Michael Markowitz

As a near-senior, in the last few months I’ve gotten COVID, MMR, pneumococcal, flu, shingles, and RSV. Probably closer together than I should but suffered no ill effects at all. Get your jabs.

The Tiffany Network.

You are the master of the deep cut. I’ve been working for weeks on a Shasta McNasty joke, but no luck.

I kinda remember Trump pardoning a bunch of people for this, many of whom beat up cops and put them in the hospital. I think they were yelling something about the Vice President as they stormed the building.

Jimmy Kimmel more popular than Trump after show suspension, poll finds Economist and YouGov poll finds president had a 16-point deficit in terms of popularity compared with late-night host

Oh, to be there when/if Trump sees this:

Jimmy Kimmel more popular than Trump after show suspension, poll finds

Economist and YouGov poll finds president had a 16-point deficit in terms of popularity compared with late-night host

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

There’s a YouTube movie reactor from the UK who’s so awful I can’t look away. Watching her is like being stuck in an Uber with the most sloppy-drunk woman from a bachelorette party.

She kept saying “Who says that??” but when it came time to tell us what was said Mika said, “I’m not going to read that.” Excuse me?? Fuck you, Mika, find a job more in line with your pearl-clutching sensibilities and let’s get someone who’ll read the goddamn news.

Trump’s Navy speech and his ever-more-obvious mental decline should be the A block of every MSNBC show tomorrow. And not as a political story, but a medical story. Every panel should be doctors discussing his dementia, his gait, his hand, his cankles, his catheter, his facial drooping, all of it.

I swore off Eugene Daniels when he, as head of the WHCA, fired Amber Ruffin from the dinner because of MAGA displeasure. Ever since Kimmel, all of MSNBC has been warning against bending to MAGA pressure. Rightly so, but it’d be a bit rich coming from Daniels.

The Carl Stalling Project albums are frequent listens for me. If they hear it, my neighbors must think I’m looney.

I suspect the former. We’ve all been trapped at a party with a guy like Lutnick, so in love with the sound of his own voice, savoring being the focus of attention.

You know when a family has huge medical bills it can’t pay? And the family head is up all night, scribbling on a pad, trying to come
up with a way? Worrying all day? Do you want that person driving your kid’s school bus? Operating the crane outside your office? Health care is for all of us.

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell with white text over his shoulder: Disaster in Chief Day 3

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: We are clearly seeing madness pouring from the darkness of Donald Trump's mind youtu.be/PGIxLFGUnUg?...

Nicolle Wallace quoted the New York Times “Anonymous” op/ed and Kevin McCarthy ffs but no mention of Trump’s posture, gait, cankles, catheter, bruising, facial drooping, dementia, nothing. The crisis is happening NOW not in 2017.

Yesterday Deadline White House finally did a segment on Trump being unwell. I was psyched. But it was just another political discussion with political pundits. (“The first term people acted as guardrails. They are no longer there.” 🙄) Have doctors and psychologists on! It’s a MEDICAL issue.

I know Babbel means well, but I’m not ready to get this message yet. 😳

YouTube video by alex bizzo (Jukeboxtube) Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City (music video)

Forty years ago the all-star Artists United Against Apartheid banded together to vow not to play Sun City, to turn down big South African paychecks. Bill Burr and his ilk should’ve followed their example.
youtu.be/4BIvf-ZlJNc?...

The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.

The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Ma’am, this is a Macy’s.

Is the Steven Paul who is Trump’s top Hollywood advisor the same Steven Paul who wrote and directed the worst movie I’ve ever seen?

Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia With Biden, AI Mode will provide a summarized answer.

Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia

AI Mode uncharacteristically pulls up a list of 10 web links instead of a written explanation.

www.theverge.com/news/789152/...

This is the first time in history I can say I’ve never found Bill Burr or Dave Chappelle funny and not have social media tear me to shreds and set fire to my house.

The Dodgers United Los Angeles. Then the ICE Raids Began.

The Dodgers United Los Angeles. Then the ICE Raids Began.

For decades, the Dodgers have been the pride of L.A.’s Latino community. Trump’s immigration raids are testing that.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/m...

Today it was easy to see Trump, the 10-year-old boy who used rocks to kill pets.

Opinion | Why Are My Fellow Baristas Being Used as Props in a Dangerous Culture War Stunt?

“[Starbucks] should have all baristas’ backs. We’re the ones facing hostile customers and hidden cameras.”

Why Are My Fellow Baristas Being Used as Props in a Dangerous Culture War Stunt?

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

“O’er the land of debris…”

BREAKING: Just hours before the fiscal year ended, a federal judge in R.I. has ordered the Trump administration to preserve $233 million in FEMA funds it attempted to abruptly steer away from 8 blue states.

Without that order, the states would've lost the money at midnight.

😂😂

I get irked when Americans contort themselves to pronounce things in what they believe is a native accent. Some people here will, say, pronounce “Pakistan” as “POCK-ee-stahn”… but would never pronounce “France” or “Australia” as a native would. (Hey, it’s a minor pet peeve but it’s all mine.)

That’s perfect! Never forget that when Trump was represented by Halligan and Habba, he loved to pull up pics on his phone and tell friends, “I don’t have the best lawyers, but I have the best-looking ones.” #StayClassy