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Exactly. This merits further investigation. (Though not by me.)

Perhaps South Dakota is where this weird-spellings-for-standard-fare-white-people-names thing began, in the late 1960s?

Much to consider (though, again, by someone else).

SoDak Governors on X: "Happy birthday to South Dakota’s first First Gentleman, Bryon Noem, born this day in De Smet in 1969. https://t.co/TcY2c4jqqj" / X Happy birthday to South Dakota’s first First Gentleman, Bryon Noem, born this day in De Smet in 1969. https://t.co/TcY2c4jqqj

This is undoubtedly true. But Bryon [sic] Noem's name is not one of them. The man was apparently born in 1969.

He's no millennial!

Bryon Noem Bryon Noem, First Gentleman of South Dakota, grew up in Hamlin County and graduated from Northern State University with a degree in business finance. After college, Bryon coached basketball and worked...

Today I learned that Kristi Noem's husband's name is Bryon [sic].

An extraordinarily garbled monologue. This guy -- the "leader of the free world" -- has mush for brains.

In the Trump Administration, Watchdogs Are Watching Their Backs

See, previously: "The president has fired or demoted over 20 inspectors general since he took office."

From last July.

Labor Secretary’s Top Aides Forced Out

Honestly, the real scoop here is that the Dept. of Labor still has an inspector general?? Big if true.

it says a lot about us, none of it good, that we chose a leader with not a single redeeming quality: stupid? yup. corrupt? absolutely. dishonest? to his core. violent? maybe the most violent ever. any ability to empathize with people? none. baseline level of regard for human life? not even a skosh.

It is -- once again -- snowing in Providence.

A gray shorthair cat at the moment of release upside down, with its tongue out looking derpy

A new paper on falling cat science came out and I just have to draw people's attention to this image

you can have a dinner that celebrates the First Amendment or a dinner that features Donald Trump but you cannot have both

Manus the anus for men

Please don’t call it that

a man wearing a shirt that says nhl on the back Alt: a man on a roof attempts to take down a bee's nest with a snowshovel, sending bee's everywhere

Live shot of me sharing a newly-published political op-ed in r/rhodeisland:

New Rhode Island aphorism just dropped:

Thanks for reading, Dan!

There are good reasons why this -- 🤡 -- is one of my most frequently used emojis.

‘Disgraceful’: What McKee’s remark says about his warped view of primary elections • Rhode Island Current When Gov. Dan McKee called his primary election challenge from former CVS executive Helena Foulkes, “disgraceful,” it spoke volumes about his view of the democratic process and himself.

Good piece from @phileil.bsky.social about the head clown driving the Rhode Island clown car. He was nicer about it but the point stands.

The gender dynamic is important, I agree.

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Check out the lunar eclipse over the Rhode Island State House this morning! (📸: Tom Corrigan)

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Good morning Providence City Hall & @RIPTA.com! 🚌⚓️

I see. I wasn't refuting you with my Q; just genuinely curious to see where this is happening!

Quentin Tarantino ‘Alive' Amid Reports He Was Killed in Missile Strike A source stated the filmmaker and his family were just fi...

We live in bizarro world.

What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.

Which progressive Dems are excusing his behavior?

First, it’s important to note that these comments fit a pattern from the governor. This is the same guy who, after he won his last primary contest against Foulkes in 2022, publicly refused to take a concession phone call from Foulkes and told a staffer to “Hang up on them.” Afterward, he defended the decision, telling WJAR, “Anybody with a brain in their head would not be calling when they’re watching me on TV giving an acceptance speech.” It is the same guy who, during his 2025 State of the State address, banned independent TV cameras from the chamber and booked the State House rotunda for the apparent purpose of keeping protestors out of earshot. Rotunda access was mostly restored for this year’s State of the State after a challenge by the ACLU of Rhode Island. It is the same governor who, in the aftermath of the Washington Bridge shutdown, called reasonable questions about the job status of now retired DOT Director Peter Alviti “out of line” and “beyond the pale.” McKee’s “disgraceful” comment is merely the latest indication that the governor takes umbrage at the norms and everyday pushback that come with elected office.

McKee calling a primary challenge from Helena Foulkes "disgraceful" fits a pattern from the governor, I write in my latest @rhodeislandcurrent.com op-ed.

Clearly, he "takes umbrage at the norms and everyday pushback that come with elected office"

Full piece: rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/03/03/d...

‘Disgraceful’: What McKee’s remark says about his warped view of primary elections • Rhode Island Current When Gov. Dan McKee called his primary election challenge from former CVS executive Helena Foulkes, “disgraceful,” it spoke volumes about his view of the democratic process and himself.

More from me, on Dan McKee calling Helena Foulkes's primary challenge "disgraceful."

"In a democracy, unpopular officials should expect challenges, both from within their party and without. That’s not 'disgraceful.' It’s a marker of a free society."

Read the full piece at @rhodeislandcurrent.com:

‘Disgraceful’: What McKee’s remark says about his warped view of primary elections • Rhode Island Current When Gov. Dan McKee called his primary election challenge from former CVS executive Helena Foulkes, “disgraceful,” it spoke volumes about his view of the democratic process and himself.

New from me: last week, Gov. Dan McKee called his primary challenge from fellow Dem. Helena Foulkes "disgraceful." I wrote an op-ed about why this was so alarming.

An excerpt: "[T]he language McKee used to describe Foulkes’s primary challenge is more fiery than his response to Trump’s actions."

Very funny to read this the morning after it was sent, because I was in bed, asleep, when it first went out. 😴 🛌 #guiltyascharged

Netanyahu to the U.S. Congress, 2002: "If you take out Saddam, Saddam's regime, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region."

Yup.

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.