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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 6h

Fuck AI
Marry Books
Definitely kill social media

ʙᴜη ₊˚⊹⋆ @bun.is.a.cutie.fyi · 1d

!!!

Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 13h

Right on cue.

Reuters @reuters.com · 22h

The Supreme Court is set to hear a Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, giving its conservative majority a chance to deal another blow to the landmark federal law enacted 60 years ago to prevent racial discrimination in voting.

Voting Rights Act faces pivotal test at US Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is set to hear a Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, giving its conservative majority a chance to deal another blow to the landmark federal law enacted 60 years ago to prevent racial discrimination in voting.

reut.rs

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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 13h

George is right. These are murders.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

Oh my God.

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

Even if TFP did bring in revenue:

The subscriber base of conservative and libertarian rags consumes their content to be entertained, and to have their priors confirmed.

That’s the opposite of journalism.

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

a lot of these stories assume The Free Press is a business success. but is it? they generate a ton of subscription revenue but they spend so much that they needed to raise $15M last year. we can't see the financials, but there's a good chance that the operation is a money pit.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 2d

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...

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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

I read Flanagan. She is many things: a brilliant prose stylist, an incisive investigative reporter, and a journalist with occasional crackpot conservative opinions.

Weiss has published unretracted falsehoods. That’s the end of any real conversation.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 2d

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. 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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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

In *what* together, exactly, Your Former Royal Highness?

Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 2d

NEW

Prince Andrew to Jeff Epstein in 2011: “We are in this together”

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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

More of the “decorum” debate.

The problem isn’t that SCUTUS invents presidential immunity to keep the GOP candidate out of jail. It’s *the manner* in which the corruption is debated/resisted.

Charlie Kirk wanted women back in the kitchen, but hey, he’s wearing a necktie, so it must be valid…

CBS News | Breaking news, top stories & today's latest headlines @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy · 2d

Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court today: "A little bit too personal and confrontational"

The former justice who was the deciding vote on some of the Supreme Court's most consequential decisions talks about the Court today, and about his memoir, "Life, Law & Liberty."

www.cbsnews.com

Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

Ben Shapiro is the computer guy from Jurassic Park who lets all the dinosaurs out so he can steal shit, and then gets poison spit on him by the same dinosaurs he unleashed.

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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss and DOGE are the exact same thing:

“I’m now in charge of you, the people who I feel shafted me in my past.”

“By virtue of my liberated brilliance, I could run this institution better than all of you combined.”

“It doesn’t matter whom I fire, bc it’s all addition by subtraction.”

Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss to CBS News staff:

Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

“Just as”

Yeah, I totally remember the time Biden insulted Zelensky in the Oval Office…

These kinds of comparisons are insane.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

Rep. Jim Himes: "Trump's rhetoric has always been skeptical of the Ukrainians and bizarrely friendly to Vladimir Putin. His actions to date have been insufficient — just as Biden's actions were insufficient."

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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss to CBS News staff:

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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

Jesus fucking Christ. Clunker #2 from The Atlantic this month.

As if selling the news like a product reflects any knowledge of reportage.

Weiss cannot tell the difference between torpedoing one’s own reputation, and being the victim of violent silencing. She’s a banal hack.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 2d

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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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

Of *course* he’s a high-quality Pope. He’s from Chicago!

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Pope Leo at Jubilee Mass: “Let us take care to avoid any exploitation of the faith that could lead to labelling those who are different — often the poor — as enemies, ‘lepers’ to be avoided and rejected.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

The problem with news agencies is their ownership.

We always think billionaires are going to *insulate* us from corruption, only for them to introduce the most risk of it.

Public news is too easily shit down by Republicans.

And no one is willing to pay for reporting for its own sake.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

Schumer said *what*?

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

Sen. Mark Kelly on Chuck Schumer saying "every day gets better for Democrats" during the shutdown:

"For me, this is not political...I don't think this is better for anyone...It's not about that. It's protecting people from crazy increases in the cost of their healthcare."

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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

The president who lies effortlessly is celebrated by his supporters for his authenticity just because he doesn’t equivocate.

Shoq @shoq.bsky.social · 2d

Fact check: Trump’s ‘$17 trillion’ investment figure is fiction

Fact check: Trump’s ‘$17 trillion’ investment figure is fiction | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump keeps claiming he has secured “$17 trillion” in investment this year – or even more than that.

www.cnn.com

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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

Yet, somehow, this nincompoop is being credited for a breakthrough in the Gaza peace deal, which supposedly happened when the professional diplomats were out of the room.

Something about that whole business smells very wrong.

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2d

Biden wasn’t president yet. These folks aren’t too bright

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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

Why, are there a lot of people around who could give a damn about factuality as long as they come out ahead?

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

Would have also accepted: “That’s not what ‘begging the question’ means…”

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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

The dude is so close to having an actual thought…

Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

A significant group of American voters believe this absurd bullshit unquestioningly.

John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 2d

Impressive work by Biden to control the FBI while Trump was President.

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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

Conservatism - at any point in history and any place on earth - is, despite its pretensions, a stew of counterrevolutionism and resentment.

“How dare immigrants, women and the traditionally marginalized STEAL our culture and challenge our dominance?!”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Jim Jordan after he's played clips from videos of ICE brutalizing people, including American citizens: "I don't know the specifics of those examples you gave. What I do know is these ICE agents are under tremendous pressure ... I think they're doing a good job."

Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

Conservatives are still operating on their false assumptions from the 70s:

- Gov’t workers don’t do anything

- Rich ppl are deserving because they “create jobs” and make fortunes through enterprise

- Libs are “eggheads”

- Firing gov’t workers and minorities is “addition by subtraction”

Jay @pescado70.bsky.social · 3d

Thousands Of Treasury, HHS Employees Fired In Shutdown Layoffs: Here’s What To Know

The federal government began sending layoff notices Friday to about 4,200 employees across multiple agencies.

www.forbes.com

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Scott Fenstermaker @scottfenstermaker.bsky.social · 2d

The age of light speed bullshit is disorienting, to be sure…

But the disheartening thing is the number of voters who not only believe it, but curate it and soak in it.

Bullshit is on in the background at the dentist’s office, just as much as it is in Justice Alito’s chambers…

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

“The Biden FBI”

Who was President on January 6?

Donald J. Trump * © @reaDonaldTrump • 1m
THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT

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