Important point from the always trenchant @emptywheel.bsky.social
Something that has gone largely unmentioned in the Eric Adams case: one of Adams' co-conspirators is already before Judge Dale Ho, and the other is about to be.
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February 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Important point from the always trenchant @emptywheel.bsky.social
In retrospect the MASTERFUL GAMBIT SIR joke was probably the most trenchant piece of political analysis of the last five years
April 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
In retrospect the MASTERFUL GAMBIT SIR joke was probably the most trenchant piece of political analysis of the last five years
MTG's boyfriend with a really trenchant, objective question.
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
February 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
MTG's boyfriend with a really trenchant, objective question.
Thanks Maggie, trenchant analysis as always
February 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Thanks Maggie, trenchant analysis as always
he also had some trenchant points to make about sand
March 13, 2026 at 10:51 PM
he also had some trenchant points to make about sand
Trenchant observation
centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.
October 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Trenchant observation
I don’t know why you’d expect a trenchant definition of detention center from a guy who dresses like he just got thrown out of a Del Taco
In a lengthy exchange, with ICE Deputy Field Director Bill Joyce, Reps Nadler and Goldman are denied the ability to visit the 10th floor. Joyce says it's not a detention facility it's just a place ppl are housed for several days w/out beds.
June 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I don’t know why you’d expect a trenchant definition of detention center from a guy who dresses like he just got thrown out of a Del Taco
And it is of course fierce, trenchant, and to the point and everyone should read it.
When Rebecca Solnit asks you to turn a thread into an essay, you fucking do it. jessica.substack.com/p/cbs-news-f...
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December 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
And it is of course fierce, trenchant, and to the point and everyone should read it.
The trenchant political analysis will resume shortly but first, here is Hashtag doing a blep.
May 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The trenchant political analysis will resume shortly but first, here is Hashtag doing a blep.
Trenchant analysis thank you Axios
The move to open the Strait of Hormuz will lead to one of two outcomes: either the opening of Hormuz, or a renewed confrontation - Axios
May 4, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Trenchant analysis thank you Axios
Have some trenchant economic analysis you slobs :D
June 28, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Have some trenchant economic analysis you slobs :D
if you “celebrate Christianity loudly” in some megachurch ass way, people are going to presume things of you that are megachurch coded. trenchant analysis dave.
June 11, 2026 at 8:15 PM
if you “celebrate Christianity loudly” in some megachurch ass way, people are going to presume things of you that are megachurch coded. trenchant analysis dave.
“Pick a different hobby.”
Real trenchant stuff here.
Real trenchant stuff here.
June 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
“Pick a different hobby.”
Real trenchant stuff here.
Real trenchant stuff here.
I thought The Times had some trenchant views on plagiarism.
August 31, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I thought The Times had some trenchant views on plagiarism.
george lucas: trenchant critiques of US imperialism
also george lucas: "darth icky"
truly this is a man who contained multitudes
also george lucas: "darth icky"
truly this is a man who contained multitudes
April 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
george lucas: trenchant critiques of US imperialism
also george lucas: "darth icky"
truly this is a man who contained multitudes
also george lucas: "darth icky"
truly this is a man who contained multitudes
Follow me for more trenchant political insights.
November 15, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Follow me for more trenchant political insights.
trenchant media criticism from a guy who wrote a 660K word fanfic about
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harry potter as a rationalist
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harry potter as a rationalist
Civilisation has been in a moral and artistic nosedive ever since they made it possible to play as Bowser in Mariokart, and win races for evil
March 17, 2026 at 12:22 AM
trenchant media criticism from a guy who wrote a 660K word fanfic about
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harry potter as a rationalist
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harry potter as a rationalist
this is, uh, a particularly trenchant condemnation.
I say this with all due respect - Ezra's analysis is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen anyone say about politics, and I used to read Instapundit
Ezra Klein explains why he is against the “oppositional” approach of Dems. One example he gives is blatantly false: immigration.
But more important: Klein shows how folks like him almost always casually throw vulnerable people under the bus in the name of “practicality.”
But more important: Klein shows how folks like him almost always casually throw vulnerable people under the bus in the name of “practicality.”
September 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
this is, uh, a particularly trenchant condemnation.
Discworld: come for the delightful characters, the trenchant social commentary, the militant decency, and the really stupid jokes
January 16, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Discworld: come for the delightful characters, the trenchant social commentary, the militant decency, and the really stupid jokes
real trenchant political observation, open and abject contempt for the literal base of the party seems like a winning move
I don't even think you can say the misogyny is subtextual at this point. It's just the text
June 5, 2026 at 8:50 PM
real trenchant political observation, open and abject contempt for the literal base of the party seems like a winning move
Trenchant political analysis here from Sarwar & Mogg.
April 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trenchant political analysis here from Sarwar & Mogg.
Thing about this movie is that in addition to being politically trenchant, it’s goddamn hilarious.
It's been 85 years since The Great Dictator first dazzled audiences in 1940. It was a big risk for one of the world's most popular performers to take a stand against fascism on film. n.pr/4n4s82s
How Charlie Chaplin used his uncanny resemblance to Hitler to fight fascism
It's been 85 years since The Great Dictator first dazzled audiences in 1940. It was a big risk for one of the world's most popular performers to take a stand against fascism on film.
n.pr
October 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Thing about this movie is that in addition to being politically trenchant, it’s goddamn hilarious.
Rep Don Bacon's (R-NE) whole statement here is trenchant.
March 6, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Rep Don Bacon's (R-NE) whole statement here is trenchant.