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Jim Naughton

@jimnaughton.bsky.social
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Formerly: Episcopal comms guy, NYT Sports, WaPo Style, Daily Orange. Currently, thrilled about my new granddaughter, trying to write something. He/him

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 13h
“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...
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We Have No Supreme Court
The philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12h
That’s why there’s so much innovation in their field—finding vulnerable minorities to blame for everyone’s problems so they can get people in office to cut taxes on rich people and subsidize their companies bsky.app/profile/jfal...
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Dave Robbins @daviddeanrobbins.bsky.social · 15h
Kushner and Witkoff have pushed a multibillion-dollar oil deal with Russia as part of “peace talks” that would profit their family business partners. Our supposed envoys have been double-dealing with Russia to enrich themselves, their friends, and their families. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Inverted Pyramid @invertedpyramid.bsky.social · 14h
#TrumpCorruption Unless and until someone stops him, Trump will continue to run roughshod over any notion of ethics and legality in public life. Don’t hold your breath …
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the scene outside Bard high school this morning — FBI agents and armed soldiers acting as if children going to school on a Friday morning is some national security threat.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A CNN investigation revealing Jared Kushner, tasked by Trump to negotiate peace in Gaza, owns a company with a major stake in a firm linked to Israel's military.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22h
I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 20h
In the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So does the GOP force all of its candidates to prove they’ve physically and/or sexually assaulted a woman before they can run as a Republican? Sorta like a gang initiation?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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Jim Naughton @jimnaughton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Rise up!
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Working for Robert Kennedy Jr. and this Trump administration as a political appointee should be an automatic blackball from academia and mainstream medical orgs.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 02/10/2026
!!!! from “Polarization Is Not the Problem” by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social — muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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Dumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Report: Running as Little as Once a Week Can Boost Ability to Talk Incessantly About Running — Mark Remy's DumbRunner.com
Small investment of time can yield big dividends, researchers say.
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WIRED @wired.com · 02/10/2026
See what it’s like to travel in the occupied West Bank, for the nearly 3.5 million Palestinians who live there. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/experi...
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Jim Naughton @jimnaughton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The unerring moral compass of … men who need to rehabilitate the image of sexual abusers so you won’t feel bad about watching football.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
NEW: Governor Kathy Hochul has named Letitia James special prosecutor to investigate the Cornell rapers. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 02/10/2026
Billionaire political spending was about $16 million in 2008. In 2026, it could reach $2–3 billion. Whatever your politics, that’s a staggering shift in who has the financial power to shape American elections.
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Sarah Lawton @sarahelawton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Abolish the death penalty.
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The Episcopal Church has opposed the death penalty since at least 1958. In 1979, the 66th General Convention reaffirmed this position, calling on dioceses and members of the Church to work actively toward abolishing the death penalty in their states.

