That time when new DHS Secretary, current Sen. Mullin challenged a witness to a fight during a hearing youtu.be/x0ae-Mhz1AI?...

A tiny piece of black construction paper cut into a design and gently placed atop that light could create some fun effects for that banner. Maybe some local crafty person will try their hand at it.

letting everyone leave their shoes on now was apparently her idea, but fuckit, i’ll take them off again just to spite her

If you're at the airport and Kristi Noem is doing the ominous little message from the TSA screens, you no longer have to do anything she says. Leave your laptop in the case, whatever.

[Exit Murderer.]

Markwayne is actually a noble title, and is the Oklahoma equivalent to "Marquis," and may be passed on at the same time your father gives you his car dealership

I can't get over how embarrassing it is to work for this administration. Feverishly checking the president's social media to verify that it's ok for you to say the sky is blue and then checking again an hour later for him to post that the sky is actually green and we're saying it very strongly

Secretary Markwayne

Trump: How can we lower the average IQ in DHS? Aides: Not possible, sir. Trump: Hold my beer.

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Donald Trump has fired Kristi Noem and nominated Markwayne Mullin.

Donald Trump has more of a plan for renovating the East Wing Ballroom than he does for starting another war in the Middle East.

Two Australian sailors were on board US submarine when it torpedoed Iranian warship apple.news/AW4C-PuAGQyu...

The contrast between these two administrations is really something, and is not flattering for the Americans. At all.

For the love of God, give the hamster powering Markwayne’s brain a rest!

While keepers were busy cleaning one of the larger pools, baby otter Bao enjoyed his own little splash zone, complete with a tub full of toys to investigate, toss, and pounce on. 📹: Animal care staff Katie

PAT RYAN: 'Does the US want to be the policeman of the Middle East getting nothing but spending precious lives & trillions.' Rng a bell? COLBY: Defer to you R: That was Trump. How about this - 'we simply cannot afford to get enmeshed in a Middle East war' C: Defer to you R: That was actually you

Good morning! Yes, this is he

We've got a constitutional law professor vs. a remedial student social media influencer

David Attenborough [whispering]: “As the predators close in on their helpless prey, we can only watch in silent horror, for it is not man’s role to interfere in the hierarchy of nature.”

I hope somebody here remembers those classic ads.

"Oh, that's why Melbourne hated us." chaser.com.au/entertainmen...

Does Trump do like dramatic reveals of the Declaration for guests? Guests are seated around the Resolute Desk, and Trump says, "I bet you'll never guess what's behind that curtain," and then does a *whoosh* and it's the Declaration? Is there a treasure map on the back of it?

The Trump Administration is a place where inveterate liars spend all their time figuring out how to navigate countless atrocities and failures caused by Trump without ever saying so and being incredibly bad at figuring out how to do that in any kind of coherent or consistent way.

'regime change' doesn't look very changed. except for the unfortunately younger bit.

“We’ve had a couple instances where we have planes in the air and on the way, and unfortunately the airspace gets closed and they have to turn back around. “So we’re working through those challenges.” — Marco Rubio, former acting head of the National Archives and Records Administration

Every time I've bombed a country, the decision was made in the moments between putting milk on the cereal and eating the first spoonful.

You know who would have been a great politician? The I’m the Scatman guy. A reporter could ask him why he was embezzling money and he could go Ski-bi dibby dib yo da dub dub Yo da dub dub Ski-bi dibby dib yo da dub dub Yo da dub dub

Could the press please, finally, learn this lesson: Everything these people said about Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East, starting new wars—all of it—was false. Not because they meant the opposite, but because they're post-truth and say whatever they think gets them an advantage in the moment.

oh man you can tell he has been *saving* his thoughts about that poor dog

We have a literal Crusader running the military

I'm going to become a ham bootlegger

Wolfmousie

it says a lot about us, none of it good, that we chose a leader with not a single redeeming quality: stupid? yup. corrupt? absolutely. dishonest? to his core. violent? maybe the most violent ever. any ability to empathize with people? none. baseline level of regard for human life? not even a skosh.

Good thread and a reminder that every generation has its own moral panic

you can have a dinner that celebrates the First Amendment or a dinner that features Donald Trump but you cannot have both

You can actually see the hamster running on the wheel in Markwayne Mullin's head when he talks.

The reign in Spain expels the American plane

god fucking dammit

The pronouns for this President are "she" and "it". Said together. Quickly.

The American people deserved to get a clear explanation of why servicemembers lives are at risk and why their gas prices are about to skyrocket. Instead, they got this.

Secretary Hegseth never misses an opportunity to act disgracefully.

Fuck, they’re going to put Riley Gaines in charge.

eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same

“The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties. That often happens in war, for those whose Dad didn’t pay a doctor to say their son had bone spurs”

Unstated but credible reasons for attacking: “Iran is a bad actor w/o an immediate threat to the US” or “our regional allies wanted this” or "there is money to be made in Iran" are not compelling. And so Trump starts with v low support via @gelliottmorris.com www.gelliottmorris.com/p/polls-trum...

Graham snapped: "No, its not his job or my job to do this. How many times do I have to tell you?...No boots on the ground. You know the sign “you break it, you own it”? I don’t buy that one bit." Instead the Trump doctrine is: I break it, someone else will clean up. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Reason #5: Regime change. This could be to neuter Iran as a regional power, or to establish a regime that enjoy broader legitimacy. Trump has been telling ordinary Iranians to rise up, but also that he is talking to the new leaders, and that the oppressors and the people can just figure it out.