David Goodhand

@nytimes.com sane-washing comes to interior design: "ornate". They spray-painted cheap ornamental plaster from Home Depot, and a lot of it. Better words: garish, tawdry, gaudy, gauche, chintzy, vulgar, meretricious, kitschy, overwrought. My favorite: desperate over-compensation.

Trump, Xi, and Putin should meet in Munich to sacrifice and carve up Ukraine. Give Trump a piece a paper he can wave and call "peace for our time".

An informative op-ed on Denver's success in addressing homelessness, and then this kicker at the end. Only Democrats need to deal with this issue, apparently. The Republicans are so far gone we expect nothing helpful from them and absolve them of responsibility for social welfare.

Madonna and Mitch McConnell are both wheeled into their performances.

Express solidarity but do nothing

When does the White House correspondents boycott begin? 🍿

Breaks ethical norms

Top of the agenda *after* securing the Republic and prosecuting the fascists.

Crazy idea: let's invest in renewal energy sources like wind and solar that cannot be chocked off by force.

The same @nytimes.com that would never refer to Trump and MAGA as “far right”. Why does The Times see foreign politics more clearly than its own backyard?

"It’s a big life change, so take things one step at a time."

Totally believable, from @washingtonpost.com:

Prez visiting pacific islands claimed by Japan shows how anti colonial we are. A white man who rules 1/3 of the Asian landmass from a city in Europe went to visit a island in the pacific ocean we invaded in living memory.

A democratic socialist I had never heard of lost a primary election. The Dem who won will likely win the seat in the general. This spells doom how exactly?

Breaking a long silence requires actually speaking aloud, not issuing a statement. @nytimes.com

White House claims… @nytimes.com

Any Federal Reserve interest rate increase in the US will happen after the mid-terms, and Trump will somehow blame the new Democratic Congress. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/b...

The Right is united behind fascism, so not a big problem. @nytimes.com. Democratic socialists are committed to democracy, Republicans are not, but this piece continues the long line blaming the collapse of the Constitution on Democrats rather than the party doing the collapsing.

"If my opponents win, more Americans could get full representation in our participatory democracy, and that would be bad for me" may be the most honest campaign pitch he's ever delivered

Meet the senior staff running Mitch McConnell's DC office. You pay their salaries. You're entitled to know what they're keeping from us. Let them know how you feel.

As usual, @nytimes.com covers for the Demented Orangutan. They helpfully edit this video so you don‘t Trump inserting himself in Spain’s celebration, and you don’t see Trump being tugged away like a two-year-old. www.nytimes.com/video/sports...

My theory: Lindsey died when he couldn’t get on the list for Madonna’s party in Brooklyn last night.

Maybe the New York Times could publish 75 think pieces asking "What horrible rot exists in the Republican Party that they would nominate this lunatic for governor?"

Dept of Euphemisms at the @nytimes.com : "a pattern of self-enrichment that has few precedents"

Euphemisms of the @nytimes.com: "extensive lengths", "remarkable leeway"

Euphemisms of the @nytimes.com: "seem increasingly detached"

One year ago, Microsoft laid off 10,000 of its most experienced employees. How’d that work out?

“Unfiltered, improvisational style” @nytimes.com

What a beautiful morning in Moscow!

The list of First Ladies who did not accompany the President to a state dinner at Versailles has exactly one name on it.

A concept of a plan

"Historians say", "unprecented". Teh @nytimes.com euphemism boilerroom is on red alert this weekend:

I’m shocked—shocked I say—that no deal was signed today with Iran 🇮🇷