I did a bit of newspaper research on the prayer that Mike Johnson falsely ascribed to Thomas Jefferson on the floor of the House of Representatives yesterday. The story of how that prayer came to be inaccurately associated with Jefferson and then became a meme is pretty wild.

— Seth Cotlar (@sethcotlar.bsky.social) 2025-01-04T17:00:56.746Z

The prayer that Mike Johnson attributed to Thomas Jefferson did not come from Jefferson. It came from a 1928 Episcopal prayer book.But the idea that *Jefferson* said it; that it is evidence the US was founded as a “Christian nation” … hoo boy where *that* came from is … well not surprising actually

— Lindsay P Cohn (@lindsaypcohn.bsky.social) 2025-01-05T12:10:56.675Z

House leader Mike Johnson read a prayer in the House, upon being voted Speaker. Johnson: "It is said" Thomas Jefferson recited this prayer publicly every day.#1 Saying prayers in Congress violates the separation of church and state.#2 Historians say Thomas Jefferson didn't say that prayer.

— Michael J. Stern (@michaeljstern.bsky.social) 2025-01-04T05:07:54.501Z

The North Carolina General Assembly’s GOP supermajority just approved a hugely corrupt power grab, seizing authority from the governor and the courts to prevent any meaningful check on legislative abuses. Authoritarian stuff. A very dark day for democracy in NC. amp.newsobserver.com/news/politic…

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) 2024-12-02T22:41:39.722Z

Cooper and Stein filed this new motion in an ongoing lawsuit challenging SB 749, a similar law that gave the governor's power to appoint state election board members to the North Carolina Legislature. A state court struck down SB 749 in March for violating the NC Constitution.

— Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) 2025-01-03T17:15:43.676Z

Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper’s refusal to publish cartoon critical of Jeff Bezos

— The Guardian (@theguardian.com) 2025-01-04T15:25:09Z

This is highly disconcerting. WaPo editors killed an editorial cartoon that mocked Bezos and other tech oligarchs. Will the Post respond to this? Democracy dies with accommodation. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui…

— David Corn (@davidcorn.bsky.social) 2025-01-04T09:09:26.997Z

“Four years ago, dozens of companies denounced the invasion of the U.S. Capitol and pledged to withhold support from those who disputed the 2020 election results. Now, many of those companies are lining up to fund Donald Trump’s inauguration.”From the @wsj.com http://www.wsj.com/business/tru…

— Katie Phang (@katiephang.bsky.social) 2025-01-05T16:29:15.749Z

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/with-grati…

— Ann Telnaes (@anntelnaes.bsky.social) 2025-01-06T18:08:02.232Z

Don't you dare call the Kowtowers kowtowers!(in solidarity with the Washington Post 's former cartoonist Ann Telnaes who wouldn't kowtow)

— Matt Wuerker (@mwuerker.bsky.social) 2025-01-06T22:44:13.385Z

Head coach PJ Fleck got an honorary mayo bath after Minnesota won the Duke's Mayo Bowl 🔥Who was pouring the mayonnaise? None other than the game's mascot, Flavor Flav.

— The Athletic (@theathletic.bsky.social) 2025-01-04T04:36:03.401Z

The Duke’s Mayo Bowl reminded us why it’s the granddaddy of funky bowls, culminating in Flavor Flav (who had been in the costume all game) dumping mayo on PJ Fleck

— RedditCFB (@redditcfb.com) 2025-01-04T15:24:16.398Z

Sigh. It wasn’t a nonevent BUT we took it seriously. It was a nonevent BECAUSE we took it seriously. Same dangerous attitude I’ve seen about ozone layer deterioration: if a major campaign of concerted action averted the problem, it must have been a fake problem. Not the correct lesson to draw!

— Julian Sanchez (@normative.bsky.social) 2024-12-31T21:32:26.305Z

Wow it’s the 25th anniversary of Y2K where nothing happened because a bunch of us did a metric fuck-ton of work in ‘99 testing and upgrading IT infrastructure systems. Wildest thing I worked on replacing was a CP/M system in a critical role – it booted from 8” floppies, and a VAX with a 9 Track tape

— Marie Fromm (@mallorys.bsky.social) 2025-01-01T00:51:34.885Z

As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors, and more—are packing their bags.

— The New Republic (@newrepublic.com) 2025-01-02T02:23:01.097Z

Great column by @nberlat.bsky.social:"The ugly truth is that Trump and MAGA wanted the attacker to be an immigrant, and now that they know he isn’t, they’re shameless enough to just to forge ahead with pretending that he is."www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-new-…

— Michael J. Stern (@michaeljstern.bsky.social) 2025-01-06T18:04:24.185Z

"First, he flunked a test of accuracy, pushing misinformation within hours of a deadly attack. Second, he flunked a test of decency, trying to exploit the attack to advance an ugly and misguided agenda. And third, Trump flunked a test of credibility."

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2025-01-02T19:18:16.780Z

Donald Trump is actively using what happens in New Orleans to promote a fake anti-immigration agenda. It's shameful.

— Aaron Parnas (@aaronparnas.bsky.social) 2025-01-01T19:43:13.387Z

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2025-01-02T15:07:09.370Z

Alternative headline for your consideration, NYT:Trump dishonestly uses New Orleans attack to demonize immigrants

— Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) 2025-01-01T23:05:38.193Z

Minutes after Fox falsely reported the New Orleans truck attack suspect had just crossed the border, Trump claimed that he was an immigrant. The Fox-Trump feedback loop is back. http://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/new…

— Matthew Gertz (@mattgertz.bsky.social) 2025-01-02T18:10:46.746Z

Trump flunks 3 key tests following deadly New Orleans attackWithin hours of the New Year’s attack in New Orleans, the president-elect simultaneously flunked tests of accuracy, decency and credibility. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo…

— Democracy Skies in Blueness – Resist (@democracyblue.bsky.social) 2025-01-02T15:03:12.906Z

This isn’t rocket science. He lied. He pushed erroneous garbage without knowing facts, knowing full well his base will never pay attention to the clarification.

— Bradley P. Moss (@bradmossesq.bsky.social) 2025-01-02T03:53:02.692Z