But friction is not danger by default. Often it is information. It tells you where priorities collide, where clarity is missing, where someone cares enough to defend their corner of the mission. www.linkedin.com/pulse/produc...

Write on. superage.com/how-handwrit...

Rob Reiner, Actor Who Went on to Direct Classic Films, Dies at 78 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/m...

Fraudster’s Victims Are Seething After Trump Commuted His Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...

"Do Trump-voting farmers who get a bailout say, 'yes, see, this is why we voted him for him because he took care of us?'" JVL, Sarah Longwell and Tim Miller discuss bailouts for farmers due to impacts from Trump's own tariffs. lnk.thebulwark.com/4pUTNVl?utm_...

ALERT: "A reasonable person wouldn’t think a sandwich is a weapon" "It was kind of ridiculous" Jurors who acquitted "sandwich guy" speak with CBS News Just filed ====> www.cbsnews.com/news/sandwic...

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Phew, NYT finally makes good for their absurd anti-Biden/Harris, pro-Trump 2024 coverage. With this article NYT now has done about 1,000 articles on Biden’s age and 1 article on Trump’s age.

One thing I am thankful for at Thanksgiving and always are @lynettemburrows.bsky.social positive posts that are practical and encouraging like this one with tips about building gratitude into my life. lynettemburrows.com/powerful-way...

It almost seemed like Trump came into his second term with, or at least surrounded by, a certain level of competence. But that facade has been crumbling all along, and the administration is flailing. Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

The interesting thing about AI is not what it replaces. It is what it reveals. open.substack.com/pub/alex715/...

The radically competent are not worried about automation. open.substack.com/pub/alex715/...

“For our own success to be real, it must contribute to the success of others.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

Do we even know? youtube.com/watch?v=mP8P...

A secret $500,000 payout to senators investigated over the 2020 election was tucked into the funding bill. Now everyone’s pointing fingers, pleading ignorance, or racing to repeal it. @cheetah.bsky.social breaks it down in the latest Press Pass:

I get why they do this: clicks to make money, but they also have a duty as the fourth estate to report the news without making us go behind a paywall to find out what "legendary Kansas Kansas City barbecue joint" burned down or whatever. This is the problem. Corporatized news.

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Let’s just be honest. Trump wouldn’t be acting this way - using all the power he has to suppress the Epstein files - if this wasn’t the biggest scandal in presidential history.

"Mr. Patel surprised other attendees when he arrived wearing a trucker hat and a green hooded sweatshirt, the former U.S. official said. Mr. Patel frequently attends official events without wearing a suit, breaking with F.B.I. tradition." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...

American consumers HATE Trump's economy. @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @crampell.bsky.social breakdown the numbers that prove it.

Tell Lucas I sent ya. open.substack.com/pub/deathbys...

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They're still praising the emperor's imaginary clothes even as he's losing them elections