John Robinson

Dear @newsobserver.com: Your new password protection login system sucks.

Democrats should use these in ads.

“Your mom.”

One step forward, two steps back.

“At a time when federal employees are working without pay, furloughed workers are taking out bank loans to pay their bills, …and SNAP is at risk, Trump’s celebration of his marble bathroom was so tone deaf it seems likely to make the history books as a symbol of this administration.”

An Apple?

Deport her!

One of those movies I always stop to watch when I’m scrolling.

It’s true, he did listen to me. And then he said I was a “liberal media hack,” which I guess is valid, but rude.

This is what Trump World sees as making America great. I dunno, man.

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

Real Fox News site—Still clueless:

If republicans are able-bodied and getting government assistance, they should be subject to a work requirement, no?

If I were a judge, I'd tell the two sides to prepare for any verdict and have their response -- appeal or no appeal? -- ready upon the verdict. Stop wasting time.

This is the lawsuit that the most powerful Republican in NC - Sen. Phil Berger - called "frivolous."

Proud that the Democratic leadership in NC joined this suit and prevailed.

I thought he only cared about white South Africans. Is he opening up the borders for refugees?

The 67 kids. #GoHeels

There it is.

If only he knew someone who could do something about it

I’m not sure that leading us into an unnecessary war is the distraction from Epstein, from high prices, from cutting SNAP, and from low poll numbers he’s hoping for.

Laurels and Darts: 60 Minutes of soft soap. Some puffery at CBS News. Plus: Radley Balko reads the receipts, New York magazine thieving from the New York Times, and a “high-ranking dumb” drug bust.

@bgrueskin.bsky.social for CJR recognizes Dan Kane of @newsobserver.com for reporting on yet another legislative grift. www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for the three largest performance venues are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.

Everything Trump touches dies
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

I used to teach writers to be aware that separating the subject from the predicate in a sentence with a long clause can confuse readers.

This, however, by @hcrichardson.bsky.social,
is a powerful exception.

“Halloween candy—on people’s minds today—is at 9.8% inflation and costs 44% more than it did in 2019.”

Remember last year when Republicans would post a photo of people around a Thanksgiving Day table and complain how much the cost of food has risen?

Bet they don’t this year.

Explains a lot

Time again for Obama to muse about running

Everyone who still believes in the rule of law should read this.

Will UNC continue to betray free expression with politics? University of North Carolina leadership has shown political bias with steps to crush certain forms of expression. Does UNC no longer appreciate free expression?

What is a university in the face of political pressure? Not this.

www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...

“Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse.”

Maybe we should bring back the monarchy, after all.

Release the Epstein files!

Here's an example of how Trump's corruption factory works.

1. Coinbase put $46M into elections to help Trump allies.
2. Sends him a huge check for his inauguration.
3. Trump drops SEC lawsuit against Coinbase.
4. Trump demands big donation from Coinbase for ballroom.

Done.