Curt Milton

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@radiofreetom.bsky.social said it best…

Keep him away from my special place, Block Island!

Pete Hegseth’s Attack on Harvard The anger at the Ivy League is about status envy, not war-fighting.

Hegseth, among others, is using the school as a punching bag to express the generic social anxiety and status-based resentment that drives much of the MAGA movement.

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I’ve seen golf games more exciting than that.

Thank you!

I can hear fireworks and seeing them

Actually, lots of people understood Bad Bunny 43 million people in the U.S. speak Spanish, even if there aren't any at the White House.

Trump's utterly predictable complaint about Bad Bunny singing in Spanish was thoughtless culture-war stuff — but also failed to understand how many Americans speak Spanish.
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Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance

Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/

In Under 500 Words, a Judge Weaponized Wit to Free the Child Detained by ICE (Gift Article) Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.

A.O. Scott of @nytimes.com annotates Judge Fred Biery's habeas corpus ruling freeing 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father. Scott calls Judge Biery's ruling, “a passionate, erudite and at times mischievous piece of prose." Worth reading. [Gift article]

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This is extraordinary. I will miss Colbert so much, but he is going out blazing.

Heads are going to explode 💥

Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.

All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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This is a fascinating, deeply researched and reported story that goes well beyond "Isn't A.I. terrible?" while keeping one foot firmly planted in "Yes it is."

"When in doubt, draw a distinction."

Not sure where he got it, but in grad school one of my teachers taught me that.

This (long) thread is about the key distinctions I rely on as a critic. There's a Twitter version from 2021. This one builds on that one.

I will post them one at a time. Ready?

I was reminded of Robin Williams’ comment on The Tonight Show years ago: “Cocaine is god’s way of saying you’re making too much money!” Maybe food delivery is the same warning.

Freedom With a Side of Guilt: How Food Delivery Is Reshaping Mealtime

"From her roughly $50,000 annual salary as a data processor in San Diego, Ms. Reedy, 34, spends at least $200 to $300 a week on food delivery."

If you're spending at least 20 percent of your salary on *delivered* food, maybe affordability isn't the main issue.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/d...

I'm not sure I have ever seen a more savage movie review headline than the Guardian's dismissal of Melania as a "trash remake of The Zone of Interest."

I’d been thinking about Homan’s use of the word “theater” all morning.

As David Simon mentions below, it suggests that he thinks of this action as a war, one fought against Americans.

It also evokes the other kind of theater, the cosplay/photo op/social media pageant they’ve been generating.

“The proof is in the pudding?” “I’ll believe it when I see it?” No … wait … “Won’t get fooled again!”

Wow, who could have predicted all of this?

The professionalism is indisputable, no? An undisciplined and untrained policing agency steeped in this much contempt and disregard of the citizenry can't actually be reformed. Abolish -- before more of us are beaten, killed or detained indefinitely and without legal cause.

The publisher of The Inquirer says to the civic-minded people of Pittsburgh: here is how we saved our newspaper in Philadelphia, which is now profitable.

www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

"I believe our own experience over the past decade offers a template for success."

Minnesota GOP gubernatorial candidate Chris Madel drops out, faults Trump immigration policy Republican candidate for Minnesota governor Chris Madel has ended his campaign in a surprise video announcement.

Republican candidate for Minnesota governor Chris Madel has ended his campaign in a surprise video announcement.

I know... pointing out hypocrisy to Republicans is err... pointless.

Protester with sign

Protesters with signs

Handmaidens with protest signs

Anti-Fascism protesters

Great turnout for West Seattle Indivisible’s rally/protest “We’re Still Standing” this chilly and sad Saturday morning. Terrific energy!

@maddow.bsky.social

It’s Time to Talk About Donald Trump’s Logorrhea How many polite ways are there to ask whether the President of the United States is losing it?

The President, it now seems clear, has the world’s most consequential case of untreated logorrhea. (Dictionary definition of this condition: “Excessive and often incoherent talkativeness.”)

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The entire range of my interests in a single photograph.

This is a stirring rebuke to the part of the American government and the American electorate that has chosen to scorn and reject basic human decency. Never forget, never forgive.

Looking forward to Jack Smith telling the truth today.