in the online porn business, launching sites like Jugg World and XXX Rated Chicks." www.cjr.org/feature/mili...
The vanquishing of Military.com.
Former staffers say a new owner dealt the respected publication a death blow when service members and veterans needed it most.
www.cjr.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Military.com was about to be sold to a company with no discernible interest in journalism whose founder, Hassan Youssef, got his start with his brother in the online porn business, launching sites like Jugg World and XXX Rated Chicks." www.cjr.org/feature/mili...
Reposted by Kai Ryssdal
How and when exactly did a president acquire the authority to rule in all matters great and small by diktat?
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 4:44 AM
How and when exactly did a president acquire the authority to rule in all matters great and small by diktat?
Reposted by Kai Ryssdal
I’ve been saying this since last December and constantly am accused of being a groupie or something.
Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan to his current position. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.
December 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I’ve been saying this since last December and constantly am accused of being a groupie or something.
Hello. The FIFA grift prize simply isn’t worth a news spot
December 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hello. The FIFA grift prize simply isn’t worth a news spot
Reposted by Kai Ryssdal
How is U.S. military killing these 11 people keeping drugs (fentanyl) out of the United States?
USG knew the drugs (cocaine) were headed to Suriname.
Yes, that's the OTHER DIRECTION.
Read what Bradley-Caine told lawmakers:
Scoop by @natashabertrand.bsky.social
🧵 1/
USG knew the drugs (cocaine) were headed to Suriname.
Yes, that's the OTHER DIRECTION.
Read what Bradley-Caine told lawmakers:
Scoop by @natashabertrand.bsky.social
🧵 1/
Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
How is U.S. military killing these 11 people keeping drugs (fentanyl) out of the United States?
USG knew the drugs (cocaine) were headed to Suriname.
Yes, that's the OTHER DIRECTION.
Read what Bradley-Caine told lawmakers:
Scoop by @natashabertrand.bsky.social
🧵 1/
USG knew the drugs (cocaine) were headed to Suriname.
Yes, that's the OTHER DIRECTION.
Read what Bradley-Caine told lawmakers:
Scoop by @natashabertrand.bsky.social
🧵 1/
Reposted by Kai Ryssdal
The Shitpost Cabinet. 🤡
December 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The Shitpost Cabinet. 🤡
Reposted by Kai Ryssdal
Make. It. Stop.
Breaking: Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agreed to part ways after new revelations and allegations about an affair with RFK Jr. and her behavior while reporting on him.
Exclusive | Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi’s contract with Vanity Fair expires at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
on.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Make. It. Stop.
It's settled law
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT AGREES TO REVIEW PROPER PRONUNCIATION OF "GIF"
December 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It's settled law
Reposted by Kai Ryssdal
“What have I done!” 🤡
December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“What have I done!” 🤡
Oh FFS
“.. U.S. President Donald Trump's face is painted on a football ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Draw in Washington D.C.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Oh FFS
Reposted by Kai Ryssdal
I was told everyone was leaving.
@fortune.com #NYC
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
fortune.com/2025/12/04/m...
@fortune.com #NYC
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
fortune.com/2025/12/04/m...
December 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I was told everyone was leaving.
@fortune.com #NYC
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
fortune.com/2025/12/04/m...
@fortune.com #NYC
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
fortune.com/2025/12/04/m...
Reposted by Kai Ryssdal
Not clear if this is meant to be retrospective or prospective. I think Bessent said prospective. Also note that the law says each member of Fed board of governors is supposed to come from a different Fed district
Yeah this is bad. Trump admin appears to be laying the groundwork to purge regional Fed presidents, all of whom are up for reappointment in February.
Hassett Backs Call for Fed Presidents to Have Lived in Districts
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett backed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s call for a new residency requirement in the appointment of presidents of Federal Reserve banks.
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Not clear if this is meant to be retrospective or prospective. I think Bessent said prospective. Also note that the law says each member of Fed board of governors is supposed to come from a different Fed district
Reposted by Kai Ryssdal
And there's the motive.
Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he believed 2020 election conspiracy theories
The suspect has been cooperating with the FBI, according to sources, and is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
And there's the motive.
