Steve Grathwohl
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TeX. Trail running. Early music. Astronomy. Cats. Poodles.
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The story is full of new details. Very much worth reading. (And I'll write more about this saga soon.) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
But this framing of why Harvard has stood up ......
The story is full of new details. Very much worth reading. (And I'll write more about this saga soon.) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
But this framing of why Harvard has stood up ......
February 3, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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The story is full of new details. Very much worth reading. (And I'll write more about this saga soon.) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
But this framing of why Harvard has stood up ......
The story is full of new details. Very much worth reading. (And I'll write more about this saga soon.) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
But this framing of why Harvard has stood up ......
“But Harvard, wary of backlash from liberal students and faculty, has rejected the idea.”
WTF New York Times!
Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
WTF New York Times!
Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:21 AM
“But Harvard, wary of backlash from liberal students and faculty, has rejected the idea.”
WTF New York Times!
Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
WTF New York Times!
Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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The Department of Justice is not supposed to be a tool for the president to exact retribution on his perceived enemies.
The fact that we have to say that is outrageous.
The fact that we have to say that is outrageous.
February 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM
The Department of Justice is not supposed to be a tool for the president to exact retribution on his perceived enemies.
The fact that we have to say that is outrageous.
The fact that we have to say that is outrageous.
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Concentration camp things happening at the concentration camps
It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility
DPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the Dilley, Texas South
www.sacurrent.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Concentration camp things happening at the concentration camps
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one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party
February 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party
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HERE COMES THE OLYMPICS DISPLACEMENT MACHINE
"Efforts to remove unhoused people will focus on the security perimeters of Olympic venues, according to the report."
For many of the major venues, what's been discussed has been a one-mile radius. For the Figueroa/Expo Park cluster, that would encompass huge sections of downtown and South LA
For many of the major venues, what's been discussed has been a one-mile radius. For the Figueroa/Expo Park cluster, that would encompass huge sections of downtown and South LA
LA County considers plans to remove unhoused people and clear encampments around Olympic venues
L.A. County officials have issued a strategy report advising local governments on how to clear people from encampments near major events.
laist.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:42 PM
HERE COMES THE OLYMPICS DISPLACEMENT MACHINE
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obscene to see him grandstand like this, to play it up for applause and clearly delight in the approbation, while his actions will disable and kill people, hurting the most vulnerable of us.
Utterly obscene.
Utterly obscene.
February 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
obscene to see him grandstand like this, to play it up for applause and clearly delight in the approbation, while his actions will disable and kill people, hurting the most vulnerable of us.
Utterly obscene.
Utterly obscene.
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I’m trying not to be impulsive in my commentary so I’m just posting this story without offering any of the comments that I could readily make about it
But 2014 is after 2007
But 2014 is after 2007
Harvard Professor Lisa Randall Maintained Years of Contact with Epstein, Flew on Jet | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard professor Lisa J. Randall ’84 maintained years of contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein — exchanging emails and phone calls and flying on his private jet in 2014 — according t...
www.thecrimson.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I’m trying not to be impulsive in my commentary so I’m just posting this story without offering any of the comments that I could readily make about it
But 2014 is after 2007
But 2014 is after 2007
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Burn it all down.
This level of disgusting racism and cruelty didn’t exist in a vacuum, and it didn’t end with Epstein.
Epstein files:
“JEFF wanted, ‘young, fresh meat girls. Virgins.’ He told ■, ‘Don’t bring me any n*ggers.’”
Epstein files:
“JEFF wanted, ‘young, fresh meat girls. Virgins.’ He told ■, ‘Don’t bring me any n*ggers.’”
February 1, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Burn it all down.
Just another Kavanaugh Stop. Nothing to see here. <Sarcasm>
“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
February 1, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Just another Kavanaugh Stop. Nothing to see here. <Sarcasm>
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"When in doubt, draw a distinction."
Not sure where he got it, but in grad school one of my teachers taught me that.
This (long) thread is about the key distinctions I rely on as a critic. There's a Twitter version from 2021. This one builds on that one.
I will post them one at a time. Ready?
Not sure where he got it, but in grad school one of my teachers taught me that.
This (long) thread is about the key distinctions I rely on as a critic. There's a Twitter version from 2021. This one builds on that one.
I will post them one at a time. Ready?
