Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Well, when you put it like that… (From @cjcmichel’s indispensable new book “United States of Oligarchy: How America’s Wealthiest Ally With Dictators, Weaken the U.S., and Destroy Democracy”) 030
Reposted by Steve LichtmanMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This is Occam's Razor and maybe Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson are interested in exploring this, since The Mental And Physical Capacity Of Elderly Presidents was, until recently, the defining issue of our politics and our time. 251207233
Reposted by Steve LichtmanCannonball Adderall @echoloop.bsky.social · 24/08/2026He’s 100% wearing a walking assist device to support him, particularly on his right side. 26864205
Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Fun fact: The Sirens Song in Nolan’s Odyssey was originally supposed to be Brandy and Monica’s “The Boy is Mine.” 010
Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Don’t think The Odyssey has sequel potential, but boy do I have a pitch for a prequel! 021
Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I spoke to my old friend Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei this morning, the Supreme Leader of Iran. He’s still recovering in the hospital. We talked for just shy of 20 minutes about Israel, Hormuz and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. I told him we want to see him back at work asap. 020
Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 09/06/2026My mayor Muslim My bagel Jewish Refs tryna fix Knicks in six. 030
Reposted by Steve LichtmanLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Grandparents who fought in WW2 and who will deliver an ass-kicking for any kind of Nazi talk. 91029162
Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Come on, everybody knows James Comey is a big Get Smart fan, and that Don Adams, who played Agent 86, was 47-years-old when the series ended its five-year run in 1970. 030
Reposted by Steve LichtmanNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 17/04/2026All right, I’ll say it: I wish I could hear what Dad would say about this. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comRevealed: Mandelson failed vetting but Foreign Office overruled decisionGuardian investigation uncovers decision by UK security officials to deny clearance before Mandelson took up role as US ambassador 1228133
Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Trump right now hearing about the Holy See and thinking its another body of water he can rename after himself. 010
Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 08/04/2026It’s a “double-sided ceasefire.” Not the single-sided kind. It has two sides. Twice as many sides. Of ceasefire. 130
Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Croesus, renowned for his wealth and power in ancient Greece, and looking to expand both, consulted the Oracle at Delphi before deciding to go to war against Persia. If you do, the Oracle replied, “a great empire will fall.” Croesus marched on Persia, and a great empire fell. His. 010
Reposted by Steve LichtmanGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 05/04/2026There is no excuse for downplaying or eliding the insanity of Trump’s morning post. It is the most unhinged public comment by a president in US history and should be reported and remarked upon as such. 10868751731
Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 03/04/2026He’s almost 80 and has spent his whole life walking away and leaving others to clean up his messes. He can't do that now, and has no idea what else to do. Other than punish and destroy and kill. 050
Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Bye bye Bondi I’m gonna miss you so Bye bye Bondi Why'd you have to go? No more sunshine It's followed you away I'll cry, Bondi Til you're home to stay I'll miss the way you smile As though it's just for me Bye bye Bondi It's awful hard to bear Bye bye Bondi Guess I'll always care 010
Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Big year for Zendaya, starring in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and Sam Levinson’s Theodicy! 110
Reposted by Steve LichtmanHunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Let's catalogue all of the links between Graham Platner, neo-Nazism, and other extremism that many Democrats are choosing to make excuses for. This should be laid out simply in one place. I literally had to screenshot this because it goes over the character limit. 14345146
Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 22/03/2026He’s running.thejc.comTucker Carlson calls pro-Hitler Oswald Mosley one of Britain’s ‘great war heroes’ - The Jewish ChronicleMosley’s only crime, Carlson claimed, was being the leader of the ‘opposition party’ to Churchill 000
Reposted by Steve LichtmanGeoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Not every awful person is a friend of Trump but every friend of Trump is an awful person 051
Reposted by Steve LichtmanScientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 18/03/2026The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has trapped a third of the world’s commercial helium, threatening the irreplaceable coolant that makes MRI scanners and advanced microchips possiblescientificamerican.comThe Iran war disrupts global helium supply and artificial intelligence chip makersThe closure of the Strait of Hormuz has trapped a third of the world’s commercial helium, threatening the irreplaceable coolant that makes MRI scanners and advanced microchips possible 25679364
Reposted by Steve LichtmanMatt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 17/03/2026guys Joe Kent sucks. you don't have to hand it to him democrats.org/news/trump-p...democrats.orgTrump Picks Far-Right Conspiracy Theorist with Ties to White Nationalism to Lead National Counterterrorism Center - Democrats 115339
Reposted by Steve Lichtmantxlawyer @txlawyer.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Dolchstoss legend emerging in real time: trump woulda made everything perfect except he got stabbed in the back by the wicked Jews. 0146
Reposted by Steve LichtmanFarran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 17/03/2026I've had some good laughs over their egocentric stupidity, but the blank, indifferent way that all of these Doge bros answer questions is genuinely chilling. Real Harry Lime "what if one of those dots stopped moving" stuff. 411517
Reposted by Steve Lichtmansouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 17/03/2026You proved he lied, Peter. Just go ahead and say it. 1323245435
Reposted by Steve Lichtmanscarylawyerguy.bsky.social @scarylawyerguy.bsky.social · 14/03/2026If Joe Biden's son-in-law was flying around the Middle East as an unofficial Secretary of State while also working on business deals for his company with the same people he was meeting with on behalf of the US government, I'm pretty sure it would be a bigger story 🤔 873246958
Reposted by Steve LichtmanOliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 13/03/2026I am able to walk and chew gum at the same time, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. "The only thing prohibiting me from walking and chewing gum at the same time is that I'm not able to," he said. "It is possible for me to do so were I capable of doing that." 0182
Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 13/03/2026“More fake news from CNN—reports that the Trump administration underestimated the Iran war’s impact on the Strait of Hormuz,” Hegseth said. “It’s a fundamentally unserious report. The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better.” 021
Reposted by Steve Lichtmanae @aelkus.bsky.social · 11/03/2026the most thoroughly vindicated man in hollywood. trade disputes and conspiracies ✔️ republic subverted over sex hangups ✔️ “sand people” killed, royalty indifferent ✔️ naive idiot casts vote for tyranny ✔️ villains with silly names like “dooku” ✔️ powerful clerical order screwing up ✔️ list goes on 3858221437
Reposted by Steve LichtmanDane Owens @owendanes.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now 216256626910
Reposted by Steve LichtmanUlrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 06/03/2026This is a real video from the official White House account on a war that is currently killing people. I don’t know how the US is going to come back from this. The post was “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. 🇺🇸 🔥” 70935731228
Reposted by Steve LichtmanAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/03/2026From FT comments 19043471521
Reposted by Steve LichtmanHenry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 04/03/2026it is wild that we're at war, and like dude on the internet Aaron Rupar is one of the very few to cover that Trump passes out in public now pretty much any time he appears in public for any kind of long event 18626
Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 28/02/2026What Trump, Kushner and Netanyahu Have Wrought: 010
Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Starting to think the First Annual FIFA Peace Prize went to the wrong guy. 010
Steve Lichtman @stevel3000.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Shout out to all the right- and left-wingers who pretended to believe he was the anti-war candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024. 000
Reposted by Steve LichtmanJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 26/02/2026For a lot of Iranians, and certainly some if not many American soldiers, it means death and suffering and misery and pain. But glad the politics desks have their eyes on what really matters. Again: we should just abolish politics desks. Cover the substance, not gamified politics. 26222