Robert M Corbett

Robert M Corbett

@robertmcorbett.bsky.social

Literate smartypants still hopeful about education and only once considered voting for a Republican. Only partisan when the other side is STUPID. Interests are popular music and film, art, aesthetics, novels, romanticism and ancient history not in order.

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I'm seeing a lot of people saying Trump blinked. I'm not sure that's totally right, though the upshot is the same. If you start building a house and you both don't have any 2x4s and aren't willing to buy any eventually you're going to have to admit that the house isn't going to get built.

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I am not afraid of being indicted if the government ever decides to go through my social media. I *am* afraid of Rachel Weisz being notified that some lady she's never met posted this during the run up to California's 2025 special election.

Lauren Flans@laurenflans.bsky.social

Yes on Prop 50? More like YES (I'd like to be) on TOP (of) 55 (year-old Rachel Weisz)!

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Listened to an NPR story this morning about mass child starvation in Senegal without a single mention of Elon Musk, the guy who gleefully created the conditions for the mass starvation

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Replying to @h-lev.bsky.social

First: After Pulte launched investigations into Trump foes for paperwork errors, I uncovered that he was missing required SEC paperwork of his own. He filed the form the day we published this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.comThe attack dog targeting Trump opponents over their paperwork hasn’t even filed his ownAs chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.

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Given the news that Trump has just appointed Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence, it feels timely to revisit the three different episodes of financial impropriety by Pulte that I’ve reported on in the just last six months! Let’s recap:/1

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NEW: A group of activists have built an awesome new tool to help immigration attorneys and the general public know when an ICE flight is headed to their area. gillianbrockell.com/habeas-fligh...

gillianbrockell.comHabeas Flight Watch: New tool helps track ICE flights to your cityActivists have been quietly piloting a live map of ICE flights to help immigration attorneys with habeas filings. Now they say it's ready for everyone to use.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com

News incoming (good news from me for once!) …

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“NASA has had a number of explosions over the years, typical government incompetence, we must privatize space exploration” [every privatized rocket immediately explodes upon launch] “ah! well, nevertheless,”

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my favorite erick erickson moment is when he said that his family refused to eat asian food on the anniversary of pearl harbor to honor the tragedy. a reporter reached out to his mom to confirm whether this was true and she was like “i don’t know what the fuck he is talking about”

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IN FACT, I never kill off people I don't like in my books, why would I give them the honor of existing in my prose. I only kill off friends, often messily, and usually with their permission ("Hey, mind if I totally kill a character with your name?"). Most are delighted to be (fictionally) offed.

Colas Nahaboo@colas.nahaboo.net

I wonder how many of these online jerks will end up in one of your books and meet a gruesome and humiliating demise? :-)

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I'd rather have an anvil fall on me from the 10th floor.

Jones@peteyjones.bsky.social

hey @bencollins.bsky.social would you rather have Bari Weiss run your news team or Nico Harrison run your basketball team? You have to choose one.

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BREAKING: I'm suing Todd Blanche and the DOJ to STOP the $1.8B slush fund. The Justice Department violated the Administrative Procedures Act when it established the fund, and it must be set aside. You can read my complaint here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-i...

muellershewrote.comBREAKING: I’m Suing Todd Blanche and the DOJ to stop the $1.8B Slush FundIn establishing the “anti-weaponization” fund, the government failed to follow the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), so I'm suing to set the fund aside.

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Guys, If you live in a state with a democratic governor, please contact them and have them all do what Gavin did in California when he made it illegal for anyone to confiscate the voting machines or the ballots. We need to do everything in our power to safeguard the midterms. #USDemocracy

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These morons actually think airlines are going to divert all international flights from NYC, NJ, CHI, LA, SF, DEN, PHI, SEA and other cities to red states because of Markwayne’s edict. Stunningly stupid.

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I think at least some people who think they would have been more economically successful if they were grifters probably wouldn't have been, because being a "successful" grifter requires a certain, possibly sociopathic personality, and a lot of people are just not built that way.

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Sooooo let me get this straight. The motherf🌸🌸ker rolls up into Seattle, sportin’ his $300M yacht, just as META lets 1400 employees go from WA state, META. GTFO. I honestly don’t think the optics could get anymore Dickensian. #Pinks #ProudBlue

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I remember back in the day when people uploaded webcomics to Drunk Duck.

K-ComicsBeat@kcomicsbeat.bsky.social

Webtoons are dying as the digital landscape struggles Creators are turning away from massive webcomic aggregators, but a suitable replacement has yet to be found.

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Trump & Blanche’s heist of $1.8 billion to hand out to their supporters who committed crimes must not be a 1-2 day story. It should be talked about every day until it is stopped. Republicans should be asked about it every interview. Trump should be asked about it every day.

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NEW: I've filed a claim with Todd Blanche for compensation from the $1.776B slush fund for the unlawful investigation by the government into my podcast in August 2019. I'm seeking $8.647 million in compensation for weaponized lawfare - the equivalent of punitive damages, lost pay and retirement.

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Matt Damon returned to “Saturday Night Live” and reprised his role as Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Aziz Ansari was also back to play the FBI director, Kash Patel. Here is a recap of the episode, which was hosted by Damon and featured the musical guest Noah Kahan.

nyti.msOn ‘S.N.L.’, Brett Kavanaugh, Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth Walk Into a BarMatt Damon and Aziz Ansari return to roles they have played on “Saturday Night Live” alongside Colin Jost, in an episode hosted by Damon.

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Only in America can one party control the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives, win the popular vote,and hold the majority of governorships... and still blame the other party for everything wrong with this country

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73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need: -Paid family leave -Equal pay -Universal childcare -Universal healthcare (But get your mom flowers, too)

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COLBERT: How dumb do you think it is for people to say that I should run for president? OBAMA: Well, you know, the bar has changed. I think you would perform significantly better than some folks we've seen. COLBERT: Is that an endorsement? OBAMA: It was not

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If it is not clear, I am not very polemic, but sometimes I react by calling-out and--I know what your mother said about saying nice things, dude--name-calling. I try to apologize if I am wrong, but at this moment in this place I have only so much band-with to spare on strangers. Be well and do good.

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Congrats to Julie K. Brown! She was awarded a #Pulitzer Prize special citation today for her groundbreaking reporting in 2017 & 2018 for the Miami Herald exposing Jeffrey Epstein's systematic abuse of young women and the justice system & powerful network of associates that protected him for years.