February 1, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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I’ve been thinking more about this nonsense and what it means. I don’t think it’s a flex — a performative expression of power and intimidation — like the advertisements for ICE positions. Too obscure and lacking in flair. Instead I think it likely reflects real internal problems.
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JOIN THE LEAGUE FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE LAW!
February 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I’ve been thinking more about this nonsense and what it means. I don’t think it’s a flex — a performative expression of power and intimidation — like the advertisements for ICE positions. Too obscure and lacking in flair. Instead I think it likely reflects real internal problems.
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CBS News commenters in the Epstein files who have refused to work with me because I'm too "ideological": 1. Admittedly just 1, but still.
Looking at the list of 19 new CBS News commentators, the median number of times they appear in the searchable Epstein database is 2 and the mean is 100
February 1, 2026 at 4:21 PM
CBS News commenters in the Epstein files who have refused to work with me because I'm too "ideological": 1. Admittedly just 1, but still.
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When they say Me Too "went too far," they mean "got too close."
January 31, 2026 at 4:25 PM
When they say Me Too "went too far," they mean "got too close."
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BASH: Was this really about trying to make an example out of somebody who the president has sparred with?
BLANCHE: I don't even know that the president even ever thought about Don Lemon
BASH: The White House's official twitter celebrated his arrest. Just yesterday Trump called him a 'sleazebag'
BLANCHE: I don't even know that the president even ever thought about Don Lemon
BASH: The White House's official twitter celebrated his arrest. Just yesterday Trump called him a 'sleazebag'
February 1, 2026 at 2:17 PM
BASH: Was this really about trying to make an example out of somebody who the president has sparred with?
BLANCHE: I don't even know that the president even ever thought about Don Lemon
BASH: The White House's official twitter celebrated his arrest. Just yesterday Trump called him a 'sleazebag'
BLANCHE: I don't even know that the president even ever thought about Don Lemon
BASH: The White House's official twitter celebrated his arrest. Just yesterday Trump called him a 'sleazebag'
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Courts need to make clear that states can in fact prosecute federal agents who commit crimes; that ICE’s view of the constitution is wrong; and that the federal government cannot ride roughshod over the states
ICE’s impunity is a formula for more violence
Is America’s president building his own paramilitary militia?
econ.st
February 1, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Courts need to make clear that states can in fact prosecute federal agents who commit crimes; that ICE’s view of the constitution is wrong; and that the federal government cannot ride roughshod over the states
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Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
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DM me? We used to get hundreds of highly qualified applicants for a single job posting. Good prosecutors are increasingly hesitant to work for this DOJ.
January 31, 2026 at 3:51 PM
DM me? We used to get hundreds of highly qualified applicants for a single job posting. Good prosecutors are increasingly hesitant to work for this DOJ.
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there's this new dynamic where the DOJ cannot win in court and is (relatedly) incapable of meeting the minimum threshold of professional legal conduct, and so an increasing percentage of its actions are purely for intimidation and content
January 30, 2026 at 1:54 PM
there's this new dynamic where the DOJ cannot win in court and is (relatedly) incapable of meeting the minimum threshold of professional legal conduct, and so an increasing percentage of its actions are purely for intimidation and content
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Hard hitting news coverage
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed his secret breakfast indulgence to CBS News' Kelly O'Grady — and he made her promise not to tell Human and Health Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
January 30, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Hard hitting news coverage
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Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
January 29, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
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i haven’t been paying attention to meghan mccain at all but apparently she has lost her mind?
January 29, 2026 at 11:33 PM
i haven’t been paying attention to meghan mccain at all but apparently she has lost her mind?
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yet another data point for "the standard case for pragmatic electoral moderation would be more compelling if people stopped insisting that transgender issues are an electoral problem for Democrats"
Fox News Poll: The Republican Party is seen as better able to handle border security, national security, and immigration. The Democratic Party is favored on transgender issues, healthcare, vaccines, helping the middle class, and affordability.
www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
January 30, 2026 at 12:05 AM
yet another data point for "the standard case for pragmatic electoral moderation would be more compelling if people stopped insisting that transgender issues are an electoral problem for Democrats"
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you can’t fucking dox a public official!
Tillis says he opposes ICE being barred from wearing masks: "I've seen people dox me. I've seen people take pictures and identify law enforcement officers and then put their families at risk. So, I think that's a step too far."
January 28, 2026 at 11:05 PM
you can’t fucking dox a public official!