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hughpitt.bsky.social
Recovering retired newspaper nation/world editor, weekly trail hiker, music aficionado, unreconstructed hippie.
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Michelle Obama will skip Trump inauguration, but ex-Presidents Obama, Clinton and Bush will be there…. Michelle should update her mantra: “When they go low, we go ghost!”

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

@nicollewallace.bsky.social If you aren’t already on the case, you might consider a shoutout to The Contrarian, the Substack commentary site just launched by Jennifer Rubin (who just quit WaPo on principle) & Norm Eisen, which has a roster that includes most of MSNBC’s regular panel of experts.

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

From NYTIMES: In abandoning the original spending deal and stripping it of an array of policy changes that had been included, Republicans dropped at least four bills related to pediatric cancer research and treatments. That drew sharp criticism from even right-leaning pundits….

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

It takes a special combination of chutzpah, ignorance and incompetence to lose these early legislative battles of one’s second term in office even before you’ve been sworn in.

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

A ton of voters only get their news about Democrats… from Republicans. To fight back, we should build up independent progressive media, reach out to voters who don’t watch political news—AND go on offense on conservative outlets. That’s why I went on Fox News. Break the bubble.

submitted 75 days ago • 84 comments

Tulsi Gabbard is not just completely unqualified to be Director of National Intelligence – she is anti-qualified. snyder.substack.com/p/tulsi-gabb...

submitted 86 days ago • 294 comments

I’ve been hoping some astute journo would post this nimrod’s hit list, so thanks for that. Patel obviously has too much time on his hands. We should probably send holiday greeting cards to all of them. I’m sure I can’t be the first to mention, though, that Eric Holder was Obama’s AG, not FBI chief.

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment

Where’s Arlen Specter when you need him?

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

How can anyone ‘own the libs’ if there are none in attendance?

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments