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Cancel the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner The White House Correspondents Dinner shouldn't invite a president who is an enemy of free speech. Better no "Nerd Prom" than this one.

Exactly
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/04/21/c...

Trump's "Absolute Fiasco" YouTube video by Talking Feds with Harry Litman

Great fun on @talkingfeds.bsky.social with @normeisen.bsky.social , @normornstein.bsky.social and @harrylitman.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIDs...

Here you have it -- an ALL NEW @talkingfeds.bsky.social Contrarian w/ @normeisen.bsky.social, @normornstein.bsky.social & @jenrubin.bsky.social.

We examine Trump’s Iran reversals, Blanche’s rewriting of Jan. 6, Boasberg’s rebuff, and charges against an ICE agent.

Link: youtu.be/bIDsTON6dnc

In “Trump's 'Absolute Fiasco,'” Harry convenes @normeisen.bsky.social, @normornstein.bsky.social & @jenrubin.bsky.social to unpack Trump’s Iran stumbles, a charged ICE agent in Minnesota, and what new Supreme Court openings could mean.

Link: youtu.be/bIDsTON6dnc

Oh! There are TWO Norms in the conversation! I was referring to Norm Ornstein, but Norm Eisen is always someone to listen to as are Jennifer Rubin and Harry Litman. All Very good!
Excellent discussion👌🏽

Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history.

Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes.

But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year.

Trickle down hoax.

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(the midterms can't come soon enough)

There's been occasional chat about the used-word list among members of the Norm crowd.

However, NYT started reusing words on Feb. 2.

I just found a post from yesterday saying that there've been 10.7% repeats since. Can't attest to the accuracy of this stat.

Trump's "Absolute Fiasco" YouTube video by Talking Feds with Harry Litman

youtube.com/watch?v=bIDs...

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I just ordered it. Nobody better than @barbmcquade.bsky.social!

I thought the same thing, but figured it’s only the second word, why not?

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Inside Epstein’s Zorro Ranch: The Secrets They Tried to Bury YouTube video by Wajahat Ali

Spend an hour and listen to Alisa Valdez-Rodriguez and her incredible reporting from New Mexico. It's a BIG CLUB, and you ain't it!

They all covered up Epstein's pedophilia and crimes!

"Inside Epstein’s Zorro Ranch: The Secrets They Tried to Bury"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzYB...

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It is easy to blame many others for their roles in nightmare, but Roberts had the greatest opportunity to arbitrate fairly and decisively if still from within his proportedly conservative perspective.

Instead he has consistently taken the role of a procedural and constitutional hypocrite.

Good point

I had to try this three times before I could get AutoCorrect to use the right term!

Yup

That’s paywall, not payroll

The Eight Causes of Trumpism Irrespective of how the Republican presidential primary turns out, the conditions that led to the mogul’s rise have left their mark on the party—and America.

Shared, so you don’t have to worry about the payroll. The piece I wrote in January 2015, long before Trump actually became the nominee.
Norm Ornstein on the eight causes of Trumpism: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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I’ll see if I can open it up

The Eight Causes of Trumpism Irrespective of how the Republican presidential primary turns out, the conditions that led to the mogul’s rise have left their mark on the party—and America.

Going through some old files, I came across this Atlantic article I wrote in January 2016-- long before Trump became the Republican nominee. Worth reading 10 years later; The Eight Causes of Trumpism
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Pope Leo: "The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants, yet it is held together by a multitude of supportive brothers and sisters.”

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