Anna Merlan

Loooool

lmao

Missouri Judge Who Wore Elvis Wig in Court Agrees to Resign

My man, Buddy Holly was right there! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

If Condé Nast Can Illegally Fire Me, No Union Worker Is Safe The Trump administration is making employers think they can ignore their legal obligations and trample on the rights of workers.

“…if Condé can get away with this—and with President Donald Trump sabotaging the National Labor Relations Board, the company appears to be betting that it can—it will send a message to unions and employers across our industry that the foundations of labor law are collapsing.”

How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.

Excellent piece: @msjpauly.bsky.social dug up docs that reveal the right-wing funders behind Riley Gaines' ascent and spoke to puzzled teammates who wonder what happened to her. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This is all John Roberts’ fault Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.

This @pemalevy.bsky.social / @ariberman.bsky.social joint effort on John Roberts is a must-read.

"The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way."

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Blerrrrghhhhhhh

Skill issue

We’re all down here together

I don’t say this with respect

You can’t monetize posts on here so he’s just doing this shit purely for the love of the game

Feels bad!!!

Gotta learn to write this stuff “regular” early and not “weird crank ranting on a public access TV show” early

Now it’s Epstein forever The Trump administration's ham-handed moves have ensured that Epstein conspiracy theories will never really end.

I wrote this piece too soon, but it remains true! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Now it’s Epstein forever The Trump administration's ham-handed moves have ensured that Epstein conspiracy theories will never really end.

With the vote to release the Epstein files underway, let's revisit @annamerlan.bsky.social's piece breaking down just how the Trump administration ensured that the conspiracy theories surrounding the president's relationship with the convicted sex offender won't really end.

The Novelists Are Fighting Over Desks at the Center for Fiction Space is tight at the Brooklyn nonprofit. Writers are quietly seething at their laptops.

Brendan's byline on an absurd and delightful bitchy media story... nature is healing www.curbed.com/article/nove...

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The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.

By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro

Completely!

Some people have journals for how the weeding is going

Help

Reverently touching one single slat of a coyote fence to get a fucking grip

He was also fired in disgrace which is relevant

You have a promising career as one weird guy’s ghostwriter

LAUREL PLEASE lol

I would prescribe that all parties touch grass, however

We have to outlaw wildfire and invasive plant metaphors until someone can figure out what the hell is going on

It SURE is

Absolutely fair

Oh my GOD lmaooooo