Friends, my heart is heavy today. Tomorrow is the 24th anniversary of 9/11. The sight of people leaping to their death to avoid burning to death is seared in my brain. The first responders who rushed into the towers over and over again, often to not come out the last time.

The same reason I detest the pardoning of January 6 protestors, the same reason I oppose our horrific immigration policy, the same reason I think the participants in Epstein's crimes should face a reckoning is why I am horrified by the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Wrong is always wrong.

There's plenty to criticize about Charlie Kirk's views and his impact in society, but this is not the time. Violent attacks on people are clearly wrong and right now my only thought about Kirk is that he recovers fully. It's not okay to shoot people you find odious. Period.

Unpopular take: while Trump has done numerous things that deserve impeachment and I'm not sure he really knows what he is doing vis-a-vis Russia's invasion of Ukraine, he may manage to bluster his way into a negotiated peace that both sides can agree with.

A very long 4 years...

Posted February 21.

Posted April 17. Trump's autocratic instincts are predictable.

Seems pretty obvious to me that Trump is going to (easily) win his battle with Musk. Granted, Musk will dominate the incel vote, but Trump will crush Musk among the MAGA normies. Trump is a genuine cult figure; Musk is drug addict who is in way over his head.

A crazy thing is that within two years, Musk and Trump will be enemies.

one of my favorite popovich stories is derozan talking about how he supported him when his dad was dying not only a hall of fame basketball coach but a hall of fame human

"We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty." -- John F. Kennedy, 1961 Inaugural Address Is that still true of Americans in 2025? We are being tested.

Grievances 16-19 in Declaration of Independence 16. "For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world" 17. "For imposing taxes on us without our consent" 18. "For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Jury trial" 19. "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences"

Demographic splits on Trump's approval in the coming weeks will be interesting. Expect to see a lot of erosion of support among 55+ Americans who are seeing their retirement accounts decimated. Less erosion from younger Americans who aren't yet experiencing the higher prices and job losses to come.

Happy Liberation from Prosperity Day to all who celebrate/mourn!

5-6 years and millions of dollars in project funding? Nah, how about no funding, "a few months," and AI assistance to convert tens of millions of lines of COBOL code into Java. I am sure nothing will go wrong. www.wired.com/story/doge-r...

I have a friend who served as a government attorney in NY/NJ for years and is immensely more qualified than Habba for this position. On the plus side for him, though, his knees are not nearly as worn out as hers are.

A crazy thing is that within two years, Musk and Trump will be enemies.

DOGE/SSA marked this person dead and *removed his savings from his bank account,* cancelled his social security and Medicare. #seattle https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/

A sad result of the Trump era for the USA is that we will have united other places like Canada and Europe (in opposition to Trump) and Russia and North Korea (in thanksgiving for Trump), while America keeps ripping itself further and further apart from his divisive scorched earth tactics.

Unpopular take: I'm not happy with the CT, but I'm also not convinced Schumer is wrong that the shutdown might have been worse than the CR. Also, whether Schumer was right or wrong, Trump is the enemy. He's the guy ripping us apart and spitting on the Constitution.

The is the Trump political appointee in charge of explaining why all the people axed in DOGE firings were dead weight or bad employees. Spends her day posting fashion influencer outfit pics with affiliate links. www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/p...

He was a few months ahead of himself.

We could call it dollar coin and allow people to transfer dollar coins on paper bills marked in 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dollar coins. Plus we could have small portable coins worth 0.5, 0.25, 0.1, 0.05, and 0.01 dollar coins. Could revolutionize finance if it happens.

On the plus side there's a lot of Bitcoin available as part of illegal transactions that the government can seize. On the downside, civil forfeiture is bullshit and Bitcoin is worthless.

Impeach the motherfucker.

@nolajt.bsky.social Happy Mardi Gras! 💜💚💛

I don't really get the "you idiots voted for this" rhetoric. What is it accomplishing? It just says, "I think Trump is bad, but being on my high horse is more important to me." We could try to, you know, win people over rather than acting like insufferable douches toward them.

Bravely bold Sir Roger, went forth to his town hall He was not afraid to meet, oh brave Sir Roger! He was not at all afraid to face his constituents Brave, Brave, Brave, Brave Sir Roger!

Slava Ukraini! Forever. No matter how many evil tyrants threaten Ukraine's sovereignty. Ukraine must not fall.

Are the tariffs on Canada and Mexico going to be the second Trump administration's Infrastructure Weeks? Something that gets promised over and over again but never actually happens?

I semi-seriously think a demand that Democrats should make in their budget negotiations is that all Republican Congressional salaries be zeroed out a& those funds paid directly to Donald Trump. If Republicans are simply going to rubber stamp everything Trump does, then why are taxpayers paying them?

I have accepted Elon Musk's resignation from DOGE and he is now prohibited from entering any US government facility. Failure to comply with this instruction will be subject to prosecution by US Marshals.

So is Savings chart on doge.gov really not sortable? These techbros seem to have very limited coding skills.

Just a friendly reminder that Elon has just under 7 hours left to complete this utterly trivial task or I will accept his resignation.

I hereby give Elon Musk until 5 PM ET on Tuesday 2/24/25 to send me an email with 5 bullet points explaining why he thought he was authorized to email instructions to workers at US agencies without clearing it with agency heads first. Failure to adequately respond will be taken as his resignation.

I hereby give Elon Musk until 5 PM ET on Tuesday 2/24/25 to send me an email with 5 bullet points explaining why he thought he was authorized to email instructions to workers at US agencies without clearing it with agency heads first. Failure to adequately respond will be taken as his resignation.

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard

The ugly truth is that Musk's effective definition of "free speech" is that he gets to say anything he wants without any consequence or criticism, while the rest of us should be punished for saying things that upset or annoy him.

Donald Trump should be impeached for his corrupt handling of the Eric Adams case. It's worth pressing this point, because Trump's goal is to hollow out the government until it is simply his own personal extortion racket. Our founding fathers and ancestors sacrificed too much for us to be silent.

This is an unusually clear explanation of what is going on: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1re...

The reason Undersecretary Trump is letting Chancellor Musk outshine him is that he is a broke ass bitch who is privately begging Musk for money like a dog. Sad!

I'm not convinced that it's *always* sunny in Philadelphia, but it will sure will be tomorrow. Enjoy your championship, Philly!

@mistermagic.bsky.social Congratulations! Go birds!

Congrats Eagles fans! A dominant win by an impressive team. Turns out the Eagles already played their toughest Superdome game in September.

Trump is attending the Super Bowl because he heard the NFL is using woke brown balls. DOGE will be requiring the NFL to stop using DEI and use white balls instead starting next season.

Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in

Would be a lot funnier if this headline was fiction.

This sets up what will most likely be a major showdown and Constitutional crisis when Trump and his DOGE team refuse to follow the judge's order.