Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3h🎶 the airplane man he’s now a Brit 🎵 oh the airplane man thinks ai is shit 🎶 1140
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11hGas prices are basically the only economic measure that people track on a near-daily basis. And right now they are significantly worse than when Biden was facing the 2022 midterms — and particularly in several states with close Senate elections. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 1139784
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 15hShows up at a performance of Frost/Nixon wearing a Brunson jersey. 522110
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 15hImagine how luck Schmitt is that he doesn’t represent a state that has the Jets, Mets and Nets. He’d never figure out who was doing what. 1023643428
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 17hman the republicans who hate language policing are going to be so mad about this 6253590
Reposted by Philip BumpPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 21hI wrote about just how bad the surge in gas prices is promising to be for Republicans in November. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 719840
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 19hHard to believe there are only zero days until Pop-Tart Booze is pulled from the market. 1252
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 19hIn my weekly newsletter, I recreated that terrific testosterone chart from @goodauth.bsky.social and tested some other possible correlates to Trump support. link.ctinsider.com/view/6650ab5... 47611
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 21hI wrote about just how bad the surge in gas prices is promising to be for Republicans in November. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 719840
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 21htell me you flunked geometry without telling me you flunked geometry 34775107
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23hVery funny this happened right after Axios was like "lots of buzz about Schmitt for VP" this morning. 1993448531
Reposted by Philip BumpAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23hholy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong." 32664111388
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 28/09/2026pretty sure "lands" is the wrong word here for at least two reasons 441080139
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 28/09/2026"Choosin' Texas" is actually a psy-op about Democrats and Talarico picking up a Senate seat. 622112
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 28/09/2026haha this one was about mcardle but the point is precisely that it's a hallmark of the era! 1261
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 28/09/2026Truly what encapsulates the past decade better than a person in a position of relative influence mistaking a smattering of social media criticism as not only an existential threat but a hallmark of her nefarious, powerful opponents? 518218
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 28/09/2026This, via @kottke.org, is a terrific late-Sunday-evening-in-autumn thing to watch. earthmusictheater.orgearthmusictheater.orgEarth Music TheaterAstronauts and musicians playing together — stunning Earth flyovers filmed from the International Space Station, scored by world-class musicians. Free, from the Association of Space Explorers. 311224
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 28/09/2026Yeah because this went through three meetings and two dozen emails with the PR folks to find the balance that didn’t reek of self promotion. 100
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 28/09/2026Gotta appreciate the frankness of Larry going in to his barber and asking for The Lucifer. 2844657
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 27/09/2026Honestly amazing that no one can convince him that this is not going to have the political effect that he thinks. Probably letting him do it just so he doesn’t waste PAC money. 2732245
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 27/09/2026Computer generated with variables hairline, beard, glasses, “degree” and where “Dav” appears in the name. 3119518
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 27/09/2026I assume everyone wants to keep watching Jalen Brunson saying, “I’m Philip” on a loop, so: 1471
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 27/09/2026Love the Knicks enough that I’ll just smile through this and consider it fine. 5661
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 26/09/2026The apartment we lived in a decade ago might want to update the intercom labels. 151844
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 25/09/2026you know what *i* would say if someone called me a racist or a nazi? I would say, i am not a racist or a nazi 57994151
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 25/09/2026Pretty sure I just saw a tourist in Midtown incorrectly identify a dude as Al Roker — with him, in the accepted NYC fashion, declining to disabuse her of her error. 8983
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 25/09/2026I think the burden is on you to provide an example of what could go wrong. And not some nonsense from old wars. Something in the last century. 142323
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 25/09/2026This interview was how I learned she is the editor of SCOTUSblog now which uhhh 72536
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 25/09/2026Read this based on Julian’s recommendation and: Wow. An astonishing book with spectacular writing. 3998
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 24/09/2026static.klipy.comI Think You Should Leave Hot Dog SuspectALT: I Think You Should Leave Hot Dog Suspect 2533837
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 24/09/2026This is actually a great idea. Alongside the pomp of inauguration, make a new president agree to terms of service and a lease agreement on the White House under punishment of removal. 1325834
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 24/09/2026The White House effort to ban reporters is obviously a First Amendment issue. But it’s also explicitly about Trump thinking that th building and the presidency are *his* and not things the public is temporarily allowing him to use. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 19778152
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 24/09/2026Too bad for them that that first world is located on Pluto. 2438424
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 24/09/2026"look it's a character from a couple of episodes five seasons ago! remember her?" no, [SHOW NAME REDACTED TO AVOID SPOILERS], i do not 191232
Reposted by Philip BumpJoel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I wrote this to try and bear witness; I hope you'll read it. If you do, I hope you'll later find some quiet to think about this man, pray for him if you'd like, and then find out what you can do to help those impacted by this violence and terror in your community.welcometohellworld.comHis car is still sitting thereAn ICE kidnapping in Austin 8421179
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 24/09/2026Donalds:static.klipy.comJonah Hill Smiling at Awards CeremonyALT: Jonah Hill Smiling at Awards Ceremony 22935105
Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23/09/2026This lawsuit was fundamentally cruel, kicking Selzer when she was down simply to bolster an inane claim that pollsters were for inexplicable reasons intentionally getting results wrong. Should not have taken this long. 828935