Joan Walsh
@joanwalsh.bsky.social
National correspondent, The Nation. Co-producer of "The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show." Author: "What's The Matter With White People." Proud mom of Sadie, Stella and NoraWD.
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Just a reminder that one of the January 6ers Trump pardoned was arrested last month for threatening to murder Jeffries. Another was sentenced to life this year for plotting to murder the officials who prosecuted him.
Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Just a reminder that one of the January 6ers Trump pardoned was arrested last month for threatening to murder Jeffries. Another was sentenced to life this year for plotting to murder the officials who prosecuted him.
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Now THIS????
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Now THIS????
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
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I know that at this point it's a subplot in the Epstein files drama, but I feel compelled to point out, once again, that Larry Summers HAS NO BUSINESS teaching students at ANY university ever again!
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Why Is Larry Summers Still Employed?
The revelations about the economist’s attempts to pressure a women into a “relationship”—with guidance from Jeffrey Epstein—should finally disqualify him from teaching students.
www.thenation.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I know that at this point it's a subplot in the Epstein files drama, but I feel compelled to point out, once again, that Larry Summers HAS NO BUSINESS teaching students at ANY university ever again!
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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This is the only Keith Olbermann related thing I ever want to think about.
Countdown with Keith Olbermann - Saturday Night Live
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is the only Keith Olbermann related thing I ever want to think about.
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Oi
As a teenager, she put out a song titled "Jailbait," and that seems like the last stage of personality development she ever hit.
www.popjustice.com/briefing/tha...
As a teenager, she put out a song titled "Jailbait," and that seems like the last stage of personality development she ever hit.
www.popjustice.com/briefing/tha...
That's Livvy alright • Popjustice
They say you should never judge a book by its cover and the same, sometimes, goes for songs. Well, meet Livvy. Livvy is proof that in some circumstances,
www.popjustice.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Oi
As a teenager, she put out a song titled "Jailbait," and that seems like the last stage of personality development she ever hit.
www.popjustice.com/briefing/tha...
As a teenager, she put out a song titled "Jailbait," and that seems like the last stage of personality development she ever hit.
www.popjustice.com/briefing/tha...
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The irony is that "Quiet, piggy!" is exactly what St. Peter plans to tell Trump.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The irony is that "Quiet, piggy!" is exactly what St. Peter plans to tell Trump.
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Even the murderer, the guy who ordered the journalist to be executed and dismembered with a bone saw, looks a bit embarassed for our American president.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Even the murderer, the guy who ordered the journalist to be executed and dismembered with a bone saw, looks a bit embarassed for our American president.
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The brain worm defense was part of the divorce that was never finalized because his wife committed suicide.
Never forget: Though "the Politician" reassured the "Journalist" that he never had a brain worm, his lawyers raised the brainworm defense to explain his "diminished earning capacity" when he was screwing his ex-wife out of his fortune: www.politico.com/news/2024/05...
RFK Jr. claims a doctor told him a worm ate part of his brain, reports New York Times
The claim comes from a 2012 deposition during divorce proceedings.
www.politico.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The brain worm defense was part of the divorce that was never finalized because his wife committed suicide.
Certainly in the context of all these Epstein disclosures it's hard not to see her this way, even though she's broken so many rules and is no longer a child.
For my newsletter, I wrote about Olivia Nuzzi and the older men who have taken advantage of her her whole life. www.burnsnotice.com/olivia-nuzzi...
Olivia Nuzzi is an Embarrassment to Journalism
She seamlessly landed a plum role at Vanity Fair and got a sweetheart book deal after breaking a fundamental journalistic ethics rule.
When my co-host Christine Grimaldi and I recorded our October 20...
www.burnsnotice.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Certainly in the context of all these Epstein disclosures it's hard not to see her this way, even though she's broken so many rules and is no longer a child.
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In a 60 Minutes exclusive, Lesley Stahl will be sitting down with the worm this Sunday and asking some hard-hitting questions. Only on BariVision.
November 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
In a 60 Minutes exclusive, Lesley Stahl will be sitting down with the worm this Sunday and asking some hard-hitting questions. Only on BariVision.
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This is how the rich work. They will make up any excuse to retain their wealth, to avoid responsibility and to blame someone or something else for their failings. RFK Jr is not the exception to that, he is the embodiment of it.
Never forget: Though "the Politician" reassured the "Journalist" that he never had a brain worm, his lawyers raised the brainworm defense to explain his "diminished earning capacity" when he was screwing his ex-wife out of his fortune: www.politico.com/news/2024/05...
RFK Jr. claims a doctor told him a worm ate part of his brain, reports New York Times
The claim comes from a 2012 deposition during divorce proceedings.
www.politico.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This is how the rich work. They will make up any excuse to retain their wealth, to avoid responsibility and to blame someone or something else for their failings. RFK Jr is not the exception to that, he is the embodiment of it.
