Steve McGookin
@stevemcgstates.bsky.social
Former journalist for news orgs in London and NYC, now happily torn between Maryland and Ireland. statesofplayproject.com
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Jeff Bezos Changes Washington Post’s Slogan To ‘Love You, Babe’ After Getting Into Fight With Lauren Sánchez https://theonion.com/jeff-bezos-changes-washington-posts-slogan-to-love-you-babe-after-getting-into-fight-with-lauren-sanchez/
February 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Jeff Bezos Changes Washington Post’s Slogan To ‘Love You, Babe’ After Getting Into Fight With Lauren Sánchez https://theonion.com/jeff-bezos-changes-washington-posts-slogan-to-love-you-babe-after-getting-into-fight-with-lauren-sanchez/
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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Troublemaker is my middle name.
February 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Troublemaker is my middle name.
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HOW ON EARTH HAS DOMINIC SOLANKE PULLED THAT OFF? 🫨
SPURS FIGHT BACK TO TIE IT UP AGAINST MAN CITY!
SPURS FIGHT BACK TO TIE IT UP AGAINST MAN CITY!
February 1, 2026 at 6:15 PM
HOW ON EARTH HAS DOMINIC SOLANKE PULLED THAT OFF? 🫨
SPURS FIGHT BACK TO TIE IT UP AGAINST MAN CITY!
SPURS FIGHT BACK TO TIE IT UP AGAINST MAN CITY!
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Sending thoughts and prayers to everyone employed or represented or by Brad Finstad this morning.
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Sending thoughts and prayers to everyone employed or represented or by Brad Finstad this morning.
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Like the rest of the world, the EU is accelerating the shift away from gasoline vehicles to EVs.
The US is being left behind.
The US is being left behind.
Analysis: EVs just outsold petrol cars in EU for first time ever - Carbon Brief
Sales of battery electric vehicles (EVs) overtook petrol cars in the EU for the first time in December 2025.
www.carbonbrief.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Like the rest of the world, the EU is accelerating the shift away from gasoline vehicles to EVs.
The US is being left behind.
The US is being left behind.
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Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
January 27, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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They know what they say is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.
The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.
January 24, 2026 at 11:25 PM
They know what they say is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.
The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.
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It's never good when the forecast looks like it belongs at a Grateful Dead show
January 22, 2026 at 9:32 PM
It's never good when the forecast looks like it belongs at a Grateful Dead show
C4's Gary Gibbon just now "The Board of Peace looks like a bunch of Bond villains - plus Tony Blair".
January 22, 2026 at 7:23 PM
C4's Gary Gibbon just now "The Board of Peace looks like a bunch of Bond villains - plus Tony Blair".
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"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
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"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
Hats off to @niallstanage.bsky.social:
Hats off to @niallstanage.bsky.social:
LEAVITT: Why was Renee Good unfortunately and tragically killed?
REPORTER: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably
LEAVITT: Oh, ok. So you're a biased reporters with a biased opinion. You're a left-wing hack.
REPORTER: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably
LEAVITT: Oh, ok. So you're a biased reporters with a biased opinion. You're a left-wing hack.
January 15, 2026 at 7:09 PM
"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
Hats off to @niallstanage.bsky.social:
Hats off to @niallstanage.bsky.social:
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“Nice Federal Reserve you got there. Would be a shame if anything happened to it.”
— the GOP’s official talking point.
— the GOP’s official talking point.
Sen. Kevin Cramer: "Maybe the point should be if you're the attorney for Jay Powell and you want to avoid an indictment, how about you go to Jeanine Pirro and say, 'I'll make a deal. I'll step down today if you drop the investigation today.' To me, that would be a win win for everybody."
January 13, 2026 at 9:27 PM
“Nice Federal Reserve you got there. Would be a shame if anything happened to it.”
— the GOP’s official talking point.
— the GOP’s official talking point.
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NO YOU DO NOT LET THEM NEAR THE GUNS
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google's generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military's data as possible into the developing technology. n.pr/4jE0qJW
Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google's generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military's data as possible into the developing technology.
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 9:41 AM
NO YOU DO NOT LET THEM NEAR THE GUNS
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
this week has felt like it needed this. x
John Prine That's How Every Empire Falls
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January 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
this week has felt like it needed this. x
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It is impossible to overstate the degree to which the entire national political media's coverage of the 2024 presidential campaign, especially once Harris won the nomination, was deeply, fundamentally, shamefully unserious about the stakes & the candidates.
I can still recall all the tut-tutting from the media when Harris made this argument.
Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
January 11, 2026 at 5:55 AM
It is impossible to overstate the degree to which the entire national political media's coverage of the 2024 presidential campaign, especially once Harris won the nomination, was deeply, fundamentally, shamefully unserious about the stakes & the candidates.
that photo, though... :(
I am begging Democratic leadership to recognize that funding and legitimizing your authoritarian opponent’s secret police is a bad idea.
This should not be a difficult concept.
This should not be a difficult concept.
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries denounce the killing but offer no concrete pledges
www.independent.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
that photo, though... :(
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Sen. Katie Britt: "This is what America voted for"
January 8, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Sen. Katie Britt: "This is what America voted for"
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Sorry if you have a two-hour interview and you come out writing that your subject “sidestepped the question” what you mean is you let them sidestep the question
January 8, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Sorry if you have a two-hour interview and you come out writing that your subject “sidestepped the question” what you mean is you let them sidestep the question
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They're not just doing tyranny, they're doing the *exact* things listed in the Declaration of Independence that the colonists accused the king of. It's surreal
January 8, 2026 at 12:37 AM
They're not just doing tyranny, they're doing the *exact* things listed in the Declaration of Independence that the colonists accused the king of. It's surreal
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Today marks 15 years since a gunman tried to assassinate me. He shot 19 people and killed six.
I almost died, and think of those who did every day.
I almost died, and think of those who did every day.
January 8, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Today marks 15 years since a gunman tried to assassinate me. He shot 19 people and killed six.
I almost died, and think of those who did every day.
I almost died, and think of those who did every day.
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He's clocked that foreign policy is the one area where he has untrammelled freedom to play mafia boss with no courts interferring,
He’s really changed on this stuff in less than a year. Proper military boner now
January 8, 2026 at 11:55 AM
He's clocked that foreign policy is the one area where he has untrammelled freedom to play mafia boss with no courts interferring,
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Great day to have functioning eyes and a working brain
January 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Great day to have functioning eyes and a working brain