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Pulitzer Prize losing columnist in Pittsburgh since roughly the Pleistocene. Sports, politics, literature, music, whatever.

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10.03.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 13511 πŸ” 4328 πŸ’¬ 404 πŸ“Œ 141

Difficult to emphasize just how much a generation of kids has been taught that being dishonest, superficial, and narcissistic is the pathway to attention and therefore success

11.03.2026 02:51 πŸ‘ 6746 πŸ” 1326 πŸ’¬ 194 πŸ“Œ 102
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NBC’s Richard Engel: β€œThe White House meme campaign is outraging many former US military commanders… they say only someone who has never really seen combat would think it’s a joke and put out material like this.”

09.03.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 16591 πŸ” 6920 πŸ’¬ 973 πŸ“Œ 503

Please we're so tired of winning sir.

07.03.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œLike I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die.”

That’s what the President of the United States is saying to the American people.

He won’t be hurt by a retaliatory attack or high gas prices. But you will β€” and that’s a sacrifice he’s willing to make.

06.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 5940 πŸ” 1818 πŸ’¬ 295 πŸ“Œ 97

Shohei Ohtani’s 117.1 mph double was the second-hardest hit ball across the last 2 WBCs, behind only:

3/11/23 118.7 mph double…also by Ohtani

06.03.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 124 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

06.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 30330 πŸ” 7525 πŸ’¬ 224 πŸ“Œ 238
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Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

06.03.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 24590 πŸ” 7054 πŸ’¬ 525 πŸ“Œ 425
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A budget is a moral document.

06.03.2026 03:47 πŸ‘ 7582 πŸ” 3020 πŸ’¬ 208 πŸ“Œ 110

The reason we have β€œstupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.

05.03.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 22667 πŸ” 5564 πŸ’¬ 607 πŸ“Œ 171
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Wow did something happen in the US in January 2025?

06.03.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 3823 πŸ” 1388 πŸ’¬ 217 πŸ“Œ 74

This looks like a correct statement, except that first part. We have never learned. Vietnam didn't keep us out of Afghanistan, Afghanistan didn't keep us out of Iraq, and Iraq didn't keep us out of Iran. We never learn.

04.03.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Despite Promises, Veterans Affairs Department Cut Thousands of Roles for Doctors and Nurses

Got it. There's plenty of funding to send troops into harm’s way, but not to take care of their health afterwards. This is shameful.

04.03.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 5424 πŸ” 1986 πŸ’¬ 193 πŸ“Œ 88
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🧡Rubio asked the press to disseminate widely a phone number for Americans stuck in the Middle East to call. The media outlets did. Now @jonathankarl.bsky.social reports that calling the number just tells you, via recorded message, there is NO help.

04.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 714 πŸ” 422 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 66

Get your boots off the table!

04.03.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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LIEU: Did Amalia commit a crime?

NOEM: She did not. She's with her family

LIEU: The reason she's with her family is because she almost died in ICE detention until folks brought a lawsuit forcing her release

04.03.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 11824 πŸ” 3918 πŸ’¬ 181 πŸ“Œ 90
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It Was Nice While It Lasted Bondi and company have torched the DOJ’s reputation for integrity.

"For generations, whatever one thought of DOJ’s arguments, the baseline assumption held: the Department acted in good faith and would follow the courts’ rulings. That assumption has given way, displaced by a sustained pattern of noncompliance and escalating confrontation with the courts."

03.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 432 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 3
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What can you even say? These people deserve their inevitable humiliation and the nation deserves journalists with more self-respect.

03.03.2026 00:16 πŸ‘ 11062 πŸ” 2247 πŸ’¬ 1384 πŸ“Œ 426

Trump's been intense and paranoid since about 1951.

03.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the energy I was looking for in this hearing. This might be the greatest clip of a Senate hearing in history. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

03.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 2054 πŸ” 505 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 24

Oh she wouldn't.

03.03.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Americans Stranded in the Middle East Aren’t Getting Help from the State Department β€œPlease do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation,” a State department hotline said when NOTUS called Tuesday afternoon.

NEWS: Americans were told to evacuate the Middle East β€” but the State Dept is not helping them do it.

We called the State hotline. First thing you hear is an automated message: "Do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation."

03.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 4591 πŸ” 2226 πŸ’¬ 439 πŸ“Œ 492
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Our nation is again at war, not because we had to but because the president recklessly chose to.

Now we must recognize who pays the price: not the president and his wealthy allies, but service members and ordinary Americans.

03.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 13166 πŸ” 3560 πŸ’¬ 614 πŸ“Œ 173

Thank God Congress isn't alive to see what's been happening in the United States

01.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 2178 πŸ” 463 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 21

The FBI being on high alert for terrorist actions is important right now.

Too bad they fired and gutted their counterterrorism capacity

01.03.2026 00:36 πŸ‘ 26276 πŸ” 7101 πŸ’¬ 1280 πŸ“Œ 349

No shit Your Honor.

27.02.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Within You Without You (Remastered 2009)
Within You Without You (Remastered 2009) YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic

Today would have been George Harrison’s 83rd birthday.

youtu.be/HsffxGyY4ck?...

25.02.2026 12:41 πŸ‘ 1401 πŸ” 177 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 11
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Jumping the V β€” and Screwing the Public When all three branches align against the public’s right to know.

Paid subscribers can read my long-form analysis on Judge Cannon’s order barring release of Volume II of Jack Smith’s Special Counsel Report here:

25.02.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 139 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Coming your way in five minutes, one of the best @talkingfeds.bsky.social hours of the week, when paid subscribers can Ask Me Anything! Hope to see you there!

25.02.2026 22:55 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

4 Minnesota guys

24.02.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 9588 πŸ” 1643 πŸ’¬ 200 πŸ“Œ 68