JD Vance said today on the TPUSA podcast that these guys were “just a bunch of kids in a chat room.” bsky.app/profile/blue...

Trump’s UN rant was peak delusion: bragging like a Soviet strongman, whining about an old real estate snub, declaring coal “beautiful,” and calling Europe “hell.” The hall sat silent while he melted down. America’s humiliation was global.

Monday night was a perfect case study in how Fox covers for Trump administration malfeasance www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/how...

“we know we made you mad so you left but — hear us out — we’d like to invite you to come back and pay more”

We spend trillions on defense and intelligence so that the world’s dumbest life form can trust his instincts? We’re doomed.

ICE officials require adequate time to dispose of bodies, disappear troublesome detainees, simulate marginally adequate conditions, put on shirts without visible burrito stains, etc.

I just went there to try and find the NYT coverage of the largest protests in modern American history and just kept on scrolling and scrolling and scrolling …

Public approval is high for deportation of those immigrants with criminal records. It is not high for what they are doing.

Here's the video of the conversation Jill Lepore and I had with Jon Stewart about Trump's abuse of "emergency powers" and his push for confrontation in California. We recorded this yesterday, though, so my comments have a lot less profanity than they would've today.

Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

Remember, we *had* a diplomatic resolution to the Iran nuclear issue, thanks to the JCPOA that Obama put in place after years of hard work, but then President Spiteful Shithead withdrew the U.S. from the pact in 2018 and everything fell apart. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Yes. According to Army protocol, congressional staff are VIP Code 5, with a rank equivalent to a two-star general/admiral. Members of Congress are of course significantly higher. I have never seen USCP, FPS, or any other federal LEO treat any Member with anywhere near this disrespect and violence.

We need details on this.

German Chancellor: "May I remind you that we are having June 6 tomorrow. This is the D-Day anniversary." Trump: "Not a pleasant day for you. That was not a great day." German Chancellor: "This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship."

On the container ship traffic from China to the US this article from the Journal from two days ago has a lot of details. (link should be unlocked) www.wsj.com/business/log...

At a hundred days into his presidency, Joe Biden had a 52% approval rating. As we near the hundred days mark in his second term, Donald Trump has a 39% approval rating. Here's how those numbers were framed by the media:

A useful way to think about his tanking poll numbers is that they would be far worse if more people knew what he is doing

Judge: I hope you will in good faith comply and we'll take it from there. But I know I want daily updates until this is resolved. Do you have any alternative suggestions for me, Mr. Ensign? Ensign wants a declaration due by Monday close of business, not daily. Judge: My order is daily updates

🚨WHITE HOUSE MARKET MANIPULATION? Kevin Hassett teases a 90-day tariff pause—markets jump. Then they walk it back—markets drop. Feels like a pump & dump. Are MAGA insiders profiting off the swings? This isn’t policy—it’s insider trading with a flag. 🔁 Pump 💸 Dump 🚨 Corrupt

Who among us has not eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance Branch by mistake?

Again, this unpredictability contributes to the harm. No business is going to decide "ah ha, the tariffs mean I should move my factories to the US!" They'll just cut costs (fire people, avoid raises, etc), pass on to consumers as much of the tariff they can, and try to wait it out. Pointless damage.

I have to say, the engagement here on Bluesky compared to Twitter is refreshing. Real folks having real discussions, as opposed to scrolling thru countless bot replies. It's why I enjoy social media, even if we agree to disagree.

Law students — as potential future recruits — can affect law firm behavior. More of this please!

"If this many different judges in this many different courts appointed by this many different presidents are blocking this many policies promulgated by the same president, we ought to be able to agree that the problem is the policies—not the judges." www.stevevladeck.com/p/136-settin...

Are all government accounts on X just troll accounts now? This is from the official House Foreign Affairs Committee—the same committee responsible for foreign aid, global HIV/AIDS policy, security assistance, and national security. This is how they choose to represent themselves.

WHAT www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

my takeaway from reading this is that i have to assume that every half-competent intelligence agency in the world has an almost real-time glimpse into what the white house and the pentagon are doing

If you are a foreigner, you probably should not visit the U.S., but if you absolutely have to, you should “enter” at a pre-clearance site (like Ireland or Canada) so that you’re denied entry in a place where the U.S. government won’t detain you or confiscate your property.

In recent years, Judge Boasberg has: - ordered the release of Hillary’s emails - ensured Trump’s tax returns never became public - restricted disclosure from the Mueller investigation - limited disclosure of grand jury material in the Trump classified docs case. The resistance, he ain’t.

Trump: the streets will run like rivers with the blood of my enemies. Their heads on spikes will adorn Congress and every federal building and court. Chief Justice Roberts: Actually the GSA is in charge of federal court decorations in consultation with the judicial counsel

THREAD: DOGE's "Wall of Receipts" is one month old this week. But the largest item on that list has always been wrong. Here's how:

@washingtonpost.com They were not DEPORTED. Deported means sending them back to their country of origin. These people were sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador, without any due process or any analysis as to whether they feared harm in El Salvador!

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Correct. Boycott if you want to protest, but don't heckle like you're Marge Greene.

The Fifth Circuit has discovered a circumstance where qualified immunity does NOT apply to a fatal police shooting of a black person. www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...

RFK JR on Measles Outbreaks just now: "It is not unusual. There are measles outbreaks every year." It is actually very unusual. This is the first Measles death in the US in 10 years.

💥 Costco, Apple and John Deere shareholders have rejected anti-DEI proposals brought by nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research. In yesterday's shareholders meeting at Apple and today at Deere, director from the NCPPR said, 'DEI is out, merit is in.' Shareholders: DEI is in.

Put all the “DEI” folks who got let go onto a new network and I’d watch the shit out of it.

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If you want to help, fully endorse universal basic income and support pro-UBI orgs. Talk about how your taxes need to go up and that pilots have shown UBI to be a great idea for countless reasons. Some country will be first to do UBI, and it will spread from there. That's how to end poverty.

In every single interview I’ve done with international media since Trump took power I’ve been asked: Why are there no mass protests? There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.

If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.

filing taxes right now feels like trying to make a deposit at a bank that’s in the process of being robbed

1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love. I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”