Jim Swift
@jimswift.bsky.social
Senior Editor and Cincinnati Bureau Chief at The Bulwark, Kentucky Colonel, Ope-inion Leader™, former hill staffer, Cleveland, Ohio, Cincy, DC and STL sports fan, cheap watch aficionado. 🫡
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Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
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@nytimes.com
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November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
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Oh god a major idiot.
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Oh god a major idiot.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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"...we’re living through online the equivalent of the revelations about environmental poisoning that grew out of Rachel Carson and SILENT SPRING" which led to the EPA, but today "government and the social media platforms are actually unwinding the very few safeguards they’ve ever put into place."
This week's latest MAGA scandal is a good reminder: Caveat lector. Let the reader beware. The chances are that if you’re reading something that makes you mad on social media, it’s there because someone is being paid to make you mad. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-very-b...
The Very Big Business of Lying To You
Turns out "America First" is hugely profitable overseas
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"...we’re living through online the equivalent of the revelations about environmental poisoning that grew out of Rachel Carson and SILENT SPRING" which led to the EPA, but today "government and the social media platforms are actually unwinding the very few safeguards they’ve ever put into place."
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“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
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Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
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I have not logged into Twitter for a while but this was worth it
I generally try not to comment on Twitter but Isaac Chotiner is over there giving Semafor body blows right now and I just want to say I find it alarming that he's allowed to come for you without warning (asking for an interview)
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I have not logged into Twitter for a while but this was worth it
Not enough respect for Cincinnatus here in Rome. We should send them a statue.
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Not enough respect for Cincinnatus here in Rome. We should send them a statue.
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Love this. Other SEC teams should claim other out of region cities.
LSU -Philadelphia’s SEC Team.
LSU -Philadelphia’s SEC Team.
Vanderbilt has an ad running in LaGuardia calling themselves “New York’s SEC team”
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Love this. Other SEC teams should claim other out of region cities.
LSU -Philadelphia’s SEC Team.
LSU -Philadelphia’s SEC Team.
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SHEDEUR SANDERS
WELCOME TO THE BROWNS HYDRA
WELCOME TO THE BROWNS HYDRA
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
SHEDEUR SANDERS
WELCOME TO THE BROWNS HYDRA
WELCOME TO THE BROWNS HYDRA
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This would be appalling in any context and for any victim, but the fact that they're invading a commercial kitchen to drag someone off who came here to work their ass over a hot stove to make native-born restaurant-goers a little more comfortable and well off really shows how negative sum this is
November 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This would be appalling in any context and for any victim, but the fact that they're invading a commercial kitchen to drag someone off who came here to work their ass over a hot stove to make native-born restaurant-goers a little more comfortable and well off really shows how negative sum this is
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"a high-ranking employee of the French Government"
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"a high-ranking employee of the French Government"
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Awful take.
If the Trump administration ultimately leaves Maduro in place, the Venezuelan president will “emerge as the survivor who bested Trump and showed that American influence in the Western Hemisphere is limited at best,” writes Elliott Abrams.
How to Topple Maduro
And why regime change is the only way forward in Venezuela.
fam.ag
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Awful take.
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"That's the sort of Stoic Declaration of Independence....it falls on us, knowing that Thomas Jefferson didn't exactly mean what he said, to put real meaning to those words, get closer to it in each generation."
@ryan-holiday.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social in this week's How To Fix It:
@ryan-holiday.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social in this week's How To Fix It:
November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"That's the sort of Stoic Declaration of Independence....it falls on us, knowing that Thomas Jefferson didn't exactly mean what he said, to put real meaning to those words, get closer to it in each generation."
@ryan-holiday.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social in this week's How To Fix It:
@ryan-holiday.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social in this week's How To Fix It:
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I would like Twitter to have stronger border security.
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I would like Twitter to have stronger border security.
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Trump folded so fast when Mamdani walked in!
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social break it down
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social break it down
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Trump folded so fast when Mamdani walked in!
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social break it down
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social break it down
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Reminder: It’s really not normal for a senior DOJ official to publicly confirm that DOJ is getting ready to indict someone!
(Not to mention that Mizelle no longer works at DOJ — how exactly does he know “of what he speaks”?)
(Not to mention that Mizelle no longer works at DOJ — how exactly does he know “of what he speaks”?)
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Reminder: It’s really not normal for a senior DOJ official to publicly confirm that DOJ is getting ready to indict someone!
(Not to mention that Mizelle no longer works at DOJ — how exactly does he know “of what he speaks”?)
(Not to mention that Mizelle no longer works at DOJ — how exactly does he know “of what he speaks”?)
Let's go FC Cincinnati and LETS GO BILLS.
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Let's go FC Cincinnati and LETS GO BILLS.
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CASSIDY: I know it's titillating, but I think we need to move beyond the titillation
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
CASSIDY: I know it's titillating, but I think we need to move beyond the titillation
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
Unnecessary death: Bill Cassidy's legacy. #resign.
Saying "vaccines are safe" is an irrelevant detail when you voted to hand all of the US government's health organizations over to someone who adamantly insists they are not.
TAPPER: Dr Cassidy, RFK Jr lied to you
CASSIDY: First let me say what's most important -- vaccines are safe.
CASSIDY: First let me say what's most important -- vaccines are safe.
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Unnecessary death: Bill Cassidy's legacy. #resign.
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rage bait slop about a halal only microwave being from a Morocco based account is a good bit
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
rage bait slop about a halal only microwave being from a Morocco based account is a good bit
Is he ok?
PSA: siding with corporate greed and helping airlines take advantage of people is not “Common sense” no matter how many times Doofy says it
(No wonder the airlines gave millions to Trump’s campaign)
(No wonder the airlines gave millions to Trump’s campaign)
FOX: During the Biden administration, there was a push for greater passenger rights. They wanted to have airlines compensate people if there was a delay or cancelation. But that is something the Trump admin has said they don't want to do
DUFFY: We took a more common sense approach to it
DUFFY: We took a more common sense approach to it
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Is he ok?