An advance look at “On Parade,” David Plunkert’s cover for next week's issue. #NewYorkerCovers

It’s time we stop giving respect to the position of president & calling the guy in the WH what he really is. A convicted felon of fraud.

Good morning. Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors. It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

"Vance, who never left the base, and has never before visited Greenland, was quite sure how Greenlanders should live. He made a political appeal to Greenlanders, none of whom was present, or anywhere near him."

The US invasion of Iraq began on this day 22 years ago. In the years since, the United States spent roughly $10 trillion on the so-called "war on terror." Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds in climate, health care, housing, and education?

Russia has officially stolen our homes and the homes of many others by exterminating the occupants and now forcibly deporting the rest. Russia is ethnically cleansing on an epic scale.

"Walz says now he should have been doing events all through last fall. He says he offered, but was told no, and in his bewildered daze, he decided to be a team player." Need to seriously start asking if these dem consultants are actively on the take, no other way to explain such uselessness

Ceding Ukrainian territory to Russia would be a red line, — The Independent www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

Russia Invasion of Ukraine Everyday Timelapse Feb 2022 to Feb 2025 #RussiaUkraineConflict #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineWar #UkraineFrontLines #UkraineRussiaWar️️ #Ukraine #NATO

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These #holidays you may get a headache from drinking red wine. Turns out we now know why! (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) Solution? Drink cheap wine. The cheaper the better. Also apparently healthier too

Good to see my colleagues in the Washington Post's opinion section continuing to carry out owner Jeff Bezos' mandate to focus on supporting and defending our liberties 🗽 www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Russia’s ‘3-day war’ is now 3 YEARS old—and they’re getting wrecked. 800,000 casualties, no tanks, no fleet… and now Trump is cutting Ukraine’s aid to throw Putin a lifeline. Sad! Read how Ukraine is WINNING despite the betrayals adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trumps-lif...

Okay somehow it's Friday and somehow we made it (congrats!) 🤯 To make the doomscroll easier, here's a thread of all the wild stuff we learned this week, starting with @brbarrett.bsky.social's analysis on why DOGE *is* the deep state (and Elon Musk's extended universe.)

Spotted in Canada…

An emergency defense summit started in Brussels, particularly regarding military assistance to Kyiv. As a sign of solidarity, activists have displayed a banner covering 500 square meters.

“And lastly, it was nauseating to witness the numerous times that JD Vance and Mike Johnson were laughing—laughing about invading Greenland, laughing about Trump’s slurs, laughing about all the “appalling waste” in foreign aid that they’re ending.” open.substack.com/pub/america/...

ICYMI: We identified the operator of one of an anonymous Hitler-quoting self-described ‘Aryan' that is followed by Vice President JD Vance. His name is Geoff Martin, and his father is the president of Trinity Western University, a private Christian college in Canada.

Absolutely stunning. Trump to Chief Justice Roberts: "Thank you again. Thank you again. I won't forget."

Starting this week, we’ll all pay more at the store because of the Trump tariffs, even while he’s finalizing a multi-trillion-dollar tax cut for the wealthy. All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.

Musk states "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy". Charles Darwin, who actually researched this stuff, showed it was empathy, specifically, that enabled humanity to flourish.

Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad

"Veritas odit moras" via Seneca's version of Oedipus. It means "Truth hates delay."

🌐 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 NEW | THREE YEARS OF WAR ⚠️ #Russia’s global #FossilFuel earnings in third year of full-scale invasion of #Ukraine reached EUR 242 bn ❗Total global payments to Russia for fossil fuels since start of invasion in February 2022 come to well over EUR 800 bn

Rep. Jim Himes: Zelenskyy is watching 70,000 dead Ukrainians. Missiles are slamming into hospitals. This is what he’s seeing, and he comes to the Oval Office, and a reporter asks him why he’s not wearing a suit. And the effing VP wants him to say thank you…

And, just like that, the shining city on the hill has become a seedy Atlantic City casino, morally and patriotically bankrupt.

#breaking news from faux news from the parallel universe

If you elect a clown 🤡 Expect circus 🎪

🚨 February 2025 #Arctic sea ice extent was the lowest on record... This was 1,550,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. February ice extent is decreasing at about 2.73% per decade. Data: @nsidc.bsky.social (nsidc.org/data/seaice_...).

Mike Meyers plays Elon Musk in SNL skit.😆🔥

Cartoon by David Sipress.

To esteemed #jdVance This is what real men wear in Ukraine these days.

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders sat down with the Kyiv Independent on Feb. 27 to share his concerns about Trump’s growing alignment with Russia and why defending Ukraine is crucial for the future of global democracy. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYY0...

Joint statement from Democratic Govs. Kelly, Beshear, Evers, Ferguson, Healy, Hochul, Lujan Grisham, Mills, Murphy, Pritzker, Shapiro, Stein, Walz and Whitmer: “Donald Trump and JD Vance used the sacred Oval Office to berate President Zelenskyy for not trusting Vladimir Putin’s word.”

I've just looked again at the Starmer meeting - Vance tried to blow that up too. But Trump didn't take the bait.

😡🤬 Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning via @martinmatishak.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

Next Tuesday, we won’t waste a second in responding to Trump’s steam of lies at the State of the Union. I’m not attending in person. Instead I’m partnering w @moveon.org to provide live real time response. Join us to learn the truth about the billionaire seizure of our government.

Hey, Marco Rubio. Enjoying your decision to throw away whatever last shreds of your dignity to serve this disgraceful human?

Egg shortages. Fatal measles outbreaks. Airplane crashes. Crypto scams. Tariffs. Betrayal of allies. Pardons and special favors for insurrectionists, crooked mayors, and online pimps. The American people voted for change!

Andrew Tate being allowed to come to the U.S. and avoid facing trial for sex trafficking in Romania is beyond stomach-churning. This man is a HUGE influencer and uses his platform/following to further abuse women who have accused him. Now he won’t face justice, reaffirming his lies to his followers

Trump on Canada+Mexico tarriffs: November 25: "On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products" January 22: “I think we’ll do it Feb. 1.” Today: "April 2nd for everything."