Karen Grigsby Bates

Trump Rule Lets Alaska Hunters Lure Bears With Bacon-Greased Doughnuts www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/c...

Elizabeth Warren Is On A Roll.......

Melania Trump Says She Brokered a Cease-Fire in a Starving Ukrainian City www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

The world is on fire. And that’s just the stuff we can see.

republicans used to complain about the violence in gangster rap and now they want to livestream an execution

Apparently, they don’t understand that diseases snd plagues cross borders and even oceans with impunity…

Congratulations to S. A. Cosby (@blacktopkid.bsky.social) for having THREE of his novels named in NYT’s 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century: #RazorbladeTears, #BlacktopWastelsnd and #AllTheSinnersBleed. Wow.

“Imagine losing a third of a city’s firefighters and then wondering why downtown is burning.” The CDC, long seen as the global leader in public health, has lost its independence and much of its staff as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his associates have tightened control. nyti.ms/4hugAFa

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For me a hard no, but boy has this generated a raging debate! Would You Bring Iced Coffee to a Job Interview? The Internet is Divided. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/s...

This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY

“Bah Di yah Di yah Di yah” “But what does it mean?” “Who cares? All you need to know is never let the lyrics mess with the groove!” Maurice White

The Kennedy Center was designed by Edward Durell Stone. I remember when it was built, some critics called it “a marble shoebox on the Potomac.” It became a beloved landmark and a favorite destination for visitors, especially the patio that overlooked the Potomac. It deserves to be saved, not razed.

He looks like a recycled Greg Bovino, minus the Third Reich mufti… White House Pulls Nomination of Mullin Ally for ICE Director www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...

@zachstafford.bsky.social sorry about that traumatizing experience at the dog shelter—whew! If you’re still thinking about adopting, try Wags and Walks in West LA. They rescue and place dogs. We got Noah (below) there about 4 years ago, and it was a great experience. Good luck!

Wishing the Duke of Sussex a very Happy Birthday.

Why do people insist on labeling The Bear a comedy? Haven’t they watched it???

A friend just told me Bob Mackie has died. He was 87. He’ll be remembered forever for the glittering glamor he created for Cher, Carol Burnett, Diana Ross, Tina Turner and Dolly Parton, among others. Now he’s sparkling in another galaxy. R.I.P. Bobby Mac.

Turned on The View to catch the tail end of Ted Cruz flakking his new biography of Clarence Thomas. Psychedelic!

Robbing Peter to pay Paul dept: Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...

Gloria Steinem. R.I.P.

Milo Yiannopoulos, a Right-Wing Provocateur, Is Arrested by ICE www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...

Trump channels Bette Davis as he gives his rationale for closing the Kennedy Center: “What a dump!”

Dolly Parton has, in the words of one of her favorite songs, flown away. One of the kindest, most humane, most generous individuals who ever graced the earth. Take your peace, Dolly. We will always love you.

Today in the Miral Arc of the Universe Dept: newrepublic.com/post/214625/...

Wow. And he’s not wrong… fb.watch/IZAKqU-mr7/?...

“The (freedom) struggle for Black people means not only would we get the boot off our necks, but that we would destroy the boot—so it doesn’t happen to other people.” Ta’Naheisi Coates re his takeaway on the legacy of the Black freedom struggle.

Somebody please explain why monkfruit has such a disgusting aftertaste? Was searching for a protein shake and tried one sweetened w monkfruit. Nope. Maybe Splenda isn’t such a bad idea after all…

I will save you the trouble (and expense): they do not taste the same.

An Admiral’s Rise Reveals the Politics Driving Hegseth’s Pentagon www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...

Since Trump is demanding warning signs outside the Smithsonian Museum of American History, I suggest this one.

At the end of his rambling word salad of a speech, Trump slapped on a red Trump 2028 hat. It wasn’t a joke.

WHCA rescheduled dinner starting up. What these people would invite a president and administration that so clearly wishes them harm and considers them enemies is unfathomable. Sorry, Mrs Obama, but there is no point in going high when these folks exult in rolling in the mud.

Read, subscribe, support. It’s one of the most useful things you’ll find on the interwebs. H/t @davidho for highlighting.

The Atlantic had an interesting article on food safety and leafy greens “now is not the time to eat bagged lettuce” by Nicholas Florko. In May. They should run it again without the paywall as a public service. It could save some agony.

Three Black men—Eugene Daniels, Michael Steele, Cory Booker—talking politics on @MSNow. (Not pictured: Luke Russert, who co-hosts The Weeknight with Michael Steele and Symone Sanders Townsend.) Worth mentioning cause it doesn’t happen very often.

Don’t live your life so that when you die people say “oh I was hoping it’d be the other guy, but I’ll take it”

Earlier this week, a friend and I were talking “what’s next?” in the chaotic political landscape. I predicted an unexpected death, à la Antonin Scalia’s in 2016, would upend everything. Even more than rather than McConnell’s might.Then I woke up to the Graham news….

Lately, I’m feeling like everybody dying is younger than me. Including, apparently, Lindsey Graham.

🎯 @mikenellis.bsky.social : “If @scottjenningsky & Thune can have calls with McConnell, he should be able to shoot a proof of life video… they know the special election deadline is 8/3.” If they’re Weekend At Bernie’s-ing Mitch to 🦆 an election that should be a crime. (H/T @acyn.bsky.social )

Holy crap: I go off to do errands for a couple hours, then this Grant Platner news. Not sure this isn’t a death blow…

“Sem-me-quinn-sen-ten-eee-ul”

She Labeled a Swim Party ‘Muslims Only.’ The Response Ravaged Her Life. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/u...

Okay, this kerfuffle about whether Meghan and kids are coming to the Uk or not: don’t the Sussexes have a bunch of $$$? Couldn’t they pay for their own security to make sure they’re covered? What am I missing?….

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Reject Trump’s Effort to End Birthright Citizenship www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...

Sigh.

Two things can be true at once dept:

Clive Davis, Hitmaking Titan of the Music Industry, Dies at 94 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/a...