NEW: Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling for Pete Hegseth to resign. "If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."

Some Reap the Whirlwind stuff for Comey, I have to say. He thought, as so many have thought, that he could pitch in and play Trump for his own ends and not end up drowning in a vat of slurry. And like all those people, as soon as you outlive your usefulness—well, it doesn’t matter how tall you are.

It seems like a good time to post a photo of a tan jumping spider.

As if anyone still needed a reason to cancel their WaPo subscription. Jeff B’s Lil’ Willie was secretly working for Boris Johnson while vice-chair of AP. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Love Trump’s lunatic-has-dementia beanie.

I’m wondering if JuDas Vance will be attending the Zelensky meeting.

Today’s headline: Shithouse Rats to Alaska To Dance For The Tsar #Trump #Rubio #Ratcliffe et al

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Very good episode with two deeply funny China scholars.

Cosmos

Tartan Dinnerplate Dahlia

Please let’s not call Trump’s meeting with Putin in Alaska a meeting for peace. It’s no meeting for peace when the murderous invader is conferring with his American asset.

Bobby Burnout, Minister of Measles, collector of dead whale heads and crackers conspiracy connoisseur is doing his twisted best to please his lunatic boss by killing off as many as he can. #RFKjr #mRNA www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...

“That’s Harp. He’s been doing that since he was 15 years old. Just another day. I wasn’t surprised.” Nick Castellanos, Phillies right fielder, who was in the room when #Harper went off on Manfred.

As for Hulk Hogan, he was always the villain. But he was a great example of how villains are sold as heroes, to us impressionable kids. He was a gutter racist, an enemy of journalism, a great talker and showman who couldnt wrestle, and an American hot dog-coloured fraud. He was a warning, in a way.

If the Washington Commanders owners decide to change the name of the team after the heavy Presidential lean, I propose they go with Donald Trump’s hometown: the Washington Queens.

When you are afraid to meet with your constituents, it's probably becuase you aren't voting in their best interests. U.S. Representatives are elected to serve us—not a political party or president. That means showing up for US at home and in DC. I'm running to do that. #MI01

Ditto. I rely on them too. Done.

Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.

Here’s another chance for the NYT and CNN to stand up for the press against a fascist tyrant. Not holding my breath.

“In the name of what God was this done?” one woman asked. “What kind of religious women could carry out such evil against children who had committed no crime?”

🪖 I dunno man. Just, like, suddenly wanted to share photos of the time I covered Kim Jong Il's Pyongyang military parade from 2010. Enjoy!

Dear @phillies.com Stay politically neutral! Letting a NASCAR punk wear a Trump cap during an interview is very pussy boy capitulation. Grow at least one. You can work on a pair when you get a bullpen.

So much this…

Great listen here.

It’s only Monday and already something else to worry about. www.sciencealert.com/an-extreme-d...

Very good piece by Barbara Demick. www.newyorker.com/news/america...

Waiting for Trump to threaten seizing the Vatican because, you know, Chicago.

Pope Game in the bottom of the 9th. If the new guy has a sense of humor he should appear on the balcony in a Donald Trump mask.

I really wish reporters would stop saying that there is an effort by the Trump administration to combat antisemitism. It is quite the opposite. There is an effort to foment antisemitism. forward.com/fast-forward...

Inquisition Catholic J. D. Vance meets with Pope Francis. Pope dies. Cause of death points to the Muffin Man Effect.

Hegseth was a fuckup before he was SecDef Fuckup. And every one of the GOP fuckups who made him HMFIC of national defense knew he was a fuckup. The fuckups who pimped him for the gig knew he was a fuckup. But they wanted him in there fucking things up just the way he’s fucking things up. Fucked up

Happy Easter, EVERYONE!! 👇 Seemed. Appropriate. Today. 😎✨

Let us not forget that Donald Trump and his idiot eldest son bought their economics degrees from the Wharton School @ the University of Pennsylvania. Now would be a good time to release their grades. Seems like the WS would be a prime target for major protests for certifying monied dolts.

Dear SecDef Hegseth, Hope this meme finds you well. Assuming Signal is under scrutiny so slipping into Meta-owned IG DMs for max OPSEC re: clarity on forthcoming US foreign policy & military ops. 🇺🇸💘🇷🇺 🇺🇸🚫🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇦🇪🇺 🇺🇸💣🇾🇪✔️👊🏼🇺🇸🔥 🇺🇸💣🇨🇦🤷🏻‍♂️ 🇺🇸💣🇲🇽🤷🏻‍♂️ 🇺🇸💣🇬🇱🤷🏻‍♂️ Please advise at your soberest convenience Cheers, JG (diff one)

NPR CEO Katherine Maher apologizing for telling the truth is going to do wonders for local public radio stations’ Beg-a-thons. Will donors have to take the “Trump is not a fascist” pledge?

It’s time.

I’m pretty sure that the White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is a bot.

With this morning’s latest reporting by Jeffery Goldberg, The Atlantic needs to open both of Goldberg’s articles. Too important to have it behind their paywall. Come on, Atlantic!

Dear Canada, If you want to find out any info concerning the US invasion intentions of your country, send a bottle of your best rye to SecDef Deus Volt, wait an hour and then engage him on Signal. He’ll fill you in on all details. He and his incompetent pals are your in. #Hesgeth #Gabbard #Ratcliff

So: Russia flatly rejected one Trump envoy (Kellogg), made the next one (Witkoff) wait for eight hours, rejected the ceasefire, and instructed Trump that his job is to give Russia what it wants. That’s what Trump means by "respect" I guess.

57 years ago, on March 16, 1968, US troops killed 504 Vietnamese civilians - mostly older people, mothers, and children. I am spending the day at the My Lai memorial with Ron Haeberle, the photographer, and got to meet the last of the survivors, of whom just a handful are still alive.

To rep Jack Bergman (R-MI-01) Looking forward to seeing you at the Milliken Auditorium on the evening of March 22. The auditorium is at the Dennis Museum Center on the campus of Northern Michigan College. I know that you are not familiar navigating Traverse City, so I’m more than willing to /1

Doug Collins is repulsive.

I spent the past several months asking U.S. allies whether they thought President Trump is a reliable ally. The answer was no. But it came with an essential caveat. My latest in @theatlantic.com. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Indeed. It’s worth noting also that Bezos’s post-election behavior confirms that his claim about his refusal to allow the Post to endorse—that it was an apolitical act intended to preserve the paper’s reputation for objectivity—was precisely the brazen, ludicrous lie we thought it was then.

i need less decorum and more “home game in philadelphia” when it comes to the energy in the room.

Reposting this 2024 campaign mailer from my useless congressman Jack Bergman (MI-01), another MAGA dupe. Show your congressperson standing with the Mad Prez. Embarrass every one of them.