"The biggest barrier Patel faces is that The Atlantic says it interviewed more than two dozen people for the story. That is evidence of journalistic rigor — not a reckless disregard for the truth." open.substack.com/pub/populari...
Posts by Richard Pachter
"Mr. Trump’s stability has been a recurring issue since he first sought the presidency in 2016. Numerous psychiatrists and other mental health professionals have weighed in with their own opinions even without the opportunity to evaluate him."
Aha! www.nme.com/news/music/c...
New Stones album? (Sent to the Hackney Diamonds mailing list.)
"There is no widely available public tool comparable to the Wayback Machine, and if it continues to lose access to major news sources, its preservation efforts could erode to the point where early digital records of history become much harder to access ..."
www.wired.com/story/the-in...
i firmly believe that kennedy wants preventable diseases to rip through american communities since, in his warped mind, those who survive without vaccines will have proven themselves “healthy.”
Gray-haired dude at PBI was coughing. Good Samaritan (me) offered him a cough drop, which he accepted and thanked me with a smile. Looked familiar and after a few minutes, I googled my hunch as he boarded a flight to Washington, DC. Yesterday, I gave a cough drop to Paul Manafort. I think.
Supertramp fan? Then you need to check this out and share widely makingcrime.com (It's official and authorized, btw)
cc: @damonlindelof.bsky.social
Letter in today's @sun-sentinel.com
This seems worth looking into, #journalists www.gerbenlaw.com/blog/trumps-...
Trump, who says he had "no idea" at the time that Epstein sexually molested girls, told the police in 2006 that "everyone has known he’s been doing this.” That's according to an FBI interview with the then-Palm Beach police chief.
Here's a gift link to Julie K. Brown's article in the Miami Herald.
“You can still find them in some places,” said Ivan Held, the president of Putnam, Dutton and Berkley, publishing imprints that once did brisk business in mass markets. “But as a format, I would say it’s pretty much over.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
"The price of giving up many activities is the atrophy of the ability to do them." www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Despite its name, it's in Fort Lauderdale!
I don't think I'll be honoring this place myself
"David Ellison wants CBS News to be Fox News, so he hired the most eager lickspittle he could find. That’s Bari Weiss."
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
I'm very proud of you!
The Heritage Foundation Wants to Send American Women Back Half a Century www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
youtube.com/watch?v=XJ2k... happy birthday Captain Beefheart
Doctor explains the symptoms of meningococcal septicemia after the CDC changed vaccine recommendations:
It causes seizures and permanent neurologic disability. It causes necrosis of the skin. It has a 10 to 14% mortality. And if you survive, you lose your lower limbs, your fingers, your hands.