Perhaps, if the US paid its dues to the UN, they would have the money to fix the freaking escalator.

Under Kash Patel & Bingo Bongo, FBI now stands for Fumbling Bunch of Idiots

The Foreign Service promotion list came out yesterday. At least 10 of the 264 FSOs unceremoniously fired last month were on the list, proving that merit played no role whatsoever in the firings. It was a purge. afsa.org/statement-20...

@joe-scarborough.bsky.social showing what a one dimensional thinker he truly is. He wasted 10 minutes of the interview with Chicago’s mayor insisting that he accept 5000 new cops. With a force of 14,000, that number, which he pulled out of his ass, would represent an increase of 35%.

Zohran Mamdani should troll Trump by endorsing Trump’s forced US government acquisition of 10% of Intel.

Shorter presser : the summit was a nothingburger

R.I.P., Tom Lehrer. The greatest satirist of the 20th Century. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

This is Lentil, who crossed the rainbow bridge last night. He had the sweetest disposition. We miss him.

The world must be set free.

One of the central achievements of the Affordable Care Act was to *raise* the Medicaid eligibility threshold to 133% of the federal poverty level—because everyone understood that there are plenty of folks who couldn't otherwise afford health care even though they're just over that (arbitrary) line.

I was rewatching The Princess Bride when there was a quote I had never before noticed. After they climb the Cliffs of Insanity, they are leaving Inigo Montoya to face the Man in Black. Fezzick turns to him and says, “You be careful! People who wear masks are not to be trusted.”

They say that Truth is the first casualty of war. Is it too much to hope that, this time, the first casualty is Truth Social?

Bluesky is dying?! Really? Repost if you're still actively using Bluesky and not posting on X. www.spectator.co.uk/article/blue...

Happy heavenly Father’s Day to my Dad, who fought against fascists.

Over 5000 in the rain in Stamford, CT for No Kings

The NO KINGS PROTEST is Saturday please stay, keep your eyes and ears open protest peacefully, and don’t give Trump anything to use against us. Follow, follow back, and repost. TY go.bsky.app/65wCWRU

Reposting this as it is appropriate for this upcoming weekend.

That would be awful. Don’t share this.

The same people who try to tell us “we’re a constitutional republic, not a democracy” are complaining that the courts can’t stop Trump because “that is what the people elected him to do”.

We certainly live in confusing times. There are reports that Stephen Miller’s wife has left him for Elon Musk and I honestly can’t say whether that is a step up or a step down for her.

So, if I post a photo of Don Adams from Get Smart next to one of POTUS, will I get referred to the Secret Service?

The Qatari AF1 should only be allowed to take off from and land at Newark Liberty Airport.

Congrats to new Acting Warden of Alcatraz Marco Rubio.

Back in the 80s, when I was a Foreign Service Officer in West Berlin, I was asked by a German what really was the difference between the USSR and the USA. I told her that the difference in our values was reflected in the nature of the biggest annual parades we threw. In the Soviet Union, …

The Chicago White Sox new City Connect uniforms are a tip of the cap to the Chicago Bulls. I guess that White Sox management wants ICE to deport the team as “gang members”.

This is ultimate kakistocracy, just a step below Caligula appointing a horse to be a Roman Senator.

Free the penguins! Stop Trump’s tariffs!

The Trump regime today is asking SCOTUS to vacate the orders in the Alien Enemies Act case and issue an immediate administrative stay. CJ Roberts has asked that the original plaintiffs respond by 10 AM on Tuesday. No immediate administrative stay issued.

Sack Schumer! He has no business leading the Democratic caucus if he votes for to advance this CR.

I’m sure that the statements from Trump and Vance to Zelenskyy at the White House yesterday sounded much better in the original Russian.

It was probably inevitable that the Unitary Executive Theory would lead inexorably to the Führerprinzip. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Paul Krugman on the politics of vaccine denialism (with a shout-out to charlesgaba.com open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

One oddity arising out of Jimmy Carter’s death is that, for now, the oldest living ex-President is … Donald J. Trump

Tories “steaking ” their reputation on a “No Sammies” platform

The Kakistocracy grows.

My piece on Patel is up. (Gifted here. Thanks, Bluesky folks.) www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Matt Gaetz withdraws from AG consideration to spend more time with other people’s (minor) female family members.

Bluesky. Let’s get to know each other better. What’s your favorite movie? Quote share your answer in gif form

R.I.P., Pete Sinfield Knowledge is a deadly friend When no one sets the rules The fate of all mankind I fear Is in the hands of fools. Pete Sinfield, Epitaph

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