The White House Historical Association knew of the East Wing demolition and has the nerve to send me a catalog of gilded trinkets and Christmas decorations to support their efforts.

Vladimir Putin left a voicemail: “Great job. Now do the other side.”

Let's just be clear: He is violating state sovereignty. Period. There is no question. There is no discussion. And when they cried and cried about states rights, it was a lie. stateline.org/2025/10/22/t...

A defense of the WH ballroom farce claims FDR renovated the East Wing in 1942 during WWII when the country could ill afford it. It was renovated to hide a secret bomb shelter to survive nuclear attack. Now it is the Presidential Emergency Ops Center. Served as a shelter following the 9/11 attacks.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina’s top elections official is pressing the state’s Division of Motor Vehicles for unprecedented access to voters’ full Social Security numbers — a move that could erode voter privacy protections and lay the groundwork for mass voter purges

Argentina will receive $40 billion from the US and in return Argentina will provide its expertise in disappearing people.

“Wonderful is the effect of impudent and persevering lying. The British ministry have so long hired their gazetteers to repeat and model into every form lies about our being in anarchy, that the world has at length believed them … Yet where does this anarchy exist?” Thomas Jefferson 1787

They’re wagging the dogs. They’re wagging the cats. youtu.be/1DQ1Vle2XZg?...

Journalism rule at AP and USA Today, the two places I worked for most of my career: Sources who criticize, praise or speculate need to be named. AP: www.ap.org/about/news-v... USAT Network: content-static.usatoday.com/styleguide/U...

Dropped my daughter off at the airport for a UNC journalism class trip to DC. My parting words were, “If you get detained, get good pictures and video.” She replied, “I hate you.” She doesn’t. That’s how we talk. Gallows humor is a survival skill.

100 % toll på rakfisk fordi den fascistiske oransje presidenten ikke fikk Nobels fredspris.

All energy efficient illumination in the Whitehouse has been replaced by gaslight.

Based on news reports it would appear that it has already been decided that next year’s Super Bowl final will be the Jets against the Sharks.

If Stephen Miller hates the fascist label doesn’t that make him anti-fascist also?

Only 10 months in.

We are living in Minority Report, with Stephen Miller, Laura Loomer as Precogs, and ICE/Border Patrol as PreCrime police.

If Ayn Rand were alive today she’d be saying, “Shit, why didn’t I think of that.”

If you ever wonder how people like Stephen Miller and Russell Vought sleep at night – don’t. That’s when they do their best work.

This entire shutdown could have been avoided if Democrats didn’t dress so provocatively and lead Republicans on.

Looks like Navy Pipes and Drums and West Point Pipes and Drums will have to redesign uniforms.

Expectation v Reality

Fat generals and beardos, don’t worry. ICE will fast track you to a signing bonus. The disheveled are in the details.

Portland is another distraction. Release the Brownstein files!

If only

I’m thinking of popping some Tylenol and going to Vegas to play blackjack.

I understand Tom Homan’s current secret service code name is 50K

Shouldn’t this include US citizens wrongfully detained by ICE?

Come retire in Florida, where we’re decimating the ranks of healthcare workers. And our kids will be unvaccinated. But you can go glamping at Alligator Alcatraz.

“Department of War” better reflects what our military is doing in Los Angeles and Washington DC.

Read this while I make popcorn wapo.st/4n6T0PM

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Atlanta Journal Constitution dead tree edition scheduled to expire. www.ajc.com/business/202...

Release the Epstein Kraken

Last week, a judge exonerated four Black men who had served decades in prison for murder. They were kids, and the cops solicited a false confession. The judge cited new evidence, including DNA, but a secret panel of the NC Court of Appeals has put the ruling on hold. 🧵#ncpol

DC tourism ambassadors in combat casual, making you feel as welcome as day laborers at a Home Depot parking lot.

The most prominent homeless person in DC recently was Elon Musk sleeping on a sofa but he’s long gone.

“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the most terrifying thing I have ever witnessed . . . Wait a minute! Someone’s crawling out of the hollow top. Someone or . . . something. I can see peering out of that black hole two luminous disks . . are they eyes? It might be a face. It might be . . .”

Chris Brennan, USA TODAY, Opinion “Trump's DOJ and Republicans are building the machine now to meddle in the 2026 midterm elections 15 months from now.” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Pete Hegseth wouldn’t recognize Jesus even if he was in the same Signal chat group with him apnews.com/article/wome...

Nice university you got there. Shame if something happened to it. apnews.com/article/trum...

Wiley Nickel exits NC Senate race in deference to Roy Cooper but presumes to run for Wake DA as consolation prize against black female Sherita Walton who is endorsed by current DA Lorrin Freeman

Trump dismisses the Epstein controversy as a minor affair.

I’ve already received a GOP fundraising ad attacking Roy Cooper and his daughter for supporting DEI so they must be nervous about his Senate chances. #ncpol

I’m so old I can remember when Jeffrey Epstein gave the Unabomber his hoodie and an empty cigar box at MIT.

It is disconcerting that a State Elections Board staffer, not an attorney, not the Executive Director, acting under color of law, can suspend the 100 county boards for 28 days, and without notifying 500 affected board members. This is how vulnerable to manipulation our elections have become.

Legal conundrum: I believe I continue to serve as a NC county elections board member until a new board is sworn in July 22nd. State board staff tell county staff service ended June 24th, never notifying me, and conflicting with NCGS 128-7, affirmed by NC Supreme Court 2010.

Some observations about the Oklahoma radar vandal: Wears a Black Dog Tavern t-shirt from Martha’s Vineyard dated 2015, and Beister non-slip water shoes. Must have gone commando because video blurs groin when shorts caught on fence.