Marcus Mauney

I'm never going to be on anyone's starter pack, but I'm following so many of them I may as well give a little more info than can fit in my bio. I work outside of academia as my 9-5 job and continue to work ponderously towards a previously abandoned undergrad degree in History at UC Berkeley, 1/3

I can't really believe it but it seems to be the case that the Times has not covered a credible accusation of rape against the President of the United States, but has two solid stories on Obama's cheesecake factory quip.

The @utahpigbus.bsky.social released a statement of apology to the great Pat McAfee

everything is so stupid

I'm so glad ESPN went all in with a 40 year old frat boy wannabe just as college kids decide he's cringe and weird so now we get to watch him live out his mid-life crisis across multiple sporting events over the next decade.

incredible strategic error by Pat McAfee to reveal he is deeply bothered by relatively mild mockery from college students despite a key component of his job being "standing on a stage in front of college students for 3 hours a week"

this man is a gotdamned patriot

Its like a Who's Who of guys on the waiver wire of your mid 2010s fantasy football league that no one touches until a week 9 bye after your roster was already decimated by injury.

The Big Three

Jon Ossoff’s closing argument went in for the kill.

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

There are only two explanations for the NYT's habit of presenting GOP operatives and donors as true swing voters: 1. Their reporters and editors are somehow incapable of running a simple Google searches, showing just a staggering level of journalistic incompetence 2. They want to the GOP to win

NEWS --> Dems are planning novel ways to wield power of the purse against Trump's corrupt prosecutions of critics like Ilhan Omar if they win House. Reps Pramila Jayapal and Jamie Raskin tell me a range of aggressive tactics will be deployed. Details in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/2171...

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

How bad can it b---- oh no

real fast casual dining heads know this is old spaghetti factory erasure, revealing this supposed tribune of the plebs to be an imposter

Been reading about a lot of very bad but entirely ordinary people throughout history for the next season of Past Lives (Everyday Villains). This guy is utterly typical. 1) Doesn't think he's doing anything wrong. 2) Permission structure in a system of hierarchical authority. 3) Benefits materially.

Kyle Pitts scores a touchdown, trucks a mic operator, then he and Drake London make sure she's OK and on her feet before celebrating. cool as hell

West Bank…

Elon bought Twitter so nobody could stop him from embarrassing himself.

The Wokes have sullied first Crackle Barrel and now The Factory, leaving only The Garden as an Alpha Male's last refuge. You can take these breadsticks and Fettuccine Alfredo from my cold dead hands. Don't Tread On My Endless Pasta Bowl.

that just sounds like a coup with extra steps

This story made me so angry. Ripping apart families. Crushing businesses. Grinding the town’s rebuilding effort after a devastating flood to a halt. All for what? $15k?

Ingram was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town. www.texastribune.org/2026/10/24/d...

New tonight from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me for @zeteo.com zeteo.com/p/venues-sta...

Why do we persist in making games despite weeks like this one? This:

Another death inside of Trump's concentration camps, this time in Folkston, Georgia. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Oh. My. God.

Trump didn't like Ramaswamy until he saw him sticking up for child rapists and their enablers. He hated the Ivy League until Cornell had a prominent fraternity gang-rape story in the news. He's not just a rapist, not just a serial rapist—he's a rape *enthusiast,* and it's why Republicans love him.

no amnesty

I hope Amy Acton has a good support system, an excellent therapist, and a lovely day because fuck those assholes.

Feeling resentful that I've been forced to learn who these people are, but I'm glad for the explainer so I can never have to read about them again.

Who cares if they fuck off to some red state? They weren't paying taxes in California in the first place so let them fuck off and not pay taxes somewhere else. At least we won't have to deal with them here.

new york forever. FUCK ICE.

of course the worst people in the world see dogs as nothing more than part of their death cult fantasies just absolute pieces of shit

there’s a very amusing dynamic in NYC DSA right now where, in response to Zohran’s YIMBY policies, a bunch of right-wing NIMBY nutcases are joining DSA to try and take over the organization.

Here's a photo of a helicopter landed on Joanne's 227 foot support yacht that follows around her 290 foot main yacht

i really do think that a successful impeachment and removal of hegseth is a live possibility if dems win the senate. he is a genuine disaster.

The Columbus Dispatch this morning

this is correct

Frodo with his little mithril underarmour