The French #Metoo Scandal Unraveling in Weinstein’s Shadow thedailybeast.com/gerard-depardi… via The Daily Beast

Inside RFK Jr.’s private Boston fundraiser: Anti-vaccine rhetoric, allegations of media and government censorship, a little ribbing of Trump and a LOT of Wahlbergs (just not the most famous one).

#mapoli w/Kelly Garrity POLITICO politi.co/3UDvChn

Scoop w/ Reese Gorman on how the Kristi Noem dog incident has gone down in Trumpworld:

- Worries about ads being cut over Noem shooting her dog
- VP chances cooked
- Cabinet position, also cooked
- Concerns over ‘bad judgment’ and being a ‘gaffe machine’
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Mitt also came up on the calls for this story — and the worry around Trump is that the Noem ads would write themselves thedailybeast.com/kristi-noem-ki…

“Connecting with rural America to show strength and hard decisions could have been a true asset,” Bartlett said, “but shooting a puppy never is.”

“In America we love beer, baseball, and dogs. It’s bipartisan.”
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Scoop w/ Reese Gorman on how the Kristi Noem dog incident has gone down in Trumpworld:

- Worries about ads being cut over Noem shooting her dog
- VP chances cooked
- Cabinet position, also cooked
- Concerns over ‘bad judgment’ and being a ‘gaffe machine’
thedailybeast.com/kristi-noem-ki…

New: Kristi Noem’s recounting of how she killed her dog may have also killed something else: her hopes to be Donald Trump’s running mate.

“Haven't seen a more public suicide than Jim Jones at Jonestown,” is how one Trumpworld source put it

W/ Jake Lahut

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One thing I miss from the pre-enshittificafion of Twitter was the unique community of hockey fans and Johnny-come-latelies who would tweet about the Stanley Cup playoffs.

It just isn’t the same anymore, and Threads is especially meh on the sports front

An animal shelter in South Dakota is rebuffing the idea that there’s such a thing as an “untrainable” dog as Republican Gov. Kristi Noem defends a years-old decision to shoot her 14-month-old puppy over its poor behavior.
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This quote + screenshot combo

I’m getting pretty close to losing it with these AI press releases ranking states on random metrics

Luis always crushes the art, and I agree this is a particular stand-out!

Macron: 'I've been too long, I know.'

Audience: *nervous laughter, relief*

SCOOP: Looks like Trump has been using a GOP compliance firm as a go-between to pay lawyers, allowing him to keep some of the attorneys he’s paying hidden from the public. It’s an $8 million mystery—and experts say it’s probably illegal. Me The Daily Beast
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The latest suggestion for Trump’s counter-programming: go chill with the student protesters at Columbia

Melania has a new team, and she’s rolling pretty deep: thedailybeast.com/melania-trump-…