Andy Carvin
@acarv.in
Former managing editor and current nonresident senior fellow, DFRLab.org. NPR and Reported.ly alum. Woodturner, #ActuallyADHD, veteran of the prolactinoma wars. Calling BS is my calling. I used to tweet a lot.
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"U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb concluded that President Donald Trump’s military takeover in Washington, D.C., violates the Constitution and illegally intrudes on local officials’ authority to direct law enforcement in the district. She put her order on hold for 21 days to allow for an appeal..."
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital.
Judge orders Trump administration to end National Guard deployment in DC
A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital. U.S.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb concluded that President Donald Trump’s military takeover in Washington, D.C., violates the Constitution and illegally intrudes on local officials’ authority to direct law enforcement in the district. She put her order on hold for 21 days to allow for an appeal..."
"What happens when an industry spends 15 years telling talented young journalists that personal brand is currency, that access is the game, that being a character in the story makes better content—and then acts shocked when someone takes that logic a few degrees too far?"
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"What happens when an industry spends 15 years telling talented young journalists that personal brand is currency, that access is the game, that being a character in the story makes better content—and then acts shocked when someone takes that logic a few degrees too far?"
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Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
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Of course Trump’s name should be redacted from all of the Epstein Files. After all, he is the victim.
by Pam Bondi
by Pam Bondi
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Of course Trump’s name should be redacted from all of the Epstein Files. After all, he is the victim.
by Pam Bondi
by Pam Bondi
"Greene allegedly drove to Pennsylvania and paid a body-modification artist $500 to carve the wounds on her face, neck, and upper body, using a pattern she had provided in advance. Investigators later found matching zip ties in her Maserati SUV."
Again: matching zip ties in her Maserati SUV.
Again: matching zip ties in her Maserati SUV.
A staffer to a New Jersey congressman allegedly paid an scarification artist $500 to wound her as she staged a scene with zip ties and “Trump Whore” written on her stomach, federal prosecutors say
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 AM
"Greene allegedly drove to Pennsylvania and paid a body-modification artist $500 to carve the wounds on her face, neck, and upper body, using a pattern she had provided in advance. Investigators later found matching zip ties in her Maserati SUV."
Again: matching zip ties in her Maserati SUV.
Again: matching zip ties in her Maserati SUV.
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Any news organization that doesn't stand up, and very strongly (which the Bloomberg response also does not) against Trump's ridiculous bullying of their employees, had better take a hard look at its mission and duty to the public.
November 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Any news organization that doesn't stand up, and very strongly (which the Bloomberg response also does not) against Trump's ridiculous bullying of their employees, had better take a hard look at its mission and duty to the public.
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
“in a remarkable concession, they told [Judge] Nachmanoff that they never presented that revised indictment to the full grand jury for approval. Instead, they said, they had the foreperson sign the new version before presenting it to a judge, while a deputy foreperson was also in the room.”
Justice Department lawyers said that a full grand jury never reviewed the final indictment against former FBI director James B. Comey.
The admission that could threaten the viability of the case.
The admission that could threaten the viability of the case.
Justice Dept. acknowledges full grand jury never saw final Comey indictment
The acknowledgement came during a hearing in which a federal judge heard the former FBI director’s arguments that he is the target of a vindictive prosecution.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“in a remarkable concession, they told [Judge] Nachmanoff that they never presented that revised indictment to the full grand jury for approval. Instead, they said, they had the foreperson sign the new version before presenting it to a judge, while a deputy foreperson was also in the room.”
Yikes.
"George and Alex Soros have their hands all over this."
Uhhh, this belated dissent in the Texas districting case—written by a 79-year-old Reagan appointee—is quite a ride storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Yikes.
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Trump's censor in chief at the FCC, Brendan Carr, just sent a letter to the heads of BBC, NPR and PBS informing them he's launching a "news distortion" probe into the BBC's editing of a documentary on Trump's Jan. 6 activities.
Here it is:
Here it is:
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Trump's censor in chief at the FCC, Brendan Carr, just sent a letter to the heads of BBC, NPR and PBS informing them he's launching a "news distortion" probe into the BBC's editing of a documentary on Trump's Jan. 6 activities.
