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86'd

Steny Hoyer, more part of the problem than solution his whole career, to retire.

America's Worst Humans

Jonathan Ross.

As I Told Everyone Who Would Listen 20 Years Ago

the fascist mouthpieces have a massive resource advantage. this is a way to chip away at that advantage: give valuable stuff to real journalists at real news outlets (and real independent journalists.)

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— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser.bsky.social) January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM

We all talk about how left-leaning people should have been funding media outlets. We have all been talking about this for years.

But not everyone in "DC" has access to the funding button, of course. What they do have access to is information and "scoops."

Matt Drudge got big because journalists decided they had to pay attention to him.

Yes lefty media outlets need funding, too, but DC Dems have mostly not promoted the ones that do exist. Leadership runs to the Times and Politico with "scoops," not to the American Prospect.

There are various reasons for this, but one is they are largely uncomfortable taking questions from The Left, as their entire pitch is to "the Baileys" and those center-right journalists.

Funny Times

I don't think anyone has to hand it to Bill and I certainly don't support putting him in charge of anything, but of all the "NeverTrumper" types, he's the only one I think is genuine, not grifting, and not always angling.

I'd replace most of the Pod Save America guys with him, at least.

That Could Be Me

I think empathy is normally talked about as the ability to understand someone else's experience and feelings - and therefore the ability to care - but the other part of that is it brings selfish awareness that their experience could be yours, that what is happening to them could happen to you.



ICE agents aren't committing violence only against immigrants or protesting libs, but people who lack empathy still can't imagine being affected by it.

Small consolation that almost everyone suffers and then (everyone) dies eventually.

Liars

That reporters are not willing to deal appropriately with regular lies and liars is not a new thing, but I do think what is new with the Trump administration is that they lie about everything.  There is no interest in in attempting to lie plausibly, or even to stick to the truth when that would serve them just as well.  

This isn't about lawyerly word choice or the usual exaggerations of politics. They just get up there and lie, constantly, in press conferences, in quotes to reporters, on MECHAHITLER THE CSAM APP.

You can't report on this administration by fronting the lies and having the rebuttal 3 paragraphs  - or 3 days - later.  That they lie constantly has to frame all coverage of them.  Nothing is the truth.

I wrote "not willing" because this isn't hard.  They - or their editors - just don't want to.

Morning

Thirsty Thursday

Wednesday Evening

 Another day in Trump's America.

America's Worst Murderers

 ICE Agents.

Safe Home For Billionaires

This stuff quieted down a bit, but "the billionaires will regret their support for Trump and we should welcome them back so stop being mean to them" was a big thing late last Spring.  How is that holding up?

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Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna Says Party Should Court Musk

The near-silence about Elon Musk's MECHAHITLER CSAM GENERATOR is explained in large part by this attitude. 

Meet The New Boss

It really wasn't a good idea to start all those statements saying it was good that Maduro was gone.

There is no sign that the United States’ demands include less repression. Instead the regime is taking the opportunity to crack down. It published a decree directing the authorities to search for and arrest “any person involved in the promotion of or support for the armed attack by the US against the territory of the republic”. On January 5th it sent armed paramilitaries, known as colectivos, onto the streets of Caracas. These are largely controlled by Mr Cabello. Some were stopping drivers to check their phones. The likely aim is to deter any protests against Ms Rodríguez. Some 14 journalists and media workers were also detained for hours before being released, according to the National Union of Press Workers in Venezuela. Ms Rodríguez may have some economic nous and a pragmatic streak, but she was in the innermost circle of a regime that has regularly tortured, killed and disappeared opponents and their family members.

Decades of baby brains thinking that even if someone is a "bad guy" that removing the "bad guy" is good. It likely isn't!

The Trumpers don't even try to fake competence or good intentions! Politicians and many in the press do it for them!

We'll Be Supporting The Moderate Rebels

I have no idea what will happen in Venezuela, but...

Venezuela could face violent instability following the shock capture of President Nicolas Maduro by the US military, experts have warned.

While Maduro’s vice president Delcy Rodriguez was quickly sworn in with US-backing, there are fears a political vacuum sets the stage for a power struggle among multiple heavily armed factions that could spark an insurgency.

Kirkified

A happy ending.

CLARKSVILLE, TN (WKRN) – Austin Peay State University will pay one of its professors $500,000 after initially firing him for a social media post made in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death.

That was a deranged few weeks, rendered somewhat funny by subsequent events and behavior. 

Oh No The Dodgy Gambling Site That Lets Me Bet On Murder Is Problematic

Real 80s dystopian movie stuff.

Polymarket refuses to pay bets that US would ‘invade’ Venezuela

Prediction market disputes US raid amounted to an invasion in fight over more than $10.5mn in wagers

Appeasement

One year in and many European leaders - certainly the British ones - have not yet figured out that if you give Donnie an inch he will take a mile and then have his goons flush your head in a toilet.

We have had decades of rhetoric about Chamberlain and appeasement, and now "giving Donnie everything he wants in exchange for nothing and then getting even less than that" is the only course the British PM understands.

If Trump bombs Greenland will our press decide these are real people or not? 

Morning

Chuck Schumer is very encouraged by what his gym buddies tell him, privately, in the Senate gym.

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Proper Headline

 Rare these days.

CBS LOVES AMERICA

That was one of their new promises, but when President AOC reverses everything Trump has done and cuts of all ties to Israel (she will not do this, really), will CBS love that America? Of course not.

Vapid dishonesty.

Remember Bari was defended to the death for years by many senior NYT people.