Look closely & you can see the face of God scowling in those foreboding clouds. Not presuming to imagine what they (God's preferred pronoun???) are thinking, but it may be related to that angel being held hostage by the antichrist's flying monkeys. @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social

@pkrugman.bsky.social takes "an optimism break & talk about why batteries may save the world." More broadly, "the whole renewable energy complex is experiencing a virtuous circle: ever-growing use leads to falling costs & falling costs lead to ever-growing use." open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Conversion therapy is harmful. Virginia took action in 2020 to protect minors. A 2025 settlement and today’s Supreme Court ruling in Chiles v. Salazar restrict enforcement of protections. Survivors have legal options. We must continue fighting to protect young people. @equalityva.bsky.social

From our new senior fellow John Sipher ⬇️ www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-d...

My favorite photo from today's #NOKINGS rally in McLean, Virginia. @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social @indivisible.org

I recently asked Claude this question: "Is there a game theory that explains the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact." Note: "The prisoner's dilemma lurk[s] underneath." Here is the result: claude.ai/share/bad9af...

hegseth won't last long now: trump distances himself from Iran decision. "Pete, I think you were the first one to speak up and you said let’s do it..." youtu.be/xKHMRLVz6cY?...

Trump’s information about the war is coming from two-minute Hegseth sizzle reels, not actual intelligence briefings. What could go wrong? www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

A straight up lie. Obama’s JCPOA halted Iran's nuclear weapons program, making America and the world safer. We argued then, correctly, that the likeliest alternative to the deal was war.

This is no surprise. Trump won't stop until he installs his approved government that allow him to control all the oil. Trump doesn't care about the lives of US soldiers or those of the Iranian people. He doesn't care what Iranian leaders do to their people.

This is the person who claims to be our president. Have any Republicans condemned this comment? Yet, had any Democratic leader said the same about Charlie Kirk, Republicans would be calling for their head.

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: March 28 will be the biggest protest in US history. Find your local No Kings event to make clear you're part of The Resistance to this regime’s brutality at home, pathetic ineptness, perpetual lying & their illegal war in Iran. ✊https://app.sosha.ai/s/39HA7UDd

@pkrugman.bsky.social on farmers, Qatar fertilizer, & force majeure. With Hormuz bottled, a by-product of natural gas, urea-based fertilizer, won't be shipped to North American farmers in the midst of the spring planting season. @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social substack.com/@paulkrugman...

Authoritarians always require both of these things to be true: That The Enemy is weak and easily crushed by the might of The Leader. AND That The Enemy is strong, at or already inside the gates, and that you must sacrifice your freedom to The Leader to increase His might to stop them.

How do these people say these obvious lies with a straight face? Have they been implanted with some kind of device that inflicts pain unless they lie? Are we living in an Avengers movie where the bad guys get to do a lot more damage and we really don't know when the good guys are going to show up?

This is what we can look forward to if legislation like the SAVE Act or SAVE America Act passes. Because that act will result in reshaping our voting systems in such a way that many of us will lose our right and votes won't matter because republicans will have unchecked power.

Will the federal courts ever label trump's DoJ a source of nuisance lawsuits? Will they ever enforce Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 11 against trump's DoJ? (www.bloomberglaw.com/external/doc...) @politico.com @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

He's talking about using nuclear weapons in Iran. I always figured his fear of nukes would keep him in check, but he's so disinhibited that it seems like anything is now possible. Removing him before he has a chance to order a nuclear release would be a good idea, but it's not going to happen.

"... if you want to understand Operation Epic FUBAR, don’t forget to follow the oil money." @pkrugman.bsky.social @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Exactly: "We basically have a Stalin-like court around Trump and we see the decisions that such a court makes." And who will play Khrushchev after trump is gone? @pkrugman.bsky.social @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Kahn wasn’t just Epstein’s accountant.  For more than a decade, he managed Epstein’s finances, moved money, oversaw work on Epstein’s properties, and handled payments to survivors.  That goes far beyond what any normal accountant does.

"After Nero’s death his successors decided to erase all traces of the emperor & his palace." After trump leaves the White House on 1/20/2029, his Democratic successor should implode the POS ballroom & rebuild with donor $$$. @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social colosseo.it/en/area/the-...

