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National opinion columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer; author of After the Ivory Tower Falls; free weekly newsletter at inquirer.com/bunch
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Amazing. Respect the lede.

Let’s not forget that earlier today, this day was known as “we cannot build bananas in America” day. That is, until everything went bananas

And TJ McConnell Don't get me started about Bobrovsky

Was already in a sour sports mood and now here's Isiah Joe draining buckets in the NBA Finals

Can anyone identify these fasces-looking arm patches on these masked immigration raiders from San Diego?

We have to pay attention to this. This is the real fight. Without an inhabitable planet there’s no need to worry about anything else. Big energy, big oil are the real adversary of democracy

Hey, remember when Trump told a room of Big Oil CEOs he'd make all their wildest dreams of climate denial come true...for $1B in campaign cash? Now the White House war on the environment is the Trump corruption scandal we don't talk about nearly enough My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

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Trump and MAGA are about due for their "Night of the Long Knives"

TEXAS: Trump said ICE raided a “Tren De Aragua Gathering” — turns out it was a birthday party, with kids, and nobody had a criminal record. www.texastribune.org/2025/06/04/t...

ICE Official Reveals Miserable Conditions for U.S. Immigrants at Djibouti Prison A top ICE official said illness is common at Camp Lemonnier, with inadequate medical care and exposure to smoke from burn pits. theintercept.com/2025/06/05/i...

The disastrous anti-climate-change campaign isn't getting enough attention.

this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

If @willbunch.bsky.social wrote it, you should read it.©

Hey, remember when Trump told a room of Big Oil CEOs he'd make all their wildest dreams of climate denial come true...for $1B in campaign cash? Now the White House war on the environment is the Trump corruption scandal we don't talk about nearly enough My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

NEW SUBSTACK! Democrats: It's Time to Fight for Our Democracy, Debate Society's Over www.blueamp.co/p/democrats-...

@willbunch.bsky.social is a national treasure www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

Sad indeed -- Sweet cut some of the greatest power pop records of all-time in the 1990s

ICE detained a FOURTH GRADER during his #immigration hearing

No one who makes serious use of the term 'alpha energy' has alpha energy. It's definitional.

We really need to start caring about lying, as a society

Where was New York Times Pitchbot in 2008 when we needed him

here's the clip

Mick Abel and Andrew Painter starting Games 1 and 2 of the 2025 World Series for the Phillies

Fugate is a fugazi

The Phillies' broadcast just reminded me of this highlight/lowlight from the team's lost 2010s

This group exists for the specific purpose of trying to get Dems to throw trans people under the bus.

Only payable in $TRUMP meme coins, probably

The great @rexhuppke.bsky.social on how Hegseth's attempts to act macho make him look like a total coward www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Read this important and timely story from my good friend Rick Smith

#Philly got ourselves our own Breanna Taylor:Wyleek Tinsley share.inquirer.com/eC4NNA

"A national network that pledges to coordinate, mobilize, and support one another when any single institution comes under attack..." www.standtogetherhighered.org

Let the snatching begin!! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Democratic State Lawmakers Want to Mandate K-12 Media Literacy in Pennsylvania to Combat the Rise of Online Misinformation | “This bill would provide PA students with the necessary critical thinking skills & knowledge to evaluate the accuracy of news stories for themselves,” said ‪@senatormuth.com.

That she might have to "risk" her career to advocate that children should not be starved or killed is so messed up.

It will always be the FU Center to me

Here's how the Dems win in 2026 and 2028: Do the EXACT OPPOSITE of whatever these bozos recommend

As they amp up to 3,000 arrests a day (2-3X the current level), will 2025 have a "long hot summer" of unrest?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is preparing to rename Navy ships named after Harriet Tubman, Thurgood Marshall, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Medgar Evers, Cesar Chavez, Harvey Milk, and other prominent Americans who are not straight white men. www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-ne...

We need a hero, as @sulliview.bsky.social notes here margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/were-going...

Just a stunning verification of everything that's so wrong about AI

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In DeSantis’ Florida, the band breaks up Ono! www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/06/03/b...