Frank Tantillo

In Trump 2.0, MAGA-aligned influencers and media emerge as the new mainstream How right‑wing influencers and Trump officials work in lockstep — targeting perceived adversaries, amplifying false claims and reshaping US media.

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After trade truce, China becomes a bit more investible - www.reuters.com/world/china/...

RIP Prunella Scales 🫶

Exclusive: US carries out new strike in Caribbean and there are survivors, US official says

Peanuts came in HOT

every single person claiming to yearn for this would kill themselves if they were subjected to the tyranny of the 56k modem for one hour

Note of caution: If a major part of a Substacker's brand is delivering "the story legacy media refuses to give you," chances are they are probably repurposing a scoop legacy media has already given you.

Congrats!

@felixsalmon.com "At Bloomberg"?

stevehofstetter I'm all for banning athletes born with an unfair competitive advantage over their field. That's why we should immediately ban rich children from all sports. Top-notch equipment? Private coaches? Travel leagues? I'm sorry if this offends you but that's just not natural. That's just not how sports were when I was growing up. Won't someone think of the children?

Opinion | Disney and the Decline of America’s Middle Class

Disney and the Decline of America’s Middle Class www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...

Protesters heckle Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as they walked through Union Station in Washington, D.C., to meet National Guard troops at the station.

#protest #jdvance #petehegseth #unionstation #washingtondc

Yup. Felt in Westchester.

Quake in NY area? Anyone else?

One of my favorite, funniest pieces of rock writing has resurfaced - Gavin Edwards's U2 at Live Aid minute-by-minute. I can't remember who all I told about this, only to be unable to deliver the actual article. If that was you, well, here it is.

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The only downside is he’ll never actually watch the video and see how crap it is.

I salute you Guy Filming Fireworks For Five Minutes With His Phone Flash On.

I mean they sell books with lots of crosswords in them at the supermarket checkout right? Just buy those.

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Mamdani must explain his tweet from 1740 BC claiming that Ea-nāṣir had "high quality copper"

They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.

If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.

Lightning Bug!!!

It might be time to find another crossword puzzle provider.

New Reuters/Ipsos poll:

- 35% of adults approve of Trump’s response to LA protests
- 50% disapprove

By net +9 adults say the president has “gone too far with arrests of immigrants”

Other polls paint similar picture:
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/all-the-po...

When writing “I Am The Walrus”, Lennon was first inspired by hearing a police siren! 🚨 🚓

Listen to Episode 171: “Hey Jude” by The Beatles (available on Spotify, Apple and other platforms)

Exclusive: FEMA staff confused after head said he was unaware of US hurricane season, sources say Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation.

www.reuters.com/world/us/fem...

We've seen the death of too many Norms recently.

YouTube video by B O Like I Just Ran Over It's Dog - Cheers

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George Wendt, Who Played Norm on ‘Cheers,’ Dies at 76 George Wendt, who earned six Emmy nominations playing Norm Peterson on the NBC series 'Cheers,' died Tuesday. He was 76.

Over the last *several* years I've enjoyed doing a full Cheers re-watch with my son. Highly recommend. RIP Norm