Washington Post Pitchbot

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NYTPitchbot is my spirit animal, Elton Beard is my muse. Parody of course. Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight (now with extra layoffs!).

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We should blame Donald Trump for Kimberly Guilfoyle's inability to grift properly as well her failure to give him his cut as he expected she would. ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ซ๐˜ซ๐˜ข๐˜ณ www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | In defense of Kimberly GuilfoyleThe ouster of the ambassador exposes Trumpโ€™s double standard on ethics.

YOU ARE WITH US OR YOU ARE WITH THE TERRORISTS! And you can't be one of us if you want children to have lunch or everyone to have healthcare. Oh: SCARY SCARY MUSLIMS! ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค ๐˜ˆ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | The stealth candidacy of Abdul El-SayedThis race is bigger than Michigan.

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Q: Mr Sununu, would you have voted for a war powers resolution in the Senate? JOHN SUNUNU:๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿšถ Q: Would you admit that Trumpโ€™s war was a bad decision, or are you just going to do everything that Trump tells you to do? JOHN SUNUNU:๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿšถ

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they were wishcasting. they thought "well, it's not exactly great that Trump won, but at least he is going to take the wokes down a peg or three. we are frankly eager for him to curb stomp MeToo, BLM, Gaza protestors, every union organizer, etc"

Rob Tracinski@tracinski.bsky.social

What was really up with all that "vibe shift" stuff after the 2024 election? Like, what was the environment like, what was going on with members of the media that they bought this? I'm genuinely curious.

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My Spanish is not good, nor was his English, so couldnโ€™t really understand what was happening beyond the basics. I gave him all the cash I had on me, saying (I hope) โ€œfor a lawyer and your family.โ€ And told him how sorry I was.

I'm OK with using any amount of pain to extract information from suspects, as long as we don't ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ it torture. ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ (shorter concept perfected by Elton Beard) www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | I was at the Pentagon on 9/11. Hereโ€™s what surprises me 25 years later.There wasnโ€™t another major attack in the U.S. But there wasnโ€™t the reckoning that was needed either.

Between my board positions, consulting, and $305 grand a year from Hoover I've landed on my feet, while you got 9/11, Iraq and Afghanistan, Trump, and a permanent surveillance state! All I had to do was ignore a PDB on August 6, 2001. Ain't America great?!? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | Condoleezza Rice: โ€˜Sept. 11 tested us, but it did not break usโ€™In her speech at the Pentagon, President Bushโ€™s national security adviser recalls the horror of that morning.

Democrats must cease their accurate and pointed critiques of Mr. Trump's tax policies if they want people like me to vote for them. ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ธ๐˜ถ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | No Democrat supported whatโ€™s propelling the U.S. economy nowI know firsthand about the benefits of the Working Families Tax Cuts.

Voters will ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ to the party that promises more war and higher taxes! ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ hat tip: Elton Beard www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | Family counselors, please check on House DemocratsSocialists want retribution after centrists sided with Republicans. How will they feel when the shoe is on the other foot?

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Here's a post I did on Marc Caputo's story describing Natalie Harp's role (in campaign) in 2024. He described: 1) She was responsible for a Nazi tweet posted in Trump's name 2) She was serving as a gatekeeper to Trump 3) Susie Wiles didn't even try to control her emptywheel.net/2024/05/23/n...

emptywheel.netNatalie Harp: Gatekeeper to the Reich - emptywheelMarc Caputo describes the woman who posted the Reich meme to Trump's Truth Social account as his digital gatekeeper.

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Iโ€™m absolutely shocked that the little hack from the Dispatch, the failing Jonah Goldberg site, who came into the WP OpEd section to bring โ€œpersonal liberties and freedomโ€ as a connective tissue to the section is now crashing out after less than a year. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/b...

nytimes.comAdam Oโ€™Neal Resigns as Washington Post Opinion EditorAdam Oโ€™Neal inherited a mandate from the paperโ€™s owner, Jeff Bezos, to shift toward โ€œpersonal liberties and free markets.โ€

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Itโ€™s nice that they changed its shirt.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING: A statement from the Office of the Attending Physician says Mitch McConnell "is not yet medically cleared to leave the rehab facility and return to the office." A photo from McConnell's office:

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Marco Rubio is against birthright citizenship. But Marco Rubio *is* a birthright citizen. Ted Cruz is against birthright citizenship. But Ted Cruz was born in Canada. He only got US citizenship by a birthright citizenship law because of his US mother. They are both shameless hypocrites.

