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

What are the chances that this Hawkeyes vs. Hawks mixup from Eric Schmitt was an AI hallucination resulting from somebody on the committee staff?

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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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Quite something to see Dr. Oz and Marco Rubio act like they're presenting at Apple's WWDC or something

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I wonder how much money Meta is spending on promotions for Muse in the Apple app store alone

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Might be an instant contender for one of the most effective ads of the cycle

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Finally got around to the Peter Thiel interview with Mathias Döpfner. Just shy of 10 minutes in, Thiel brings up Greta Thunberg for the first time and says she’s “past her prime.”

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You ever think about how peak 2008-2014/15 Facebook marked what was probably the largest exchange of happy birthdays in human existence?

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Kotek, Drazan meet onstage for first time this year in governor's race | Rogue Valley Times

From the GOP nominee in the Oregon gov race, Christine Drazan, who did not even mention Trump's name at this candidate forum: “There is no doubt that tariffs have harmed our state. There is no doubt that the war in Iran is harming our state today." rv-times.com/2026/09/28/k...

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Medford televised debate planned Oct. 7; Trump policies come up at last week’s appearance in Portland Gov. Tina Kotek and state Sen. Christine Drazan on Thursday made their first joint […]

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In another era, there would have been an unfathomably swift wellness check that came w/ trying to explain how Russell Brand is moderating a panel about reform at the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Even pre-serious legal issues, this would have sounded crazy.

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At a certain level, only God-given talent could produce this type of answer. It just can't be taught.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Trump is much more mumbly, quiet, and difficult to understand in this Oval Office event. His voice has gotten quieter as he's gotten older, as did Biden's, but it's still a bit remarkable the extent to which he's unable to use the bully pulpit like he used to

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Fox News hiring longtime Andrew Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa to be part of a female-centric podcast series is not sitting well with Janice Dean, the Fox meteorologist who recently retired and was very outspoken (on Fox airwaves) about Cuomo's COVID policies.

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Trump does not look so hot today, even by recent standards

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A telling non-answer from Trump when asked if this Iowa steel plant is a done deal: "It's a deal where we're doing very little. It's a great site, a phenomenal site... Howard, do you want to answer?"

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Interesting to see Joni Ernst lurking off to the side at this Trump Oval Office event

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I'll be going on MS NOW around 12:30 ish (ET) later today. Take a lunch break with me and tune in!!

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Vermont, the perennial low-T capital of the United States

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The Trump people are sick of Jensen Huang for other reasons (see my story below), and maybe I'm just a big dummy, but: If you have a problem you can't fully understand because the models are doing stuff humans are unaware of, *can* it actually qualify as an engineering problem?

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Trump with some very moody posting about Joe Scarborough and Bill Maher this morning, undoubtedly two very important figures for both his base and swing voters (jk)

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You truly never know what you’re gonna get with a George Santos fit check

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Neil Young ad libbing a “take America back!” during his performance of Rockin’ in the Free World at Farm Aid

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I’ve defended the guy for probably far too long, but I wonder if this is the end of the line in Detroit for Rasmussen

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Man, the quality of the Dan Osborn attack ad I just saw on the B1G TEN network was pretty poor. The big reveal was just that Osborn would caucus with the Democrats.

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If you take out Covid reopening, but don’t take out data centers

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Detail from a story when PL charges first filed: “… an independent forensic accountant hired to assist the investigators took his car in for service and discovered a tracking device had been attached to it.” It alarmed many but no evidence bug linked to the case. www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/s...

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Manchester City and the Bruising Battle to Avoid Losing It All (Gift Article)

The Premier League has accused its serial champion of using misleading accounting, secret deals and legal obstruction to sidestep financial rules. The club is digging in for its biggest fight yet.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Quite the thing to say out loud

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Well good morning to you too, Mr. President

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm gonna need to call for a Complete and Total shutdown of people texting me this screenshot

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🎶 It doesn't take a Sabato Crystal Ball to see, an attack ad always finds its way to me 🎶

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The story coming out always feels even better, but nothing like knowing you're on the scent for a good profile

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Another Thucydides trap reference from Xi

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What's also interesting here is that Laura Loomer was just saying Xi looked old and decrepit

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