Charles Mathewes

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

It's like the opposite of WW I, in the sense that both sides achieved major strategic aims, but at (arguably) too high a cost

Yes, a weird war: Hamas achieved some of its major goals, especially the de-legitimation of Israel, while being destroyed; and Israel achieved some of its major goals, esp the destruction of Hamas & the destruction of the Iranian network against it, while being de-legitimated.

Ohhhh not staying the order is *really interesting*. The tidal shift we're seeing in the past two or three weeks in how much judges are *completely done* with the presumption of regularity and refusing to play Calvinball is fascinating

Thank you!

Do you know if they break it down by age group? My impression is that undergrads don't know much about the Russia-Ukraine war, b/c it seems most of that is "happening" on Twitter/x. OTOH, they know a lot about Gaza, b/c that produces lots of TikTok content.

For anyone at UVa who hasn’t seen this yet! “Universities’ only proper response to this “compact”…is to offer absolutely nothing. There is no revised version of this compact…compatible with the independence of universities and their continuing vitality as venues for free speech and free inquiry.”

Amen brother

Such an interesting message. In its emphasis on purpose and hope, its ambiguous non-confessional transcendentalism, reminds me of David Foster Wallace's "This is Water" & esp the ending of that speech: "I wish you way more than luck."

The Ig Nobel is incredible , one year an Indian guy won it for calculating the average surface area of an elephant and during his acceptance they had an elephant hold up a sign with the surface area of the scientist on it, they do showbiz better than the Oscars

Pope Leo, after Trump critique, urges Catholics to help immigrants Pope Leo urged the world's 1.4 billion Catholics on Sunday to care for immigrants, pressing ahead with a message of welcome for migrants days after criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's hard-line anti-immigration policies.

Pope Leo urged the world's 1.4 billion Catholics on Sunday to care for immigrants, pressing ahead with a message of welcome for migrants days after criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's hard-line anti-immigration policies. For @reuters.com:

Hey, the Pope’s gonna Pope, whatcha gon do about it?

Opinion | What Hegseth got right about the military Put aside the defense secretary’s bravura and focus on his message about muscular armed services

Another banger from the author of "Relax, we'll be fine no matter who wins [in 2016]" and "Calm down, Roe vs. Wade isn't going anywhere" (in 2018)

Judge Immergut is a Republican and a 2019 Trump appointee.

OMG It me

Incredible tweets from one of the best-known American experts on the Israel-Palestine conflict, Aaron David-Miller, and Israeli Yediot Ahranot columnist Nadav Eyal

when the "dirty work" royalties hit

STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now. Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools Trump just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America...

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools Trump just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...

Sarah Mullally named the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in history of Church of England Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, has been named Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been chosen as the spiritual leader of the Church of England.

Sarah Mullally has been named the new Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman chosen to lead the world's 85 million Anglicans.

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

Yes, it is a shakedown. It will be interesting and illuminating to see how our interim president replies. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...?

Trump Offered Universities an Invitation for a Deal. Some See a Trap.

“Some”?! Try “Almost Everyone” @nytimes.com!! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

This really is THE issue - you've got a situation where Dems can sweat and bleed to get their stuff in a bipartisan bill, and Rs can nix it with 51 votes (or just impoundment).

That's new, and it removes the incentive to deal.

Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s ...

“Todd Arrington’s resignation came shortly after Arrington refused to relinquish one of Pres Eisenhower’s swords from the museum’s collection. Pres Trump’s administration wanted to give one of the artifacts as a gift to King Charles III on Trump’s most recent state visit to the United Kingdom.”

Public theology is a many-splendored thing

Offfial photo of military audience at today’s Hegseth/Trump speech gazing expressionless at camera with superimposed caption “This could have been an email.” Not my own meme.

When two great discourses align.

I'm imagining the "reply-all" chain now: "PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE ME FROM THIS LIST" from dozens of three-stars

I will say if that whole military meeting had been an email it would have been a pretty weird email

Netanayhu has been working for this for twenty years, and now he's accomplished it: a full partisanization of Israel.
Israelis should understand that they are now becoming pawns in the US political war.

“I don’t understand how being rich can make someone such a whore” is the defining quandary of our time.

I’m sure that the Haitian Antifa will begin eating the dogs in a minute, just be patient