Lew Lasher
396 posts


@nick_field90 Can't wait for Trump to misconstrue "transpartisan" as "trans".
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"Word has spread around town that Vance has been regularly talking to Trita Parsi, the Swedish-Iranian co-founder of the Quincy Institute. The anti-interventionist think tank, which is funded by Charles Koch, bills itself as “transpartisan”
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@wsteaks @daveweigel @joeanuta @mahoneyw I didn't realize it was that easy in NYC to knock on people's doors, or to get people to come to the door.
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Democratic Socialists of America knocked on more than 700,000 doors in a demonstration of the progressive group’s organizing prowess and appeal to ever more New Yorkers -- via @joeanuta @mahoneyw
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@davidfrum Mamdani is not inveighing against all Jews.
Why are you squandering your hard-earned credibility on this?
You're better than this.
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@nick_field90 Now that the word "drop" has become a contronym, it's impossible to know what Amazon is doing.
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The Hand of Bezos: Amazon is dropping the latest Luca Guadagnino-Andrew Garfield movie, which is critical of A.I. CEO Sam Altman
puck.news/amazon-is-dump…
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@nick_field90 SCOTUS should be consulting Jonathan on originalist interpretation.
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James Madison was the primary writer of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. He shared the Earth with Jonathan the Tortoise for four years
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Pop Base@PopBase
A tortoise named Jonathan has been named the oldest living land animal at an estimated age of 194. (1832-2026) His species have an average life expectancy of 150 years.
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@chasedownleads If you already have 1 business, you only need to add 5 businesses - not 6 - to 6X your profits.
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@daveweigel It's the reader's choice - how much relevance they place on irrational behavior - only if the press report that behavior.
The press should not take it upon themselves to sanewash/normalize the behavior.
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No kind of story gets more ink, for less relevance, than the "Trump feud."
He's constantly insulting people and casting them out, then letting him back in. It's the reader's (or reporter's) choice to get soyfaced about it or not
John Bourscheid 🇺🇸 🚀@bourscheid
“Elon may get more subsidies than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa.” “Our country would save a fortune.” Donald J. Trump on Elon Musk, less than a year ago.
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@eshugerman @nick_field90 Is there some other "signature collecting" company available?
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@GhonchehAzad @Shayan86 If U.S. Central Command is describing their recent actions as "self-defense," then maybe they should re-rename it to "Department of Defense."
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Based on reports by Iranian outlets, explosions have been heard in different parts of southern Hormozgan province.
U.S. Central Command@CENTCOM
U.S. Central Command forces began launching additional self-defense strikes today at 5:15 p.m. ET against multiple targets in Iran at the Commander in Chief’s direction. The strikes are in response to Iran’s unwarranted and continued aggression.
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@CharlesPPierce Well, they say he was an investment banker for a while. That could be considered a job.
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@nikstankovic_ @BrankoMilan What is an example of something that works in Russia but not in the U.S.?
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@BrankoMilan Especially hideous today when many things work in places like China, Russia, Iran, while American city streets are littered with fentanyl addicts and illegal migrants, in the background of school shootings, Epstein island and support for genocide in Palestine.
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Taylor Lorenz whines NYC bagel shops don't use the right vegan cream cheese, wants Mamdani to intervene trib.al/mn88VqI

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@davidfrum @TheAtlantic The line between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism is, unfortunately, subject to an impermeable barrier in David Frum's mind.
Which is unfortunate, because 99+% of the time, he is extraordinarily perceptive and incisive and [is an excellent commentator, whom I respect immensely].
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The globalized intifada shot 20 bullets into my boyhood synagogue in Toronto. The supposed line between antisemitism and anti-Zionism is a semantic device, not a real barrier. Latest in @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/…
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@MichaelMcGough3 @nick_field90 Even Toyota gave up on the word "scion."
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@davidfrum Nonetheless, how do you stop it from happening?
Who has standing to seek an injunction?
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I said on @MSNOW just now:
What *is* the Trump slush fund?
It's not an appropriation: Congress did not vote.
It's not a settlement: There was no valid litigation because (as the judge said) Trump was suing himself.
On what basis is this money leaving the Treasury?
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