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The notion that Bari will be "running CBS News" is slightly misleading. What the reporting suggests is that Tom Cibrowski, a guy with normal qualifications, will be doing that. Bari will be Emperor Ellison's Vader-esque enforcer, outside the chain of command, intervening at will.

The Socialist Case for Antitrust Markets need regulating. Always have, always will.

"As we can see all around us today—from crypto scams, to fake or counterfeit goods being sold online, to abusive microtransaction-laden mobile games, to gambling apps—cheating and lying require much, much less toil than building a quality product or service." prospect.org/economy/2025...

A huge chunk of Americans "on the right" in the 1960s and 70s were not principled believers in "small government." They were what historian Jefferson Cowie calls "believers in racialized anti-statism." They opposed "big government" only when it threatened white supremacy. bsky.app/profile/seth...

This thread?

It is worth your time.

11) I know I'm in the rare minority that's still masking because I take things like Covid seriously, but even outside of a pandemic, I have no idea what kind of person would willingly go through an airport unmasked.

It's... you're crammed in with thousands of people, from everywhere. Breathing.

Kristi Noem was the governor of South Dakota when Biden was President. Guess what she said regarding Biden potentially federalizing the Guard.

YouTube video by The Free Press The Last Line of Defense By Bari Weiss

It's actually a mistranscription - go to 24:11 and "but seriously" is not in the video youtu.be/a6i9VPrj170?...

"Distraught and pissed off": Businesses, providers sound alarm over cracks in NC child care industry • NC Newsline Business owners and child care providers detail the crisis facing the child care industry in North Carolina

“Distraught and pissed off”: Businesses, providers sound alarm over cracks in North Carolina child care industry ncnewsline.com/2025/10/07/d... #ncpol #childcare #nc

History, Literature, Art History

I do not understand why television stations are not showing live coverage of how there is literally nothing happening in Portland and Chicago. I mean, Peter Jennings, Dan Rather, and Tom Brokaw would each be sitting on a set in those cities telling everyone the white house is lying.

"I know that there are some people in this room who don't believe that my marriage should have been legal," Ms. Weiss told the Federalist Society, an influential conservative legal group, in 2023. "And that's OK. Because we're all Americans who want lower taxes."

Built in a lab to appease billionaires

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About 67% of the knowable essence of conservative “culture” can be derived from this Dreher tweet.

The cheap nostalgia, the puritanical blindness, the lack of historical awareness, the absolutely lazy ‘get off my lawn’-ness of it all…

GREESNBORO, NC - PLEASE help get the word out! We want to make this the largest turnout yet!
#nokingsgreensboro #NoKings

Also, getting a bit tired of reminding myself to be *glad* that our MAGA overlords aren’t the brightest bulbs in the pack.

Uhhhh, yeah…

SAY WHAT NOW?

This is very close to the MAX setting on the “bruv didn’t write this yo” dial.

(if that dial goes to 11, then this is >10)

Miller, basically: "How dare you evil, America-hating communist antifa insurrectionist domestic terrorists call us bad names. And if you scumbag cockroach enemies of the state DO call us bad names, any violence that occurs anywhere in the country is your fault."

This isn’t a real problem, it’s not how anything works, it doesn’t really survive the slightest scrutiny. It’s a bunch of wrong ideas chained together to reach a desired conclusion

“Fear THE GROUPS” is his favorite stupid topic.

Given that Bari Weiss is somehow the head of CBS News and given that ICE is strategically targeting press at protests and given that the Trump administration is gleefully pro-censorship, now an excellent time to support the independent media of your choice.

For me, this wholly redefines “Wait a minute, seriously? You’re really not kidding?”

There’s an essay to be written about how maga patriotism is just shitty fandom. Anyone who follows sports knows fans like this, it’s always the ref’s fault, the other team doesn’t exist, there’s some plot/player/coach holding the team back otherwise they’d always win easy bsky.app/profile/atru...

also why i don't get too hung up on "did sjws use alienating language?" debates

could messaging have been better, sure. would that've stopped this tidal wave of hate, absolutely not

I feel like that is important to remember. Because one day a lot of people will distance themselves from this very obvious, very much on the record monopsony and authoritarianism and claim it was all a conservative boogeyman.

I had a liberal centrist — a professional — once tell me that they engage with more diversity at a Bari Weiss dinner party than they do in any mainstream media event.

I mention this because, just as it is true in politics at the moment, some of the calls are coming from inside the house.

A protester with a mobility aid (cane) was sitting in the road. Illinois state troopers dragged them to the grass and arrested them.

Remember when it was a national scandal on the right that the White House pushed to take down a few tweets?

Somehow this made me feel better. About stuff.

Just for a moment, mind you, but I’ll take it.

Was “to curate a list of what smart people are reading so I can read smart stuff too” on there anywhere?