Rob Fardon

@robfardon

“Everyone says he is crazy – which maybe he is – but the scarier thing about him is that he is stupid. You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don’t.” --Fran Lebowitz

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Rob Fardon@robfardon· 5d

Dear New Jersey Transit, please tell everyone involved in installing these Antarctic air conditioners in Penn Station that they are absolute lifesavers. Thanks

Rob Fardon@robfardon· 6d

Number of times I have asked "is that even legal?" since arriving in the U.S. (I know, I know. It's not enough.)

A bar chart showing a random spread of roughly a dozen times a year in non-Trump presidencies and significantly higher numbers during Trump presidencies

Rob Fardon@robfardon· 6d

@theorchardkeeper.bsky.social @atticus59914029.bsky.social I missed this yesterday

Alan Cornett on Twitter, over a picture of him and Wendell Berry, wrote on August 5, 2026,
"Happy Birthday to my old friend Wendell Berry! He turns 92 today."

Rob Fardon@robfardon· 22d

These are fun. Our Texas friends taught us to obey, so me and the boys trooped down to the basement for the duration

Emergency alert: Extreme

National Weather Service: TORNADO WARNING in this area until 3:45 PM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media.

Rob Fardon@robfardon· 25d

Rob Fardon@robfardon· 27d

It's been a while

Rob Fardon@robfardon· 28d

Who is this fool? Immigrants often assimilate in one or two generations. In fact, I would back the average immigrant over the average multigenerational American in a civics quiz

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jul 10

Clean version:

"A year on this website has taught me in very clear terms that basically nobody knows what [BLANK] is, what it does, or how it works - regardless of academic background"

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jul 10

New template just dropped

A screenshot of Clay Copper's post reading

"A year on this website has taught me in very clear terms that basically nobody knows what NATO is, what it does, or how it works - regardless of academic background"

has an invitation to replace the blanked-out "NATO" with the topic du jour

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jul 6

Trump card (from my mate in London)

A photoshopped image showing Folarin Balogun countering the referee's red card with a card with Trump's picture on it.

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jul 6

Tough result for valiant Mexico

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jul 2

Ass-melting weather here in New Jersey. How's everyone doing?

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jun 30

Individual Stock trades During Term by U.S. president since 1990 (x.com/i/status/207...)

The chart shows 0 individual stock trades during their terms by all U.S. Presidents since 1990, with sole exception of Donald Trump. He made 50 such trades during his first term, and, so far, has made 3,642 such trades in his second term. Link in tweet

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jun 30

"The White House is considering granting mass pardons for the nation’s birthday. The prospect set off an international frenzy of lobbying and dealmaking in which even slight proximity to the president can be monetized." Sarah Fitzpatrick & Michael Scherer. Gift: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Five current and former administration officials and nine private-sector lawyers, lobbyists, and other individuals with ties to Trump’s orbit told us that the jockeying among those seeking clemency for past crimes has been intense. One criminal-defense attorney called it “a three-ring circus,” and a former administration official said that it was “batshit crazy.” One lobbyist told us that he had started turning off his cellphone as the ”“aggressive” requests from clients intensified in recent weeks. All spoke with us on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters with high stakes in the days ahead.

One former Trump associate who had been approached to help facilitate a pardon described the push to be included in the possible 250 for the celebration of American independence as distinctly different from what had occurred in Trump’s first term. “Everything is now out in the open,” he told me, drawing a contrast to previous attempts to keep plans under wraps and disguise the appearance of selling access. For those hoping to obtain a presidential pardon or other form of clemency, this person said, “now is the time.”

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jun 30

The video:

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jun 30

Jonathan Swan on C-SPAN:

We also have reporting in the book that Donald Trump has told senior advisers in the Oval Office that he's going to pardon anyone who came within 250 feet of the Oval Office. He sometimes says 200 feet. He sometimes says 29 feet. Some number of feet. So there's a sense among Trump and his allies and his inner circle that with a very friendly Justice Department run by Trump's own former personal lawyer, with sweeping immunity from the Supreme Court, with an intention to use the pardon power more expansively potentially than any president has ever used it, I don't think that they feel any real concern about illegality.

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jun 29

"Some sheep"

An old map of Australia, produced by New Oxford Wall Maps, showing regions of sheep and wheat.