Here it is:
Here it is:
I just asked Grok in English, "What was the purpose of Zyklon B at Auschwitz?" Its response lists two functions:
1. Delousing and disinfection (early use and officially stated purpose)
2. Mass murder in gas chambers (primary purpose from 1942 onward)
Full response attached, including alt text.
1. Delousing and disinfection (early use and officially stated purpose)
2. Mass murder in gas chambers (primary purpose from 1942 onward)
Full response attached, including alt text.
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I just asked Grok in English, "What was the purpose of Zyklon B at Auschwitz?" Its response lists two functions:
1. Delousing and disinfection (early use and officially stated purpose)
2. Mass murder in gas chambers (primary purpose from 1942 onward)
Full response attached, including alt text.
1. Delousing and disinfection (early use and officially stated purpose)
2. Mass murder in gas chambers (primary purpose from 1942 onward)
Full response attached, including alt text.
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More bad news for Kyiv today: Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg has told associates he plans to leave the Trump admin in January. "A departure that would mean the loss of a key advocate for Ukraine in the Trump administration," writes Reuters. No kidding. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
More bad news for Kyiv today: Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg has told associates he plans to leave the Trump admin in January. "A departure that would mean the loss of a key advocate for Ukraine in the Trump administration," writes Reuters. No kidding. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
"There’s no small amount of wishful thinking fueling the constant chatter about the issue on the left, but the public evidence that the 79-year-old president is not doing well is hard for even the most diehard MAGA types to ignore."
The Epstein vote is a big deal, even as Bondi schemes a way to avoid acting on the bill.
It shows Trump is losing his grip on the party.
And the main reason, I suspect, is he is really showing his age these days.
www.salon.com/2025/11/19/_...
It shows Trump is losing his grip on the party.
And the main reason, I suspect, is he is really showing his age these days.
www.salon.com/2025/11/19/_...
How Trump's MRI spurred the Epstein vote
Health rumors undermine the president’s hold on the GOP
www.salon.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"There’s no small amount of wishful thinking fueling the constant chatter about the issue on the left, but the public evidence that the 79-year-old president is not doing well is hard for even the most diehard MAGA types to ignore."
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Chicago has had one 9/11 worth of people disappeared since the attacks began in September. Los Angeles has had two 9/11s since June.
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Chicago has had one 9/11 worth of people disappeared since the attacks began in September. Los Angeles has had two 9/11s since June.
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America's best political writer and it's not even close
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
America's best political writer and it's not even close
"The poll found that if registered voters were choosing today, 55% would elect a Democratic candidate to represent them in Congress, while 41% would vote for a Republican. The 14-point advantage is the largest since November 2017, a year before Democrats won more than 40 seats in the House...."
November 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"The poll found that if registered voters were choosing today, 55% would elect a Democratic candidate to represent them in Congress, while 41% would vote for a Republican. The 14-point advantage is the largest since November 2017, a year before Democrats won more than 40 seats in the House...."
Gotta love the cultural contrast between commenters.
"'Fair fucks, that's mint that it was his first thought after scoring a worldie,' one person wrote, sharing the clip which has more than two million views."
"And someone from Portugal added: 'Respect from Portugal.'"
"'Fair fucks, that's mint that it was his first thought after scoring a worldie,' one person wrote, sharing the clip which has more than two million views."
"And someone from Portugal added: 'Respect from Portugal.'"
Viral footage of Scotland’s wild on-air celebrations has been branded 'iconic, with fans saying the commentary alone 'will go down in the history books'
'Shoot, shoot!': Scotland’s wild commentary goes viral after World Cup clincher
www.thenational.scot
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Gotta love the cultural contrast between commenters.
"'Fair fucks, that's mint that it was his first thought after scoring a worldie,' one person wrote, sharing the clip which has more than two million views."
"And someone from Portugal added: 'Respect from Portugal.'"
"'Fair fucks, that's mint that it was his first thought after scoring a worldie,' one person wrote, sharing the clip which has more than two million views."
