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Scott Monty
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Former Fortune 10 executive. Now I help businesses in flux, focusing on leadership, integrity, empathy, and working together.

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Are we tired of all the winning yet?
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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The President's House by George Munger; c. 1814-1815.
The burned-out shell of a once elegant and imposing house stands alone in the landscape. It is the White House as it looked following the conflagration of August 24, 1814, the low point of the War of 1812. The fire was the work of British troops, the first--and only--foreign army to invade the capital city of the United States. Viewed from the northeast, from the public common, the empty scene is a vivid reminder of the elemental state of the capital city at that date. One prominent but puzzling detail is the S-curved shape above the near corner of the roof. It is most readily interpreted as part of a lightning protection system. Not a lightning rod, given its length, but rather part of the metallic conductor that encircled the roof, now torn from its mooring. This record of fact could also be interpreted ironically since the British had destroyed what thunder and lightning could not.
October 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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At least they’re consistent across the board.
Karoline “Mean Girl #1” Leavitt
October 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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He destroys national historic landmarks, shares videos of him shitting on Americans, and has a press secretary who treats legitimate questions like a third-rate cast member from Mean Girls.

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Karoline Leavitt being unprofessional Kakistocracy
October 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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If these “Seven Social Sins” were meant as a warning 100 years ago, our century seems intent on treating them as a to-do list.

This week’s essay (out on Wednesday!) explores how each item on this list plays out in our current culture of excess and distraction.

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October 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Hey, who wants to nominate this guy for the Nobel Peace Prize?
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Tuesday said he will work with other parliamentary leaders around the world to nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in securing a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages.
October 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Oh?
Arctic Polar Ice Trends Rapid Decline in Summer: Arctic sea ice extent has shown a downward trend of approximately 12.4% per decade since the start of the satellite record in 1979. The trend has been particularly strong since 2007, with the 18 lowest minimums all occurring in the past 18 years. Record Low Winter Maximums: Arctic sea ice reached its lowest maximum on record in March 2025, a trend that has been occurring for the past several decades. Thinner and Younger Ice: The Arctic ice cover is becoming younger and thinner. The oldest, thickest multi-year ice has been significantly lost, with the overwhelming majority of ice now being thinner, first-year ice. Warming Amplification: The rapid melting of Arctic sea ice is linked to Arctic temperature amplification, a process where the polar region warms faster than the global average, further contributing to ice loss.
September 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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At Cliff Bell’s in downtown Detroit
Dark wood jazz club Bar at a jazz club Tables at a jazz club Cocktail and bar looking at seats in a restaurant
September 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Like clockwork, it is.
September 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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There’s a pandemic of moral cowardice in the public sphere. We need leaders who know and demonstrate courage.

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#courage #leadership
September 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Narrator: She was not lying.
June 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Jeff knows
Text from a threads post from Jeff Dietrich: SPOILER ALERT: YES YOUR LITERAL FUCKING JOB IS TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION, IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE OATH OF OFFICE YOU'VE TAKEN TWICE NOW. JESUS FUCKING CHRIST WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU. IT'S LIKE TALKING TO A FUCKING WALL
May 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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THE LEOPARDS EATING PEOPLE’S FACES PARTY PROUD MEMBER "IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO EAT MY FACE"
April 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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“How the Letter R Ruined my Day”
AP headline: Trump’s orbit: His administration’s top ranks include billionaires, media personalities, campaign donors
April 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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This tracks
April 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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It’s never fallen this far this fast.
Consumer sentiment drops 40% in 5 months
April 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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How soon until we can expect it to be replaced with Brawndo?
Breaking news from the AP: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water.
April 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Oh.
WSJ headline: U.S. Stock Futures, Nikkei Plunge as Tariff Turmoil Deepens
April 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Hmm… who was president 5 years ago?
AP Breaking News headline: Dow suffers its biggest wipeout since 2020 as fears of fallout from President Trump’s tariffs shake markets
April 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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It's almost like James Madison saw these guys coming.
Quote from James Madison on Timeless & Timely letterhead: "Wherever commerce prevails there will be an inequality of wealth, and wherever the latter does a simplicity of manners must decline."
April 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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It's almost like James Madison saw these guys coming
Quote from James Madison: "Wherever commerce prevails there will be an inequality of wealth, and wherever the latter does a simplicity of matters must decline."
April 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Lewis Lapham knew that what's past is prologue.

“History is our inheritance. He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living hand to mouth.” — Goethe

#Wisconsin
April 2, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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A reminder (and a portent), from the Nov. 9, 2024 issue of the "Off the Clock" newsletter

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Kakistocracy (noun) Government by the worst, least-qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens. Used in a sentence: “What fills me with doubt and dismay is the degradation of the moral tone. Is it or is it not a result of Democracy? Is ours a 'government of the people by the people for the people,' or a Kakistocracy rather, for the benefit of knaves at the cost of fools?” — James Russell Lowell, in a letter to Joel Benton, 1876
March 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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You can see Tulsi Gabbard trying to come up with evasive answers to Mark Kelly's questions in real time.
March 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Mistakes happen. And when they happen on your watch, as a leader, you own it, address it, and create a plan to avoid making the same mistake again.

We're hearing none of that today.

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March 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM