Paul Rosenberg
@paulrosenberg.bsky.social
Words. At Salon: https://www.salon.com/writer/paul_rosenberg
& Random Lengths News: https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/author/paul-rosenberg
Election take: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xy5et7tjp2m5vcse6ky23v2x/post/3lajp4jwy2s2n
& Random Lengths News: https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/author/paul-rosenberg
Election take: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xy5et7tjp2m5vcse6ky23v2x/post/3lajp4jwy2s2n
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I have not yet seen this but am delighted to hear it. I want the sequel in which the customer goes, "oh Thank goodness you're here. Are you unionized? Do you get good benefits?"
I'm a really big fan of the commercials in which people are being repeatedly let down by technology as they try to go through their day until they get to the bank or whatever and are shocked there's a live person.
That message from multiple companies means there's an important shift happening.
That message from multiple companies means there's an important shift happening.
September 19, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I have not yet seen this but am delighted to hear it. I want the sequel in which the customer goes, "oh Thank goodness you're here. Are you unionized? Do you get good benefits?"
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Johnson is right and we have to stop this Old Congress thinking.
Mike Johnson is right, to our great regret.
His Congress, with many seats stolen by the Supreme Court, passed a massive and enormous tax cut for the wealthy that will cripple healthcare and leave the next President with no ability to govern, while giving jobs to new ICE agents.
Johnson delivered.
His Congress, with many seats stolen by the Supreme Court, passed a massive and enormous tax cut for the wealthy that will cripple healthcare and leave the next President with no ability to govern, while giving jobs to new ICE agents.
Johnson delivered.
Mike Johnson claims that the current Congress is "probably in the top three or four of all time" and is "almost unmatched in history" 🙃
September 19, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Johnson is right and we have to stop this Old Congress thinking.
In terms of poor-to-rich wealth transfer, Johnson's absolutely right!
What else do you think he's talking about?
What else COULD he be talking about?
What else do you think he's talking about?
What else COULD he be talking about?
Mike Johnson claims that the current Congress is "probably in the top three or four of all time" and is "almost unmatched in history" 🙃
September 19, 2026 at 7:16 PM
In terms of poor-to-rich wealth transfer, Johnson's absolutely right!
What else do you think he's talking about?
What else COULD he be talking about?
What else do you think he's talking about?
What else COULD he be talking about?
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Religion aside: James, below, is a an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), a more liberal-leaning denomination.
Same denomination as TX state Rep. James Talarico (seminarian), Rep. Sarah McBride (ordained elder), and Sen. Chris Coons (div school grad) religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...
Same denomination as TX state Rep. James Talarico (seminarian), Rep. Sarah McBride (ordained elder), and Sen. Chris Coons (div school grad) religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...
September 19, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Religion aside: James, below, is a an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), a more liberal-leaning denomination.
Same denomination as TX state Rep. James Talarico (seminarian), Rep. Sarah McBride (ordained elder), and Sen. Chris Coons (div school grad) religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...
Same denomination as TX state Rep. James Talarico (seminarian), Rep. Sarah McBride (ordained elder), and Sen. Chris Coons (div school grad) religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...
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Every time one Democrat does something bad it's "the Democrats" and every time a Democrat does something good it's "finally one Democrat who gets it."
"The Democrats" is one of the most annoyingly ill-used verbal tics across the entire spectrum of hellsites.
"The Democrats" is one of the most annoyingly ill-used verbal tics across the entire spectrum of hellsites.
September 19, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Every time one Democrat does something bad it's "the Democrats" and every time a Democrat does something good it's "finally one Democrat who gets it."
"The Democrats" is one of the most annoyingly ill-used verbal tics across the entire spectrum of hellsites.
"The Democrats" is one of the most annoyingly ill-used verbal tics across the entire spectrum of hellsites.
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More people need to read @bartlettb.bsky.social and Wanniski to understand why Mike Johnson considers the last two years a major success for his Congress
September 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
More people need to read @bartlettb.bsky.social and Wanniski to understand why Mike Johnson considers the last two years a major success for his Congress
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there are some 30 years of journalism refuting this - with the journos sometimes risking their lives or even being assassinated - but this person isn't interested in engaging with facts 🤷♀️
No country invades another for vibes or only cuz its leader is somehow super evil. There are class-based reasons for this event. The class-based reason is that Ukrainians have been used as pawns by Westerner capital owners to punish capitalist Russia for refusing subjugation, and to loot Russia.
September 19, 2026 at 6:24 PM
there are some 30 years of journalism refuting this - with the journos sometimes risking their lives or even being assassinated - but this person isn't interested in engaging with facts 🤷♀️
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What a privilege to work with Diya Vij everyday to build a city that works for artists, prioritizes artists’ spaces, and invests in arts infrastructure. She is also just a lovely human who brings vision, imagination, and passion to the work everyday. So excited to see her honored this way!
