Mike Masnick

Every so often I remember that Kessler gave Bernie Sanders like four pinnochios for saying "millions of Americans work two or more jobs" because it was like 10 million or so, some plural millions Kessler felt was insufficiently pluraled

reminder the US military made a deal for this AI that states confidently that the 'script' does not match trumps handwriting and also there is no photo to check the 'script' for trumps handwriting

"Here’s what the “just let tech bros run everything” crowd fundamentally misunderstands about how innovation actually works: It requires exactly the kind of chaotic, unpredictable, open ecosystem that authoritarianism systematically destroys."

People ask this over and over again, yet Babs prevails.

Meanwhile...

Trump knows SDNY prosecutors seeking to indict Epstein and Maxwell didn’t ask questions about him in their grand jury presentations while he was POTUS. It’s a red herring to distract from the evidence that matters: witness interview notes, videos, photos, etc.

Oh no

And it's not like multiple people haven't pointed out the connection for years. It remains pretty weird that it's only now that this is (partially) piercing the bubble of nonsense they've surrounded themselves with.

I did a two week editing stint at Colbert’s Late Show once (just learning the ropes, filling in for a vacation). I can tell you that building is full top to bottom with the best in the business. They’ll all land on their feet and you certainly haven’t seen the last of Stephen Colbert and crew.

that colton was not the only january 6th rioter trump pardoned who was also involved in child pornography might help explain some of the MAGA defenses of epstein

all anyone needs to do is tell him he didn't do a very good job with the drawing

Fascinating and bizarre to see a scandal finally begin to stick to Trump, and it’s one we’ve known the broad strokes of for years and years.

armature hour

and another thing: i don't draw pictures. please dont put in the newspaper that i draw pictures.

Fox News right now

One thing I believe is that it’s a super good look for a TV network to cancel a show in a what seems like an effort to get in the good graces of a guy who that very day was revealed to have signed a birthday card to a famous sex criminal: “Shhh I’ll never tell xoxo gossip pedophile.”

"Trump raises taxes on American consumers by $87 billion (so far)"

All the fatuous bullshit aside: I used to
work as a fact checker. I would have been fired immediately for writing or "verifying" this.

Fascism For First Time Founders Over the last year or so I’ve seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump t…

The idea of a benevolent dictator to get past the nonsense is appealing for those who can’t think more than a step or two ahead and consider what happens next. — @mmasnick.bsky.social

Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled.

If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.

This is where I tell you that, just like Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert is a profoundly kind, generous and decent man. He has been that way to me and I've never heard a bad word about him, ever. He deserves better than this and I have no doubt -- like Conan -- he will get it.

DONALD TRUMP: I am going to institute autarky and liquidate the intelligentsia
MEDIA: maybe we haven't been nice enough...
ACADEMIA: let's make a helpful list of suggested demands for him to make of us!
MARKETS: line go up?
THE FEDERAL RESERVE: Epstein story is a go. where are we on the pee tape

why does this asshole from Wisconsin keep getting asked about nyc

Checking in on the brave men of #Pizzagate as they encounter the story of a president who allegedly shared “secrets” with the world’s most famous pedophile

Doodle of a snowman with text in a child's handwriting that reads, "I gave you all the clues". From the film The Snowman.

Trump every day of his entire life.

Having just spent a few months reading accounts of CBS’ grotesque cowardice during the 1950s McCarthy-era blacklist, it’s nice to see that The Tiffany Network respects its traditions

They're going with "It's beyond belief that Donald Trump would talk weird"

Daring the WSJ journal to publish the letter just like they dared Jeffery Goldberg to publish signalgate. That’s smart

The WSJ probably didn't show the letter/drawing because of an agreement with their sources, but that will set up a bonkers second news cycle when someone finally does obtain and publish the thing.

Asking "Where is the letter?" is a bold strategy...

bsky.app/profile/jake...

I think Trump and Vance can usually get away with simply denying demonstrable reality, but I am not sure they can in this instance, because of the very atmosphere they have cultivated.