Alex Goldman

This is so genuinely disgustingly pathetic and unamerican, my god

If VP Harris had done this, FOX would be screaming about it for days and the GOP would be losing their shit.

Glad to be partnering with the ACLU in my attempt to hold whoever was in charge of firing me responsible. It’s important, especially during these particular times, that we fight for our rights (and not just to party)

3...2...1 Donald Trump: "It's the Biden inflation." bsky.app/profile/forb...

Nebraska, everyone.

It's pretty wild. I feel like virtually every star at the Post is leaving. I'm sure there are people I'm missing. But I'm really not exaggerating. They've chased/induced virtually everyone out. I really can't think of ANY example remotely like it.

Your $5 can make all the difference (in whether a Mothership exec can afford a second jetski for the lake house)

Community Demands the Release of SHS '24 Grad Yeonsoo Go, Detained by ICE in NY and Now in Louisiana Yeonsoo Go, 2024 Graduate of Scarsdale High School, Detained by ICE

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📌There are five times as many cases of measles as there were this time last year. In any other country, this would be looked on as an abject failure to protect people, and a crisis of leadership.
Here, it's just called a bad case of MAGA.

To Live Inside a Lie Firing the top labor statistics official for doing the normal monthly jobs report is only the last attempt to force everyone else to abandon reality too

"This is considered impolite to point out in many mainstream venues, but to be a Republican in good standing today, you have to believe, or at least go along with, an insane amount of lies."

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But seriously, you knew he was going to say that.

You invited him on because you knew.

If you’re an immigrant with legal status who’s committed 0 crimes you can be sent to a torture prison where you’ll be raped and dehumanized.

If you’re old pals with Trump and ran a pedophile ring you get sent to a cushy minimum security prison despite being ineligible because you’re a sex offender.

The Trump regime is blocking release of the Epstein files after promising their release.
It's giving preferential treatment to child molester Ghislaine Maxwell in hopes she won't reveal Trump's connection to the scandal.
Keep reminding people about this. It matters.

Smithsonian Now Says It Will Admit Trump Was Impeached. Yesterday we learned that the Smithsonian the “nation’s attic” — had removed Trump from its exhibit on presidential impeachments in late July. Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in Ame...

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Warren Demands Dems Refuse to Participate in Budgeting So Long As Trump is Freezing Funds Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) took to the Senate floor on Wednesday morning...

Will @democrats.senate.gov stand with @warren.senate.gov or surrender with @schumer.senate.gov ? talkingpointsmemo.com/news/warren-...

August 1, 2025 AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION Committee on Economic Statistics and Committee on Government Relations Statement from the American Economic Association on the Dismissal of the BLS Commissioner Leaders of the American Economic Association express their grave concern over the dismissal of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) earlier today. The independence of the federal statistical agencies is essential to the proper functioning of a modern economy. Accurate, timely, and impartial statistics are the foundation upon which households, businesses, and policymakers make critical decisions. Undermining the independence or credibility of these agencies threatens the integrity of the information that markets, institutions, and the public rely on every day. Measuring the vast and dynamic U.S. economy in real time is inherently challenging. It is standard practice for statistical estimates to be revised as more complete and higher-quality data become available. These revisions reflect the commitment of statistical agencies to accuracy, transparency, and methodological rigor-not failure or bias. The BLS has long had a well-deserved reputation for professional excellence and nonpartisan integrity. Safeguarding this tradition is vital for the continued health of the U.S. economy and public trust in our institutions. We call upon elected officials to respect and preserve the independence of the nation's statistical infrastructure. Lawrence Katz President, American Economic Association Katharine Abraham President-Elect, American Economic Association Karen Dynan Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Economic Statistics Kenneth Troske Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Government Relations

Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing

As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements

This is a big deal

From Maggie Haberman’s book.

MAGA donor ran $140M Ponzi scheme targeting 'Christians' & 'patriots' - now their money's gone Introduction to a fraud On July 10, the SEC filed suit against Brant Frost IV and his company, First Liberty Building & Loan, alleging Frost ran a Ponzi scheme that defrauded retail investors — mainly...

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Some Asian people posted a photo of themselves having dinner. It reads: "Went to a fancy dinner in SF and everybody went to Harvard (or Stanford)" The next day, the followed up with a tweet that reads: "Almost all of us are Americans. FWIW, More of us are Americans than Asian."

Two quote tweets. The first has a racist drawing of Asian people and it says "I rent to fancy dinnah and everybody rent 2 Havah (or Stanfah)." The other shows Yale's Skulls and Bones society in the 1940s, where a bunch of White Anglo-Saxon Protestant men in suits are composed for a group photo. An Italian man writes: "This is what Ivy Leaguers are supposed to look like."

Two quote tweets. The first reads: "Foreigners post stuff like this and then act surprised that GenZ males are so far right they'd make Rush Limbaugh blush. I hope they realize Trump is their last chance for a moderate solution." The other reads: "I’m so glad that 17 Americans didn’t get to go to Harvard or Standford because these peoples parents spent $10,000 on SAT prep"

Two quote tweets. The first reads: "Living exclusively around these people for over 15 years is what turned me into a nazi. They're like this all the time." The other reads: "Not going to lie, very depressing to see our hallowed western university system turn into a network of Striver Universities for intellectually incurious exam maxxing Kumon monsters"

Interesting how much resentment this photo created from white conservatives who assumed that the dismantling of DEI meant elite schools would return to the 1940s.

Ghislaine Maxwell was flagged with a Public Safety Factor (PSF), making her ineligible for a minimum-security camp. That designation was waived?

How does a convicted human trafficker get such special treatment?

When Trump said he’d protect women, no one guessed he meant women like her.

Graff, quoting Louis Fischer: “He [Hitler] would destroy democracy. Yet democracy tolerated him and helped him take office in order to destroy democracy. This peaceful death of German democracy is one of the strangest chapters in history.”

3) and, of all the people he could have chosen, why would Donald Trump handpick the very U.S. Attorney who negotiated such a scandalously sweetheart deal—which benefited not just Epstein, but anyone who might be worried

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People Are Starting To Use A 'Star Wars' Slur For Robots As A Joke—But It Has A Dark Undercurrent Oof.

Oof...

FEC records show Elizabeth Fago donated $1M to Trump's super PAC in April.

What happened next?

Three weeks later Trump pardoned her son, a nursing home executive who pleaded guilty to withholding millions from his workers' paychecks (while buying a luxury yacht).

Everything is for sale.

The way Rs redrew the map, there is no meaningful weakening of Likely R seats to Lean R/Tossup to turn those Dem seats red. It’s entirely a shift to the right. They were smart about this, and carved out voters from deep, deep red seats to move the needle. No “dummymander”

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Reunification of the Aleutians: A strategic proposal for the Commander Islands - Breaking Defense In this op-ed, Lt. Col. Jeffery M. Fritz proposes the US buy the Commander Islands from Russia in order to better monitor Chinese subs.

Actually would be good to buy the islands, but is this a proposal to send $15B to Putin to prop up Russia? breakingdefense.com/2025/07/reun...

Petty cheating at golf is a window into his rotted soul.

I am so confused. Isn't the current Mayor the one who should be rattled?

Radioactive wasp nest discovered at nuclear waste storage site in South Carolina Wasp nest was destroyed and disposed of after discovery near tanks used to store liquid nuclear waste

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