Reposted by Gretchen StrauchCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 16hI could say you're a bunch of slobs and <ROAR OF APPLAUSE> 619112
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 20hIf you don't live in DC, may be hard to appreciate scale of nihilist, grifter-based desecration of what has always distinguished the nation's capital, and what so many people have worked so hard for so long to sustain and improve. Backhoe-based counterpart to wartime damage we see in news footage. 29281115
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 20hZelenskyy approval rating: 54% Trump approval rating: 32% 1122549564
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19hCLAIM: the ICE agents fired into a vehicle with a child in it for no reason at all FACT: these keys here are jingling isn't that interesting? isnt the sound they make really something? 251520259
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 10/10/2026HOW DARE 592587596
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchKip Conlon @kipconlon.bsky.social · 25/03/2026First, the good news. The bathwater has been disposed of. 5168881349
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchYgrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“Hello!” said the Tupperware container. “We are married now!” replied the spaghetti sauce 714718
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026credit where credit is due, this is straight ahead factual and well written 261795433
Reposted by Gretchen Strauchjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026right. this isn’t a somber public execution to show people what it means for the state to murder someone. this is a celebration of violence for its own sake. the fact that the nidal hasan is helpless and infirm is no doubt part of the appeal. bsky.app/profile/spir... 593150316
Reposted by Gretchen Strauchtferg23.bsky.social @tferg23.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Between this and the AES debate tonight, it's refreshing to hear this from democrats. I'm glad every question is not treated as an opportunity to pivot to "kitchen table issues," but is instead met with all the reasons why the R is a gigantic piece of shit. 41300110
Reposted by Gretchen Strauchjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026the funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for 1505663881
Reposted by Gretchen Strauchelias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 08/10/2026the absolute funniest thing i’ve been told about JD Vance from people who cover him is that he’s obsessed with charles de gaulle and thinks he’s his american reincarnation. 41902109
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026It’s really remarkable to me that 10 years into this people feel compelled to “clarify” Trump’s homicidal and often genocidal fantasies. It is deranged for the president to daydream about American cities in states he hates getting blown up. Full stop. 25690002076
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️ 9660273451
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchRyan Stauffer @ryanswx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Haha, this fucking sucks. 281360439
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war. 23446922150
Reposted by Gretchen Strauchmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Saying he'd be cool with Iran nuking my home city is pretty bad but not quite as bad as when Hillary said some trump supporters were deplorable so I can see why the media turned the latter into a major scandal and not the former 423361711
Reposted by Gretchen Strauchderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026incredible this will get little to no coverage 555102092371
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchAndrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat... 9042381698
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797663046
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The energy emerging from this video is insane [🥁 42nd Street Subway bucket drum sesh] [📹 Tyler Moellmann] Original post 617548
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026dennis hastert and jim bakker in the same day feels like an apology for dolly and tim curry 25386761190
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is really sad, obviously, but also extremely well done. Unreal how much stupid, useless suffering this regime has created. 1152559
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026people who got angry about those buddha statues should be even angrier about this 16877287
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchJennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Extremely grateful for these two grocery store ladies recreating Prodigy’s Firestarter 502607832
Reposted by Gretchen Strauchceej @ceej.online · 03/10/2024Zombie fiction is, at its core, about the fear of seeing your own body age and decay. Ghost stories are about the impossibility of grappling with the past. Vampires are about what if you got so horny you died 11495322816
Reposted by Gretchen Strauchdrewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 02/10/2026when i'm old 020827
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchElizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026At no point while reading this sentence did I correctly predict what was coming next. 571619265
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026His vocabulary is so limited it’s like reading a transcript of Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, if Koko were a white nationalist 25950881107
