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Jeffrey Goldfarb retweeted
So the White House's big new economic policy is to hand out $2,000 checks but ask everyone to not spend it.
Sometimes I need to replay these videos several times because I cannot believe they are real.
Chuck Steak?
Charles Barkley used to order his steak well-done. Now, he’s opening a steakhouse and cigar lounge in KOP. ebx.sh/LIpUL6
Before everyone loses their goddam minds about Shohei Ohtani, let’s take a quick look at Babe Ruth’s career pitching line.
“The President’s determination was simply untethered to the facts” should be a judicial cut/paste job.
NEW: Judge Immergut's says Trump's assessment of "war-ravaged" Portland was not made in "good faith" Even under a legal standard that gives the president "great deference," she said, there's no basis for "ignoring the facts on the ground."
politico.com/news/2025/10/04…
Jeffrey Goldfarb retweeted
President Trump repeatedly lied to the US military’s generals and admirals today. And many of his false claims were on the subject of the military. Details at the link below, but in summary:
- It’s not true Biden never said “we have the strongest military"
- It’s not true Trump has ended "seven" wars
- It’s not true Trump got NATO's defense spending target “up to 2(%) in my last term" from a previous 1%
- It’s not true Biden said upon taking office that “we can get rid of” Space Force
- It’s not true Washington DC was the country’s most dangerous city before Trump deployed the National Guard
- It’s not true that Portland “is burning down"
- It’s not true Biden gave Ukraine "$350 billion"
- It’s not true that “the Congo” “opened up prisons” to send criminals to the US as migrants
- It’s not true the US had "300,000" drug deaths last year
- It's not true Biden allowed in “25 million” migrants
- It’s not true the 2020 election was “rigged"
- It's not true that a judge in the AP's ongoing lawsuit over Trump’s retaliation against the news service for continuing to use the name “Gulf of Mexico” declared that “the name is the Gulf of America” or that the AP’s decision to call it the Gulf of Mexico is “not appropriate"
- It’s not true that CNN turned off its camera when Trump criticized CNN during the speech
Link for details: cnn.com/2025/09/30/politics/…
Jeffrey Goldfarb retweeted
Federal judge, appointed by Reagan, in 161-page opinion today in deportation matter:
"There’s the issue of masks... To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police"
Jeffrey Goldfarb retweeted
Hard to see why Democrats should agree to avoid a shutdown if SCOTUS is going to give Trump the equivalent of a line-item veto, letting him pick and choose which congressionally authorized money he'll spend and which he won't.
Jeffrey Goldfarb retweeted
The free market overhaul has to be supported by a government bailout
The U.S. is in talks to provide Argentina with a $20 billion swap line to help contain financial upheaval and support President Javier Milei’s free-market overhaul, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on.wsj.com/480vpfy
Well looky who supports using humor to challenge those in power.
Jeffrey Goldfarb retweeted
I want to thank Nexstar for doing the right thing.
Local broadcasters have an obligation to serve the public interest. While this may be an unprecedented decision, it is important for broadcasters to push back on Disney programming that they determine falls short of community values.
I hope that other broadcasters follow Nexstar’s lead.
Jeffrey Goldfarb retweeted
We can officially raise the alert level from "Wow, Things Sure Seem Bad"
to
"Uh Oh! I Recognize This One From the Textbook"
Jeffrey Goldfarb retweeted
‘Booty’ and ‘butt’ are synonyms.
‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms.
But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.
This one is aging beautifully.
Forgive my language but this story is complete and utter bullshit. The WSJ should be ashamed for publishing it.
Where is this letter? Would you be shocked to learn they never showed it to us before publishing it? Does anyone honestly believe this sounds like Donald Trump?
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The Wall Street Journal has published the letter: "Lawyers for Epstein's estate have given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book" wsj.com/us-news/law/ep…
