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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 17h

And I owned 2/3 of them on cassette only www.my9albums.com

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Completely forgot about this bit until I heard @jessethorn.bsky.social interview Letterman. “Masterpiece” doesn’t cover it youtu.be/U5MYa4tyMeU?...

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How Many Guys Dressed As Spider-Man Can Fit In Jamba Juice? | David Letterman

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Don't have as much time to game anymore (when I do, it's for "CONTROL: Resonant") but are there any off-brand soulslikes better than "Lies of P"? I feel like the FROM games + that have me covered.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There was a lot of chatter about Sarah Huckabee's ad using a white gamer loser in her ad about "work requirements," but the lede, to me, was that they were about *Medicaid* work requirements. IE, the gamer wasn't getting a welfare check. He just had health care!

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 19/08/2026

Sometimes I hear a classical music piece and I sit up and think THAT'S where that comes from! Gonna start a thread of some of these revelations to keep track. Sebalius, Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82: III youtu.be/pdXWkmHnVdU?...

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Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82: III. Allegro molto – Misterioso – Un...

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

DOJ is continuing its equally embarrassing and alarming practice in the second Trump administration of going after federal judges who push back against lawlessness and support the rule of law. Today, they filed a judicial complaint against Minnesota federal judges who spoke to The New York Times.

CONCLUSION
DIS frequently has cases pending in the District of Minnesota, including immigration cases before Judge Schiltz and Judge Tunheim. These judges should be ordered to recuse from any matters involving DHS because the public reasonably questions their impartiality in cases involving immigration. Morcover, the Eighth Circuit should initiate an investigation by the Judicial Counsel into the improper conduct by judges in the District of Minnesota who "covet publicity" rather than adhering to the rule of law by adjudicating cases or controversies. NFL, 585 F.3d at
1140. Finally, pursuant to Rules 11(a)(4) and 11(f) of the Rules for Judicial-Conduct and Judicial-Disability Procedings, a special committee should be appointe inve mate this misconduct.

Trent McCotter
Acting Deputy Attorney General

Stanley Woodward Jr.
Associate Attorney General

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes, the push to adopt the IHRA's definition of anti-semitism has obviously backfired. It defines "drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis" as anti-semitism. Therefore, calling Gaza "genocide" is anti-semitism. holocaustremembrance.com/resources/wo...

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yeah. My point is that the successful push for a carve-out in the First Amendment - universities, states, etc, not allowed to boycott Israel - has been a boon to antisemites.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Soulslikes should: 1.) Be a third-person action RPG 2.) Involve an unrealistic amount of panic rolling 3.) Be made by someone with a depressive disorder 4.) Have at least a dozen bullshit bosses 5.) Have the camera should be the biggest bullshit boss of all

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

By no means am I defending anti-semitic losers who talk about "ZOG," but the overall ADL project - getting special no-boycott rules for Israel that no other country has an America - has clearly backfired. It's an incredibly useful story for bigots!

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes, the Trump jujitsu here has been to use the *impression* that Democrats use DOJ to go after their enemies to actually use the DOJ to do that and say - well, lawfare, yadda yadda

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Republican memory is an amazing thing. McCormick says Obama "talked about" raising gas prices on purpose. I think that's a reference to a 2008 quote from future Obama Energy Sec. Stephen Chu, which lived on in GOP ads for a decade sec.online.wsj.com/article/SB12...

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I also think about Elon saying Biden's DOJ wouldn't prosecute Sam Bankman-Fried because he was a Dem donor... followed by Biden's DOJ nailing SBF, who now posts about how awesome Trump is so he can get a pardon.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My take is that Hunter is a failson and overall bad person but that he clearly was lawfare'd to hurt his dad.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think a lot about Biden/Garland keeping David Weiss on as US Attorney, because they didn't want to meddle with the Hunter probe. And then Garland elevating Weiss to special counsel so he could convict Hunter. And this having ZERO IMPACT on the GOP certainty that Biden was rigging the DOJ

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's a fascinating mistake bc it is rooted in the 100% GOP confidence that there was a coordinated legal attack on Trump from Biden/Garland etc. It follows that Smith must have been colluding with Willis to help her out. The idea that he has integrity and wouldn't do that is off the board.

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Jon Ficke @jonficke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sorta underselling this moment as he did it on 9/11 to try to cheer his team up. “People like music… right?” <jd Vance ordering donuts meme>

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I really enjoyed the 9-part "lesson" on classical they put out.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes! My music fandom really started because I was online in the 90s and met fellow fans who got me into more stuff. I'd much rather hang out with @richbunnell.bsky.social than ask AI to make me some beats.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yeah, 10 years ago I was confused by how my dad ditched rock music and listened to Sirius classical stations all the time. And now I listen to jazz or classical while driving.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is awesome: in lieu of autographs or selfies at events (this was from outside the XM Radio event in NYC this week), David Byrne now hands out this business card before cycling away. www.reddit.com/r/talkinghea...

