Susie Essman, the brilliant comedian from “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” recently offered some wise advice: focus on the small things in life that give you happiness. As Susie memorably put it, “The macro is fucked. We gotta go micro.” — @borowitzreport.bsky.social (July 11, 2025)
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So you think someone, somehow will stop the shitshow?
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But man, proud man, / Drest in a little brief authority, / Most ignorant of what he's most assured, / His glassy essence, like an angry ape, / Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven / As make the angels weep. -William Shakespeare, playwright and poet (23 Apr 1564-1616)
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Typical Trump lie: He said Zelensky’s approval rating was 4% when in fact it hovers around 57%, far higher than Trump’s has ever reached. Another: He called Ukraine’s democratically elected leader a “dictator.” Yet another: He blamed Ukraine for Russia’s military invasion of its sovereign territory
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I understand there is now a billboard along the freeway in Milwaukee in support of her.
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MAGA's Cancel Culture Comes for a Meteorologist
The Hypocrisy. It Burns.
Dan O’Donnell’s own Facebook feed is filled with references to Harris as a “whore,” crudely racist memes, and references to “blowjobs”. O’Donnell was not offended by any of them enough to remove them from his feed. As of Friday all of these posts were still up.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Section 3(b)(i) of President Trump’s 01/21/25 misleadingly named EO “ending illegal discrimination” provides:
“Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965 (Equal Employment Opportunity), is hereby revoked.” There goes six decades of progress toward justice begun by LBJ.
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When you're too stupid to get the joke.
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How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
“What follows is a step-by-step account of how Hitler systematically disabled and then dismantled his country’s democratic structures and processes in less than two months’ time.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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More than a bit of trouble setting up the account here. The Captcha was really a mess.
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Princeton Professor. Also—The Long View, Substack; Foreign Policy; NPR. New York Times Best Selling Author. https://julianzelizer.substack.com/
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Just posting mostly positive, mostly Stoic quotes that I find meaningful to try and dilute the negativity on the internet.
Author, Substack newsletter “To the Contrary.” Host, "To the Contrary" podcast. Dog owner, grandfather. Still Never Trump. No regrets. Website: https://charliesykes.substack.com/
After teaching and writing about constitutional law for 50 yrs, it seemed time for me to reach beyond Harvard’s walls — to spread understanding and appreciation of the rule of law, of justice as fairness, and of a republic if we can keep it
