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Richard Pachter

@rpachter.bsky.social

Worldwide word wrangler. Occasional podcaster. Intermittent journalist. Reviewer of biz books, graphic novels and more. Muso. Cooker. Beerist. Progressive. Recovering music promotion man. Diogenes with a MacBook Pro

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"In his mind, it’s his money. He can shower it on people he likes. He can pick and choose what government program he’d like to rescue. He can cut checks if he sees his approval ratings plummet. But at no point will you be able to accurately trace the money coming in and the money going out."

24.10.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 377    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 3
The Thanksgiving Reader

A free Thanksgiving reader from the great Seth Godin, to share thethanksgivingreader.com

24.10.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom

22.10.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6291    πŸ” 3084    πŸ’¬ 1286    πŸ“Œ 1024
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Here's who's running Trump's digital offensive Read to the end for a good TikTok screenshot

" ... here’s a little who’s who of the people in charge of social media for the Trump White House, as well as how online they are." www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-who...

22.10.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nikki Glaser to Star in, Write β€˜Edgy Romantic Comedy’ From Universal, Judd Apatow Nikki Glaser is set to star in, write and produce a film from Universal and producer Judd Apatow.

Count on it being at least 20 minutes longer than it needs to be variety.com/2025/film/ne...

22.10.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

Seems reasonable www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

21.10.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every Dem should be posting like this

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Samuel L. Jackson, with few choice words for Trump Watch the Snakes on Plane star take on the snake in the Oval Office

Samuel L. Jackson, with few choice words for Trump.
Watch the Snakes on Plane star take on the snake in the Oval Office.

(All Fight the Fire links and subscriptions are free.)

fightthefire.substack.com/p/samuel-l-j...

30.09.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
My Conversation with Marc Maron | WTF Podcast
YouTube video by Barack Obama My Conversation with Marc Maron | WTF Podcast

Just listened to this podcast in the car (hadn't realized there was a video version, too.) What a difference in hearing a thoughtful, articulate president compared to the venal, virulent poltroon we now have.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb2r...

15.10.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quid Pro Presidency Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump β€” or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies β€” have later received extraordinary benefits fro...

Kleptocracy
popular.info/p/quid-pro-p...

14.10.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

Tweet: @vexwerewolf Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth" Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem Show this thread 9 paints β€’ 12 hrs The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content. That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well. In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

Amazing

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Here ya go

11.10.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The war against giant frog costumes Read to the end for a biblically accurate Furby

"The Trump administration also has a nearly pathological habit of accusing their enemies of being exactly like them. .. a dark money-funded domestic terror cell full of pedophiles and spree shooters that wants to destroy America." www.garbageday.email/p/the-war-ag...

10.10.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

I wrote about Bari Weiss as the grim future of mainstream media under billionaire control: defector.com/bari-weiss-s...

06.10.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 554    πŸ” 166    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 28
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The devolution of CBS News A network once revered for fact-based reporting is embracing right-wing pseudo-journalism

1. CBS, once one of America's most trusted sources for news, has hired anti-woke crusader Bari Weiss as its Editor-in-Chief

With Weiss, CBS is embracing someone who talks a lot about honesty but has a history of distorting the truth to conform to her right-wing ideological agenda.

Let's review.

07.10.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 897    πŸ” 439    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 25
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Let’s Stop Pretending Politics Is the Reason People Are Angry About Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Set Bad Bunny as the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show performer has upset many. Billboard's Leila Cobo discusses the real reason why people are angry.

Srsly www.billboard.com/music/latin/...

08.10.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prosecutors convening grand jury in Hope Florida investigation Witnesses have been issued subpoenas in recent weeks.

Aha!
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...

06.10.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CBS News staffers are β€˜literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom EXCLUSIVE: β€˜People are using words like depressing and doomsday – feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.

β€œ'The fact that we don't have money to pay journalists, but we have money to pay Bari Weiss between $100 and 200 million is indicative of what the Ellisons' true goal here is,' a network correspondent said. 'And it's not journalism.'"

03.10.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6540    πŸ” 1955    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 106
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Yankees-Blue Jays ALDS just got hit with the worst announcers possible New York Yankees fans will not be happy with the broadcasting crew for their ALDS matchup against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Ugh. Will continue to listen to the Yanks broadcasters on SiriusXM
yanksgoyard.com/yankees-blue...

04.10.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UPDATE: Treasury Secretary pressed to justify Argentina bailout that benefits β€œwealthy American” investors On Monday, Popular Information revealed that the Trump administration’s $20 billion bailout package for Argentina directly benefited Rob Citrone, a well-connected hedge fund billionaire.

Crony capitalism popular.info/p/update-tre...

03.10.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ryan McMahon Flips Into Red Sox Dugout to Make Best Catch of the Playoffs So Far Everything went the Yankees' way for the first eight innings of Thursday's game.

Thanks, Greg Weissert! www.si.com/mlb/ryan-mcm... #Yankees

03.10.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stand by for fucko selling out another long-time US ally (full story in paywalled WSJ)

28.09.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kimmel Took the Fight to the Stationsβ€”and Brooklyn Didn’t Break - LateNighter Bill Carter writes: Disney’s leverage and Kimmel’s resolve left the station groups with no choice but to fold.

Brooklyn didn't break latenighter.com/news/kimmel-...

27.09.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🟑 Semafor Flagship: The decline of thinking people | Semafor Jimmy Kimmel’s show is coming back, Nvidia makes a massive investment in OpenAI, and Broadway musicals are struggling.

Well duh www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

22.09.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of my favorite moments in the history of free speech: Larry Flynt publishing a satirical Campari ad featuring Jerry Falwell Sr. as an incestuous drunk who first had sex with his mother in an outhouse. Falwell sued. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court found that satire is protected speech.

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What Dwayne β€˜The Rock’ Johnson Knows About Pain

One of the best things I've read in a while
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/m...

21.09.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A New Democratic Think Tank Wants to Curb the Influence of Liberal Groups

GTFOOH
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/u...

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What Happened to Cameron Crowe? He Has Answers.

Lester was right. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/m...

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Really quite sad, apparently

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