I really want a transcription of this speech from Trump to the military officers. A fucking rambling political mess.

Imagine being in a room with Trump having to listen to him ramble about himself. The agony.

Trump to generals: "We have beautiful paper, the gorgeous paper. I said, 'throw a little more gold on it, they deserve it. I want the A paper not the D paper.' We used to sign a piece of garbage ... I want to use the big beautiful firm paper."

The President of the United States ordered the military to fire on U.S. citizens because he was watching years-old B reel on Fox News, then promised everyone sci-fi medbed cards. And the cowards and ghouls in the GOP just sit there instead of invoking the 25th & wheeling him out in a straitjacket.

Hegseth: "No more dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship ... we are done with that shit."

can you imagine sitting in that audience as a three-star flag officer — decades in the service, multiple post-grad degrees and a virtually unequaled level of command expertise — and being forced to watch this dunderheaded dry drunk give an off-brand jordan belfort seminar?

Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, each service will ensure that every requirement for every combat MOS, for every designated combat arms position, returns to the highest male standard only."

Holy fuck. I hope the world pushes us away after this UN speech. Move the UN out of the US.

Venezuelan fishermen couldn’t be reached for comment

Trump to the UN: "I'm really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell."

I can't think of another circumstance where we would be forced not only to listen to, but to live at the whim of such an unserious person. It's really amazing. We're all just going along with this.

This is the most batshit insane interview by someone for whom batshit insane is the standard

Where was Patel when Democrats got murdered? Where was Kirk for that matter? Why is Trump on Fox stating that there is someone in custody? Why was Patel live tweeting the incorrect ppl of interest's names? This is a disaster of an investigation. The FBI is functioning, but barely. The PR is a mess.

wtf? Why would he say it like this? Isn’t this the third suspect they’ve had in custody?

cant believe that this response from a sitting member of Congress from Florida, to one of his Dem colleagues, is real

LMAOOOO www.instagram.com/reel/DK2nMmJ...

Notice how quickly trump send National Guard troops to L.A. to calm immigration protests but refused to do the same on Jan. 6 when his supporters were storming the Capitol.

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

Powerful

I'm feeling pretty good about this Pope.

The Vatican keeps in tradition of having a Pope who doesn't like JD Vance.

what is fascinating to me is the number of people whose “knowledge” of government appears to just be an accumulation of cliches and stereotypes + an inchoate sense that if something is big and costly then it must necessarily be “wasteful”

RIP to a St. Louis legend, Vladimir Noskov, The Mad Ukrainian, formerly known as The Mad Russian. I have many complicated feelings and stories about the man, but he was certainly memorable.

Not to put too fine of a point on this, but if I spent the last few months putting innocent people in concentration camps and the pope died basically three seconds after I met him, I would not continue life apace, I would not immediately clock back in at the fascism factory.

Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.

Washington, DC, with the props!

Over 2,000 people in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY today! #HandsOff #Organize #DemocracyMatters

NYC’s Hands Off march completely shuts down 42nd Street! #handsoff

#GVerse We just counted 1,500 in West St. Louis County in the rain! Amazing turnout for #HandsOff!

#GVerse Large Crowd in Concord, New Hampshire! #HandsOff!

#GVerse Great crowd in Raleigh! No idea of crowd size. #HandsOff!

#GVerse Buffalo, New York #HandsOff! Rally!

Just based on crowd sizes we’re seeing so far and the shear number of protests, the total number of #handsoff demonstrators could reach into the millions. And more protests in non US countries than expected.

LONDON — protestors rally against Trump and Musk!!! #HandsOff

Small towns all over the country depend on federal services — which is why they're pouring into the streets today to say #HandsOff! Here is Ames, Iowa 👀

Absolutely incredible turn out at MN State Capitol! #HandsOff

🇺🇸 Absolutely insane crowd here in Madison, Wisconsin — the Capital of Democracy! #Handsoff

PROVIDENCE… BOSTON… #HandsOff2025

Massive crowd at Boston’s city hall plaza for the #HandsOff protest against Trump and Musk

Gigantic crowd in NYC for the #HandsOff march against Trump, Musk, and MAGA. So many people that the participants can barely move along. Signs decrying Trump and Co. on many fronts: immigration, science, Social Security, reproductive rights, tariffs, autocracy, kleptocracy & the price of eggs.

New Haven, CT! #HandsOff

Just got to the Mall and saw this sign, which no one is going to top. #HandsOff2025

Sign the petition to demand Mahmoud Khalil be immediately released and threats against his legal status be dropped! And call on members of Congress and university leaders to protect and defend the right for students to organize and protest. sign.moveon.org/petitions/fr... #handsoff

Do NOT freeze or cut federal aid! #handsoff sign.moveon.org/petitions/do...

Fucking Severance. I was jumping up and down.

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

What horseshit from DOD that they "mistakenly" deleted pages on the Navajo Code Talkers, black Medal of Honor recipients, Jackie Robinson, and more. They labeled them DEI and deleted them and then got caught and now they're scrambling. Nobody changes a URL by mistake. Constant lies.

I'm in my basement now as the wild storm passes over, but I just hosted a World Wide Magazine event at Arkadin Cinema and Bar for #314Day. My usual cast couldn't make it out because of the storm by Mr. 'I Growed Up Here' Ray Middleton made it out! #StLouis

Happy #314day, St. Louis! Looks like it will end with a bang later. youtu.be/o2X2M7bRSEU?...

With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter: