Opinion | The U.S. has oil insurance
It’s called the free market.
Herb Schmertz of Mobil Oil used to PAY op-ed pages to run the sort of brainless pro-oil propaganda the WaPo editpage now publishes free of charge.
Also, how do you write an editorial celebrating the free market in petroleum without mentioning OPEC???
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
04.03.2026 11:30
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Oy. Yes, we’ve seen this movie before (though it didn’t go badly for the Kurds in Iraq, much to my surprise).
03.03.2026 20:03
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Labor Secretary’s Top Aides Forced Out
Pro Tip: Don’t take recommendations for Labor Secretary from the Teamsters.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...
03.03.2026 15:53
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I Took Bernie Into Deep Trump Country. Can He Win Them Over?
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
Bernie Sanders’ adventures in West Virginia. Please watch this. It’s what the Democratic Party would look like if it weren’t terrified of the donor class.
h/t Susan Williams.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP8O...
25.02.2026 15:25
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The Supreme Court Blew Trump’s Budget to Smithereens
The president was already doubling the budget deficit. With the high court’s tariff decision, he’s tripling it. There’s only one solution: Repeal his big beautiful tax cut.
The Supreme Court's tariff ruling adds $1.4 trillion to the budget deficit that Trump won't likely replace with his (illegal) new 10-15 percent global tariff. Here's an idea: Repeal Trump's Big, Beautiful reconciliation bill (but wait till after the midterms). My latest.
23.02.2026 16:54
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Bad call at Bafta. Do not extend a disability accommodation to a Tourette’s activist who keeps shouting the N word at an awards ceremony. Escort this differently abled person off the premises and apologize on his behalf. We wouldn’t let him shout “fire” either.
bsky.app/profile/iris...
23.02.2026 14:14
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Señor Wences "Ventriloquism & Plate Spinning" on The Ed Sullivan Show
YouTube video by The Ed Sullivan Show
Donald Trump phones into C-span.
youtu.be/pRBDRoMwWz0
22.02.2026 15:56
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Possibly so.
22.02.2026 15:18
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Opinion | A new reminder of America’s debt problem
The CBO’s latest report predicts the budget deficit will increase by a trillion dollars over the next decade.
If you doubt it’s possible to write an editorial about mounting government debt without mentioning tax cuts, then you probably don’t subscribe to the Washington Post.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
22.02.2026 14:49
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Nothing to see here, move along.
22.02.2026 14:25
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Has there been even one instance where Alito and Thomas voted against Trump?
20.02.2026 18:06
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Them palaces ain’t going nowhere.
20.02.2026 14:34
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The Washington Post’s dead-tree “The World” section today consists in its entirety of features taken from the Associated Press. They should rename this paper the Podunk Advertiser.
16.02.2026 17:27
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Despite Epstein’s Toxicity, Steve Bannon Stood by Him, Texts Indicate
Psst. Steve Bannon is a card-carrying member of the Epstein class.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
16.02.2026 16:41
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The End of Books Coverage at the Washington Post
Becca Rothfeld, a former critic at the Washington Post, on the death of the paper’s books section.
"[O]lder and more established outlets, like the London Review of Books and The New York Review of Books ... are produced for an audience that already knows it cares about literature. The books section of a newspaper ... seeks new recruits."
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
11.02.2026 17:33
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Preservation in Action: Saving the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building
YouTube video by The Living New Deal
The nonprofit Living New Deal hosted an excellent webinar last week on the Trump administration's planned sale and/or demolition of the "Sistine Chapel of the New Deal," the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building in Washington, D.C. You can watch the webinar here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSFZ...
11.02.2026 17:24
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