@smartasafox.bsky.social

Left-leaning pragmatic idealist. Digital Strategy Consultant. Forever a NYer. Formerly of @PPact, @Amprog, @EnoughProject and @NLC. These views are my own 📣.

[@smartasafox.bsky.social @smartasafox]

I just heard the news. I can't believe it. May her memory be a blessing.

[melissa “cancelled student debt” byrne @mcbyrne]

Take a moment and remember Erin Hofteig.

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Donald is still too stupid to realize that they only give those cognitive tests to people showing signs of dementia.

[Dr. Kevin M. Young @kevinmyoung]

CBS News has fallen.

Americans must now rely on international news outlets rather than US based state run media for factual journalism.

[@smartasafox.bsky.social @smartasafox]

God help us all... The free press is gone.

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

"On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you."

That changes now. The new CBS Evening News starts Monday at 6:30 p.m. ET on CBS.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

On #CNNNYE Andy Cohen asks Stephen Colbert what he learned this year. Colbert's answer: "Don't trust billionaires"

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

With fewer than 40 bills signed into law as of Dec. 22, the House and Senate set a modern record for lowest legislative output in the first year of a new presidency, according to data maintained by C-SPAN and Purdue University. https://t.co/AXzuUgptTJ

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Megachurches don’t pay taxes because they are expected to provide public benefits, such as charity, education, and social support.

This would have filled a lot food pantries and helped lots of people struggling to afford basic necessities.

Tax churches.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Donald Trump's wealth has nearly TRIPLED since he became president, driven largely by crypto ventures fueled by foreign governments.

We need a president who works to improve life for the millions who can’t afford food, housing or health care, not one who enriches himself.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

FYI you poor red states, we support you.

[💗 @ma1ybe]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that being able to have a bank account, credit cards and buy a home without a man had a pretty significant impact on the bullshit women were willing to put up with.

[Bushra Shaikh @Bushra1Shaikh]

The US hit the 'wrong' village in Nigeria with no history of any ISIS activity.

If this was really about protecting Christians you'd think the least CIA would do is get the location right.

Bogus. All of it.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

An educated populace is a threat to power.

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

This is profoundly un-American.

No—that's not right.

It's *anti*-American.

It's hatred of the United States and its founding documents and all its people and all its traditions.

The person who wrote and approved this is a weirdo who detests everything that America stands for.

[Jed @Jedf62iz]

@TheMaineWonk 🤣🤣🤣

[Joe @electionsjoe]

And the Atlantic wins best headline of the year

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BREAKING: Vanity Fair author Chris Whipple just revealed stunning details from his conversations with Susie Wiles, Trump’s chief of staff.

Here’s what she told him:

- Wiles said she has read the Epstein documents and acknowledged that Trump’s name is in them.

- Wiles said she urged Trump NOT to pardon the most violent January 6 rioters. He ignored her advice.

- She admitted Trump is looking for retribution...“when there’s an opportunity, he will go for it.”

- She tried to convince Trump to stop “score-settling” against political enemies after 90 days in office. That effort failed because Trump’s desire for retribution never stopped.

- Wiles directly contradicted Trump’s claims about Bill Clinton, stating there is “no evidence” Clinton ever visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island.

- She described Trump as having “an alcoholic’s personality.” Wiles said her ability to work with him comes from growing up with an alcoholic father, the sportscaster Pat Summerall.

- On Vice President JD Vance, Wiles said he has “been a conspiracy theorist for a decade,” and that his conversion from Trump critic to loyalist was political, driven by his Senate ambitions rather than principle.

- She described Elon Musk as “an avowed ketamine user,” “an odd, odd duck,” whose actions were often not “rational” and left her “aghast.”

- She called budget director Russell T. Vought a “right-wing absolute zealot.”

- Wiles defended USAID, saying that “anyone who has paid attention to government knows they do very good work.”

- She said Attorney General Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” the handling of the Epstein files, explaining:
“First she gave binders full of nothingness. Then she claimed the witness list or client list was on her desk. There is no client list — and it sure as hell wasn’t on her desk.”

- She said the administration needed to “look harder” at deportations to avoid mistakes.

- Referring to two mothers who were arrested and deported with their children after voluntarily attending routine immigration meetings, Wiles said:
“I can’t understand how you make that mistake — but somebody did.”

- She tried unsuccessfully to get Trump to delay major tariffs, citing a “huge disagreement” among his advisers.

- Wiles summed up Trump’s governing mindset this way:
He operates with a belief that there is nothing he can’t do. Nothing. Zero. Nothing.

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

BREAKING: Former VP Mike Pence demands the immediate resignation of HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

[Gramps @GrandpaHarris65]

Monday: Mass Shooting.
Tuesday: Mass Shooting.
Wednesday: Mass Shooting.
Thursday: Mass Shooting.
Friday: Mass Shooting.
Saturday: Mass Shooting.
Sunday: Mass Shooting.

Republicans: “We gotta do something about trans people playing sports.”

[Governor Tim Walz @GovTimWalz]

Congresswoman Omar’s son was pulled over by ICE while he was following the law, on his way home from Target.

This isn’t a targeted operation to find violent criminals, it’s racial profiling.