Are we allowed to ask why Epstein was meeting with the U.S. Treasury Department? #EpsteinFiles

Some entrepreneurial Russian has apparently set fire to 3 yachts at the "Scarlet Sails" yacht club in the filthy shit hole of Moscow.

China goes in for the kill as unrest spreads across Russia. youtu.be/IDEN5v4-BTs

Bruce Springsteen is some good, strong, sorely needed, goddamn medicine for Minnesota. This is a concert that is, and my words won’t do it justice, amazing. Sharp, specific, resolute, angry, and inspired. Some rock shows are all about just having a good time. Something larger is in play here.

President Zelenskyy tells Trump in no uncertain terms to fuck off, that he refuses to cede Ukraine territory to Russia. “Trump wants a quick end to the war and ‘quick’ means at someone’s expense. I won’t accept peace at Ukraine’s expense.”

Trump's influence on world leaders is waning. He has bullied them, disrespected them, and tried to diminish them. They hate him. The unfortunate result is that America is no longer seen as leader of the free world.

A Russian Antonov-26 military plane has crashed while flying over the Crimean peninsula, killing 29 people. www.kyivpost.com/post/72963

The U.S. just lifted sanctions on Russian cargo ships and multiple high-profile narcotics figures. Dozens of names were removed from the Specially Designated Nationals list—including vessels tied to major Russian leasing operations and individuals linked to Mexican and Colombian drug networks.

Add France to the list. One by one, U.S. allies are shutting their airspace to American military operations.

Pete Hegseth is garbage. Kid Rock is garbage. Those fuckwit soldiers are also garbage. What a sad fucking day for our Armed Forces.

Trump says this is the guy he’s negotiating with.

Trump is trying to steal the midterms. No coincidence this happens as his approval ratings sink to new lows.

The US military is well on its way to becoming a partisan political rogue federal agency just like all the others, largely because retired Republican veterans in Congress and elsewhere betray their oaths to the Constitution by remaining silent.

No sitting president has ever appeared before the Supreme Court during oral arguments in the history of the United States.

When Trump couldn’t get Congress to pass the SAVE Act to federalize elections, he just ignored Congress and signed an executive order. Again. And now we are back to the courts with more lawsuits. Again. Non-stop chaos is his brand.

I’m not sure anything would upset Trump more than having to stop construction of his beloved ballroom. It is his obsession. No matter what the news of the day is, what the setting or occasion is, or what question he is asked, he inevitably ends up talking about the ballroom.

Kristi Noem rigging the property appraiser’s exam while governor so her daughter could get her license, killing a puppy, and giving her boyfriend a powerful job in govt while cheating on her cross-dressing spouse is not that unusual on the spectrum of Republican politician behavior.

Today in Politics, Bulletin 340. This was a wild day in politics with each story more crazy than the last. Here is everything that happened today. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Trump has been talking about just ending his war, even if the Strait of Hormuz isn’t reopened. Cut and run. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social breaks down this very real possibility: “Iran ends this war with more power… more influence in the Middle East than they started at the beginning of this war…”

The country is at war and energy prices are spiking and all he can talk about is his precious ballroom. He knows more about the construction and detail details of this white elephant than he does about the people that are overseas fighting right now.

Hegseth’s embrace of vice signaling is most obvious in his efforts to combine his adolescent, gung-ho excitement about war with Christian prayer, which results in a rancid mess that should offend believers and nonbelievers alike. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

youtube.com/watch?v=6g8l... Delicious. I just love this for Kristi & her sanctimonious MAGA brethren. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Donald Trump is reportedly prepared to walk away from the giant toxic turd he dropped in the middle of the street, because, you know, that's what he does best.

"Even if Trump declares unilateral victory in the Gulf, Iran would still have more influence than him over US inflation. Iran's regime has stumbled on a weapon that can induce Taco." Me on Trump's declining fortunes at home & abroad. as.ft.com/r/c336f5ca-a...

From former CIA agent Marc Polymeropoulos: “If a media org can find this out, you can assume with a high degree of confidence that a hostile intelligence service knows it as well.”

You just wonder each day what these people have in store for you next.

Kristi Noem claims she didn’t know. Seems hard to believe.

Here we go. With new polls showing a Doomsday Scenario for Republicans in the midterms, Trump escalates efforts to try and steal the midterms with an unconstitutional and illegal order.

www.bbc.com/news/article... He'll be bigly mad.

Today's stupidity & fury of Trump & Hegseth are quite amusing. But where as Rubio disappeared? Isn't he equally furious? You are not supposed to be embarrassed if you are a Trumpist!

To understand Trump's political evil you have to understand Trump, and Jeffrey Sonnenfeld does. Watch him break down his new book 'Trump's Ten Commandments' on the LP Pod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUMcQkLaVyU

It's always worth watching what he does as the American right imitates it and trains under him, effectively, which is why CPAC Hungary exists.

Now France is denying airspace…

“Go get your own oil!”

RPT-TOP ALERT -- U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST COLORADO LAW BANNING 'CONVERSION THERAPY' THAT AIMS TO CHANGE A MINOR'S SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY @reuters.com

WASHINGTON (AP) - US job openings fell slightly last month to 6.9 million, another sign of sluggishness in the American labor market. @apnews.com #JOLTS

* IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS SAYS THEY WILL TARGET U.S. COMPANIES IN THE REGION AS OF APRIL 1 IN RETALIATION FOR ATTACKS ON IRAN -- STATE MEDIA @reuters.com

> @reuters.com

1/ The US attempted to send several Iran-bound bombers to an Italian air base without prior authorisation and was refused permission by the Italian government while the aircraft were in flight. The news comes a day after Spain disclosed it was refusing US military overflights. ⬇️

www.bbc.com/news/article... Indulging a rabid fascist isn't diplomacy. It's feckless boot-licking. What an embarrassment. Boo.👎

YEAH ... DRAFT EVERY REPUBLIKKKLAN DRAFT EVERY MAGA DRAFT EVERY PEDOPHILE PROTECTOR NO MATTER WHAT AGE!💯! ... THEY WANT ISRAEL'S CRUSADE SO BAD, LET THEM FIGHT THE WAR! 🤣 ... THE REST OF WORLD WANTS PEACE ☮️💯 (THEY CAN PUT THIS GUY AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE, RIGHT AFTER BARRON tRUMPSTEIN!! 💯💯💯)

This is an excellent summary of current circumstances Kyle Kulinski: “A sundowning president with Alzheimer’s who’s a malignant narcissist is dragging us into WWIII, committing war crimes on a daily basis and crashing the global economy, and nobody is actually grabbing the steering wheel.”

“The inquiry on behalf of the high-profile potential client was flagged internally at BlackRock, according to the people familiar with the matter.”

"'There is a divide between the young and old in the party,' said Aiden Hoffses, 19, who had traveled from Maine to attend his first CPAC. … 'I feel like I have closer views with liberals than more conservatives at this point.' ...