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchWashington Post Data Team @wpdatateam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Since President Trump took over the Kennedy Center, the institution has borrowed everything its bank would lend it, dipped into money donors had given on the condition it never be spent and written off pledges from supporters who stopped paying. By @federicacocco.bsky.social & @naemas.bsky.social:washingtonpost.comThe Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over. 35226
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 01/10/2026Happy birthday to wonderful Julie Andrews! 3737
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9853482190
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchJordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 01/10/2026waking up every day in 2026 like: 1048041105
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The cutest thing you'll see today Repost of @PerceptiveBliss: Original post 21560131012
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades 25172591930
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think about this interview with the distinguished philosopher Conan O'Brien a lot. I actually think this is a healthy way to live your life! www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/a... 162793616
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Absolutely. The core question that I try to raise in this piece is whether the anti-ICE and anti-Trump sentiment creates an opening for a new kind of pro-immigrant consensus, a new kind of moral language on this issue. Talarico seems to be betting that the answer is Yes 613940
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comIn Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s FaultThanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state. 9840091006
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchSam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 30/09/2026it is very cool to have the livelihood of every creative person on earth obliterated by people who don’t understand what art is for 33936143
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.” 44867321840
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchThe Onion @theonion.com · 30/09/2026“Some of us will be asleep, some of us will just be confused, but know this: We will be crashing our cars into the side of a financial institution downtown.” — Leonard Kirchertheonion.comNation’s 93-Year-Olds Announce Plan To Crash Car Into Side Of BankWASHINGTON—In a joint statement outlining the mission shared by hundreds of thousands of elderly American citizens, the nation’s 93-year-olds announced a new plan this week to crash their cars into th... 23100283
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchChristine Nangle @nanglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is amazing. I especially love how excited the bros behind him look to bring out the board… then their faces at the end. Good on Klobochur here. 0174
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275932512
Gretchen Strauch @fetchen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What kind of hack runs a piece about the camp glory of ‘Showgirls’ with nary a mention of reigning expert @davidschmader.bsky.social ? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/m...nytimes.com‘Showgirls’: The Gratuitous, Surreal Bomb That Was Maybe BrilliantThe reception to Paul Verhoeven’s lurid 1995 melodrama starring Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan and Gina Gershon was humiliating, but it’s since become a thought-provoking camp favorite. 000
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics. 323164674675
Reposted by Gretchen StrauchLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026They have a scanner at the entrance to CVS that erases one item you came here for from your brain instantly. No one will report on this. 1759249
![Is this how you want to go out, with a show that gets smaller and smaller until it’s gone?
Maybe that’s O.K. I think you have more of a problem with that than I do. [Laughs.] At this point in my career, I could go out with a grand, 21-gun salute, and climb into a rocket and the entire Supreme Court walks out and they jointly press a button, I’m shot up into the air and there’s an explosion and it’s orange and it spells, “Good night and God love.” In this culture? Two years later, it’s going to be, who’s Conan? This is going to sound grim, but eventually, all our graves go unattended.
You’re right, that does sound grim.
Sorry. Calvin Coolidge was a pretty popular president. I’ve been to his grave in Vermont. It has the presidential seal on it. Nobody was there. And by the way, I’m the only late-night host that has been to Calvin Coolidge’s grave. I think that’s what separates me from the other hosts.
I had a great conversation with Albert Brooks once. When I met him for the first time, I was kind of stammering. I said, you make movies, they live on forever. I just do these late-night shows, they get lost, they’re never seen again and who cares? And he looked at me and he said, [Albert Brooks voice] “What are you talking about? None of it matters.” None of it matters? “No, that’s the secret. In 1940, people said Clark Gable is the face of the 20th Century. Who [expletive] thinks about Clark Gable? It doesn’t matter. You’ll be forgotten. I’ll be forgotten. We’ll all be forgotten.” It’s so funny because you’d think that would depress me. I was walking on air after that.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qnyq7wies2uc56bzqmfz4q25/bafkreief4hu7c6hd6ymgqnsaejlaipfuj7fq4ka2tkix72pionkb3dkkdy)
