The Massachusetts Spy

Republicans tried to overthrow our government and then elected a convicted felon and corrupt adjudicated rapist to illegally destroy American government, but sure the real problem on Capitol Hill is a lack of "goodwill."

NY Times home page: Trump's shutdown layoffs deepen impasse, angering Democrats Spy copy desk: Insert "illegal" before "shutdown"

Fixed another one for you, @nytimes.com Copy Desk

Coming up tomorrow in @nytimes.com :

Did a sitting US President illegally try to gin up fake criminal charges against a distinguished Jewish Holocaust survivor? It depends on who you ask!

I am sure that @peterbakernyt.bsky.social will ensure that the @nytimes.com gives this @apnews.com story the prominence it deserves even though it was not written by their own staff.

BTW, I am sure that in 2026 I will be the starting first baseman for the Red Sox.

If Bob Kennedy the Lesser is eliminating all these research people, just exactly who is supposed to be doing all those studies that seemingly prove Tylenol and circumcision causes autism and COVID vaxes are lethal?

The Candidate Caught in a Nazi Porn Scandal Is Today’s GOP Personified Meet John Reid, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Virginia. There’s a lot to learn.

And that's why they call him "Mr. Republican!"

newrepublic.com/article/2015... via @newrepublic.com

Sheriff Bart used the same technique in Blazing Saddles

War - Whom is it good for? Absolutely the Mad King! By War Correspondent Douglas MacArthur with Legal Editor Saori Shiroseki We’ve always been interested in the thoughts of national secu...

Today in The Massachusetts Spy:

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Coming up in @nytimes.com :

Dems should not try to make an issue out of this because most swing voters don’t list as their top issue “protecting public health from preventable infectious disease”

(H/t N. Cohn)

Thoughts and prayers

NY Times front page: Mamdani Path To Supporting Palestinians

No doubt, as part of the @nytimes.com ‘s commitment to fair and balanced coverage, on tomorrow’s front page they will run:

Andy Cuomo Path To
Becoming An Entitled
Ass-Grabbing Prick

But polls show the destruction of democracy isn’t an important issue for many swing voters!

(H/t N. Cohn, @nytimes.com )

Gee, who would have guessed that an agency headed by a puppy killer would leave kids to die in the hot sun by the side of the road?

More costumes? How about Kristi Noem’s puppy with a blood-stained bandage around his head?

In Retaliatory Move, Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs on Chinese Goods

And if you read down to paragraph 26, you learn that among the victims of the Mad King’s latest tantrum will be the suffering white rural soybean farmers who supported him loyally.

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When will out of touch Democratic elites start focusing on loading up the many kitchen tables of Wall St. finaglers with even more unearned billions, like Republicans do?

Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

“In particular, wealthy Americans with close ties to Mr. Bessent stand to win big.”

Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say

Maybe more students would attend if the lazy grandiose tenured faculty changed their lecture notes even once in 40 years and actually led discussions instead of lecturing at them.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Just pointing out to all pundits that the supposed master of public political spectacle is burying what should be his Gaza victory lap under a molten lava flow of economic chaos, obstruction of justice, government shutdown, illegal firings, and new wars in Portland and Chicago.

Wasn’t someone planning to build a triumphal arch in his capital, Berlin? Whatever happened to that project?

Orders from Noem?

With accompanying page one analysis from @nytimes.com :

In the NYC metro area, is the specter of Mamdani’s socialist regime taking over City Hall leading to job losses?

Coming up in all media:

Republican blame current negative job growth on Biden’s cognitive decline. Are they right?

Annals of Meritocracy (Republican ed.)

If only Democrats were as ruthless and focused as Republican fearmongers make them out to be.

And a good reminder to all, including our wonderful Republican allies at @thebulwark.com , that the Republican assault on the Constitution did not begin in 2017.

I blame pretentious Democratic elites for not reaching out to mainstream elected Republicans who believe that peaceful protest against the Mad King is "terrorism."

(h/t E. Klein)

"I produce journalism. Would you like me to teach you how to do it?"

Or even simply ask him what his plans are- and report accordingly when he can’t provide any answers

Yes, the biggest problem facing New Jersey is that housing is too affordable.