CBS blocked Stephen Colbert from running this interview with James Talarico on its broadcast stations, so you should definitely not watch it online either. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

U.S District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe delivered this President's Day smackdown to Trump's Minister of Censorship, Doug Burgum, ordering him to restore panels about the horrors of slavery to the President's House site in Philadelphia. The truth survives for another day.

On one hand, yes it's laughable. On the other hand, finding a jury willing to convict on a conspiracy charge for distributing printed materials is straight out of the Stephen Miller fascism playbook.

Maybe it's all the extra touching?

It sure sounds like Canada has been double-touching all along and didn't think anyone would notice. #curling

We are not ready for how easy shit like this is going to be for anyone with a couple hundred bucks and an LLM subscription

The Trump administration's sweet spot is the intersection of malice and incompetence.

DO IT

Apparently remembering dead people is political now

HEGSETH GAVE THE GUYS SHOOTING CITIZENS IN THE STREET AND BREAKING DOWN DOORS AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT LASER. Sorry for shouting I just can’t hear my thoughts over the ringing in my ears.

Red Vines > Twizzles

I didn't think you could find a bigger buffoon at Interior than Ryan Zinke but this is impressive

Remember that Kash Patel bragged about the FBI taking the wrong people into custody after both the Charlie Kirk and Brown shootings, so don't read too much into reports out of Tucson tonight.

Ok but can we talk about how the message is in mixed case lettering, not cursive

BREAKING: Freedom 250, President Trump's hand-picked replacement for the country's official 250th birthday celebration, is selling access to Trump for $1 million and up.

They're telling on themselves

The cruelty is always the point.

It's taken a while for mainstream outlets to just call racism what it is, but I'm glad NYT is finally there.

I know I'm the last one to say this, but holy shit Anthropic's Super Bowl ads may be the most devastating thing you can pack into 60 seconds. Brutal. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBSa...

LET THEM FIGHT

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Dino is one of the best in the business. America desperately needs philanthropy to step up and fund straight journalism. The for-profit models are not going to survive, and foundation support looks increasingly like the only bridge so that democracy does not in fact die in darkness.

Gee, thanks for pointing out that I've had a New York Times account for 30 years

Only the best people!

I did Nazi that coming

Could be worse — they could have spilled a bunch of beer

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should

Spoiler alert: The Republican Study Committee is just making shit up

You know something's changed when Harriet Hageman, a Republican House member from WYOMING, is getting booed off the stage. wyofile.com/hageman-cuts...

This is a good sign.

Don't get distracted. Trump sending the Nazi cosplayer back to El Centro didn't change anything.

Former NPS director Chuck Sams drops a truth bomb about Trump's war on science and history:

Time for the RAFFI RAW album we deserve

This got me.

Wondering the exact same thing. Any analyst not named Tom Brady would be explaining that right now.

"If you keep calling us kidnappers, we'll have no choice but to keep kidnapping"

Santa Cruz, by Peter Doig, 2025

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

This is literally why the NRA claims it must exist. It's why the "III percenters" claimed they have to be armed to the hilt to stand up to tyranny. In the face of actual authoritarianism, shooting citizens point-blank in the streets? Crickets.

Just wait 'til you see what I can make with a cassette tape and a stand mixer

All the content warnings on the link here. It looks like an execution to me. ICE agents hit him repeatedly on the ground, pull him to his knees, then someone immediately shoots him and he falls over.

Can someone call up a physical therapist for this headline writer? That's gotta hurt when you have to contort yourself so far to avoid saying "Nazi"

Remember when Burgum was one of the “good ones?” One of those principled “real” conservatives who would keep Trump in check? Remember when a lot of people bought that kind of shit hook, line, and sinker?

Making coal great again with AI slop

Doug Burgum is such an embarrassing try-hard.

They are targeting children because they are trying incite violence. I have talked to many journalists today, and they all made the same observation: Border Patrol and ICE have been rolling around with maximum aggression, lingering for ages as crowds, gather, seemingly trying to cause a riot.

Let's be clear: The Trump administration will murder you then say it was a suicide.

This is going to backfire so badly for @patagonia.com www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

I know this stuff happens accidentally, and someone may have gotten in trouble for it, but my headcanon is that @producertory.bsky.social gave this to us because it's what we need right now

This is child trafficking. "Abolish ICE" is the moderate position. Nuremberg-style tribunals for every member of the agency (and CBP) is far more appropriate than mere abolition at this point.