The movie they make about Tulsi Gabbard's infiltration of US intelligence is going to simultaneously be a haunting look at the most damaging intelligence failure in US history and a hilarious romp about the stupidest fucking people alive

"The American media makes things that are abnormal seem normal. The European press doesn’t do that. So you’ll see when they report on Trump’s rambling Davos speech, they will say it made no sense. In the US press, you’ll just see excerpts and an attempt to sanitize it." — @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

This is the real key to the Epstein cabal-it was reallly about money laundering, and the trafficking provided people to give that cover (through blackmailing if needed). It’s also why so many powerful forces are still trying to cover this up.

And here it is. Money's part of it to be sure... But there's more to anti-vaxxing than mere lucre.

I think these lyrics for “Blinded By The Light” come from Bruce Springsteen’s Dylan-inspired stream of consciousness period. #at40

Went for a walk and missed Year of the Cat! #AT40

#AT40 I will confess I like this Barry Manilow song as a kid. I would play it on the jukebox at the burger place on base. Looking back, I’m sure the Airman in there weren’t thrilled. (But I also played Steve Miller)

Hop in the time machine. We're going back to February 5, 1977 for another Casey Kasem American Top 40 flashback #AT40. Who will be #1? Listen to Casey on SiriusXM 70s on 7, and follow this 🧵 to find out.

I really unironically love Hall & Oates. A band called Bird & The Bee did a tribute cover album that I also love. They are Inara George and Greg Kurstin (Inara George is the daughter of Little Feat’s Lowell George). #AT40

1977 #AT40 is my favorite year, for nostalgia reasons. My older sister listened religiously, and we moved to Vandenburg Air Force Base that summer.

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

@phoebeb.bsky.social wants to hear the Cocteau Twins and 'Carolyn's Fingers' #Paws4music youtu.be/NhGoZLudKyk?...

You may recall that in January of 2025, artist Ann Telnaes announced that she had quit The Washington Post after editors killed a cartoon that depicted owner Jeff Bezos, among others, genuflecting to Trump. This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.

Sorry to miss @applepasta.bsky.social tonight, but it’s been a hell of a week so my wife and I are chilling to Pink Floyd live at Empire Pool, Wembley, 1974.

Vance undermining the US Olympic Team would be too on the nose

If this special feels like Kermit and Company tap-dancing for Daddy Disney’s attention, good: The Muppets work best as underdogs, and they are excellent tap dancers.

Every American needs to watch this:

#AT40 it’s science!

Yes, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Well, it may be the Devil and it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody #AT40

OK, I came back to #AT40 because Rainbow Connection is incredible. Also, if you haven’t watched the new Muppet Show episode, you should do that as soon as possible. I’ve watched it twice.

Not sure I can bring myself to listen to a 1979 #AT40 instead of continuing my rewatch of the amazing Station Eleven. But I might pop in later.

I swear this clip is not edited. Trump pivots from downplaying the killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti ("two people out of tens of thousands and you get bad publicity") to in the very next breath claiming "we've been very tough on the waters," leaving Tom Llamas baffled ("the waters?")

The Muppet Show revival is so great.

Can't believe Murphy is doing the Onion's "Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants "

There is no manner in which ICE agents now present themselves, no language they will direct at citizens or immigrants, no abuse or brutality they undertake, and no slaying they will commit that can at this point shock or surprise me. These thugs are not law enforcement. They are S.A. brownshirts.

A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account. A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech. New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social

My great grandfather Otto Karl Albert Krahn did his two years of required military service as coachman for Kaiser Wilhelm. This necklace was a gift from the Kaiser to my great grandfather; I was given it by one of my dad’s cousins & wore it on my confirmation day. It’s a bit . . . creepy, IMHO.🧵

Jeffrey Epstein did not stop raping children after his 2008 conviction. Jeffrey Epstein did not stop facilitating the rape of children after his 2008 conviction. He kept doing it. That is the context of people treating him as a normal person after his conviction. /1 www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/u...

The good: this medic is doing a great job with that little girl. The bad: gas the kid, kidnap the kid, fuck the kid, it’s all in-policy for the Trump Administration.

Abolish ICE and fire all agents is the moderate position.

They indeed didn't disband; they just moved to Washington with Trump.

This is for my #AT40 friends and those in the Twin Cities. Today in chat I mentioned an article I had read that connected the geography of Minneapolis to Prince’s career and sound. Here it is. My heart is with my great state. We will win. #IceOut theconversation.com/how-minneapo...

Watch the video as a recklessly driven cheap car careens around and a gang of armed thugs spring out to menace an innocent civilian, like a kidnapping or robbery or murder-for-hire. It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.

Gonna be a lot of disco in the #AT40, but it’s mostly better stuff—later in 1978 and in 1979 the wheels really come off disco.

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1978 was a pretty good year in my life. I told my mom “being 10 is great because I can hang out with the adults, then go play with my Legos and Star Wars toys.” My older sister was also listening to #AT40 every weekend that year.

We’re going to see more and more of this. They’re going to start canceling live events because our country SUCKS. … Brian May Rules Out Queen Shows in US: “America Is a Dangerous Place at the Moment” "It's very sad because I feel like Queen grew up in America" consequence.net/2026/01/bria...

A reminder: the LAPD Chief said yesterday he would not be enforcing the mask ban on ICE bsky.app/profile/domi...

Abolish LAPD.

MY LATEST @latimes.com ‬⁩ COLUMNA: Trump says he wants to get rid of 'the worst of the worst.' Start with Stephen Miller. Share, porfas!

We are posting live updates here as we explore the millions of Epstein records released today, including details on Donald Trump and Bill Gates. 6/6 www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

I didn't publish a lot in 2025, but I'm proud of what I did publish. I'd especially love it if you'd consider my poem "the jacarandas are unimpressed by your show of force" (eligible for the Nebula, Hugo, and Rhysling awards). strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

The post #AT40 music is a lot better on Thursdays than Saturdays…

I'll say it again, ANY politician who votes for money to fund this nazi gestapo, is an accessory to murder and kidnapping.

“From England” to end the #AT40 Chug!

I thought this was cheesy when it started, but now I’m tearing up… #AT40 John, Martin, Bobby…

I don’t think I ever knew the name of “Double Barrel,” but it’s been sampled a lot. #AT40

Wow, the White House is so shaken by the turn in the public mood that they thought Chuck Schumer might actually rise up and "seize this moment" to get meaningful concessions. That's how panicked they are. They thought Chuck Schumer would do something.