I nearly lost my mind at the time when the media echoed MAGA's version of her comments, stripping them of all context, including the empathy she spoke of for the more reachable Trump voters.
That Klein is fueling that near journalistic malpractice now, 9 years later, is unreal.
29.09.2025 17:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Defending Al Franken for real
That's a good rule of thumb. Another good rule is to treat every accusation with the seriousness it deserves.
In this case, that didn't happen. They were lumped together as credible because of "numbers" and no one bothered to test them for truth.
www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2...
16.03.2025 17:28 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Defending Al Franken for real
Unrelated, but sadly Kevin Drum died this month. He wrote this smart piece.
www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2...
16.03.2025 12:01 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Oh gosh, I need to check bluesky more regularly! Just seeing this. Somehow I missed noticing the episode release. I'll listen soon.
Wish I could say I'm re-reading the book too :(
29.01.2024 17:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I listened to the first episode and I'm hooked! FYI too takingaction4us.bsky.social
05.01.2024 16:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Breaking Down the Power Broker. Looking forward to this podcast!
99percentinvisible.org/episode/brea...
05.01.2024 02:36 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"the more facts you accumulate, the closer you come to whatever truth there is. And finding facts―through reading documents or through interviewing and re-interviewing―can't be rushed; it takes time. Truth takes time.”
18.10.2023 15:21 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Absolutely!
This morning when I put the "truth takes time" quote in my profile, I looked up the whole Caro quote, in part:
18.10.2023 15:21 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Host of @thedavidpakmanshow.bsky.social
U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, the Ocean State.
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Biomedical Engineer, Professor & Vice Chair of Research for Neurosurgery, UMass Chan Medical School. Treating pediatric brain tumors and neurodegenerative disease via all things nanomedicine and the subarachnoid space. *opinions are my own
Semi-retired computer scientist, ancient UNIXer, "Big Data"
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Last 20 yrs: chasing anti-science disinfo, esp. on climate or tobacco, helping defend scientists.
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Curiosity killed the Kara. Restore, Restart, or Quit?
Former Z-list Twitter celeb.
I post about politics, pop culture, sci-fi, and ASOIAF/GoT.
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Journalist, co-host of Blocked and Reported, author of The Quick Fix and an upcoming book on youth gender medicine. Mostly just asking questions.
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Don't make me come over here.
Exploring the rich and diverse history of Balochistan.
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Writer immersed in French culinary history. Cookbook author. Hotel owner. Jam maker. Américaine spécialiste de l’histoire culinaire française. #endALS portfolio: https://bento.me/jamieschler
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Columnist, novelist, j-prof.
NYT bestselling novel, The Daughters of Erietown. Next novel: Because You Asked. On Substack at Hopefully Yours. I’m with Sherrod.
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Independent Journalist. Host of “The Jim Acosta Show” on Substack, YouTube and Apple Podcasts: Former Chief WH Correspondent. Author. https://substack.com/@jimacosta?r=lpd3z&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile Inquiries: go to jimacosta.com
CNN investigative reporter. Kfile founder. Co- founder of the Team Beans Infant Brain Tumor Fund. The New York Times once called me a “wunderkind.”
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