Scott Monty

I am pretty much convinced that the best place for #Colbert to go is @pbs.org … think this through… he could do more good there in so many ways.

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How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era "It will test every single shred of creativity we have to continue to try to serve our mission," says one public media executive, as Congress ends federal funding for public broadcasting.

Last week, President Trump ramped up pressure on wavering GOP lawmakers, posting, "Any Republican that votes to allow this monstrosity to continue broadcasting will not have my support or Endorsement."

Check out this perfect take on #AI

How to Raise a Respectable Child Or more generally: how to be a respectable person

Father's Day is this weekend, and with it comes some valuable advice.

Whether or not you're a parent, these bits of advice can apply to anyone who wants to help create a more respectful culture.

"Liberate the city from... burdensome leadership"? So the federal government is going to take over any state it doesn't agree with?

Trump: The Scofflaw Strongman Trump says he’s defending “law and order” in Los Angeles. The record of his words and deeds on January 6th proves that’s a lie.

Trump now claims that he told the rioters to be peaceful and that he offered ten thousand National Guard troops to protect the Capitol. The first claim is misleading. The second is a lie.

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X’s Sales Pitch: Give Us Your Ad Business or We’ll Sue Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino launched a campaign to strong-arm advertisers back onto the platform.

Elon & Linda: "Gee, that's a nice business you've got there. It would be a shame if something happened to it."

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The Worship of Wealth When it’s a question of money, everyone is the same religion

Society, in its haste to worship the rich, has conflated wealth and morality.

Why have we allowed this to happen?

Narrator: She was not lying.

Lessons from MacArthur’s West Point Speech: Duty & Honor The first in a series of connections to Timeless & Timely topics in his 1962 speech

Last week, amid commencement season, Timeless & Timely looked at Gen. Douglas MacArthur's West Point speech.

Who knew that the academy's motto "Duty. Honor. Country." would be so relevant less than a week later, as the military is deployed on US citizens?

Some lessons on duty and honor:

Looking forward to the book that describes how Trump inner circle hid his decline from the outside world

Exactly. He’s the worst negotiator.

He has no idea what average Americans go through.

A reminder of the wealth of decency in the former President.

As opposed to the boundless indecency of the current one.

Whe you let a felon mobster become president…

From a party that has no shame.

These reactionary unthinking dopes.

Shameful leadership.

Owning the libs is expensive.

I have to say, the right to not be shamed is a new one to me.

David H. Souter, Republican Justice Who Allied With Court’s Liberal Wing, Dies at 85

Here's how I know we would have gotten along:

"After he retired, Justice Souter sold the family farmhouse and moved to a substantial in-town house in Concord. The reason, he explained, was his large book collection, which the old farmhouse could neither hold nor structurally support."

#Books

As Musk steps back, experts say Doge cuts have harmed government services The billionaire fired thousands of workers, but savings are minimal and offset by degradation of services, critics say

Asked whether Musk and Doge had improved any government services, Gimbel burst out in laughter. “No,” she said. “There has clearly been a degeneration of government services.”
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Gross and tasteless.

Concerning.

🚨 Dementia alert 🚨

Text from a threads post from Jeff Dietrich: SPOILER ALERT: YES YOUR LITERAL FUCKING JOB IS TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION, IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE OATH OF OFFICE YOU'VE TAKEN TWICE NOW. JESUS FUCKING CHRIST WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU. IT'S LIKE TALKING TO A FUCKING WALL

Jeff knows

One of the things I learned writing a book about global trade is that thing you got delivered next day started its journey *months* ago in China or SE Asia.

A few months from now you will see an explosion of stories about empty shelves. It’s going to blow people’s minds.