Every ranking military official in attendance today should stay in their positions. Force Trump, Miller and Kegseth to "purge" them. Make it public. Each episode will be a disaster and rile up veterans and the majority.

This is from a bill in South Carolina, but it's model legislation for anti-abortion forces in other states. We have to stop this stuff on the ground, because we can't trust the courts to protect women's rights. From jessica.substack.com/p/college-st... by @jessicavalenti.bsky.social.

For those of us who feel like we've run out of words to describe this administration.

No, you don't. When funding is temporarily unavailable, you furlough staff so that everybody still retains their status. He know this, since we did it THREE times in Trump Season 1. He's threatening layoffs the same way a terrorist threatens to kill the hostages if he doesn't get what he wants.

We have got to stop saying "We have reached a new low" every time Trump demolishes a norm. It's like it's a challenge to him--"Oh, yeah? Hold my beer."

Make sure that you let everyone know that the GOP Speaker of the House of Representatives *has sent his people home* rather than stay in Washington to do their jobs to keep the government from shutting down

I usually assume that contacting my very blue senators and representative won't do anything because they already agree with me anyway. In this case, I think it's worth stiffening their spines. If yours are red, let them know that you are paying attention, and you vote. This page may help.

Gen. George Washington wrote two rule books on military behavior stressing the need for “decency” and humane treatment of captives and civilians. Evidently Army National Guard Maj. Hegseth finds Washington too woke.

Fuckin yikes, man

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Doing screen captures to preserve the evidence. (There's both a yellow pop-up box, and a red box with the same message on the home page.) The "Feedback" button didn't work for me in Firefox, but I was able to use Chrome to let them know they were breaking the law.

So now Mark Cuban is his competition. Guess we know who will be the next person accused of mortgage fraud.

We have a billion rabbits in our yard that are kind of a pain but then they make more adorable rabbits and it’s hard to be mad at them for a few weeks.

This is really brave. It's easy for us to say of people in a difficult position, "They should just quit!" But they need to pay rent, buy groceries, maybe support families, and I expect there's not a lot of journalism jobs in this area. I hope other organizations with better ethics snap them up.

This is how you deal with a bully. “'I want to be very clear. We will make a decision to shoot down flying objects without discussion when they violate our territory and fly over Poland. There is no room for debate here,' Tusk told a press conference."

Oh. Well. That's...too bad? But I'm sure they are all proud of their role in harassing other people, so no harm done, right?

"Since last fall’s election win, Trump has raked in more than $80 million in settlements stemming from lawsuits he has brought against Big Tech and media companies."

To single out abortion as the place for compromise is to ignore the political reality of the last three years. And in a moment when the stakes are so high—as women are literally dying—being both confidently wrong and hugely influential is straight up dangerous. jessica.substack.com/p/ezra-klein...

Or, as the ladies of @strictscrutiny.bsky.social would say, "Stare decisis is for suckers."

Still waiting...

Utilities, groceries, health care premiums all going sky high, and he’s blabbering on like he’s Louis XIV in Versailles.

reader i cackled

That's about the population of Ames, Iowa. We would care if they all died.

These guys were real heroes. "[W]hile he was stationed in Italy he did not encounter the systemic racism that he did while in the states but there was still segregation. 'We had our own club in Naples…so you didn't go to the White club,' he said in the interview. 'That's…the way life was.'"

"However, none of the victims were law enforcement officers. Instead, all of the victims were detainees, according to the government." Guess we aren't going to fly any flags at half-staff for them.

Of course Trump was going to go. These are "his generals," and he regards the armed forces the same way a little boy thinks of his toy soldiers. I beg the attendees to withhold their applause as much as possible. Free link: archive.ph/JYXuZ

This is an unusually good discussion of medication abortion. It shows the safety of these pills compared to other medications (penicillin, Viagra), as well as to childbirth. They'll say "if it causes even one death, it must be banned." That's a standard not applied to other drugs (or pregnancy).

Welcome to a special McGruff edition of the MAGA Minute! Today, Trump announces his plan to deal with crime. Editor’s note: Crime is already illegal. #RadioFreeAmerica #MAGAminute

This is a thoughtful article on efforts to help someone who might otherwise become dangerous. I wish there weren't so many guns, but politicians who won't support gun control could support programs like this if they were serious about finding solutions. Free link: archive.ph/jOh1x

The electoral college doesn't reflect the will of the people. It's a relic that was used to appease slave holders. 2 senators per state is also a relic. It disenfranchises more people than it enfranchises. Time for a fundamental change.

It's odd that Republicans can do the mental gymnastics to link Tylenol to autism, but not link gun deaths to guns.

The same guy telling you Portland is war-ravaged, told you Mexico was going to pay for the wall and people were eating your pets in Ohio.

"Nobody tells us what to do. We decide what we can do." Free link: archive.ph/RD367

Sanders (5/10/17): “the rank and file of the FBI had lost confidence in their director [Comey]...countless members of the FBI” Trump (9/26/25): "The level of enthusiasm by the FBI was incredible, but only caused by the fact that they knew Comey for what he is, and was, a total SLIMEBALL!"

We have years of experience doing teleconferences. This isn't 1945 where everyone has to go to Yalta to talk to each other. Let's hope China doesn't invade Taiwan and Putin doesn't attack Poland next week while all the generals are watching PowerPoints in Quantico. Free link: archive.ph/lniyy

I made the mistake of reading the comments on this article (which I usually avoid) and saw this gem. It's amazing how many men (including this guy) just know that you broads are popping Tylenol like M&Ms. Really, how hard can having a baby be? Free link: archive.ph/6EtdE

That escalated quickly.

If George Soros is a terrorist because he funds left wing activism, what is Leonard Leo? Or Harlan Crowe? Or Miriam Adelson? Or Elon Musk? Or Timothy Melon? The Koch brothers? Or the Mercer family? All of them, and others, support conservative think tanks, causes, misinformation distribution, etc

Probable government shutdown next week. But this advice is useful for everybody, because Trump is doing everything he can to push us into another recession (depression?). Free link: archive.ph/B0yEc

My wife and I were laughing last night thinking a great South Park Ep would be if the Rapture occurred, but it was the Devil Rapturing people. But then when they got there, he realized how terrible they were, too terrible for him even, so then he had to figure out how to send them back #SouthPark

I don't have to like Jim Comey to believe that creating bogus charges against him is wrong. Just as I didn't have to like Charlie Kirk to believe that murdering him was wrong.

I honestly don’t care about James Comey. But I want to live in a democratic republic. His indictment proves we live in a banana republic, where the autocrat personally orders indictments of his political enemies, and when his own officials refuse he finds new ones that will.

Who ELSE will take the "Autopen" OVER the "Autocrat"? ✋ ✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋

"I don't really choose to get involved. I can only say to Pam, Todd, and Lindsay: he's a bad person. Comey's a sick person. I could get involved if I want to, but you should determine whether he should be indicted. But he's a bad person."

This is a really great article on the human impact of the DOGE-bags on government employees. This anecdote captures the whole Russel Vought "We want to put them in trauma" approach. Free link: archive.ph/X9fFp

JFC

Of course. "[DOGE] had access to personal data belonging to all Americans ... including Social Security numbers, birthplace, date of birth, and work permit status...it’s 'very likely' that US adversarial nations, including Russia, China, and Iran are aware of the cloud system DOGE set up at SSA."

Despite everything I still have fundamental faith in the American people turning this around and making things better. [reads any New York Times focus group] Fuck this. Fuck everything. Burn it all down. [drinks directly from tequila bottle]