Karen! Karen! Karen!

From a great journalist like Walter Cronkite to a buffoon like Joe Rogan, the CBS network has gone down the toilet.

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What has he ever made about anything but himself? Narcissists gone narcissist.

"People don't mind Platner's SS tattoo because he's anti-Israel" sure is making a point, though perhaps not the one you intend

PLEASE MAKE IT STOOOOOOP!! (Sen Murphy, per your book and talk yesterday....) @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov

"The fixation on the need to eat meat and max out testosterone is of a piece with male-dominated podcasts like The Joe Rogan Experience as well as toxic social media spaces where men denigrate supposedly weaker males as 'soy boys.'" Same guys who think you "get" a woman by insulting her...🙄

And simon writes for the guardian

YES YES YES YES YES!!!! "No matter how much we may tell ourselves that AI is just a tool like spell-check, it isn’t. When we use AI to flesh out ideas, we lose the most important part of the writing process: thinking."

The reason MAGA types can't make art that doesn't suck is they lack the nagging voice we have in our head asking if our art sucks. All artists need that to not suck. It's why we revise our novel for the 87th time and make it better. They can't imagine that they suck. They lack artistic conscience.

Cartoonist: Mike Luckovich

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I have submitted a comment opposing Russell Vought's latest attempt to destroy US science; focusing on how it would have prohibited everything I have worked on for the last 20 years. And I will keep telling my members of Congress to block this. Do likewise, USA. bsky.app/profile/chan...

Obviously AI slop vs official DOD, but, not the first hint we've had from him that he wants *offensive* drones based on top of the WH, not just defenses against incoming drones. To attack who? Madness, and sinister.

A brief thread juxtaposing two passages I read this morning:

1 in 10 U.S. families has skipped a recent meal for lack of money. And that was BEFORE America launched the war on Iran. Hunger in the US is at its worst point this decade, exacerbated by falling real wages, accelerating inflation and reductions in SNAP programs www.npr.org/2026/05/27/n...

Boom.

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It is genuinely extraordinary the extent to which American conservatives, to quote one of their most horrendous practitioners, “hate our freedoms,” and every day brings dozens of new examples and proofs.

So the "privately-funded" ballroom needed for "security" is now costing taxpayers $1 BILLION but hey, let's invite 4000 randos onto the White House lawn to watch people beat the crap out of each other because MAN STUFF...

the clear takeaway here is that the administration wants to unlawfully seize the smithsonian and make it a temple for white supremacist “history” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/a...

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Some old white nationalists. Now focusing on getting Rep Mike Collins (R-GA) into the Senate.

National Park Entrance Fees Are Funding Trump’s D.C. Projects 😡🤬https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/climate/park-service-fees-washington-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Why it's important to take regular breaks away from the keyboard. #WriterLife

Samuel Alito’s son has worked as a lawyer inside Trump’s Treasury Department since early last year. The administration hid it. No public resume, no mention on the Treasury website, outdated bar listings. Four former officials confirmed it. The public was never told. Here is why that matters.

Call the Nobel committee

How come I never got any gold bars?

Times are tough, so MPR News host Angela Davis decided to go out and find some joy. Hear what people told her about what’s bringing them joy during stressful times — and why that matters, according to therapist Deanna Pelley.

" In fact, the administration was in such a rush to hire Atlantic Industrial Coatings in particular that it allowed the company to start work before agreeing on the price tag." newrepublic.com/post/211004/...

I think about this a lot.

So glad the president of the United States is focused on the issues that are really important to Americans...🙄 Gift link: wapo.st/4fM4Hei

Thank you to the parents whose movement has pushed the union to poke a toe off the bandwagon of edtech.

Rob Sampson was hands down the most unpleasant person I ever spoke to as a columnist. Which Senators talked the most during CT's legislative session? ctmirror.org/2026/05/28/w...

Think it's crucial to stress that Talarico is NOT adopting the Dem-consultant-approved approach. He centers costs and economy but contrasts his vision with the society that Trump and MAGA want—meaner, crueler, unrepentantly hierarchical, proudly anti-egalitarian, wracked by violent ethnic purgings.

"Clearly, the pope is...concerned abt the motives of tech oligarchs racing to develop...AI...that surpasses human capabilities. Do they really dream of using this tool to cure diseases & solve climate change, or are they building engines of limitless profit & cultural dominance?"

The same Trump-appointee who fucked with the Broadview 6 grand jury is the one going after E. Jean Carroll.

Thinking about this in terms of author life. "When you add up all the tikking, tokking, tweeting and clicking, what’s the return on that investment?" It's something that as a former finance person, I really struggle with. Because I'm not sure there is any - especially if you aren't a video queen.

The notion that the U.S. is running a federal budget deficit because of “waste, fraud, and abuse” is one of the oldest canards in U.S. politics, disproven over and over again. It’s a way of avoiding a much harder discussion about national priorities.

This is a short read and something to chew on. Please consider reading this.

We’re going to take back every cent the Trump family stole from taxpayers with interest *may* be an empty or tough promise. But it’s a good one.

Under the law of war, using civilians as human shields is illegal. But international law is not what it was a few years ago. Russians are preparing for war by turning a residential building into a legitimate military target.

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In retrospect, we all knew "the Joe Rogan of the left" was a joke because Joe made himself Roid Limbaugh. But what we probably should have been doing is building a Substack alternative where younger people could make a living with their political and cultural commentary.

Oh look, the CBS journalist who did the expose on Trump sending people to a concentration camp in El Salvador did not have her contract renewed with CBS. CBS News is exclusively for right-wingers now. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/b...

Why billionaires pay much less tax than the average American www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

So, @edzitron.com ate his Wheatties this morning

I helped on this one. I found one of the shooters active in an incel forum complaining about being short, attacking women and giving advice on self-harm. The shooters weren't nihilist. They're representative of the ties between incels and white power that's fueled by the great replacement theory.

As always Barth Keck tells the truth about truth - or lack thereof. Opinion | ‘Truth’ Is On The Endangered List – And That’s The Truth ctnewsjunkie.com/2026/05/26/o...

It’s almost like all surveillance, no matter the purported use, eventually becomes an extension of the carceral state.