Adam Weinstein

@adamweinstein.bsky.social

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Producer, All In with Chris Hayes. Your affable newsroom curmudgeon. Ex-Floridian. Catskill climber. Philly fan. Go Navy. Beat Army.

"Canal Lock Stage" sign with the "C" obscured
FIFA president Gianni Infantino attempts to usher Donald Trump away from the victorious Spain team as they lift the 2026 World Cup (Getty via The Independent)
Salesman meme
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"9. We will glorify warβ€”the world’s only hygieneβ€”militarism, patriotism, the destructive gesture of freedom-bringers, beautiful ideas worth dying for, and scorn for woman. 10. We will destroy the museums, libraries, academies of every kind, will fight moralism, feminism, every opportunistic or utilitarian cowardice." -- Filippo Marinetti, Manifesto of Futurism (1909)
This cartoon, β€œThe Modern Mercury” by Jerry Doyle, appeared in The Philadelphia Record, December 7, 1935. The faded large figure in the background bears the label β€œOlympics ideals of sportsmanship and international good will.” The image of Hitler in the foreground bears the words β€œ1936 Olympics,” β€œIntolerance and discrimination,” and β€œNazism.” From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum encyclopedia
Oh I'm glad I live in a land of freedom, Where we have no slaves, nor do we need them, Look away, look away Look away to freedom's land -- Dixie Union-ized
"I did have a slight touch of diarrhea" -- Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero
Elon Musk: "You don't seem to understand that SpaceX will be worth more than the rest of Earth if we accomplish our goals"
Side-eye meme
Go bro, tell her more
NYM: 35W, 49L
Doctor Gonzo to Raoul Duke: "Did you see what God just did to us, man?"
Haaland holding a sword for the photo, doing fine, it's fine, just fine
The Northman (2022)
Rogue One (2016)
Shock
Zohran Mamdani stands smiling next to a seated Donald Trump as Trump looks up to him and speaks kind words about him
Brain cloud.
Joe, of Joe Versus The Volcano
there’s only one standard of success in the Corps, and it applies to communists and capitalists alike. It’s encapsulated in Shoup’s final apocryphal response to a critic of Carlson. β€œHe may have been red,” Shoup said of the Old Man, β€œbut he wasn’t yellow.”
While fellow Marines were celebrating America’s victory in World War II and our emergence as a superpower, Carlson was admonishing them to practice social justice at home: β€œOur expanding influence in the world today imposes the responsibility for inspecting minutely our expression of the way of life we sponsor,” he wrote in the foreword to a 1945 book advocating racial integration in the military. β€œWe must mend the fences of our democratic society, and one of the gaps most in need of attention is the prejudice practiced in many communities against the Negro citizen.” Robeson attended Carlson’s funeral. Mao sent his wife a letter of condolence. She would later run unsuccessfully for Congress in Portland, Oregon, as a Progressive.
Carlson’s Raider battalion was consciously patterned after Mao’s Eighth Route Army, with which Carlson had traveled in the late ’30s. Traditional force structure was replaced by a 10-man squad, consisting of a leader and three three-man fire teamsβ€”an innovation still used by infantry forces today. The unit was taught by its β€œOld Man” to think of itself as a single organism, in the spirit of β€œgung ho”—an β€œeverybody works together” attitude whose name was taken from the Chinese for an industrial cooperative set up to aid the nascent communist communities there. Most radically, Carlson insisted on β€œethical indoctrination” of his Raiders: political and moral education about the cause for which they fought. This is not the typical, apolitical sense of duty one tends to associate with the Marines.
The Trump White House tweets some dumb stuff at 12:45 am on the Fourth
JONATHAN ERNST/REUTERS (2022)
The Cappellos also own the under-development restaurant Grazie Italian Kitchen in Albany, which is due to open July 15, according to its website. Alyssa Cappello separately owns beauty businesses, including She’s Yar Lash & Beauty Bar, with locations in Glenmont, Guilderland and Latham.
As of Wednesday, state records indicate eight outstanding warrants for unpaid sales tax for Taste of Italy totaling about $209,000, down about 3% from when they were issued between 2020 and 2025. Another three individual sales tax warrants for Frank Cappello as a responsible party of the Taste of Italy business, originating from early 2022 to late 2024, have a combined remaining balance of about $15,000, after about half was paid since the warrants were issued. A warrant against an Alyssa DiBiase, the maiden name of Alyssa Cappello, for unpaid sales tax at Taste of Italy was issued in February for almost $142,000 and has been paid down by about 1.5%, a state database shows. Collectively, the warrants demand sums that total approximately $366,000.
Frank Cappello, who uses the name Frankie Fresh in live Facebook videos that draw tens of thousands of views, has long been controversial for comments said to be racist, anti-gay or otherwise bigoted or offensive. Alyssa Cappello has made anti-Muslim comments in an online video and become embroiled in other disputes. The couple is being sued for defamation and civil assault by the founder of the locally based 518 Foodies Facebook group. The suit stems from the fallout of a November 2024 comment on 518 Foodies that called the Cappellos β€œvery rude people” for their response to a Taste of Italy customer complaint, after which many other commenters offered their own criticisms of the couple and their restaurant.
