Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 5hWait 'til Next Year: The only thing better than Marc Carney winning the Nobel Peace Prize would have been Zelenskyy winning it. 010
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 5hAlso a living room of wall-to-wall carpets from The Looms of Mohawk and a Tappan gas range, because "Anything can happen when you're cooking on a Tappen." 010
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 9hYou hear a lot about the Straight of Hormuz, but almost nothing about the Gay of Hormuz. What's up with that? 130
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026"When he's wrong..."? You mean, when he says or does anything? 000
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026How about "sincere-sounding"? Trump doesn't care if you believe his lies or not. Vance seems to think you will believe his, because he thinks his condescension makes him seem honest. 010
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Vance keeps searching for that sweet spot: saying outrageously stupid things (since that panders to Trump's base), but in an intelligent-sounding way (for what remains of his own self-respect). It ain't easy! 110
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Trump's idiotic re-naming of AI, and his interest in it, comes not long after the warnings of how it might eradicate humanity. But of course: that's what he likes about it. He wants to control that power for himself. 000
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is It. Our latest. It's about Jared Kushner BUT READ IT ANYWAY. IT'S GOT LAFFS. thesplit.substack.com/p/splitsvill...thesplit.substack.comSplitsville THE PRINCE OF “PEACE”The Handsome, Charismatic Newsletter for Fans of THE SPLIT 000
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Yes, but don't worry. He'll have Newt Gingrich on his team. And who knows more about the future of war than fake intellectual and he's-the-Muppet-version-of-himself Newt Gingrich? 020
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Great piece. Note, too, that both futures (awesome; dystopian) can be derailed by what sure looks like the insane, unsustainable financials of the AI industry. Whether the bubble pops or springs a slow leak, the actual future may resemble neither of those eschatological scenarios. 010
Reposted by Ellis WeinerBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It’s amazing, even with two short lines he absolutely wrecks the slight illusion. Even when he just appears, you think “no, no, what the fuck is THIS?” It’s a powerful anti-charisma. 2455686
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This. You don't convert a cult. You demoralize them into staying home. 160
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Cyril Connolly once wrote an essay about Aldous Huxley in which he took a paragraph from one of Huxley's novels and italicized all the cliches in it. Half the damn paragraph came out italicized. I think it's in Enemies of Promise. 000
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026V. sensible--but he's also capable of betraying allies if he thinks it makes him look weak. He could take their telling him not to as a dare. 020
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Here's our latest, in which we pose the question, "Do you think Trump will launch a nuclear weapon if the Dems win big in November and the GOP abandons him?" Weigh in, y'all! thesplit.substack.com/p/splitsvill...thesplit.substack.comSplitsville CRAZY IS AS CRAZY DOES. RIGHT?The Deeply Concerned Newsletter for Fans of THE SPLIT 221
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's like when Jeeves raises an eyebrow. It speaks volumes. 110
Reposted by Ellis Weiner🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 30/09/2026jesus christ man 823931
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If/when Eric Schmitt goes on media (i.e., not in the Senate) and says that Jack Smith committed perjury, can Smith sue him? I know speech in the Senate is protected, but how about on Fox News? 000
Reposted by Ellis WeinerSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just 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). 1202570664
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here's what I don't get: How can anyone think that making a network or a show more right-wing will *increase* viewership? Especially that now even MAGA is getting sick of Trump? Fox News is successful, but there's no growth to be had in pandering to that audience. Right? 030
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026He couldn't not do this. He couldn't just ignore the "Biden" portrait. Is there a term, similar to "sociopath," for a person unable to rise above his pettiest whims--and oblivious of how that makes him look to others? Everything he does and says is repulsive, but somehow this really gets to me. 000
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Good news for biographers and historians! If you decide to write about the life and administations of Donald Trump, you won't have to bother seeking an interview with him, his family, or his close associates, since you know that nothing they say can or should be believed. 010
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026And you wonder why this jerk believes in the Antichrist? Just kidding. You don't wonder. 000
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I saw a meme that said people are referring to Trump's tenure in office as SADDAM INSANE, and that he doesn't like that. 010
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's here! Our latest. About "soft secession," in which the blue states do the things the horrible Federal gov't. and the criminal Executive Branch refuse to do. It will provoke your thoughts! thesplit.substack.com/p/splitsvill...thesplit.substack.comSplitsville DAR-LIN YOU HAVE TO LET ME KNOW: SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?The Coldly Calculating Newsletter for Fans of THE SPLIT 000
Reposted by Ellis WeinerPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In an Uber. Driver having loud phone conversation with someone in Spanish. A little annoying, but it happens. He hangs up. Says, “Mi hermano. La Migra.” And starts weeping. 1665773959
Reposted by Ellis WeinerAttorney General William Tong @agwilliamtong.bsky.social · 21/09/2026CT fought to the bitter end to protect the editorial independence of CNN & CBS. We demanded full divestiture and fought aggressively. I’m deeply disappointed that we could not do more, but we secured an enforceable editorial board structure that’ll meaningfully help protect both news organizations. 255716
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"Does Trump understand the dangers of AI?" No. Trump doesn't understand anything. Literally anything. He's an egotistical ignoramus with dementia. Next question. 010
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Agree. I did read it. I was just struck by the thought that Gannon's reaction seemed to be in a vacuum--that he was shocked, shocked to learn that gambling was going on in this establishment. 110
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026When his fiancee was seized, had he thought up to that time that the thousands of similar thuggish, criminal seizures had been proper and justified? If so, then that's the kind of moral blindness of which he should be ashamed. If not, but he still supported Trump, that's just as bad. 100
Reposted by Ellis WeinerThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026🔥 MUST-READ — A WARNING ⚠️ from @AOC: “Heads they win, tails we lose… should the A.I. bubble congress must not bail them out… the biggest threat to humanity isn’t A.I. — it’s the tech oligarchs themselves… @RepAOC points out A.I. companies are demanding massive investments from 🇺🇸 while LOSING money 9833231413
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026His agreeing to appear with Hannity is something that would make me question his sincerity and make me think Coxon is only in this for the notoriety and self-advancement. Sean Hannity has made a career of dishonesty and lies. Only idiots don't know this. 001
Reposted by Ellis WeinerPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Can I be honest and say that I would be extremely pleasantly surprised if this happens... But I am really not holding my breath. 728243
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Our latest, in which we review Chris Armitage's piece about how endangered US democracy is--and, in a thrilling second part to come next week, what we can do about it. Your head is spinning, we know. thesplit.substack.com/p/splitsvill...thesplit.substack.comSplitsville WHO NEEDS THIS SHIT?The Grimly Determined Newsletter for Fans of THE SPLIT 000
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026What (literally) did they expect? What is she going to do other than cannibalize the audience for Fox News? Does Ellison think that Trump is STILL the harbinger of a new alignment? Good luck with that. 180
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026True, but if they had demonstrated self-respect, it would have looked like decency, too. 010
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026All true. But all of Trump's wretchedness is only half the story. You, and the media, and the Dems, should condemn and indict the entire GOP for enabling and defending this nightmare. We don't expect anything decent from Trump. We do--or, rather, did--expect Republicans to show some decency. Shame. 220
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We should apply the Turing Test to Mitch McConnell. If we can't tell whether or not he is dead, then we have to consider him to be dead. 000
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"his little puppet in the White House." Dems should lean on this framing: Trump as puppet. Remember how he freaked out when Hillary accused him? It's a potent word, and has the added benefit of being true. 000
Ellis Weiner @ellisw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Johnson prefers to call it "thinking outside the box" to calling it "Trump just blurts whatever comes into his deeply ignorant head." 050