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What is the point of this stupid country if not that? Pack it up we’ve lost our reason to be
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Listening to Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit wave away the sexual assault charges against DeShaun Watson — even saying “winning is the best deodorant” — was pretty jarring, especially this week.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yes, this is true DOGE knew *exactly* what USAID resources were used for & where those resources went to: health & humanitarian assistance to women & children in low- & middle-income countries Here are 20 projects that Musk killed He knew exactly what he was doing apnews.com/article/usai...
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USAID cuts are already hitting countries around the world. Here are 20 projects that have closed
Countries around the world already are feeling the impact of the Trump administration’s decision to eliminate more than 90% of foreign aid contracts and cut some $60 billion in funding.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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Jim Naughton @jimnaughton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Utterly appalled by someone I didn’t know existed 20 minutes ago. 
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Jim Naughton @jimnaughton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is a smart column. The Tmes can’t be the last word on what is politically possible. 
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The Left Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly Too
The paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today.
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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The current huge story about the gang rape at Cornell University, a crime originally brushed off and covered up by the administration, is SOLELY the product of the student paper, the Cornell Daily Sun, which doggedly pursued the story. Not the NYT or CNN. An independent student paper. #Cornell
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | Cornell Won’t Listen, We Will
The Sun's Editor-in-Chief Sophia Dasser '28 calls on the Cornell community to share its reactions to the Chi Phi lawsuit and the University's response, on the record, for a permanent public archive.
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Fella Historian🌻 @thisuserisdumb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Maybe Sen Schmitt's staffers should have watched more Sesame Street when they were kids🤷‍♀️
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And once again, real harms imposed on real people must be set aside until after real damage is done in order to privilege the unproven right of Trump to impose those harms
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In his safe space, Schmitt is perceived--and soothed--as victorious
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar eviscerates Schmitt: "For a U.S. Senator to have false information and imply based on a confusion … and imply you're in another city that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia and then call you a dirt bag is something that deserves an apology."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026
RFK Jr. wants people to get sick. He wants them to get sick and he thinks it is a good thing if they die, since those who live will have "natural immunity" and emerge stronger and fitter.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
GOP campaign pitch: we defunded Planned Parenthood and will arrest you for owing your OB/GYN $50! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/roger...
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Roger Marshall May Rue The Day: Arresting Pregnant Moms Edition
I’m figuring this will end up as a big mistake. You probably...
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Jim Naughton @jimnaughton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Make it so
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The most amazing thing is that this is like a page 29 story across the US
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
imagine seeing a scene like this and thinking "yes, this is good" just speaking personally here it makes me incandescent with rage
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Jim Naughton @jimnaughton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yikes!
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You have to wait until the sixth paragraph of this piece before you learn, in the New York Times reporting on the murder of THEIR OWN EMPLOYEE, that the victim was a trans man who had been abused for being trans by the in-laws who murdered him. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Couple Accused of Killing Their Son-in-Law in Bay Area Park (Gift Article)
Jonathan McKinsey, an engineer who worked in the games department for The New York Times, was fatally shot Saturday in a San Francisco suburb. The police have accused his parents-in-law, both 76.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow, good luck with this, Roger. I didn't have her arrested for owning me $50. I had her arrested for not showing up to court when I sued her for $50. kansasreflector.com/2026/09/28/r...
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I mean Jesus Christ, this is a clown show, someone drag him out of there so we can go back to being a country again
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
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Jim Naughton @jimnaughton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This thread is worth a look.
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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the GOP is fully trumpified and the rising generation of staffers and wannabes are even worse. if you're between 25-35 and an aspiring right-wing politician you've spent most/all of your adult life in a political and social ecosystem the rewards this shit and weeds out people repulsed by it
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(VFP) Strategic Gravitas Reserve @braak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
an extremely important thing to remember about Patriarchy is that it's not just rule by men, it's rule by *fathers*. By necessity, it creates a massive surplus of extraneous "secondary" males that have to be accounted for in some way:
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i think RFK Jr.'s colon-destroying steak and sauerkraut diet, tradwife culture, and Silicon Valley CNC parties are the same thing: a desperate attempt among powerful men to convince each other that gluttony, rapaciousness, and raw domination are not just their birthright but their responsibility
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Measles: “I Think I’ve Done My Best.”
As football coach Bill Parcells famously said, “you are what your record says you are”.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cardinal McElroy at Mass for World Day of Migrants and Refugees: “Most deeply, we remember the undocumented, whose time on the cross stretches onward. They know the peril, the fear, the overwhelming sadness that dawns upon them because of the policies of our government.”
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Jim Naughton @jimnaughton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Max Scherzer means a lot to us Nationals fans. If he’s going out today, I’m glad to see him go out in style. 7IP, 7Ks, 1ER.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here’s your periodic reminder that Howard Lutnick is still Commerce secretary despite blatantly lying to the public about his personal and business ties with child molester Jeffrey Epstein.
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Jim Naughton @jimnaughton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Congratulations to Brandon McNulty, the first US rider to win the men’s road racing world championship since a certain notorious cheater did it 33 years ago.
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McNulty wins road world title to end US men's 33-year drought
Brandon McNulty emerged the surprise winner of the road world championships title on Sunday ​in Montreal to end a 33-year title ‌drought for American men in the race.
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