Matthew Budman, book guy

Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:45 UTC

Whatever policy you’re asking about, he’ll announce it in two weeks, you’ll be so happy, believe me

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 16:31 UTC

Where's the lie

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 13:05 UTC

Still another several hours of glorious U.K. schadenfreude

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 12:38 UTC

I honestly had no idea that the Gulf Coast states have seen sea-level rise of five to eight inches just since 2010. Indeed, a gas facility erecting flood walls “may evolve into becoming an island surrounded by open water.” www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 04:48 UTC

Good luck in the private sector, Jake

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 04:24 UTC

Sir Denis Eton-Hogg, CEO of Polymer Records, ready to reenter the private sector

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 01:01 UTC

More like this, please

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 21:29 UTC

Nicely done, Brits. Can we kick conservatives out of power here too?

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 19:25 UTC

Honestly, it's as though the U.K. set up its late-night vote-reporting system for the benefit of American politics obsessives. Even on the East Coast, we can go to bed at a reasonable hour and get most of the key results!

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 18:59 UTC

Susan Brownmiller's MY CITY HIGHRISE GARDEN has photos rather than drawings, but it's a charming book nevertheless www.goodreads.com/book/show/31...

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 18:33 UTC

Almost forgot that it's been two years since Fox News—in a tweet that's still live!—invoked the legal doctrine of starry decisiveness twitter.com/FoxNews/stat...

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 16:47 UTC

White House + herd immunity = White Herd Immunity?

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 15:09 UTC

Much more effective poll watchers than the GOP's army

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 14:36 UTC

Well, listing Vegas here is insane, but Chicago's rivers & architecture make it America's most beautiful city IMO. (Agree re: NYC, where I live.)

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 12:21 UTC

Six years ago today, and still true: The clown couldn't overthrow our bedrock values . . . though his Supreme Court could, as it turns out

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 11:56 UTC

I will take optimism wherever I can get it! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 03:26 UTC

Just when our post-debate nausea had begun to dissipate, here's a program with even higher viewership and stakes

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 19:31 UTC

Hard not to think that they would if they thought it would help

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 19:17 UTC

In fairness, I think what people like is compelling politics and boring governance

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 16:11 UTC

Does that gravitas > Senate tiebreaks?

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 23:32 UTC

Imagining president-elect Trump as a criminal defendant, spending his transition period flying between Atlanta and D.C., his attorneys doing everything possible to stall proceedings until January 20

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 21:22 UTC

Indeed, she would . . . but per the 25th Amendment, both houses of Congress would need to confirm her pick, and it's *very* hard to see Mike Johnson agreeing to even bring her nominee to a vote. That's why it seems more likely to me that Biden stays in the Oval Office even if he doesn't run.

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 19:03 UTC

We Gen Xers will take any representation we can get

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 16:12 UTC

It won't be the least bit surprising when Trump begins taunting Biden at rallies for refusing to be "strong" and take full advantage of his new powers

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 15:57 UTC

It does mean, though, with the sentencing now after the RNC, that Trump will be able to deliver his acceptance speech in person rather than on Zoom, from Rikers

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 15:03 UTC

In completely unrelated news, my favorite Ang Lee film—just beating out BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON—premiered thirty years ago today, in Taiwan.

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