Why in fu©k do markets believe anything "pump&dump" trump says⁉️ if you're going to hang on his every word, try selling after he says something good & buying after he says something bad. as you should know, if he's talking, he's lying, so it's all bad. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

Spring break at @georgemasonu.bsky.social @scharschool.bsky.social. I could be skydiving in Ashburn but I'm stuck in McLean. www.iflyworld.com/loudoun

SpongeBob memes and video game edits hyping their illegal war in Iran, tells us just how seriously the White House takes decisions of war and peace. This isn’t Call of Duty. It isn’t a game or a meme. Real people are dying, including innocent children and American soldiers.

oops, but is it really an "oops"? trump's cabinet geniuses could've raised this logical outcome - russia benefiting from higher oil prices - with"sir" to maybe dampen his appetite for regional war in the Middle East. @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social www.wsj.com/finance/comm...

Goodness gracious! "The Apprentice Iran"? Too bad trump nixed JCPOA process which could've been a source for up and coming, dare I say "western-friendly", Iranian politicians. Oh, and, buh-bye, ICE Barbie. @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social

This is a first.

$1 Billion/day: Estimated cost of U.S taxpayer $$$ for the netanyahu-trump Iran war. @pkrugman.bsky.social @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social substack.com/@paulkrugman...

I have "smart" things to say but no one listens. They just look away, cough, and get another sample of party mix at Costco.

It appears trump caved to Israeli & Saudi pressure "to topple Khamenei...despite intel assessments that Iran's forces were unlikely to pose a threat to the U.S. mainland." Iran has ZERO intercontinental ballistic missiles. @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social Gifted: wapo.st/403tJwt

Are you attending McLean #NOKINGS event on Sat., Mar. 28, corner of Old Dominion Dr. & Dolley Madison Blvd.? Signup to join patriots at 1 PM! Def. "patriot": upholding ideals of equality, justice, & democracy. @indivisible.org @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

@robertgarcia.house.gov: Republicans broke their own rules by releasing photos of the closed deposition & that former Sec. Clinton had been gracious to continue to answer questions. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

This is bigotry, pure and simple. open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

ICE passes piss poor recruits "no matter how egregiously they violate a law during a practical". "ICE has cut 240 hours of lessons from a 584-hour program". www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Protein good, but where's the damn fiber, pop-tarts?

Two of my queries to @anthropic.com's Claude.

Book World section "has been sunset." Is @washingtonpost.com sundowning?

Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/

DoD hi energy laser 1, party balloon zip. Great job with the inter-agency communications, hegseth. @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/post/206483/...

The DOJ is legally required to explain their redactions in the Epstein files. After reviewing unredacted documents, it’s clear that they are continuing to coverup the names of individuals potentially involved in Epstein’s horrific crimes.

Protecting the creep in chief. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

Let's be clear: trump's board of peace will NOT have any safeguards against corruption/self-dealing. OTH, the "United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) is the only legally binding universal anti-corruption instrument." www.unodc.org/corruption/e... @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social

Speaker of the House Johnson & Senate Majority Leader Thune would be on safer ground if they blamed the teleprompter company for trump's failures. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...

Here's a prop bet: by April 1st trump demands that Greenland and Iceland swap geonames: Greenland becomes "Iceland" and Iceland becomes, uhh, just a sec, uhh, "Hotland"??? @reuters.com @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/europe...

People always (never) ask me about my pre-snowmageddon grocery shopping strategy. It's simple: buy multiples of everything I never eat or drink. What's your's? In other pre-snow activities: people lined up at a carwash in Northern Virginia.

Takeaways: 1) economic damage caused by trump will take years to become apparent; 2) when it hits, it will be systemic & long-term; 3) some other president will be left holding the bag. Will debt market tank? Probably. @nytimes.com @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/b...

Please do not refer to this "Board of Peace" as a UN-like entity. It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything. Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.

The immorality, the immaturity, the ignorance: trump blaming an entire country - Norway - for his threats to Denmark/Greenland. @reuters.com @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/europe...

trump's continuous malefactions are wearing thin internationally & probably have rapidly diminishing returns. How many countries will soon give a "So what?" or "Who cares?" to his provocations? @nytimes.com @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...