Diya Vij Wants New York to Fight for Its Artists: TIME100 Art 2026
Find out why Diya Vij Wants New York to Fight for Its Artists is on the list
time.com
September 19, 2026 at 6:29 PM
What a privilege to work with Diya Vij everyday to build a city that works for artists, prioritizes artists’ spaces, and invests in arts infrastructure. She is also just a lovely human who brings vision, imagination, and passion to the work everyday. So excited to see her honored this way!
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Anon "advisers" use this WaPo article to cry they are “increasingly blunt” w/Trump, trying to take the heat off of their complicity in this madness. But they gave him only rosy views until implosion. #FAIL
🎁 Behind Trump’s public confidence, his private view of midterms is sobering
wapo.st/3V2nWYO
🎁 Behind Trump’s public confidence, his private view of midterms is sobering
wapo.st/3V2nWYO
September 19, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Anon "advisers" use this WaPo article to cry they are “increasingly blunt” w/Trump, trying to take the heat off of their complicity in this madness. But they gave him only rosy views until implosion. #FAIL
🎁 Behind Trump’s public confidence, his private view of midterms is sobering
wapo.st/3V2nWYO
🎁 Behind Trump’s public confidence, his private view of midterms is sobering
wapo.st/3V2nWYO
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yeah; the devil has plenty of advocates. you don't need to be one free of charge.
September 19, 2026 at 6:39 PM
yeah; the devil has plenty of advocates. you don't need to be one free of charge.
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Arkansas record 2015-present (R govs): 51-82
Arkansas record 2007-2014 (D gov): 56-45
Arkansas record 2007-2014 (D gov): 56-45
They don’t want you to know that Arkansas’ best seasons occurred with a Democrat in the Governor’s mansion
September 19, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Arkansas record 2015-present (R govs): 51-82
Arkansas record 2007-2014 (D gov): 56-45
Arkansas record 2007-2014 (D gov): 56-45
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Bill Maher’s job is to defend billionaires and the status quo and to mock oppressed people. That is what he does
“Full disclosure: I’m friends with Robert Kraft.”
Genocide-denying @billmaher attacks Macklemore for “inciting violence” 🤔against Jews (who he called his “brothers and sisters”), while ignoring attacks on Muslims and calling those who support Palestine “useful f*cking idiots”
Genocide-denying @billmaher attacks Macklemore for “inciting violence” 🤔against Jews (who he called his “brothers and sisters”), while ignoring attacks on Muslims and calling those who support Palestine “useful f*cking idiots”
September 19, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Bill Maher’s job is to defend billionaires and the status quo and to mock oppressed people. That is what he does
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September 19, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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After tallying more than 30,000 Trump lies during his first term, the Wash. Post gave up counting. That guy, who’s lying when his lips are moving, hates what he calls the “dishonest press“ and has now barred MSNOW, CNN, and Politico from the White House press pool. He cannot handle the heat.
September 19, 2026 at 4:46 PM
After tallying more than 30,000 Trump lies during his first term, the Wash. Post gave up counting. That guy, who’s lying when his lips are moving, hates what he calls the “dishonest press“ and has now barred MSNOW, CNN, and Politico from the White House press pool. He cannot handle the heat.
Cool! Exactly the opposite of MAGAfied America!
“Japan is on the verge of instituting a nationwide LGBTQ+ education program, designed to address a lack of public knowledge on gender and sexual diversity in the country..”
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/06/japa...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/06/japa...
Japan to institute nationwide LGBTQ+ education program - LGBTQ Nation
The move comes despite hostility to LGBTQ+ rights from the country's conservative prime minister.
www.lgbtqnation.com
September 19, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Cool! Exactly the opposite of MAGAfied America!
fact checks=>vibe checks🧵
I want you to know that a lot of your emotional responses to thinks are just vibes. Your brain doing little vibe checks on things and deciding the vibes are off.
Sometimes vibes are important. Sometimes your brain can make bad predictions. You gotta use the frontal lobe to decide which is which.
Sometimes vibes are important. Sometimes your brain can make bad predictions. You gotta use the frontal lobe to decide which is which.
September 19, 2026 at 5:07 PM
fact checks=>vibe checks🧵
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Ignorant renaming of shit is all Trump has at this point. What a worthless douche.
September 19, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Ignorant renaming of shit is all Trump has at this point. What a worthless douche.
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Most famous person to block me on Twitter!
What happened to Steven Pinker? I only felt free to write this because he blocks me:
www.thenerve.news/p/steven-pin...
www.thenerve.news/p/steven-pin...
From celebrity intellectual to anti-woke outlaw: how Steven Pinker lost his way
The pop psycholgist’s new book seems to betray a lurking fear of others’ criticism – about his Epstein links, his manosphere admirers and his discredited former field of study, writes Virginia Heffern...
www.thenerve.news
September 19, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Most famous person to block me on Twitter!
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Tick, Tick... Boondoogle! "I can almost hear David Ellison toddler-sobbing to Daddy Larry. How dare the U.S. legal system not let us violate antitrust laws? I waaaaant Warner Bros! I WANT it! AG Bonta’s so mean!"
