Notes from a retired newspaper publisher
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Tweets#
  • You only think you are conscious.#
    • Sorry, Dave. The damned pod bay door is stuck. — JESSE SINGAL: What Happened When I Asked ChatGPT To Pretend To Be Conscious: I’m trying not to s https://t.co/D7g1MbSBmo [Link]#
  • Grinding exceeding slow.#
    • They gamed the system and almost have skated free. — FBI declassifies report as deep state‘s Trump Russia scandal deepens https://t.co/OxMraocSMW via @MailOnline [Link]#
  • Journalism fail.#
    • Who started the crazy idea that news is journalism? — JEFF JACOBY: The real legacy of ‘Napalm Girl.’ “‘Napalm Girl’ has become embroidered ... https://t.co/NQJaSEhtRk [Link]#
  • Judicial overreach.#
    • In legal terms, Judge Dugan stepped in it. — The Wisconsin Judge Moves To Dismiss the Federal Indictment -- Seriously? Really?, by @shipwreckedcrew https://t.co/EbXJqXKoH2 [Link]#
    • Democrats dug themselves the hole they are in and deserve to be laughed at. — Patience is a Virtue, by @utahprez https://t.co/5VzsP6RUpW [Link]#
    • Judicial overreach. — Today Is Not That Day, by @utahprez https://t.co/WodHNArWqq [Link]#
  • Why is anyone still registered ... oh, nevermind!#
    • The Democratic Party is not democratic. — Democrats have a BO problem, by @donsurber https://t.co/yjyH76BNO4 [Link]#
  • Bypassing the courts.#
    • Federal courts stopped singling out Harvard. — Shoe, Dropped: Trump ‘Pauses‘ Student Visas Across the Board https://t.co/knD2mkMFhd [Link]#
Retweets#
  • Save us from justices who care little about law.#
    • RT @charliekirk11: 🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping new ruling, the U.S. Court of International Trade has just blocked President Trump‘s Liberation… [Link]#
    • RT @MZHemingway: Latest judicial coup update [Link]#
    • RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 JUST IN: President Trump asks the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and stop, once and for all, activist judges from dictat… [Link]#
    • RT @ProfMJCleveland: Same reason judges are entering orders against Trump even though they lack jurisdiction. [Link]#
    • RT @julie_kelly2: Chief Justice John Roberts recently claimed the judiciary is obligated to "check the excesses of Congress or the executiv… [Link]#
    • RT @ProfMJCleveland: 🚨Lawsplaining of Trump Administration‘s latest Application for Stay to SCOTUS. In this case, Trump Administration bega… [Link]#
  • And the savings start ... or the political battle to save.#
    • RT @nicksortor: 🚨 #BREAKING: The White House will be sending a DOGE rescissions package to Congress on MONDAY, per Trump Budget Director Ru… [Link]#
    • RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 BREAKING: SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON promises DOGE cuts, clarifies when and how they will come.... ... "When the White House sends it… [Link]#
    • RT @StephenM: DOGE cuts are to discretionary spending. (Eg the federal bureaucracy). Under senate budget rules, you cannot cut discretionar… [Link]#
  • No more thumb on the scale.#
    • RT @DanLennington: 🚨Trump Admin admits in federal court that @USDOT affirmative action is unconstitutional. ... ... Major victor for equality @WI… [Link]#
  • Now we get to see.#
    • RT @RodDMartin: 🧵 The One Big Beautiful Bill is Bigger Than You Think!... ... The GOP megabill touches on almost every sector of the federal gove… [Link]#
  • Democrats cut down the safeguards.#
    • RT @drawandstrike: Wasn‘t it AWFUL NICE of the Democrat-controlled Congress, the Garland DOJ and the DC courts to FULLY ESTABLISH BEYOND AL… [Link]#
  • Governance, for a change.#
    • RT @LarrySchwe94560: I don‘t know if everyone understands what a MASSIVE change has occurred at HHS, overseeing NIH and CDC.... ... 1) RFK, Jr. a… [Link]#
  • Forget it, Jake. It’s Brian Stelter.#
    • RT @ScottJenningsKY: Quick update from @politico https://t.co/q9eV1z8qLL [Link]#
  • The CBO rules are absurd.#
    • RT @StephenM: I see some self-described libertarians siding with lefty bureaucrats at CBO who claim the Big Beautiful Bill will “explode th… [Link]#
  • Censorship now costs.#
    • RT @charliekirk11: BREAKING: The Trump State Department is now going to issue visa bans on foreign officials who have attempted to censor A… [Link]#
  • The Great Autopen theft.#
    • RT @RodDMartin: Ed Martin floats names of ‘gatekeepers‘ in Biden autopen controversy; Trump accuses exploiters of ‘TREASON‘... ... THREAD🧵 https:… [Link]#
  • Harvard was just hoping to delay.#
    • RT @wajacobson: Complaint of no "due process" from places like Harvard is self-defeating - their business model depends on being beyond scr… [Link]#
  • Justice.#
    • RT @HarmeetKDhillon: Regarding Minneapolis consent decree situation, Judge Magnuson granted the motion to dismiss today, driving a stake th… [Link]#
  • Trimming lawfare.#
    • RT @jsolomonReports: Federal judge approves DOGE‘s access to Treasury‘s payment systems https://t.co/d6zXplg0BA [Link]#
  • Accountability.#
    • RT @matt_vanswol: Per usual, @ScottAdamsSays it best.... ... The reason you are seeing so many members of the GOP lashing out and tweeting about… [Link]#
  • Patience.#
    • RT @ProfMJCleveland: 🔥As I‘ve noted many times before, Trump is going to great lengths to obey the letter of the orders entered against his… [Link]#
  • DOGE maters.#
    • RT @BasedMikeLee: Fact check: TRUE [Link]#
  • Trump popularity.#
    • RT @Rasmussen_Poll: Fact Check: According to our polling, True [Link]#

Last update: Wednesday May 28, 2025; 8:41 PM EDT.