Reposted by Rob GrantDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16hMaybe I'm missing something, but I still don't get this. Schmitt was saying Smith went to a Hawks game. His evidence was texts that mention "Jack" but not from Smith (and the Hawks does not have a 109 row). Yes, Smith went to a Hawkeyes game, but Schmitt did not present any evidence of that. 12666073
Reposted by Rob GrantGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22hFBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...doomsdayscenario.coThe Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part IIA quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality). 311391489
Rob Grant @robgrant9.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In fairness, no reason the Iowa Hawkeyes would be on the radar of a senator from, um, Missouri 000
Reposted by Rob Grantmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If you think it sounds like a bad idea I have great news for you, which is that there is currently no evidence that it is supported by more than one (1) random NY assemblymember. 623610
Rob Grant @robgrant9.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Totally normal, well-functioning president we got here. 000
Reposted by Rob Grant"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The thing about actual Roman damnationes memoriarum is that they didn't really obliterate all memory of a bad emperor. None of our sources are afraid to talk about these figures. It wasn't truly about forgetting the guy, but about abolishing his (positive) public commemoration. 151132188
Reposted by Rob GrantMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Here’s another “Trump Says …” headline in the New York Times. Headlines like this translate to: “World’s Biggest Liar Says Something.” Not exactly news. 761513294
Reposted by Rob GrantDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026There's really no complicated explanation for this, or any kind of grand theory. It's just Econ 101 and he flat out does not understand it because he's an idiot. 912386449
Rob Grant @robgrant9.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Not just whatever they’d be paid for performing, but a ton of exposure, which would translate into $$$ 000
Rob Grant @robgrant9.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This @drewmagary.bsky.social story is great, but the Lance Yamamoto photo of the front of the AI-administered store with the “Caution: Automatic Door” sign is A+ comedy.sfgate.comSF's AI-run store is losing money fast. After a visit, I'm not surprised.SFGATE's Drew Magary visited Andon Market and all he got was a lousy soda. 000
Reposted by Rob Grantlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 15/09/2026you accomplished something beautiful and impossible that no one can take away from you even as it's proven meaningless. there are no bigger lessons 430311
Reposted by Rob GrantShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It's almost like a political movement funded by the south african guy who thinks south africa isn't pro apartheid enough might turn out to be about promoting apartheid 312217
Reposted by Rob GrantDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Obviously this is a hilarious and obvious lie but it's instructive in that Trump knows he's supposed to care about this thing, and manifestly does not and cannot care about it, and so he has to put himself into the story just to make it something he can talk about. He almost died that day! 1163246548
Rob Grant @robgrant9.bsky.social · 08/09/2026And they ran straight to a phone so he could call in to Channel 9 and talk about his building. 000
Rob Grant @robgrant9.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Duffy sitting in the driver’s seat for 10 minutes yelling “WELL WHICH ONE IS IT?” until Rachel comes and starts the car for him. 100
Rob Grant @robgrant9.bsky.social · 31/08/2026“I can’t think of a moment in the whole of my checkered 55 years when I did not know, with a certainty as absolute as gravity, that my mom loved me, and was proud of me, which is I realize a piece of huge and preposterous good fortune, a blessing of incalculable human magnitude… 100
Reposted by Rob GrantMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I did comment on this story on my show. None of you mouthbreathers noticed, because you don’t actually consume my work or care about the issues in this story you claim to care about —you just want to find reasons to shit on another woman. 1034280179
Reposted by Rob GrantHemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 29/08/2026tom clancy: in my book i invoked clear and present danger as a cautionary tale trump admin: at long last we have created the clear and present danger from the classic thriller novel clear and present danger 16818
Rob Grant @robgrant9.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This @tressiemcphd.bsky.social piece is *the best* thing I’ve read about Dolly Parton. Holy smokes, what insight. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Loving Dolly Parton Was Easy. Understanding Her Was Hard.She didn’t see herself as a saint; she identified as something we needed even more: a writer. 020
Rob Grant @robgrant9.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I drive past the Kennedy Center at least once a month and am inside it probably every other year and calling it “decrepit, dilapidated [and] crumbling” is just a lie (on top of the legal illiteracy Jay identifies). 040
Reposted by Rob GrantWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton 378154044298
