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the chotiner interview i want right now is exactly this

oh hey, it's my rep, who is now running for senator! saying completely crazy nonsense on the tv, of course

i want to note two things about this video: 1) part of the answer to "how is she so good at this" is the six to seven seconds she takes to gather her thoughts, rather than just rambling as her brain works 2) she's told about this live and can react to it. what's mike johnson's excuse?

continues to amuse me how trump's base understands his message -- impunity for his violent goons -- with crystal clarity while so many ivy-leaguers in the media can't, or pretend they don't

"she was a rising star because the right people liked her and then she violated one of the most basic ethical principles of our entire profession. but what if she was secretly cool the whole time and there's no reason to look back or ask any questions about our previous involvement with her?"

crazy thought: could we try putting people in charge who are *not* diametrically opposed to the mission and values of the things they're supposed to be in charge of?

why am i thinking of this today? because this sort of pedantic quibble can be funny after the fact, but if you were making this point *while the fire was still raging,* instead of doing anything about it, you'd be liable to get punched in the face

there's an old joke about a guy telling his friend that his furnace caught fire in his basement, destroying his home, and the friend says "sorry your house burned down" the man replies with "weren't you listening? it burned up!"

we got four years of "we're not the opposition, we're journalists" as the response to every criticism, valid or not, during trump 1 i do think some people noticed that they followed that up with four years of flat-out opposing biden

if you're a journalist and you see these emails between the sex trafficker and the times and your instinct is to say "now hold on, it's not as bad as it looks" rather than "holy shit, time to start digging" then i don't think you're very good at your job!

at this point i think it's reasonable to assume sulzberger is in the flight logs

Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.

part of the reason our institutions are crumbling is that the folks who run them have either forgotten about or never had any experience with solidarity it makes sense to wheedle him for favors for your individual company! it would make more sense to band together and tell him to fuck off, but

you know what you say to them, tim? "it's a damn shame that republicans are doing this to you" WIN THE FUCKING FIGHT

i just think that maybe if you're asking to be/are one of the thousand most powerful people in the world, you should consider it your duty to keep an accurate appraisal of the world in mind and not get so insulated by your extraordinary lifestyle that nothing begins to matter except decorum

today's reason microsoft should be liquidated: the new outlook grammar check (that doesn't actually turn off when you disable it!) wants me to take out "up" in this sentence: the original request was to lift up postseason play it thinks "more concise language would be clearer for your reader"

i actually think some group needs to go to the senate chamber while in session and declare they're the wallet inspectors, and then we can vote out every total fucking idiot serving right now

what the actual fuck does tim think the party has been doing for the last 40 days?

we all know novelty plays a big role in coverage, but i'm guessing we dramatically underestimate how many things that deserve more ink are priced in and therefore written off because the reporter personally saw them online ages ago

again, the normies are all right! it's the elites who have no spines or moral compasses

unless the nonprofit is explicitly lobbying for tighter regulations, this is a waste and a diversion "better tools for transparency and media literacy" is still putting all the work on you to not get scammed, rather than on facebook to not accept scam ads, which is where it needs to be

*sips tea* virginiamercury.com/2025/11/05/d...

does the officer who was hit with the sandwich support this prosecution? because if a lawyer was standing in court making this case about me, i would want the ground to open up and swallow me like the fragile little pissbaby i am

think it's important to note that those are presumably teachers you hear cheering in response! our media and political elite largely still do not understand how much normal people are so incredibly over this shit

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

thanks for trying, maria bello, but the accent was... yeah

chuck looks like he's doing his best mike johnson impression here tbh and the look on schatz's face is great. did he always suck, or did getting into leadership change him? any chance this is a long con to be revealed when he's voted next leader?

schumer continues to need to go, which unfortunately means about a dozen sitting senators need to be primaried (don't forget he serves at their pleasure)

look i know it's easier cognitively to constantly be balancing every single action someone has taken on lady liberty's scales rather than thinking, say, sexual assault is an instant deal-breaker for an elected official asking for power, but a lot of you folks are just not dealing in morals

when the spectacle is the only thing that matters to you (because you're dead on the inside)

one of the things that hamstrings democrats is this old-timey notion that you have a fight, a victor is declared and everyone moves on dems won these fights in 2020, but the gop relentlessly trashed all three in a desperate attempt to poison them -- and without pushback, they succeeded for '24

you have to understand that when they say "corrupt" they mean "we have yet to figure out a way to corrupt it so it directly financially benefits us"

i do not understand why i am not hearing "why is trump starving our children??" screamed from every corner local radio going over food drives and other support and saying there's no snap because of "the shutdown" and no, there are contingencies for this and trump is, yet again, abrogating the law

either he's dumb as shit or he just announced the dissolution of congress until the midterms

one weird trick to improve media: no stories are ever written about "pushback," because that's an obvious sign that some total bullshit is about to get signal-boosted in the most damaging way possible

what i want is for somebody to somehow poll a thing like this before the right makes it an issue, because seeing the numbers go from very mixed to very sorted so quickly -- obviously based on elite cues, not on a critical evaluation of his music -- would be real clarifying for some politics folks

seems like "an accurate impression of what the party platform is and what our candidates campaign on" might be helpful for this sort of analysis, but i guess that's why i don't make a bunch of money as a consultant to ruin everything

what *gettable* voters think democrats place too much emphasis on ABORTION? i mean, scoreboard, bitches! americans love abortion rights, even in red states. what the fuck are these losers talking about?

is it possible to use any of the new forms of government corruption the gop is busy inventing for good outcomes? because i want the next dem admin to do that and announce it via press release and essentially dare the press to raise a fuss

why are the neighbors catching strays here? damn right i'm "oblivious" to what happens in the homes near mine unless they're loading the equipment in and out every night in big boxes labeled "scam poker game gear," how would a bystander ever know?

actually, as a rule, no democrat should do a media hit and talk about party strategy or messaging why? because you should always be on message, not talking about the message. the latter is a total waste of time

the thing none of them to seem to understand is that *this shit is belittling* "everyone below me is a poor person who can't think of anything beyond their personal economic circumstances. they don't have things like *values* or *beliefs,* only a hunger they can never quite sate. from the poorness"

many libraries offer games for checkout! still for free!

the main benefit to working in a print newsroom is being incredibly well-informed about your community and general goings-on a close second is that sailor mouths are the rule, not the exception, so there is zero apologizing for swearing

Many of my liberal peers see clearly how mainstream outlets have ruined their already imperiled businesses by capitulating to bad-faith right-wing criticism. They have a harder time seeing that the Democratic Party has fallen victim to the same kind of self-sabotage.

did i have a sad teenhood or do these people have sad adulthoods? sure, there are some things i'm kind of nostalgic about, but being in actual control of my own life with disposable income and the freedom to do whatever seems way better than being 16 again?

is there a single fucking tech company left that hasn't completely degraded their products and user service? (today's beef is with adobe)

we are governed by people who read disclaimers like "remove child before folding" on a stroller, make fun of the disclaimer for existing, and then fold their child in the stroller

the folks in charge of oreos must be stopped