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Many interests. News (38 years in the news biz in Wisconsin). Progressive politics. Pop culture. Vintage soul/R&B/rock LPs. Old sports cards. Baseball. Ballparks. Back roads. Dive bars with good food. Old muscle cars. Local + Packers historian (4 books).

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1965. Civil rights marchers. Bloody Sunday. Not ancient history.

08.03.2026 00:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Update: They are up over 50,000 videos now, and besides the decade-by-decade playlists, they have channels for MTV2, VH1 Pop-Up Video, MTV Spring Break, 120 Minutes, Headbanger's Ball, Yo! MTV Raps, and more.
wantmymtv.vercel.app

07.03.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 190 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 12

Damn straight.

07.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every former ally is learning what most Americans know: Trump is a dangerous fool who only serves himself and never the best interests of our beloved country. We can only hope that one day they will forgive us for letting this poisonous creature into our White House again.

07.03.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 648 πŸ” 177 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 5
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7Up – the UnCola posters via www.djfood.org/7up-the-unco...

07.03.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

If you have even a scintilla of respect, you take your fucking hat off. Jesus.

07.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 206 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 0

It could not be more obvious that the president does not care about US service members and in fact regards their deaths as mere political inconveniences. He has more sympathy for Putin than Americans who died because he decided to wage illegal war. Just listen to him.

07.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 6959 πŸ” 1707 πŸ’¬ 268 πŸ“Œ 74
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So road trips are out
And like, buying stuff

06.03.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 2297 πŸ” 449 πŸ’¬ 170 πŸ“Œ 54

If there's media you care about, it's hard to overstate how important it is that you subscribe to it. Ad rates are garbage, and the changes to search mean fewer new folks discovering sites they didn't already visit.

07.03.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 184 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4
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Have you seen the commercial that brought down Kristi Noem?

It’s even more bizarre than I expected.

Feat. @wkamaubell.bsky.social

07.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 1959 πŸ” 547 πŸ’¬ 166 πŸ“Œ 35

One of those clips where you really have to watch the whole thing, because reading the most egregious quote in the rant doesn’t fully capture how 1) racist, and 2) cognitively impaired the president is.

07.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 1187 πŸ” 307 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 8

We have not had a day of peace since this admin took over.
Not a day.
It’s been death, destruction, and hate. That’s the legacy.

07.03.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 436 πŸ” 121 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 1

So Joe Paterno gets excommunicated from college football for covering up child-rape and all these college coaches are now cozying up to President Epstein Island. Bootlicking hypocrites.

07.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
Atlantic cover story: Will Iran Be Next?

Iran wants nukes. A Pentagon-style war game shows why military strikes would invite disaster.

By James Fallows

Atlantic cover story: Will Iran Be Next? Iran wants nukes. A Pentagon-style war game shows why military strikes would invite disaster. By James Fallows

Time is a flat circle.

(Cover of the Atlantic, 21+ years ago.)

07.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 211 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs.

07.03.2026 01:59 πŸ‘ 4015 πŸ” 731 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 64
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Screenshot of my DOGE letter β€œDr. Joseph Rezek
Dear NEH Grantee,
This letter provides notice that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is terminating your federal grant (Grant Application No. FEL29509824) effective April 3, 2025, in accordance with the termination clause in your Grant Agreement.
Your grant no longer effectuates the agency's needs and priorities and conditions of the Grant
Agreement and is subject to termination due to several reasonable causes, as outlined in 2CFRΒ§200.340.
For instance, NEH has reasonable cause to terminate your grant in light of the fact that the NEH is repurposing its funding allocations in a new direction in furtherance of the President's agenda. The President's February 19, 2025 executive order mandates that the NEH eliminate all non-statutorily required activities and functions. See Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, E.O. 14217 (Feb. 19, 2025). Your grant's immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government, including its fiscal priorities. Any objections or appeals to this termination will be managed in strict accordance with the President's Executive Orders,