FROM DAVID BYRNE
HELLO, NICE TO MEET YOU.
I NO LONGER SIGN AUTO GRAPHS OR POSE FOR SELFIES - OUTSIDE OF CHARITY OR OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS. HAVE A WONDERFUL REST OF YOUR DAY.
/s/ David Byrne

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm one of those music nerds who can't play an instrument well but can name who played on what album and what label released it, which is not necessary at all. I understand that other people aren't like this. The techie in the OP assumes that everyone is like him.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You sometimes encounter a very smart person who just doesn't care about music and thinks about it as background noise while they code or host dinner parties. Jeff Bezos once famously grabbed a bunch of CDs from a convenience store rack for a road trip, not caring or knowing who the artists were.

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nanzhounoodles.bsky.social @nanzhounoodles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

YOU hate Nader for throwing the 2000 election. I hate Nader for ushering in the era of Consumer as a primary political identity, touting the tort system as an alternative to normal democratic deliberation, and making things generally work worse in the USA.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Gasoline will have a big impact on September CPI. EIA data show Sep YoY gasoline inflation is 36%. Diesel (not a line item in CPI) will be worse, at 68% YoY. (Diesel demand is half of gasoline by volume; shows up more on the PPI side, and/or embedded in inflation of other goods with lag in CPI)

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 29/09/2026

Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20. The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just a reminder that this is the same Sen. Schmitt who repeatedly claimed that Chief Judge Boasberg was receiving a disproportionate share of Trump-related cases because he confused the D.C. Superior Court (which has 62 judges) with the D.C. district court (which has 15).

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The average voter thinks members of Congress are trading stocks all day from the pool on Epstein Island, and you're going to make them angry about this? Godspeed

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh wait, I saw a longer cut - he does try to cover his hide and say it was the only men's NBA game happening that day before muttering that he "later" said he was at another one. Again, though, seems like his office primed some outlets for a dynamite hit on Smith and when it blew up he was stuck

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm not the audience for the Smith hearing, but the main political issue here is that Republicans want the world to know that Smith subpoenaed congressional phone records as he investigated Jan. 6 etc, and nobody outside the Senate can explain to you why that's bad.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

OTOH Schmitt is smart enough to just sit there and take the compliment and say "yeah" to something else. What's interesting to me about that clip + Sean Hannity tweeting it is that it seems like his office advanced that he was gonna nail Smith on this to select outlets.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Chuck Schumer calls the Jon Husted-led Ratepayer Protection Act “a toothless messaging bill” that Republicans know will fail, telegraphing Dems will block it. He calls it an “ineffectual participation trophy” that makes data center cost policies optional, says Ds want mandatory.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Crazy that a Midwest guy would not know that the Hawkeyes are colloquially called "the Hawks," as in "go Hawks." Clark was one of the biggest sports stories of that year, too!

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Iowa team is the Hawkeyes but the chant is "go Hawks." He just had to make this screwup about the most famous team in female college basketball...

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And the allegation here was that Smith made a shady trip to Atlanta, where he... got first row seats to an NBA game, I assume so that people wouldn't see he was there.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Aaron is not underrating this. It's cinema. The sly smirk when Schmitt thinks he's gotten Smith to perjure himself. The hasty vanishing of the sign. Klobuchar getting Kennedy to hold it up. Schmitt getting LOUD and ANGRY when Klobuchar points out he mixed up the Hawks and Hawkeyes.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

yes obviously

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes, yes we are pushing back.

Publishers Push Back: The NYT, Chicago Tribune, and other publishers are asking a federal judge to disregard the Trump Justice Department’s defense of OpenAI in a landmark copyright case, suggesting the administration may have been influenced by “political and financial interests.” The move came after the DOJ filed a brief earlier this month backing OpenAI’s use of copyrighted news articles to train A.I. models qualifies as “fair use,” arguing that restricting A.I. development could hurt U.S. competitiveness. The publishers countered that the government’s position is separate from the copyright questions before the court. “By all measures, this Statement of Interest appears to be an effort to further enrich the world’s largest companies—and the Administration’s largest donors—while undermining this country’s free press,” a spokesperson for The NYT said in a statement.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Every French presidential poll LADY HITLER - 35% JEAN D'AUSTÉRITÉ - 18% CHUD COMMUNISTE - 17%

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David Nir @davidnir.com · 29/09/2026

And if you're curious as to why stations can be held liable for defamatory claims in third-party ads but *not* in candidate ads, we did an explainer earlier this year! It all goes back (believe it or not) to a Senate race in North Dakota ... in 1956 www.the-downballot.com/p/morning-di...