Don Weingust

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“Cartoons aren’t real. There. We hate to be the ones to break it to you. But it’s important to establish that rabbits aren’t wisecracking smart-alecks from Flatbush . . . and dogs don’t talk (no, not even to say ‘ruh-roh’).” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...

The Hippocratic Oath-taker who brought us HHS Sec. RFK, Jr. describes Overton’s remarks as “almost disqualifying” (note the caveat). I thought lame ducks were vertebrates. My bad. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/u...

J. Edgar Hoover would be proud. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“Love thy neighbor as thyself”? What makes Kansas legislators and similarly minded Americans choose to be so cruel to their neighbors? A past-the-paywall link to an important article from M. Gessen. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...

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Happy 4th. Only 930 more days.

The Heritage Foundation believes that upholding the Constitution’s 14th Amendment explicit guarantee of birthright citizenship is “a tremendous betrayal of the republic.” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...

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Scott Pelley with @lulugn.bsky.social on being told the President had commented on his firing. (I’m not crying, you’re crying etc)

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A very helpful episode of Call Me Back, with expert guest @mattlevitt.bsky.social explaining what’s happening between Israel and Lebanon, and offering a potentially productive way forward. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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The young Pop Leo. Maybe Jake and Elwood really were on a mission from God.

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He will steal, sir, an egg out of a cloister. For rapes and ravishments he parallels Nessus. He professes not keeping of oaths; in breaking ’em he is stronger than Hercules. He will lie, sir, with such volubility, that you would think truth were a fool.

In the wake of the new WaPo layoffs, my partner inquired as to whether they were still alive. I said they were, but wondered what they were going to be able to cover. Her reply: “Trump’s ass.”

The most recent newsletter from @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social of @theatlantic.com, a reminder well worth the read (past-the-paywall link): www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

@malcolmnance.bsky.social and @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social asking important, overlapping questions (past-the-paywall link): www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...

The FIFA Peace Prize used to mean something

The latest from Howard Jacobson: jacobsonh.substack.com/p/timothee-c...

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@drsabinemetzger.bsky.social A Sci-Fri thread/pod segment for you #batfolk. bsky.app/profile/scif...

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Giving thanks today for Andy Borowitz (@borowitzreport.bsky.social) and his tips for all who may be sharing a Thanksgiving table with MAGA relatives. www.borowitzreport.com/p/how-to-gas...

Peace plan? What a joke. Why is Trump so keen on appeasing Putin? It can’t be that Trump is in Putin’s pocket, and compromised by kompromat. That would be too simple and obvious. From @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...

@harrylitman.bsky.social describes out-of-her-depth prosecutor Lindsey Halligan admitting that the full Comey grand jury never saw the actual indictment: “Halligan already had egg on her face for a series of blunders. This was more like an entire omelette.” substack.com/home/post/p-...

#Shakespeare folk: don’t miss today’s New York Times Sunday crossword.

Trump has about as much respect for The People's House as he does for the people.

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I’m writing to explain to @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social that one of her most popular books is on sale at Amazon right now for only $1.99. Treat yourself, dear reader! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00I...

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“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

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Part of being a grown-ass person is learning to tell the difference between what we may want to be true, and what really is. #autism #vaccines #RFKJr #POTUS Past-the-paywall (gift) link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

White House Minister for Propaganda and Public Enlightenment, Stephen Miller, says early morning Bay Area earthquake part of administration’s seismic retribution plan against libtards. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

Hey @jimmykimmel.com, here’s an expression of how much you mean to so many. And it’s just the beginning.

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Slightly diminish a book The Merchant of Venison

The psychology of tennis explained, by one who knows the game from the inside, the delightful Howard Jacobson: jacobsonh.substack.com/p/lawn-tenni...

“[A] good man is not faster to take, he is slower.” It’s a wonderful, if not always easy, world. And it’s a little more wonderful for the writing of Howard Jacobson. His latest Substack: jacobsonh.substack.com/p/it-isnt-th...

“[R]esistance is patriotic,” says an insightful and affirming #LaborDay Substack from @timothysnyder.bsky.social. “And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!” Nothing beside remains. snyder.substack.com/p/look-on-my...