"And someone from Portugal added: 'Respect from Portugal.'"
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Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
"The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant has been awarded a $1 billion federal loan guarantee that will enable it to shift onto taxpayers some of the risk of its plan to restart the Pennsylvania facility and sell the electricity to Microsoft for its data centers."
Trump officials give $1 billion loan to restart Three Mile Island
The plan to reopen Three Mile Island to supply Microsoft with power wins a federal loan guarantee, shifting some of the risk onto taxpayers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
From @raphae.li and @ajvicens.bsky.social:
"The story maps the pro-Trump machinery of retaliation now reshaping American political life, detailing its scale and tactics, ranging from shaming on social media to public pressure on employers and threats to defund institutions."
"The story maps the pro-Trump machinery of retaliation now reshaping American political life, detailing its scale and tactics, ranging from shaming on social media to public pressure on employers and threats to defund institutions."
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
From @raphae.li and @ajvicens.bsky.social:
"The story maps the pro-Trump machinery of retaliation now reshaping American political life, detailing its scale and tactics, ranging from shaming on social media to public pressure on employers and threats to defund institutions."
"The story maps the pro-Trump machinery of retaliation now reshaping American political life, detailing its scale and tactics, ranging from shaming on social media to public pressure on employers and threats to defund institutions."
“You cannot outrun your life on fire.”
“What you think of as pain is only a shadow. Pain has a face. Allow me to show it to you.”
“From his mouth the bullet theoretical launched the bullet possible.”
“Do I look like someone who cares about what God thinks?”
“Demons to some, angels to others.”
“What you think of as pain is only a shadow. Pain has a face. Allow me to show it to you.”
“From his mouth the bullet theoretical launched the bullet possible.”
“Do I look like someone who cares about what God thinks?”
“Demons to some, angels to others.”
i’m sorry
but i noticed something for @mcsweeneys.net
and the resemblance is uncanny
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/who...
but i noticed something for @mcsweeneys.net
and the resemblance is uncanny
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/who...
Who Said It: The Hell Priest Pinhead or Olivia Nuzzi?
“Olivia Nuzz did it all for love. The former political journalist has written a combustive portrait of America, President Trump, and the scandal wi...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“You cannot outrun your life on fire.”
“What you think of as pain is only a shadow. Pain has a face. Allow me to show it to you.”
“From his mouth the bullet theoretical launched the bullet possible.”
“Do I look like someone who cares about what God thinks?”
“Demons to some, angels to others.”
“What you think of as pain is only a shadow. Pain has a face. Allow me to show it to you.”
“From his mouth the bullet theoretical launched the bullet possible.”
“Do I look like someone who cares about what God thinks?”
“Demons to some, angels to others.”
The Khmer Rouge didn’t care for people who wore glasses either.
Everything they do, large and small, makes the world a little worse than it was before.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Lubbock Will Remove Buddy Holly-Themed Crosswalk After Federal Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The Khmer Rouge didn’t care for people who wore glasses either.
Plastic surgeon to @theguardian.com: “My aesthetic doesn’t necessarily have to be your aesthetic for me to give you what you want. But when you go outside the range of what a normal human face should look like, that’s not a place I’m willing to go.”
Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’
The puffy, artificial look is rising in popularity - thanks to Maga elite such as Kristi Noem and Matt Gaetz
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Plastic surgeon to @theguardian.com: “My aesthetic doesn’t necessarily have to be your aesthetic for me to give you what you want. But when you go outside the range of what a normal human face should look like, that’s not a place I’m willing to go.”
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the most chilling part of trump's horribleness about jamal isn't just the lies & disrespect. it's what's in his mind, it's the idea that critics & journalists 'have it coming'. is it a green light to murder? maybe.
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
the most chilling part of trump's horribleness about jamal isn't just the lies & disrespect. it's what's in his mind, it's the idea that critics & journalists 'have it coming'. is it a green light to murder? maybe.
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She just, like...said it? Out loud?
Coinbase donated to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event today.
Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom
Tech firms like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia also donated to Trump's ballroom fund.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
She just, like...said it? Out loud?