The VA ABC's ad agency's earning their salaries this week.

Idiocy. Bigotry. Cruelty.

They cannot be given authority to forcibly remove anyone from their vehicle this way. Think about how bad actors would abuse this power.

I mean, do we talk enough about how deranged this person is—and how he should be miles away from the levers of power?

The Supreme Court has approved Texas’s heavily Republican-favored map for 2026. That means Prop 50 will now go into effect to counter the Texas redistricting. Virginia is also considering adding new Democratic-leaning seats to push back against Trump’s redistricting efforts in other states.

MAJOR UPDATE: Speaker Mike Johnson is working behind closed doors to strip IVF coverage for all active duty members of the military. Will the self-proclaimed "Father of IVF" Donald Trump swoop in to save it?

They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.

“I really believe that if I didn’t have [my] birth certificate, I would be somewhere in a facility,” one resident said, recalling that one of the armed federal agents who stopped him on the street aggressively asked if he was from Ethiopia or Ghana. With @mlk50.com

Why are the richest people the biggest heartless dicks to the people in desperate circumstances? You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me” I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout

That letter Rand Paul released yesterday on Coast Guard interdictions has not gotten enough attention

Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.

Mike Johnson is set to swear in Republican Matt Van Epps about 36 hours after he won his election. It took Johnson 50 days to swear in Rep. Adelita Grijalva.

i strangely find myself admiring Rand Paul on this

Honestly it’s pathetic

repulsive

hello 911? my large adult child received a bad grade on a paper in college

OPE!

University of Virginia leaders are meeting with the state Senate today, after the school signed an agreement with the federal government to suspend several civil rights investigations — a move that drew criticism from the UVA community and state lawmakers. virginiamercury.com/briefs/va-se...

All Trump and his cronies know how to do is steal then lie about it.

After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. (Published Feb. 2023)

I just saw Pete Hegseth referred to as WhiskeyLeaks and now I can’t stop laughing. 😂😂😂

Indeed, it's a confession and admission of guilt to heinous crimes.

The house and senate have both expressed interest in investigating the strike on survivors of the first boat strike. Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions. This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important

Reviewing account locations on X shows the value of transparency in digital communication. It’s hard to pretend to be an American when you’re posting from Russia.  www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

Even with the inarguable threats posed by the Trump administration, many see the idea of leaving the U.S. as an admission of defeat. ... But if you find yourself asking the question, some say “you probably are already in the space where you should be making preparations.” trib.al/tKA3Y2q

Pete Hegseth's "Kill Them All" Order Constitutes a War Crime! youtu.be/6fKGmrjvFm8?...

Hegseth's "Kill Them All" Order Constitutes a War Crime. Let's discuss on tonight's Community Meeting live on Substack at 8:30 pm ET. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.

Nehls just announced he’s not seeking reelection

An OpenAI safety research leader who helped shape ChatGPT’s responses to users experiencing mental health crises announced her departure from the company internally last month, WIRED has learned.

greatest English language playwright of the last 100 years

Tom Stoppard (b. Tomas Straussler), 1937-2025. What an interesting and talented playwright! On hearing of his death, I was struck by the thought that one should be grateful that he was given the time to write his last and perhaps most personal play, Leopoldstadt. May his memory be a blessing.

Thank you Tom Stoppard for all your brilliance… how lucky we all have been.

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More cracks in the dam

a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats

This is a highly unusual order from a Secretary of Defense, and it’s almost certainly a war crime. In the strike in question, two people survived and were clinging to the side of the ruined boat, and a second mission was spun up to execute them.

Nearly a dozen warships and 12,000 troops are deployed in Caribbean at this very moment. But Trump's judicial nominees can't even bring themselves to acknowledge Congress’ role in declaring or authorizing war, or refusing to do so.

"If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter." --Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

To be clear, the FBI paid nearly $1M in overtime over a FIVE DAY PERIOD last March. And yes, part of it was to find and redact Trump's name. I spoke to sources who reviewed the files for the FBI and DOJ and wrote about it here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...

I remember.

Why can’t we have nice things, too?

💯. It's not these patriotic citizens' fault they're being used as performative props by a corrupt, mendacious, and deranged president. They deserve our kindness and respect, and now, devastatingly, our deepest concern and sympathy. 😢

Trump’s size obsession has put him at odds with the architect, who reportedly argues the 90,000 sq. ft. ballroom would overshadow the 55,000 sq. ft. White House, violating basic architectural principles. It's, ultimately, another illustration of crumbling checks and balances trib.al/jwh1gB5

There's a danger within our military that not enough people are talking about: Flight crashes are killing our troops at record rates. I'm pushing for answers to get to the bottom of this.

Would it kill somebody to say “Nancy is not stupid.” It pains me to see the WH press corps just accept the abuse. Sends the wrong image to Americans and the world IMHO.