My latest deep-dive: 12 topics, 12 great reasons to
#BlocktheMerger #NoConcessions
My latest deep-dive: 12 topics, 12 great reasons to
#BlocktheMerger #NoConcessions
DOJ & FCC Hold ParaBros’ Beer, Coyote vs Acme Explodes the Box Office, AI programs aren’t legit news sources
Plus: Paramount leaving L.A., “Tilly Norwood,” “AI journalists,” 60 Minutes, Sally Field, Jimmy Kimmel, BET, and more Block the Merger mayhem!
www.hopeforfilm.com
September 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Tick, Tick... Boondoogle! "I can almost hear David Ellison toddler-sobbing to Daddy Larry. How dare the U.S. legal system not let us violate antitrust laws? I waaaaant Warner Bros! I WANT it! AG Bonta’s so mean!"
My latest deep-dive: 12 topics, 12 great reasons to
#BlocktheMerger #NoConcessions
My latest deep-dive: 12 topics, 12 great reasons to
#BlocktheMerger #NoConcessions
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Rigging the Electoral College isn’t the goal of illegally excluding noncitizens—this map is a minor tradeoff for turbocharging gerrymandering 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 Texas, Florida, etc.
Excluding noncitizens from redistricting would let the GOP pack more Dem votes into fewer seats—making the rest whiter & more GOP
Excluding noncitizens from redistricting would let the GOP pack more Dem votes into fewer seats—making the rest whiter & more GOP
"A Trump administration proposal to exclude some types of immigrants from the 2030 census might not expand the congressional map for Republicans, and could even result in fewer House seats in red states."
Trump’s Census Proposal to Exclude Some Immigrants Could Cut Seats From Red States (Gift Article)
A Trump administration proposal to block some immigrants from the 2030 census could shift congressional seats away from Republican states, a New York Times analysis found.
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Rigging the Electoral College isn’t the goal of illegally excluding noncitizens—this map is a minor tradeoff for turbocharging gerrymandering 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 Texas, Florida, etc.
Excluding noncitizens from redistricting would let the GOP pack more Dem votes into fewer seats—making the rest whiter & more GOP
Excluding noncitizens from redistricting would let the GOP pack more Dem votes into fewer seats—making the rest whiter & more GOP
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The whole point of the 14th Amendment is that “persons” and not just “citizens” are members of our body politics.
Maybe Trump and Republicans can work out a compromise, count immigrants as three-fifths of a full person or something
Trump’s Census Proposal to Exclude Some Immigrants Could Cut Seats From Red States
A Trump administration proposal to block some immigrants from the 2030 census could shift congressional seats away from Republican states, a New York Times analysis found.
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The whole point of the 14th Amendment is that “persons” and not just “citizens” are members of our body politics.
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Time for another gilded @WHCA dinner so they can all congratulate themselves!
The WHCA is useless. They will never give up access, because it defines them. So they have no leverage. Individual news organizations and reporters could choose to boycott or get a spine and start pushing back on his lying, derangement, rudeness, racism, misogyny, and thin skin. 
Last night: The mighty White House Correspondents Association declares that it “stands in defense of our colleagues.”
This morning: Trump administration refuses entry to MS Now crew, confiscates their White House access badges.
This morning: Trump administration refuses entry to MS Now crew, confiscates their White House access badges.
September 19, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Time for another gilded @WHCA dinner so they can all congratulate themselves!
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"The cages were clean. I sat in one of the beds. They were soft."-- Salazar on how nice Alligator Alcatraz was.
A scroll down memory lane!
A scroll down memory lane!
A Hispanic Republican in Florida is facing her FAFO moment. A THREAD.
1. María Elvira Salazar, a Republican in Miami, made news when she posted an ad condemning Donald Trump's purge.
"Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far," she said, adding: "the same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed.”
"Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far," she said, adding: "the same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed.”
September 19, 2026 at 1:41 PM
"The cages were clean. I sat in one of the beds. They were soft."-- Salazar on how nice Alligator Alcatraz was.
A scroll down memory lane!
A scroll down memory lane!
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A competent opposition party would be relentlessly connecting Trump to the Republican Party w the goal of crushing American fascism for at least a generation.
But the opposition party is not doing that. Their strategists are saying “heterodox” and “bipartisan,” their leaders are courting crypto $.
But the opposition party is not doing that. Their strategists are saying “heterodox” and “bipartisan,” their leaders are courting crypto $.
At this point, I think you have to assume that anyone who still campaigns as a Republican is a Trump supporter, no matter what they say.
September 19, 2026 at 2:14 PM
A competent opposition party would be relentlessly connecting Trump to the Republican Party w the goal of crushing American fascism for at least a generation.
But the opposition party is not doing that. Their strategists are saying “heterodox” and “bipartisan,” their leaders are courting crypto $.
But the opposition party is not doing that. Their strategists are saying “heterodox” and “bipartisan,” their leaders are courting crypto $.
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Is he confessing to the Trump administration's secret plan?
Markwayne Mullin: "The only way you can take a republic like the US or a democratic country and make it into a communist country is by single-handedly making chaos and then coming back in saying, 'Listen, it's not working ... we need a communist party to come in and take over.'"
September 19, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Is he confessing to the Trump administration's secret plan?