Screenshot of my DOGE letter β€œDr. Joseph Rezek Dear NEH Grantee, This letter provides notice that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is terminating your federal grant (Grant Application No. FEL29509824) effective April 3, 2025, in accordance with the termination clause in your Grant Agreement. Your grant no longer effectuates the agency's needs and priorities and conditions of the Grant Agreement and is subject to termination due to several reasonable causes, as outlined in 2CFRΒ§200.340. For instance, NEH has reasonable cause to terminate your grant in light of the fact that the NEH is repurposing its funding allocations in a new direction in furtherance of the President's agenda. The President's February 19, 2025 executive order mandates that the NEH eliminate all non-statutorily required activities and functions. See Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, E.O. 14217 (Feb. 19, 2025). Your grant's immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government, including its fiscal priorities. Any objections or appeals to this termination will be managed in strict accordance with the President's Executive Orders,

Last year, this guy (left) from DOGE used ChatGPT to find NEH grants that were too β€œDEI” for Trump, and canceled them, including mine, as shown by the letter I received last April (right). Huge new NYT article on the back story link below

07.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 1828 πŸ” 758 πŸ’¬ 60 πŸ“Œ 37

Solely to divert attention from what's in the Epstein files.

07.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I too have fond memories of the happy innocence of america when I was a child (a meatgrinder war in Vietnam, huge constitutional crisis with watergate on the horizon, gas shortages, inflation, political assassinations, etc etc)

07.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 357 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 0

Last week the average cost per gallon of gas in Milwaukee was $2.45. Today it’s $3.09. Americans cannot afford another war in the Middle East.

07.03.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4

He lies through his teeth. He changes his mind continuously. He acts on whim. He’s driven by vengeance, hate and money. He wants more power for no good but only to feed his insatiable broken ego that never gets enough. Woe to everything you may love. Giving up or giving in are not options.

07.03.2026 03:01 πŸ‘ 2523 πŸ” 622 πŸ’¬ 87 πŸ“Œ 26

Remember the real enemies are the enemies within, not Russia or China!

07.03.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 331 πŸ” 99 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1

Oh, yeah, that one was a banger at all the parties in 1978. You played it when you wanted everyone to clear out and go home.

07.03.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As I have said since Feb 2025, Trump is in office to solve Putin's problems. How else are you going to ensure that Putin's failed state becomes prosperous? it is already having to be propped up by China.

06.03.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 1339 πŸ” 565 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 20

HUGE, IF TRUE

06.03.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 798 πŸ” 174 πŸ’¬ 76 πŸ“Œ 10

Just plugged this into my calendar for July.

07.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of an X post by Acyn quoting Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying the president had a β€œfeeling, again, based on fact,” that Iran was going to strike the United States. Below is a TV still of Leavitt speaking at a White House press briefing podium, with a news banner reading β€œBREAKING NEWS.”

Screenshot of an X post by Acyn quoting Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying the president had a β€œfeeling, again, based on fact,” that Iran was going to strike the United States. Below is a TV still of Leavitt speaking at a White House press briefing podium, with a news banner reading β€œBREAKING NEWS.”

We bombed a girls’ school and killed 175 kids based on his feelings?!

07.03.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 2862 πŸ” 719 πŸ’¬ 263 πŸ“Œ 57

An economy in trouble and a nation at war. Must be a Republican in the White House.

07.03.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
The New Yorker
Kristi Noem will be remembered as the most incompetent Secretary in the 23-year history of the D.H.S.
now

The New Yorker Kristi Noem will be remembered as the most incompetent Secretary in the 23-year history of the D.H.S. now

I don’t think the incompetence actually is going to be what Kristi Noem is remembered for.

It will be the killings, the lawlessness, and the grift, if I had to guess.

06.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 3043 πŸ” 476 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 45
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DOJ releases Epstein files with accusations against Trump Over the course of four interviews in 2019, a woman told the FBI that Epstein and Trump sexually abused her in the 1980s.

The woman who told FBI agents that Trump sexually assaulted her when she was as young as 13 recalled that she and her mother received death threats afterward, with callers saying β€œwe know where you’re at, you need to keep your mouth shut."
Here's a Miami Herald gift link.

06.03.2026 22:56 πŸ‘ 489 πŸ” 326 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 17

The national suicide being committed by the Republican-led United States has no historical precedent. Centuries from now (if humanity survives that long), historians will struggle to explain how such a thing was possible.

06.03.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 2308 πŸ” 528 πŸ’¬ 134 πŸ“Œ 111