Reposted by Kai Ryssdal
Trump's grotesque insults targeting immigrants (and his administration's recent and historic xenophobia) prompted comparisons to 1930s German propaganda. As you might expect, his allies reject the comparison. So I asked historians how valid it was.
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | Trump’s racism is horrible — but it’s not 1930s Germany
Philip Bump: The Trump administration is often compared to Nazi Germany. I asked historians to weigh in.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Trump's grotesque insults targeting immigrants (and his administration's recent and historic xenophobia) prompted comparisons to 1930s German propaganda. As you might expect, his allies reject the comparison. So I asked historians how valid it was.
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Irony is dead
BARTIROMO: How is it possible that the Democrats have been able to rally around 'affordability' and make people think that's what they're focused on and not what Republicans are focused on?
HASSETT: It's just what happens sometimes when one political party has the media echoing what they're saying
HASSETT: It's just what happens sometimes when one political party has the media echoing what they're saying
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Irony is dead
Reposted by Kai Ryssdal
Does Hassett use AI to help him figure out “how do I make my boss happy?” Because it totally shows.
Hassett: "The way to think about what AI & its agents can do is they can act as if they're the best coach you've ever had. And so while you're trying to figure out, how do I make my boss happy? It's like you've got a coach right there with you every step of the way."
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Does Hassett use AI to help him figure out “how do I make my boss happy?” Because it totally shows.
I mean, he’s already gonnna get the job. This seems silly
Kevin Hassett on Trump: "He's the best communicator I've ever seen ... he's solving it seems all the world's problems, stopping wars and everything else"
December 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I mean, he’s already gonnna get the job. This seems silly
Reposted by Kai Ryssdal
January 2000: AOL buys Time WARNER
December 2025: NFLX buys WARNER brothers
December 2025: NFLX buys WARNER brothers
December 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
January 2000: AOL buys Time WARNER
December 2025: NFLX buys WARNER brothers
December 2025: NFLX buys WARNER brothers
Reposted by Kai Ryssdal
I used to have to teach the NSS: What's in it, what it means, how it was produced.
In this administration, documents mean nothing. Our national policy is whatever stray voltage is crossing Donald Trump's brain pan at any given moment. The NSS and other such documents are meaningless.
In this administration, documents mean nothing. Our national policy is whatever stray voltage is crossing Donald Trump's brain pan at any given moment. The NSS and other such documents are meaningless.
The Trump administration has quietly released its National Security Strategy — apparently late on Thursday. Usually there's a rollout and fanfare for these things: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I used to have to teach the NSS: What's in it, what it means, how it was produced.
In this administration, documents mean nothing. Our national policy is whatever stray voltage is crossing Donald Trump's brain pan at any given moment. The NSS and other such documents are meaningless.
In this administration, documents mean nothing. Our national policy is whatever stray voltage is crossing Donald Trump's brain pan at any given moment. The NSS and other such documents are meaningless.
Reposted by Kai Ryssdal
Trump’s Affordability “Con Job”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Trump’s Affordability “Con Job”
He pooh-poohs cost complaints as a “hoax.” Here’s what the numbers say.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Trump’s Affordability “Con Job”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Reposted by Kai Ryssdal
NARRATOR: Donald Trump negotiated and signed that agreement.
USTR'S GREER SAYS THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE U.S.-MEXICO-CANADA TRADE AGREEMENT, ALREADY HAVE ADJUSTMENTS TO SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES
December 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
NARRATOR: Donald Trump negotiated and signed that agreement.
Reposted by Kai Ryssdal
Someone should just stand outside the committee room with a big copy of this:
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Someone should just stand outside the committee room with a big copy of this:
In two weeks, perhaps?
The White House will submit its plans for Trump's ballroom to the National Capital Planning Commission this month, the chair of the panel just said in public hearing.
December 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
In two weeks, perhaps?
Also, saying it was a 'righteous strike' is a tell
He knows better. They all do.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), to reporters, after viewing video footage of the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean on Sept. 2:
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
December 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Also, saying it was a 'righteous strike' is a tell