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people got mad at me yesterday when i said the dems were not ready to take court reform seriously. 5-4 for non-racial citizenship is not a win, it's a reprieve bsky.app/profile/schu...

Chuck Schumer@schumer.senate.gov

Despite Trumpโ€™s best efforts to bully them, the Supreme Court just reaffirmed that if you are born in America, you belong in America.

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The Kennedy Center board has filed an emergency motion to stay at the DC Circuit and it is bonkity-bonkers. For the first time, they say they amended the bylaws to strip all funding from the center if it removes Trump's name. No Trump KC, no money. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Liz Dye@lizdye.bsky.social

And there it is. Judge Cooper denies the Kennedy Center's request to stay his order taking Trump's name off the building. Let the chiseling begin! www.courtlistener.com/docket/72069...

You and I both know Iran will never get a nuclear weapon, but in an attempt to give Trump a decent legacy let's agree to pretend they might. ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | To save the midterms, Trump needs victory in IranAmericans will endure high gas prices for a good military outcome โ€” but not for a bad deal.

Seems suddenly noteworthy again ...

Washington Post Pitchbot@washpp.bsky.social

When you've fucked up in plain sight, the honorable and dignified thing to do is admit nothing, contrive a plausible rationale for reversing course, and rely on friendly journalists such as myself to cover for you. ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ hat tip: Elton Beard www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

AIG, Lehman ... they can all rise again and bet on mortgages, car loans, student loans ... this will make W seem like an amateur!

The New Republic@newrepublic.com

In less than two months, President Donald Trump has dismantled the policy infrastructure that once undergirded these assumptions. trib.al/lEwXaMJ

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When you've fucked up in plain sight, the honorable and dignified thing to do is admit nothing, contrive a plausible rationale for reversing course, and rely on friendly journalists such as myself to cover for you. ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ hat tip: Elton Beard www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | Iran thinks it has leverage. Hereโ€™s how Trump can prove it wrong.If Iran wonโ€™t accept the presidentโ€™s terms in two weeks, he should impose them.

When you've fucked up in plain sight, the honorable and dignified thing to do is admit nothing, contrive a plausible rationale for reversing course, and rely on friendly journalists such as myself to cover for you. ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ hat tip: Elton Beard www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | Iran thinks it has leverage. Hereโ€™s how Trump can prove it wrong.If Iran wonโ€™t accept the presidentโ€™s terms in two weeks, he should impose them.

It's rather counter-productive to spread freedom and democracy by corrupting the press and subverting elections ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | New data from Argentina shows the real answer to povertyThe poverty rate fell to 28 percent from 53 percent over two years.

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Allowing for George W. Bush, what I really want is a president who prefers war to diplomacy, like Mr. Trump, except competent. ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ด hat tip: Elton Beard www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | Trump isnโ€™t hiding his election power grab. Heโ€™s bragging about it.The administration is pursuing multiple paths to gaining control over Novemberโ€™s vote.

Allowing for George W. Bush, what I really want is a president who prefers war to diplomacy, like Mr. Trump, except competent. ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ด hat tip: Elton Beard www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | Trump isnโ€™t hiding his election power grab. Heโ€™s bragging about it.The administration is pursuing multiple paths to gaining control over Novemberโ€™s vote.

My destiny is to clean up after the Bush and Trump families, so here is a climate narrative drastically at odds with conventional reality in order to deflect, even if only a little, from the Epstein mess my family helped create. ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บโฃ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜—. ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | Bill Barr: Federal judges rely on this guide. It just took a sharp left turn.The judiciary needs unbiased scientific evidence, not climate advocacy.

You cannot blame professional journalists for not questioning the Trump administration's competence at warmaking, since the issue was never raised by anyone we pay attention to. ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ [hat tip: Elton Beard] www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | War-making is the presidentโ€™s business, not Congressโ€™sThe executive branch is too powerful, yes, but Trump was free to act against Iran.