@emdissents.bsky.social Not behind a paywall (?) but in case the NYT figures that out, just use archive. ph

THIS

Full text here: archive.ph/IKwrJ

Missed this one last week: www.reuters.com/commentary/b...

Not a new article but worth reading if you haven't already read it. His wife was dying, his federal job crumbling. It tested his faith — in God and Trump. archive.ph/B6Qzm

If you received a gift that is not to your liking or not the right size, or whatever - PLEASE DO NOT RETURN IT. ESPECIALLY CLOTHING. NEARLY ALL OF IT ENDS UP IN LANDFILLS. DONATE, DONATE, DONATE. Someone needs that stuff and will really appreciate it.

Whew. Just watched Cover-up, a video biography on Seymour Hersh and his reporting career. Must-watch for everyone, but especially those too young to remember Vietnam and the My Lai massacre, and for anyone interested in corporate media (a relatively small part of the film, but vivid example).

This dildo Adrian Vermeule (not Michael Clemens) characterizes Christmas as a civic ritual. Not religious, civic. He teaches con law at Harvard. I wonder if he teaches separation of church and state and the establishment clause. Besides, we have way better food at Chanukah.

Drove 4 hrs into and back from Southern Virginia today. Only ONE Trump sign. Only ONE confederate flag.

THIS is Katie Johnson as a young teen. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

This photo is not Katie Johnson. It is actress Nadia Bjorlin.

Get another clue. The Lake Michigan story - if true - took place in 1984. Katie Johnson was only 3 years old in 1984 (she said she was 13 in 1994). So that one isn't Katie Johnson, either.

Get a clue, people. A woman who died in 2000 (the Oklahoma story) can't possibly file 3 lawsuits, do a private interview videotape, and give an interview to the Daily Mail all in 2016. That Oklahoma story is NOT Katie Johnson.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a March presidential memorandum to revoke the security clearance of prominent Washington attorney Mark Zaid , ruling that the order — which also targeted 14 other individuals — could not be applied to him.

If Nigeria had the intel, why didn't they take care of it themselves?

So as usual, they lied. "An earlier statement posted by the command on X said the strike had been conducted at the request of Nigerian authorities, but that statement was later removed. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said he was “grateful for Nigerian government support + cooperation”.

This guy is pushing the lie that the private interview was under oath when I proved to him that it was not.

The little boy dogs even have little wee-wees. Another Nieman Marcus WTF.

I don't know why I wasn't gifted this for Christmas. They were offering 15% off.

The word has been spoken.

I am so confused. He is awfully interventionist for an isolationist. First we bombed Syria and now we've bombed Nigeria. Before that it was Somalia (July), and he's threatened to bomb Niger.

Has the use of the word "allegation" been outlawed? Why are all these people who get angry with MAGA for believing everything they read online accepting as true every allegation coming out of the DOJ docs release? I've seen maybe two people who have said, "Hey, maybe we need some

No surprise.

@mitchelknight.bsky.social So what happened yesterday? If you do not want to discuss publicly, feel free to dm. You will need to follow me and then I will follow back.

@joerex.bsky.social While awaiting your acknowledgment that you were wrong and your apology for being so incredibly nasty, I thought you would find this interesting: "To help prevent anything like that from happening to me, I recorded around an hour of (private, unreleased) video

Yesterday a bank officer used some kind of light pen to verify the authenticity of our RealID. If they are that easy to fake, what's the point of forcing everyone to have them?

Merry Christmas from our keets. The green one (the little girl) is screeching her head off right now because the blue one (the little boy) won't fly over to the play table to play with her.

@bradmossesq.bsky.social Have not had time to dig into the official records for Palm Beach County but it does look like they did originally prepare warrants for Epstein, Kellen, and Robson. the warrants were never served on Kellen and Robson after the state attorney’s

Merry Christmas from the Pink PITA.

ETTD. archive.ph/XpLEV

This is how the sick fuck says Merry Christmas. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

There is no place in the world safe for Jews. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Did Santa have to pay $1 million to enter U.S. airspace? What are the tariffs Santa is being charged?

Everyone - Beth Macy is running for Congress in Virginia's 6th congressional district. Read her books - Factory Man, Dopesick, and Paper Girl - and give to her campaign! bethmacyforcongress.com

This article is notable if for no reason other than it is the first time I've ever seen the use of the word IMMANENT newrepublic.com/article/2046...

Fuck you, CBS. During a commercial break, CBS aired a trailer for her upcoming documentary, “Melania,” which the Hollywood Reporter reported would have its red carpet premiere at the Kennedy Center.

Too little, too late, CBS. On CBS, it was still the Kennedy Center Honors The network kept the Kennedy Center’s original name in its broadcast, and CBS News instructed staff to do the same, an email shows.

These parakeets are quite amusing and baffling. Each cage has a feeder. Same food in both cages. The little boy keet eats from his own feeder. Then, when I open their cages to let them out, he hops into her cage and makes a beeline for her feeder. ..

Sure, do what Lutnick said that workers displaced by AI should do: go ahead and get those blue-collar jobs. apnews.com/article/tyso...