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jun 28

This is how they think:

Asked for comment, a White House spokeswoman, Allison Schuster, said: “There can constitutionally be no independent executive branch agencies because independence from the president would mean independence from the voters who elected him.”

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jun 27

There are two reasons I'm still on Twitter. First, I lack the power to make a host of Ukrainian, Polish, Baltic, and other European politicians move to Bluesky, so I have to stay on Twitter to read them. Second, I block 20-50 accounts on Twitter per day. That absolutely helps

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jun 26

Content warning: the character of Megyn Kelly. The “culture” she's proud of is one with no reading, no humanity, and no morals. The average Haitian is her superior in all three. Megyn Kelly is human waste

A tweet by @MegynKellyShow reads:

Megyn sends a message to the Haitians who lost their TPS today:

"Go home! Get out! We know our country is better than yours. That's because we filled it with our work ethic, culture, and values. You being here only dilutes it for us... GO BACK TO FUCKING HAITI!"

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jun 22

Quite a name choice :)

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jun 21

I asked this the other day and the answer appears to be yes

In new court filing, plaintiffs accuse Team Trump of "petty defiance" and "inexcliable" conduct in its handling of the removal of Trump's name from Kennedy Center

They argue the tarp and scaffolding are a "transparent effort" to frustrate a return of the rightful name

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jun 18

An oily rain has begun to fall in Moscow. (Content from Telegram)

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jun 18

I think this is Chotiner's harshest question in the interview

What do you think Netanyahu will do now with an election coming up?

I think he is in shock. In shock. In all the years that I have known him, he has never been in shock like now. Not with Obama. No one has caused a shock like Trump. And it’s because you couldn’t predict it.

[Here is the Chotiner line that I am referring to:] The unpredictable nature of Trump turning on you is what makes it so sad.

True. You are right. In a few months, we have an election, and one of the most important parts of his campaign was going to be his friendship with Trump. Now what is he going to say? It’s a problem.

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jun 17

All the toys are out of the crib

Tweet from Kaitlan Collins:
"Here’s something for Republicans in Washington to wake up to: In a lengthy post attacking both Democrats and Republicans, Trump says they’re canceling Jay Clayton’s scheduled hearing today and that Bill Pulte will remain acting Director of National Intelligence for now."

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jun 9

Brexit was the UK's terrible failure of public judgment, and there has been a steady increase in the number of people who recognize it. Electing Trump was the US's terrible failure of public judgment, and I hope like hell there's an unstoppable increase in the number of people who recognize it

A tweet from Tom Nichols reads "Boy, if only some experts had been around to warn people that this might not work out so well" above a screenshot of polls showing that 61% of Britons believe Brexit has been a failure, with only a quarter of Leave voters feeling it's so far been a success

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jun 3

Respect to everyone applying pressure over ICE's lies and their thuggish treatment of detainees. It's working

Tweet from Sen. Andy Kim, NJ:
Because of your voice on Delaney Hall, the Trump admin just released 18 yr old high school senior whose story I told. They released the pregnant women held inside. These releases show ICE isn’t targeting the violent criminals. ICE is feeling the pressure. Keep raising your voice.

Rob Fardon@robfardon· Jun 2

Guess who's getting investigated for insider trading on Kalshi? www.npr.org/2026/06/02/n...

At the time, traders on the prediction market site Kalshi were placing millions of dollars worth of bets on who would attend. Santos' video confirming his presence sent odds soaring.

But he didn't show up.

"Watching SOTU from an airport tv was not part of the plan! FML," Santos wrote on X, using slang for a more coarse way of saying, "screw my life."

He posted the message as Trump was speaking, making those same odds in the Kalshi market plummet.

What Santos didn't say was that he had already placed bets on Kalshi that he was not going to appear at the State of the Union address, according to three people with direct knowledge of his trades who were not authorized to speak publicly. They say Santos misled the public and turned a profit based on that deception in the tens of thousands of dollars.

Rob Fardon@robfardon· May 28

This atheist appreciates Christians who understand America Credit to Marco Foster on Twitter

Rob Fardon@robfardon· May 25

Memorial Day, 2026 Alleta Sullivan wrote to the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Jan 1943 when she heard all five of her sons had been killed. F.D.R. wrote back. “It was hard to give five sons all at once to the Navy” From Shaun Usher's “Letters of Note.”