I hope I’m wrong, but I have the sneaking suspicion that the conservative majority of the Supreme Court is going to ignore the plain text of the constitution and invent a way to subvert birthright citizenship in a way that gives Trump at least a partial win.

Federal agents recently told a New York woman to delete an Instagram post she made that called for the indictment of ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who killed Renee Good. BTW, that’s a picture of ICE agent Jonathan Ross, below, who killed Renee Good, and who should be indicted for murder.

Silent Film Fridays is a streaming co-production with my daughter, Alex. As she and I are history nerds as well as film nerds, SFF is a labor of love as well as a tribute to a dear and absent friend. We feature silent films in the public domain, although (1/x thread)

Oh, that Nancy!

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Who was it who coined the nickname “Sleepy Joe,” again?

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A line from the original run of Twin Peaks. It’s true, of course. But now we also have unprecedented government corruption that makes no attempt to hide itself, thanks to you know who.

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Sexual assault accusations from 4 women against Swalwell and he resigns immediately. Meanwhile, Trump has 28 accusers, he’s on tape bragging about getting away with it, he was found liable for rape, and none of it has kept him out of office. Make it make sense, as they say on these here internets.

If Trump thinks he’s Jesus, maybe they should nail him up and see if he comes back in 3 days. I think that would be a worthwhile experiment.

Well, that whole bullshit charade about caring about the civilian population of Iran sure went out the window quickly, didn’t it?

The latest musings from the stupidest motherfucker ever to sit in the Oval Office: 1. Gavin Newsom is dumb because he has dyslexia. 2. Newsom, being president of the United States, should not have a disability that makes him stupid. 3. Cuba is great, because it’s not in a hurricane zone.

I can’t imagine why Noem or anyone would be “really turned on” by Trump, but Corey Lewandowski must by way jealous.

If you think this can’t be true you know nothing about Pete Hegseth’s unconstitutional promotion of evangelical Christianity in the military.

The death toll from a U.S. strike on an Iranian girls’ school has reached 85.

And just after President Liarmouth says inflation is the lowest it’s ever been...

I narrate this audiobook, Night Laws by Jim Hansen, which is a very entertaining and suspenseful crime novel. (For real!) If like me you need an occasional escape from the current horrors of the real world, this will do the trick nicely.

The Trump economy continues its downward spiral.

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Wait a minute—is that “Board of Peace” or “Bored of Peace?” Considering Trump has bombed half a dozen countries and threatened war with several others, it seems more like the latter.

I was just thinking wistfully back on the kind of presidential scandals and controversies we had under Obama, which included when it was discovered that he liked arugula and the time he wore a tan suit.

If you need any more proof that the MAGA right is literally delusional, consider the fact that they think Ross’s body-cam footage shows him being hit by the car. They could just as accurately claim it shows the DOJ releasing the remaining 99% of the Epstein files.

Accurate quote from Michelle Goldberg: “All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience.”

The constant lies, the gaslighting, the cruelty, flouting the law, the rank indecency… I’m so tired of it all. The candidate who pledges legal consequences for these sociopaths from the top on down gets my vote in 2028.

MAGA’s take: Let’s ignore the clear, close-up video in favor of the much more distant one from an angle that obscures most of what happened but which, when you squint, kind of makes it look like the killer got nudged by the left front corner of the car as the victim turned hard right, away from him.

How long will it take for Maria Machado to realize how stupid she was to think Trump gives a fuck about democracy anywhere, let alone in Venezuela?

Fuck Trump. Fuck him a million times over.

This isn’t getting near enough media attention.

The right is condemning Trump’s post about Rob Reiner as if remarks like this—chock full of childishness, revolting narcissism, rank stupidity, and abject cruelty—weren’t an everyday thing for Trump.

Back in the day, as a typical white kid, I had no idea the Zeppelin song The Crunge was a James Brown “tribute/parody/rip-off,” to quote Robert Christgau. I’m sure most kids didn’t know that. “Have you seen the bridge?” We all thought Robert Plant was looking for the Golden Gate or something.

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Has Trump ever met a sex trafficker he didn’t like?

This bizarre about-face can only mean one thing: Trump’s DOJ and FBI are destroying any incriminating evidence against Trump. Or maybe Trump has gotten an assurance that the votes won’t be there in the Senate, leaving him free to change his position.

The Senate will need a veto-proof majority to get the files released, and I don’t know if that’s possible.

Why isn’t this being more widely reported?

From Mike’s translation of the Bible: “Blessed are they who ignore the starving multitudes whilst refraining from wringing the weasel, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.