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staff writer for business/tech @slate.com and online media council rep @wgaeast.bsky.social. nitishpahwa.73 on Signal. words also in NYT, LARB, and POW Magazine. he/him. blurry visionary, blue-pill mercenary
LOL
reviews already in, damn
![“The question is why did I vote to give illegals more money? I didn’t. The president made it very clear he wanted appropriation bills passed. If any amendment passes, it kills the whole bill. Rand Paul’s amendment sounds good, right? The problem is Rand knew that if that bill passed, it would kill the other eleven appropriation bills, which would throw us into the shutdown. Rand doesn’t ever vote with [Republicans] when it comes to appropriation bills. I had to vote against it because if that would have passed, not only would it have killed the bill, but it would also have killed the farm bill which is tied to social programs. If you change the ratio (about 70/30) you must redo the entire farm bill.
“What Rand was trying to do was trying to kill the farm bill because he’s trying to legalize hemp for drinks in Kentucky because of tobacco industry shifts. There is always a backstory,” Mullin said.
“I respect Bernie Sanders because he’s an open socialist, and you know that he’s a communist so you know what you’re getting. Rand Paul’s a freaking snake. And I understand completely why his neighbor did what he did. And I told him that to his face. It stirred people up like Cheryl, who don’t know the backstory. And then that night Rand sends out a fundraising letter on it. It’s a gimmick,” Mullin added.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vcykurfvhhpynm4cwhsnnu4d/bafkreigx7iqmy5g2cben4ropwlkluz4pkmebhx44xahx3x2dhu5t2sgc24@jpeg)
“The question is why did I vote to give illegals more money? I didn’t. The president made it very clear he wanted appropriation bills passed. If any amendment passes, it kills the whole bill. Rand Paul’s amendment sounds good, right? The problem is Rand knew that if that bill passed, it would kill the other eleven appropriation bills, which would throw us into the shutdown. Rand doesn’t ever vote with [Republicans] when it comes to appropriation bills. I had to vote against it because if that would have passed, not only would it have killed the bill, but it would also have killed the farm bill which is tied to social programs. If you change the ratio (about 70/30) you must redo the entire farm bill. “What Rand was trying to do was trying to kill the farm bill because he’s trying to legalize hemp for drinks in Kentucky because of tobacco industry shifts. There is always a backstory,” Mullin said. “I respect Bernie Sanders because he’s an open socialist, and you know that he’s a communist so you know what you’re getting. Rand Paul’s a freaking snake. And I understand completely why his neighbor did what he did. And I told him that to his face. It stirred people up like Cheryl, who don’t know the backstory. And then that night Rand sends out a fundraising letter on it. It’s a gimmick,” Mullin added.
genuinely fascinating/hilarious to me that Markwayne Mullin's beef with Rand Paul stems from Rand Paul's protest of the hemp ban (which did not get overturned in the recent farm-bill markup, unfortunately) arnett.substack.com/p/us-senator...
yes the brothers' names are actually Dario Dario and Luigi Dario
SHOCKED I tells ya
Anthropic's statement today pretty much demonstrates what I suspected all along bsky.app/profile/samb...
This and Nate's response (I also considered Gorillaz to be Damon's UNKLE initially) has me considering a deep dive to figure if Albarn dodged the bullet many white rock musicians who cross genre get killed by, where it feels like they're looking to get absolution for western colonialism via music.
he always was something like Substack Rap
I swear, Wemby is not of this earth
A longtime Interior Department official is on leave after he warned that the agency that oversees oil rigs in the waters off Alaska was dangerously understaffed, according to two people familiar with the situation. Justin Miller, who has headed the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement's Alaska office since 2022, went on leave just days after POLITICO reported he had publicly warned agency counterparts that his office lacked the staffing to oversee existing oil operations in Alaska - let alone a massive expansion being pushed by the Trump administration.
days away from the anniversary of exxon valdez, trump is ousting the guy warning everyone that oil rig safety efforts in alaska are dangerously understaffed
i really don't think Hegseth realized the diplomatic consequences of that strike
surprisingly, they did weigh in a few hours ago! www.instagram.com/p/DVhCWgujcuV/
The records provide insight into the sort of data that Proton Mail, which prides itself both on its end-to-end encryption and that it is only governed by Swiss privacy law, can and does provide to third parties. In this case, the Proton Mail account was affiliated with the Defend the Atlanta Forest.
I mention that as well! 🫡
As a New Englander, I must defend Dunkin's honor by pointing out that there are plenty of low/no sugar options available. My regular order is iced coffee, cream, no sugar.
you can impeach people after they've been removed from office for the crimes they did while in office and the failure to do so to george w. bush is one of the reasons we wound up here
Jim Thirlwell and Lydia Lunch ringside at the Garden for wrestling
gotta recruit a transplant dental floss tycoon
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well, I'm sure he's been thinking a lot about a certain set of emails these days (and I 100% agree on the sugar factor in general)
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
anyway one reason I very much do support the Boston Coffee Party is that so many other institutions are folding to RFK Jr. so quickly, for truly baffling reasons bsky.app/profile/veen...
former high school theater kid and college performer myself 🫡
‘Chikn Nuggit’ creator Kyra Kupetsky announces her departure from the show after BuzzFeed made a requirement to feed the show to AI.
“I am very anti-Al and cannot support this. Thus I am leaving to boycott this. I am so upset it's come to this and I cannot apologize enough for this happening.”
1) agree 2) this is def makes up for no small portion of that big head www.businessinsider.com/timothee-cha...
simply shocking to see the opinion section that includes an ex-speechwriter for George "Corn for Syrup" Bush taking this route
The Washington Post's editorial board: "In defense of sugar. Republicans used to be annoyed at government telling people what to eat."
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"In Manhattan, Mr. Hammond became a fixture in the coffeehouses and nightclubs of Greenwich Village …[He] often used an acoustic steel guitar that was seven years older than he was. Usually, he played alone."
John P. Hammond, Pioneer in 1960s Blues Renaissance, Dies at 83 (gift link):
and you know what? that's fair and I respect it
