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I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...

Few movie trailers instantly make me want to see the movie. This one sure does. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGJS...

@meidastouch.com I have canceled my subscription and no longer following as I do not like the vitriol — that’s how Trump talks.

ALERT: Professional news. Nine days after leaving CBS, I have found a new professional home: Chief Washington Correspondent and Anchor for @meidastouch.com

The Boss, who would have turned 110 today. From 1956. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZQ_...

The FACTS about January 6 (Bookmark, as needed) youtube.com/shorts/7AEbO...

Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

The second edition of the new How To Read This Chart is out. Demography, chart games and a map of the world’s kings. Dig in. www.howtoreadthisch.art/r/e0489c52?m...

If you’d like a more realistic assessment; I wrote about it today. www.pbump.net/o/dethawing-...

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

We did it

It’s amazing to me that politicians don’t commit to post first on @bsky.app and to engage with constituents here THIS is more powerful than CNN , MSNBC, The Post will ever be. You can broadcast for 9 mins on a declining medium, or engage here and start a real discussion. Which is more powerful?

@drgurner.bsky.social Just signed up for your Substack. Looking forward to it!

Twitter's principal utility (from a content curation perspective) is in journalists' willingness to post there; without it, Twitter quickly becomes 4chan. Journalists, make it happen. The only thing keeping you there is stasis. We can have nice things.

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@hunterw.bsky.social What are BlueSky posts called? Chirps? Flights? Airblasts?

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