Maybe blockbuster news

Susan Glasser writes "This reads like a memo to Merrick Garland..." > This reads like a memo to Merrick Garland… https://t.co/Ipygm1lhB8 — Susan Glasser (@sbg1) March 28, 2022 [https://twitter.com/sbg1/status/1508488804205830158?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…

Another quotation

> “People will talk,” he said. “Even if a man has been acquitted by a jury, they’ll talk." — George Eliot (@GeorgeEliot_) February 13, 2021 [https://twitter.com/GeorgeEliot_/status/1360701048965521408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…

Just a couple of quotations

> What would George Orwell say today? “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ~George Orwell, 1984 — @KHShan (@KHShan) February 10, 2021 [https://twitter.com/KHShan/status/1359638370947723265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] > "Fellow-citizens, we cannot…

You be the judge

> Kellyanne Conway tells Bill Maher Americans 'better off' thanks to Trump https://t.co/Z2SLbX60Ob — Guardian US (@GuardianUS) January 16, 2021 [https://twitter.com/GuardianUS/status/1350439247078154243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] > 4000 dying a day. Economy in tatters. International humiliation. A gutted government. A violent uprising.…

Jared Kushner on competence

> Of the many embarrassing things [https://apple.news/A1dx6Gte1T0Gk65cx9jsNTQ] Jared Kushner has said out loud in the presence of a reporter, the one that sticks out most as the country hurtles toward a possible 450,000 COVID-19 deaths [https://apple.news/AIg8GNzeQQeOCs0h6RdxvxA] by February is the comment [https://apple.…

As the election is finally called for Biden

> Not without some triumphant amusement. — George Eliot (@GeorgeEliot_) November 7, 2020 [https://twitter.com/GeorgeEliot_/status/1325114767934189570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] > I weep for joy — William Shakespeare (@Wwm_Shakespeare) November 7, 2020 [https://twitter.com/Wwm_Shakespeare/status/1325115109929259009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] > Cars now honking happily…

Why is anyone voting for Donald Trump?

> At a press conference on Tuesday, the day the U.S. officially passed two hundred thousand deaths from the pandemic, Trump was asked why he had not said anything about the grim milestone. He listened to the reporter’s question, then turned away. “Uh, anybody else?” he asked. Because…

Perspective

> Facts: The Senate refused to budge for months on a new Covid-19 relief bill, even with millions out of work and despite their bill being markedly less generous than even President Trump's proposed number But they're ready to speedily approve a new Supreme Court nominee…