It really is a fitting metaphor for the current decline of the United States that the Trump administration is just literally throwing away NASA materials

Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct? Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.

I just sniped a kid in Overwatch and he wrote "ohhh Kirked me" and I just found out they're using that as shorthand for a good snipe HOLY SHIT LOL

The idea that we need to deport 100 million people - almost one out of every three Americans! - was, a year ago, a deranged claim you’d hear from neo-Nazis to give themselves permission for limitless mass violence. Now it’s coming directly from this horrific agency’s horrific press office

The most telling Bari Weiss incident came when "The Free Press" excused George Floyd's murder, @radleybalko.bsky.social highlighted factual errors, and Weiss's reaction was not to make corrections, but to invite Balko on a podcast. There is no truth, there are no standards, there is only content.

On Jack Smith deposition, now released: 100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning. Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print. What Smith says is far more incriminating.

House Judiciary Committee releases on New Years Eve (in an obvious attempt to bury this info) the Jack Smith deposition transcript. I recommend doing a word search for "proof beyond a reasonable doubt." And explanation of disenfranchisement of urban areas. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

for almost 15 years, i was willing to speak the truth even when it was unpopular. at first they mocked me, threw rocks at me, called me an "old man" who needed to "shut the fuck up." now they take these things as self-evident.

"America’s Housing Crunch Has the Wrong Villain" www.aei.org/economics/am... "Institutional investors aren’t the cause of housing distortions but a response to them."

It rocks because a) it was his not Kamala’s campaign promise that the Files would be released, b) he is mad that this is biting him in the ass in a way that among other things diverts resources from his election rigging schemes, and c) he repeatedly said that his “friends” are the ones in the Files

It passed unanimously. Override the veto.

When Bari Weiss's CBS News is debunking your hateful MAGA BS ...

“South Africans like Dr. Booley have found a remedy for power cuts that have plagued people in the developing world for years. Thanks to swiftly falling prices of Chinese made solar panels and batteries, they now draw their power from the sun.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...

I do think the handwringing about the Kennedy Center boycott is at least a little bit the sublimated anxiety about the potential social consequences of elite capitulation under Trump II

I've waited 3 years to make this post

After years of calling Zelenskyy a dictator, Trump, Putin, and their supporters are demanding he dictatorially cede land without a referendum. Not one Ukraine critic or 'peace' activist - left, right, or center - gives a single shit about democracy

At this point, Trump is not a mere politician but a symbol—a representation of the Schmittian capture of America under his watch. If you're a supporter, you know with full conviction that there's nothing you can do that he wouldn't pardon. You support Trump—that's the only thing that matters.

Requested a correction from @princetonupress.bsky.social. Let's see what happens.

JUST IN: The alleged J6 pipe bomber confessed, said he wanted to “speak up” for those who believed 2020 election was stolen, dislikes both parties and modeled his attack on the Troubles in Ireland. Says he wasn’t targeting the joint session of Congress storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Here are prosecutors trying to figure out who owns Epstein's Manhattan home, Epstein or Wexner or a corporation. #doj #epstein files 🏠⚖️ www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

Amazing how little changed during the era of peak woke, yet we still got the woke panic.

First line of 39-page opinion from Judge Amir Ali in DC: "The Constitution forbids government officials from using their power to retaliate against people for their speech.. even when the speech is critical of the government" Judge restores security clearance to whistleblower attorney Mark Zaid

Happy Christmas ✨️🎄 Two deer following each other nose to tail. The sculpture of swimming reindeer was carved about 13,000 years ago in what is now modern-day France by a Magdalenian sculptor who carved the artwork from the tip of a mammoth tusk. www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel. "Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."

“Like prime, but with human beings”

Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair." One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."

It's funny how us parochial Americans generally seem to perceive that the EV revolution is stalling or reversing when in fact it's accelerating rapidly worldwide. 25% of cars sold globally in 2025 were EVs! It's mostly just the US that's being left behind

I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites

Bush’s admin was corrupt, and so is Trump’s, but that’s not enough of a commonality. Trump’s corruption is different in kind and orders of magnitude greater; he is auctioning off every national institution and turning the White House into the Trump Co. There isn’t even really a historic analogue.

The Republican Party changed not on account of Bush, but on account of Fox: the creation of an ever-expanding media bubble that conservatives could opt to live inside, where their every fantasy was indulged as true. This bubble was created as an instrument of movement conservatism, but consumed it.

The problem is Barr drew the line at doing a coup for him and that's now a disqualifier. Thins out the pool quite a bit, which is how you get an attorney general with zero prior federal experience.

BREAKING: Huge loss for Trump administration at Supreme Court, which rules that the Trump administration had lacked authority to federalize and deploy the National Guard to execute laws in Illinois. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

*ADP: US PRIVATE PAYROLLS ROSE AVG 11,500/WK IN 4 WKS TO DEC. 6

Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

This testimony was entered into a court record.

Trump: "Anybody that disagrees with me will never be the Fed Chairman!"

The people who profited most from the cancel culture/free speech panic were less interested in actual freedom of speech than establishing their own control over public discourse. You don't even have to take my word for it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

If I see one more person spread the "all GDP growth is AI" nonsense.... Avg QoQ ann. % change for GDP in 2025 after three quarters is 2.5%. Avg for consumption is 2.2%. The idea that AI investment is the source of all growth is just completely wrong.

This story is another BIG problem for the Trump admin; in Abrego Garcia's criminal case in Tennessee, evidence shows the DOJ seriously mislead the judge about the extent to which Deputy AG Blanche and his office were involved in filing the case, bolstering the case for dismissal.

NYT shows how Bari Weiss really screwed this up. She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12. She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions. She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...

This is critically important. Democrats need to pass it if they retake Congress. Trump will veto it. So pass it again. Campaign on it. Given current polling, corruption of the FBI, and the brutality of ICE and BP, there’s no better time to say, “Federal police are not above the law.”

[first day as a shepherd] boss: where are you going? me: [pointing] star boss: what? why me: [shrugging] baby

Yes, CECOT is a concentration camp in the guise of a prison. The Venezuelans were the first people to *ever* be released from CECOT since Bukele opened the prison in January 2023. Seriously. The first.

The segment seems to contradict Bari’s assertion that the Trump administration didn’t respond to request for comment. Per the report, 60 Minutes reached out to DHS who declined a request for an interview and referred all questions about CECOT to El Salvador.

On left: Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review On right: Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"

bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public

Detainee they are interviewing was a college student in Columbia. Waited in Mexico until he had a 2024 immigration interview in CA - a scheduled appointment - where he was told he was a danger to society. Claims he has no criminal record, never even got a traffic ticket. Was immediately detained

ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.

NEW from me: CBS News staffers are warning that Bari Weiss is sparking a "revolt" at 60 Minutes and the network after she spiked a story on CECOT. "Holy fucking dumpster fire," one staffer told me. Also, I have more details on today's 'angry" editorial call www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

He's really only refusing to take sides on the whole 'did the widow whose endorsement I'm here to accept conspire with the International Jew to assassinate her husband' debate.