Cody Rossmore

A mind like a sewer and a heart like a fridge.

[Cody Rossmore @CodyRossmore]

@JoshDubowAP Offensive plays are like chicken....

[Cody Rossmore @CodyRossmore]

@BenMank77 Your Kubrick podcast is so good, so fun, so addictive, that when a new episode comes out I have to listen to it before I start work. (Please don't tell my boss.)

[David Frum @davidfrum]

Trump extorted Ukraine in 2019 in a dirty scheme to win re-election in 2020. He is extorting Ukraine again in a dirty scheme to sway midterms in 2026. The first scheme failed. This second will fail too. But why must brave Ukrainians lose their lives for Trump's corruption?

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

It does seem like Putin is rushing fo get the most possible out of his client Trump before the electoral bloodbath of 3 November.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

The U.S. may have intentionally withheld early warnings this week of Russian strikes on Ukraine, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. https://t.co/uBOCUqxUUy

[Tom Malinowski @Malinowski]

When Nixon and Kissinger shook hands with Mao, they didn't pursue grubby little side deals to enrich companies their families owned.

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

The enduring mystery of this century

[Dan Crenshaw @DanCrenshawTX]

Here’s the real question: Why don’t you turn on Starlink over Russia so the Ukrainians can take out Russian ballistic missile launchers? One small action and you immediately save children from dying every day. Refusing to do so is like watching your friend die while you hold his EpiPen over him. It’s that simple.

[Billy M @BillyM_91]

LMAO Mike Evans

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

There is, writes @davidfrum, an "implicit quid pro quo in these lucrative deals offered to Trump’s family and friends: If you compel Ukraine to surrender, we will enrich you beyond reckoning"

https://t.co/9ZgEjEnfya

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

So many people on this site owe @PhillipsPOBrien an apology. He has been the loudest one who consistently has said that all of these moves – the sanctions package, PURL, etc. – r ultimately meaningless. Because Trump fundamentally will always side with Putin in the end. There are some strange anomalies in this war – the continued CIA targeting Support is one (credit Ratcliffe for during golf games somehow forcing this through, it’s a mystery how) – but let’s just be very clear. Phillips was right. There’s a lot of suckers out there. Including everyone in the GOP side who while they profess to be pro Ukraine, can never fully criticize Trump for what he is. An ally of Putin. That Trump turned to Putin to bail him out before the November elections is the greatest of all October surprises – but maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise.

[David Frum @davidfrum]

Another way to think about Trump announcement today: If he increased US diesel imports from Canada by 4%, he would gain as much fuel as from this Russia deal. But the Canadians are global super-villains, so who wants to buy from them when you could enrich Putin instead?

[Cody Rossmore @CodyRossmore]

Props to the Braves' organist for playing a Replacements song.

[Cody Rossmore @CodyRossmore]

@meridithmcgraw @WSJ Oooh, a *warning*! That'll show 'em.

[Jon Heyman @JonHeyman]

Yoshinobu Yamamoto got $100M more than he was originally predicted to get, and he’s still going to turn out to be an alltime bargain at $325M.

[Brian Hiatt @hiattb]

Scoop/historical nugget revealed for the first time in my new interview: Elvis Costello and the Impostors were in talks to become the house band for Colbert's Late Show https://t.co/Ob36RYuJxh

[Cody Rossmore @CodyRossmore]

@JayinKyiv Russians need to stop being so hesitant to use profanity.

[Cody Rossmore @CodyRossmore]

@bryancurtis What does this Substack say about The Ringer's belief in you as a journalist?

[MLB @MLB]

Munetaka Murakami having the time of his life during the clubhouse celebration 🤣

[Cody Rossmore @CodyRossmore]

@zachlubarsky @mattyglesias But Pixies was a cover. It's JAMC's song.