I’m going to have to return home for the Canyon of Heroes parade, I guess…

"And therefore, let us become the thing we are fighting against"

"The most trusted and esteemed program in American journalism, the legacy of our loved ones’ hard work and its accompanying sacrifices on the home front, has, in [Scott] Pelley’s words, been murdered," writes Sarah Safer, daughter of Morley Safer, who was a 60 Minutes correspondent for 46 years.

Trump supporter at his Wisconsin event today: “Just to see him, to breathe the same air that Donald Trump is breathing. Oh my gosh. It’d be awesome.”

quite the heavy lift blaming "centrist/establishment Dems" for graham platner

The important part about a redemption narrative is the actual pivot from assholery to something grander than political ambition

In 2018 I wrote that Susan Collins was the final straw in my decision to get out of the GOP. I don't recall anyone saying "Hey, Maine's business isn't up to you, pal."

Albania is erupting for the second consecutive day in angry mass protests against the Kushner land seizure deal worth $4 billion.

"[Bari] Weiss’s ascent provides a lesson in how liberal institutions can sometimes place such value on proving that they’re open-minded that other liberal values, like standing for actual liberal things in the world, get tossed aside." @mjtoma.bsky.social nails this: newrepublic.com/post/211430/...

The only excuse for staying that I would've accepted is to protect the jobs of the many people who work for them. This was not that. They say they want to keep "60 Minutes" alive. But "60 Minutes" has been murdered. It's dead now. They should know that.

Some takeaways on the Senate GOP reconciliation package: 1. Republicans yelled about Trump/DOJ "anti-weaponization" slush fund. Left town because of it without passing reconciliation two weeks ago. Just to come back and be convinced that the fund is dead because Blanche told them it is.

You cannot afford to donate to Trump’s ballroom, so he does nothing to improve the quality of your life. But for those who can, there are billions in government contracts. This is the cost of corruption.

As Trump heads to Wisconsin to make his pitch on farming, it’s a good time to emphasize an underappreciated point: This guy has screwed over American farmers to an amazing degree. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Acting AG Todd Blanche says he's working to install "roadblocks" to prevent Democrats from prosecuting Trump and his associates in the future

The MAGA/MAHA administration keeps devising new forms of cruelty & pain This new rule would narrow the medical frailty exemption, a “mechanism that allows patients with cancer & other serious health conditions to be exempt from work reporting requirements” Why *force* people with cancer to work?

1/ Spurred by my reporting for @propublica.org, Democratic lawmakers in North Carolina have introduced a package of bills aimed at protecting traditional powers of the state’s governor and reforming oversight of its court system. #ncpol www.propublica.org/article/nort...

Y'ALL I FINALLY AM ENTIRELY OFF OF SUBSTACK AND ON BEEHIIV, THIS TOOK A VILLAGE AND FELT LIKE MOVING A MOUNTAIN, I AM SO RELIEVED www.jeannakadlec.news/p/we-are-on-...

Watching Game 1 of the Knicks-Spurs series, Bill Bradley, the two-time NBA champion and former U.S. senator, spoke reverently of teamwork — and had a few choice words for the refs — in an interview with The New York Times.

Elon about to run off with everyone's 401k in the most obvious pump and dump of all time like a heel cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase.

Damn, new Venn diagram in the house!

I feel like we’re in for many years of “haha, they were spending taxpayer money on bug condoms—DOGE to the rescue!” turning out to be something important Elon’s Tween Team didn’t understand.

#IASen: Democratic nominee for Senate in Iowa Josh Turek puts out a statement saying he raised more than $1m in less than 24 hours since he won the Democratic nomination.

These are the same people who don’t understand why we have a party that isn’t prepared to win via fighting for Dem values instead of pretending to be centrist Republicans.

Trump is now sitting back in his chair and dozing off

*sigh* if only we knew!!! 🤬

Caitlin Flanagan's beat at The Atlantic was "Bari Weiss is great" and now she works for Bari Weiss' Free Press and she's mocking the people Bari Weiss fires at CBS.

NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported. Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

three more

Very bad news. Screwworm appears to have made it to Texas, as was predicted. These parasites eat the living flesh of cattle, cause horrible pain, and can ultimately kill them. Yesterday, USDA Chief Brooke Rollins categorically denied that screwworm was close to the border.

They told me he was too short to win!

I waited a while to write this one. The time finally felt right.

One worked to do better; the other stooped to conquer. www.thehandbasket.co/p/bari-weiss...

Thousands of people took to the streets in Argentina to condemn femicides and demand public policies against gender-based violence, called out by the feminist movement "Not One Less" amid the shock over the recent murder of a teenage girl

"I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."

Leave it to Ivanka & Jared to create an intl incident over yet-another weath-flaunting "investment opportunity" — take over of a $1.5B private island so tone deaf it's in the second day of protests. 🧾 share.google/VXM1dZGtANkR... 📺 bsky.app/profile/thet...

I would really like for outlets to, after stating the government’s allegations, at least mention the fact that the car ran into us. An ICE agent drove into a crowd. Of people. Who were peacefully protesting. And then the government tried to paint us as a lawless mob.

Our economy treats care work as less "real" because that makes it easier to push onto women. And our economy needs to push care work onto women because marginalization makes them willing to accept the low wages and less-than-ideal working conditions needed to make care work viable as a market good.

she did warn us

In a statement to @benmullin.bsky.social, Scott Pelley disputes what Bari Weiss said in this morning's editorial meeting, claiming he was never offered "a way back" as she claimed. "These executives cannot gain the trust of the staff with lies. This is antithetical to everything we stand for..."

It’s not quite clear what exactly Peter Thiel thinks is coming now, but he’s let us know that he’d like to be at least 6000 miles away when it hits. https://bit.ly/4x48KJa

Once again, Hegseth refuses to advance several eminently qualified women and people of color in the military. Instead, he is pushing a crony who has been passed over for promotion multiple times. Our military and our national security suffer from his special brand of malign incompetence.

The headline is misleading. It should be: "One Man Made California's Governor Race the Most Expensive in U.S. History."

This should be a much bigger story A priceless collection of art has gone missing during trump's chaotic and secretive renovation of the Kennedy Center share.google/EgXWR11JELf6...

People now searching for UFO/demonic presence statements.

Reneging my youthful idealism, I became part of those that reluctantly accepted centralization for Internet-scale efficiency's sake. Well, fuck that: it is now absolutely clear that the inefficiency of decentralization is the cost of political resilience.

Adults on Medicaid will be required to work 80 hours per month. The Trump administration says people who are sick will have to prove they are too sick to work to be exempt from the new work rules. n.pr/3RK4U7X

“.. The public has swung 49 points against data centers in just nine months, underscoring the heightened political salience of the facilities and the AI industry that they embody.” @heatmap.news heatmap.news/politics/ame...

First session, best session, they always say.

NEW: Lawsuit filed challenging DOD's effort to control Stars and Stripes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This starts out covering a depressing landscape and then describes a path forward for those who understand the stakes. @masnick.com