Reposted by Rob GrantAFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton knew what it was like to struggle as she fought for working families her whole career. From providing free books to kids to giving working women our "9 to 5" anthem, she was an icon and an inspiration. Rest in power to our union sister. We will always love you. 152620551
Reposted by Rob GrantScott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A critical point raised in Jackson's dissent: the president cannot suffer "irreparable harm" when a court denies him the ability to do something *he has no power to do*, which is clearly the case here 27625
Reposted by Rob GrantJames Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026"Area Carpenter's Son Defends Feeding Poor, Says It's His Duty to Help The Less Fortunate" 438967
Reposted by Rob GrantJeremy Markovich @ncrabbithole.com · 21/08/2026Of all the uncles out there, this man may have been the uncle-est. The uber uncle. www.ncrabbithole.com/p/the-limous...ncrabbithole.comThe Limousine-Driving Playboy Uncle who created “Big T!ts Potato Chips”Every so often, a picture of an old bag of potato chips rockets around the internet. But how do we know it’s real? How did it get the name? And did the people who came up with it actually know what th... 1120266
Reposted by Rob GrantBrian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 12/08/2026On August 12, 1960, Dr. Seuss published what would become his biggest-selling book of all time. Written as the result of a $50 bet between Seuss and his publisher at Random House, Bennett Cerf, the book, by some estimates, has sold north of 200 million copies. The book? Green Eggs and Ham. /1 422286
Reposted by Rob GrantBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026"White House officials have asked the Justice Department to consider a new prosecution..." This sentence was unimaginable since Watergate. Now it's just a normal Tuesday. 26628160
Rob Grant @robgrant9.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This “Damn Yankees” reboot suxnytimes.comYankees receive $2.6 billion in financing deal with Apollo Sports Capital (Gift Article)The Yankees may use the money to handle debt and pursue new ventures. 010
Reposted by Rob GrantBradford William Davis @bwd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026last thing* I can't stress how much the baseball loving people of bluesky can help by sending me MLB or AAA game baseballs - foul balls - batting practice - homers they all count! if you're interested, DM/email me. or AT LEAST spread the word: www.readeyeblack.com/p/mlb-rawlin... *not rlly lolreadeyeblack.comHelp me keep your eye on the ballsIf you have or can snag a 2026 MLB baseball you should send it to [eyeblack] now! 111658
Reposted by Rob GrantBradford William Davis @bwd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026In June, MLB said it fixed a baseball manufacturing error—oily yellow balls*—affecting half its supply because game compliance staff already screen for discoloration beforehand. A compliance monitor told me its 'impossible' to catch the error and explained why. An oily, muddy thread. 1/ 🧵 *lol 29431
Reposted by Rob GrantNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026In dishonor of Ross Douthat's last NYT column, I'm breaking my self-imposed ban on reading him—smug bad faith, whiny victimization, and steadfast refusal to let evidence affect opinion—and will screenshot and comment. This is the column if you want to read it yourself (I don't recommend it). 1/xnytimes.comOpinion | Who Is My Enemy? I’m No Longer Sure.Where does the side of the angels really lie? 1382036394
Reposted by Rob GrantMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026"Put more simply: documents and interviews establish how a first-time contractor was paid millions of dollars to apply a novel solution designed by a golf club manager to a national landmark." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u...nytimes.comHow the Reflecting Pool Came to Mirror Trump’s WashingtonA hospitality manager for the Trump Organization traveled to Las Vegas to find a solution to problems at a national landmark. This is the untold back story of the fallout. 21758280
Reposted by Rob GrantTom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 05/08/2026🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic - 🇺🇸 THE TOP-SECRET TRUTH ABOUT TRUMP AND THE REFLECTING POOL - Brought to you by the patriotic Inner Hive, including long-time member Leo MT and new member EvilTwin1955. Join us at bit.ly/theInnerHive - Read it right here👇 523251
Reposted by Rob GrantLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 02/08/2026None of these people are tricksters, they are only liars. "We have been living in an age of tricksters. Musk, President Trump, Tucker Carlson, Andrew Tate, Nick Fuentes — the grammar of the modern right is tricksy."nytimes.comOpinion | Christopher Nolan’s Trojan Horse (Gift Article)The finest trick of his “Odyssey” is smuggling the core of Judeo-Christian ethics into an ancient Greek epic. 1816127
Rob Grant @robgrant9.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Douthat with the perfect exemplar of his oeuvre this morning, in which among other things he manages to equate the expertise of classicist Emily Wilson with a blogger who calls himself “Bronze Age Pervert.” 000
Rob Grant @robgrant9.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Looks like all my snide comments online got the job done. 010
Reposted by Rob GrantDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Gotta stop writing down what he says when you know it ain't true. 1537082