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‘It’s as if Jesus Is Locked Up in Broadview’
I interviewed @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social about his violent arrest by Illinois State Police while demonstrating against 'torture' at the ICE facility outside Chicago last week.
I interviewed @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social about his violent arrest by Illinois State Police while demonstrating against 'torture' at the ICE facility outside Chicago last week.
‘It’s as if Jesus Is Locked Up in Broadview’
A reverend violently arrested at Chicagoland’s ICE facility speaks out
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
‘It’s as if Jesus Is Locked Up in Broadview’
I interviewed @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social about his violent arrest by Illinois State Police while demonstrating against 'torture' at the ICE facility outside Chicago last week.
I interviewed @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social about his violent arrest by Illinois State Police while demonstrating against 'torture' at the ICE facility outside Chicago last week.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Clay Higgins was the only member of the House to vote against releasing the Epstein files.
His record also includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one of his ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man while working as a cop.
@nlanard.bsky.social's post from Sept:
His record also includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one of his ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man while working as a cop.
@nlanard.bsky.social's post from Sept:
Rep. Clay Higgins’ racist tweet is only the tip of the iceberg
His record includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one his three ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Clay Higgins was the only member of the House to vote against releasing the Epstein files.
His record also includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one of his ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man while working as a cop.
@nlanard.bsky.social's post from Sept:
His record also includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one of his ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man while working as a cop.
@nlanard.bsky.social's post from Sept:
Let's do a mashup: MBS did politics the right way!
Given the recent Wapo opeds I've read I'm genuinely surprised they haven't said the MBS did the right thing by having Khashoggi killed.
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Let's do a mashup: MBS did politics the right way!
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Whatever the argument, I am siding with the Worm and against both the "Journalist" now cashing in on her crap taste in men and the "Politician" who supposedly still has a somewhat functioning brain.
Never forget: Though "the Politician" reassured the "Journalist" that he never had a brain worm, his lawyers raised the brainworm defense to explain his "diminished earning capacity" when he was screwing his ex-wife out of his fortune: www.politico.com/news/2024/05...
RFK Jr. claims a doctor told him a worm ate part of his brain, reports New York Times
The claim comes from a 2012 deposition during divorce proceedings.
www.politico.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Whatever the argument, I am siding with the Worm and against both the "Journalist" now cashing in on her crap taste in men and the "Politician" who supposedly still has a somewhat functioning brain.
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Back when there were TV movies about suburban women losing their grip, they would style them like this in the scene where the family can no longer deny there is a problem.
Nancy Mace: "You can see in the Epstein emails that he's clearly targeting President Trump as retribution for him being a good man ... he's a good man who protects women. That's what real men do."
November 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Back when there were TV movies about suburban women losing their grip, they would style them like this in the scene where the family can no longer deny there is a problem.
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i will kind of accept this from some random person who barely pays attention. ben shapiro though? he's just lying
Ben Shapiro: “When the president said deport all the illegal immigrants, I never thought that he meant that literally”
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
i will kind of accept this from some random person who barely pays attention. ben shapiro though? he's just lying
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BUT, TIME TO SHOWER, BOYS!
Jim Jordan: "We're all for protecting innocent victims, we're all for exposing the bad guys who did bad guys who did bad things, but ... "
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
BUT, TIME TO SHOWER, BOYS!
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It says a lot about how much undergraduates are valued that he's going to resign in disgrace from various high-status appointments but continue to teach.
Breaking news: Former Democratic treasury secretary Larry Summers is “deeply ashamed” of his years-long communication with Jeffrey Epstein and will be “stepping back from public commitments,” he said in a statement Monday night.
Larry Summers stepping back from ‘public commitments’ over Epstein emails
A longtime Democratic adviser, Summers has had significant influence over economic policymaking for decades.
wapo.st
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It says a lot about how much undergraduates are valued that he's going to resign in disgrace from various high-status appointments but continue to teach.
I'm sick. He is filth.
"I don't care where the hell that hand's been."
ICYMI. 🤢
ICYMI. 🤢
I don’t feel well.
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I'm sick. He is filth.
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They’ll be listed as “Herod’s soldiers” in the church’s big nativity play.
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
They’ll be listed as “Herod’s soldiers” in the church’s big nativity play.
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If you haven't yet, definitely read @chrisgeidner.bsky.social's post on EB White and fascism. As I said, I think this name will totally backfire. But still read Chris' post.
www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
If you haven't yet, definitely read @chrisgeidner.bsky.social's post on EB White and fascism. As I said, I think this name will totally backfire. But still read Chris' post.
www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...