Frank Cappello did not mention her in the interview. β€œI know who did it, and I’m going to take care of it, but I take full responsibility (for) everything at my restaurant,” he said, continuing, β€œIn no way, shape or form am I prejudiced against Muslims, Blacks, gays or any of that stuff.” He later added, β€œI’m very, very sorry to all the Muslim people that were forced to read that, and I’m more sorry for the innocent little … 7-year-old that died.”
In Cappello’s first attempt at damage control, he said Tuesday evening in an interview with CBS6 News, β€œI never posted that.” He said up to 40 people have access to his social media accounts, and he knows who is responsible for the since-deleted comment. CBS6 News reported that Cappello’s wife, Alyssa, admitted to its reporter off-camera that β€œshe wrote the comment after mistakenly believing she was posting from a personal account rather than the restaurant’s account.”
On Tuesday, responding to the news that Harbe Nagi had been found dead that morning in a swimming pool behind a home near where he was last seen on Sunday, the Taste of Italy account said, β€œLet’s not forget if that boy lived in a Muslim country his Muslim family would have killed him a long time ago.” It went on to call Islam a β€œhorrific fake religion” and say it is β€œnot a religion but a terrorist organization,” adding, β€œNo Muslim should be in any place of Authority in America.”
Chicago 23, San Diego 3. This is a baseball score.
Toronto 9, NY Mets 3
"Come home to the impossible flavor of your own completion. Come home to Simple Rick's."
Washington Post story, headlined "Organizers remove Confederate flag image from NC booth at fair on the Mall," firewalled behind an "AMERICA 250 JULY 4TH SALE" ad for Washington Post subscriptions with the tagline: "The next 250 years start now. Get ready for what’s next with The Post."
Donald Trump posted some stupid stuff again
Blackwater founder Erik Prince: Trump was β€˜badly advised’ on Iran (Financial Times)
"That's where we're going to find those shrimp, my boy!"
Forrest crosses the reflecting pool to find Jenny
Vandelay Industries
Chris Hayes stifles laughter looking at people holding peeled sheets of "American flag blue" bottom epoxy up from the green algae-heavy water of the Reflecting Pool in DC above the banner "TRUMP LEAVES REFLECTING POOL PEELING AND GREEN"
Shocked Jesus
Brawndo, the thirst mutilator
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is rung aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), May 29, 2026. Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is in Singapore with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Sailor O’Rear)
β€œPeople shouldn’t read too much into the language of the MOU,” one US official told me, describing the agreement as a β€œpolitical document.” β€œWhat’s more important than the actual document is the understandings we have with each other... We came up with language that allows (Iran) to say what they need to say for their domestic politics.”
The Mandalorian "I would like to see the baby" meme but he'd like to see the Iran M.O.U.
Trump Says US Will Get Highly Enriched Uranium From Iran β€” 'We Don't Need It, We Don't Want It... But We're Not Going To Let Them Have It' (May 21, The White House)
"Oh, we got both kinds. We've got country AND western!"
NY Times: U.S. and Iran Sign a Framework Deal, Leaving Major Issues for Future Talks U.S. and Iranian officials said the deal included a 60-day cease-fire to pave the way for negotiations toward a final peace agreement and talks on Iran’s nuclear program.
"TRUMP: WE WERE DISAPPOINTED BY THE KURDS"
[Candace] Owens granted an interview to RT host Rick Sanchez, a former U.S. journalist who relocated to Russia following the sanctions. The two sat elevated above a conference hall in front of a neon-green balloon with the letters β€œRT.” Owens spoke highly of the beauty of Moscow, where she toured the Kremlin and Red Square, describing it as clean and safe. β€œI always call it the Cold War hangover,” she said in response to a question from Sanchez on Americans being taught to distrust Russia, β€œwhere there’s not really an explanation, but they just sort of tell you Russia is a no-no and a no-go.”
Yahoo Finance: "Trump warns of global economic fallout if Iran war closes the strait"
"U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces began launching self-defense strikes against Iran, at 5 p.m. ET today at the Commander in Chief’s direction, in response to yesterday’s downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter. The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression."
"Let's Play Numberwang!" meme from That Mitchell & Webb Look
Twitter video of Pete Hegseth on April 2 declaring "Our military installations have been turned into gun-free zones -- leaving out service members vulnerable and exposed. That ends today."
With his big brother gone, Tristan settled into an armchair under a gold spotlight and posed for photos with apparent contentment. β€œSupermodel, huh?” he said, puffing on his cigar. Then he was struck by a thought. β€œYou know who ruined the β€˜I don’t need to rape women because I’m handsome’ excuse?” he asked. β€œTed Bundy.” He went on, β€œTed Bundy ruined it for fucking everyone, because he was a psychopath and he killed a bunch of women and he was handsome and charming. If it wasn’t for him, that would still be a plausible reason.” When the photo shoot was over, Tristan headed for the elevator. Then he suddenly turned back. β€œCome on, give me a hug,” he said, striding toward me. In the moment before his arms encircled me, there seemed to be no choice.