The Edge of Seventeen Trump thought he could put the Stevie Nicks on the release of the Epstein files, but now that MTG’s decided to go her own way, the landslide may take him down. Gold dust woman Megyn says the girls weren’t underage if you just think about tomorrow. by Maureen Dowd

Transcript now available, if you're hip to that sorta thing.

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Today’s big revelation should give new life to the “hiking the Appalachian Trail” euphemism.

Olivia Nuzzi was doing journalism the right way. by Ezra Klein

just because you’re not the worst person in the story doesn’t mean you’re not the worst

I saved this story to Instapaper while wearing my Nisei Lounge hoodie, seems appropriate.

Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman announce co-headlining solo tour

Larry Summers was doing dating the right way. by Ezra Klein

"One irony of this situation is that while those on the British left tend to defend the BBC on principle, they are often exasperated by its deference to the right-wing press..." Exactly. "The Plan to Bring Down a Giant." www.cjr.org/the_media_to... in Columbia Journalism Review. Recommended.

Also the Roman Empire fell in 1453 and mostly because the Crusaders got greedy bsky.app/profile/dixi...

In today's newsletter, I take aim at that New York Times article which waxed nostalgic about the toxic and criminal world of Jeffrey Epstein's New York. This is the inevitable endgame of access journalism. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...

On this day in 1990 - 35 years ago - Home Alone was first released in theaters.

I'll just put this here. The people of the Chicago, for now, have nonviolently turned out the tyrants. Made their work too costly. Charlotte, we can teach you things; as you will surely soon have things to teach us. We shall overcome. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...

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I haven’t listened to “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” in forever. I forgot just how spectacular it is. Listening to “Bodies” right now, just incredible.

Strongly considered “Looks Like Rain,” too.

Trump redirected this resentment towards nefarious others--immigrants, trans people--portrayed as mascots of that 1%, promising their debasement would be his voters' material gain. That's now plainly untrue, and Epstein heightens the sense that the wealthy are lying to you and Trump is helping them

Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence! It gets even darker than that. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2032...

I Believe I Can Lie Megyn Kelly sounds like R. Kelly in her defense of Jeffrey Epstein. She's trying to bump n' grind her way back to primetime, but pimping a pedo isn't the career ignition she thinks it is. by Maureen Dowd

That’s right

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

Our hearts go out to Tony’s friends and family during this time of grieving. If you have a memory of Tony you’d like to share, please put it in the comments. You can read Michael Lenehan’s tribute here: chicagoreader.com/performing-a...

Remember Woodward & Bernstein? Exposed a massive scandal, got a president impeached? Bernstein's kid wrote this wretched piece of shit. I don't know where you can find a better symbol of American media's decline. Just nauseating.

In this Ohio diner, Summers still means disco diva Donna. But they do know this: the former president of Harvard thinks teenagers are hot stuff.

Summers Lovin' Epstein emails reveal that Harvard prez Larry was hopelessly devoted to grease ball Jeff. Did some of Summers' nights involve a hand jive from a beauty school dropout? And did he lose interest after girls went through those magic changes? by Maureen Dowd

I traveled to my personal conception of hell to bring back White Sox tidbits: -Grant Taylor will stay in the bullpen -Probably too soon to trade a catcher -They want a left-handed corner infielder, corner OF help, but it's going to be small signings -And more! soxmachine.com/2025/11/whit...

a lot of big names signed this

The thing about the "moderate to win" crowd is that they pose as Data Guys but very clearly have an animus toward the left that skews their analysis. When Trump won, they were all pathetically eager to say, "ah, the country is anti-immigrants xenophobes now, top to bottom, what can you do?"

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The math behind what Emmanuel Clase's alleged actions cost the Guardians www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...

I will never understand the camo. Camouflage has a purpose that 1. cops should not be using as they should be VISIBLE to the community they are supposedly serving and protecting 2. Uhhh, what are you trying to blend in with in front of a fence on a street?

There are lots of people to blame for protecting Trump, intentionally or otherwise, but history's verdict re: Biden/Garland's manifest failure to hold Trump accountable in the four-years they had to do so should be absolutely brutal. Buchanan/Chamberlain-level indifference and incompetence.

If you think (correctly) that tech bros and Nazis ruined journalism and politics why are you still on X or Substack

In this Ohio town, it was tradition: Latin mass, eggs and bacon at Bob Evans, and then down to the old billionaire pedophile's compound to spend extended time with one of his sex trafficking victims. But now the woke mob wants to take all of that away.

The IOC is going to ban people like me from competing in elite sport safely and it’s going to filter down to every level of amateur sport I’m sure eventually but a bunch of high schoolers made me remember why I love rowing so much this year.

This exact same reporter was ousted from the NY Times for soliciting a $30,000 donation from Epstein— and you're telling me that as an employer, the NY Times never bothered to circle back and review this person's correspondence with a convicted pedophile?

Bloody hell

I think it's important to note that the guy executing a world historical cover-up of his connection to the worst child rape trafficker of the century is deporting people who have committed no crime and want nothing more than to work hard and pay their taxes.

on in a sec!

Something uncanny and weird about how Epstein's legal ghost, his estate, turns out to be some sort of avenging angel now.

Cool show in the sky tonight.

I lost my job, my kids have measles, and I was just detained by ICE for 10 days despite being a citizen carrying Real ID. But at least I know the Oberlin Student Senate won’t be doing land acknowledgements any more.

“The Winklevoss twins” sound like two guys not allowed within 500ft of a school in Munchkinland

In my mind, the Edmund Fitzgerald was around the same time as the Eastland disaster, till I found out yesterday the Eastlake sank 60 years earlier.

This is really something. Trump/GOP efforts to rig midterms running into serious trouble

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This week’s episode is an interview with two lawyers who represent Leqaa Kordia, a young Palestinian woman who is in ICE detention for protesting genocide. open.spotify.com/episode/7gid...?