Kash Patel lacks the experience to be the head of the FBI. But he has a perfect life experience to be the head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.

Yep, nothing like admitting you’re a criminal.

In a recent survey, 65 nations named the United States as the greatest threat to their country—over six times higher than runner-up Russia. I’m confident I can get that number even higher. by J.D. Vance

Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”

The Canvas hackers probably gave up when they were flooded by “I have an 89.3% is there any way I can get to a 90%?” messages.

Sorry state we’re in when the president of the United States can call a reporter a bitch for asking a legitimate question about gas prices and the media says nothing… ? Shameful 😔

My 8yo asked if I would post something to Bluesky for her, then grabbed a piece of paper and made this So here is your advice for the day:

They’re not hiding it anymore.

I joined NY’s Cutest on the Bergen Bike Bus that they ride to school every Wednesday, rain or shine. We’re adding bike boulevards and more pedestrian space on Bergen and Dean Street, from Court Street to East New York Ave. It was a wonderful kind of day.

Y’all will find any way to blame a black man

Feels like the con justices have more than just an ideological stake in this based on the unheard of levels of corrupt rulings. What new evidence will we uncover about Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, and Roberts if Dems when the midterms and start prosecuting GOP lawlessness? apple.news/AveFwDVCcTH2...

The portion of the American electorate clambering for the government to be run like one of his businesses is about to get exactly what they asked for, and it sucks that the rest of us have to suffer for their stupidity.

I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland. And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

Every splashy New York Times profile of a right wing influencer.

Jim Crow Didn't Die. It Went to Law School. #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Few things in life bring me more joy than a great Cuban coffee

Got to see the fabulous @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social tonight and among the many instruments she played was a viola which got me thinking if a violin in folk music is a fiddle then shouldn’t a folk viola be a faddle?

Interesting that he also wants to pass a voting act effectively requiring millions of American women to get a passport to vote…

Whether it's Pete Hegseth using taxpayer money to fly on Army Apache helicopters with Kid Rock or Lloyd Austin being Black, both secretaries of defense have done things the other side finds unacceptable.

What’s the quickest way to get an administrative appointment? Write some piece for the Chronicle criticizing higher ed. No solutions need be proposed, just dunk on the humanities and you’re hired!

Recovery crew opening the hatch and welcoming the Artemis II crew home after a nearly 700,000-mile journey. Video: Reid Wiseman

Mel Gibson pictured with his doctor in 2004

Sinead O'Connor was an angel who touched us for a time. And she knew how to kick out the jams. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PweU...

Spot on @pastpunditry.bsky.social. Dems and the media learned nothing after promoting Vance’s dumb ass book. Anyone from Appalachia knew he was a sheister. Hollywood was sure he was the voice of “real America.” Same thing is playing out with Carlson now, they’ll prob make him president God forbid…

In response to the Pope’s anti-war statements, the Pentagon summoned his ambassador and told him that the U.S. has the military power to do “whatever it wants” and that the Catholic Church had better fall in line. As a Christian, as a Protestant, as an American I renounce this as evil.

Bruh

New York City's record-low homicide numbers in the first quarter of 2026 raise new questions about Zohran Mamdani's approach to policing.

and all of this is because one Black president made 30% of America lose their tiny little fucking minds

Tfw a Muslim mayor honors a Christian holy day better than the ‘Christian’ president

The Chainsmokers are fine I guess but this kind of music does not translate to a short live show, much less live television

Well, well… If the 14th amendment was not meant for modern immigrants, then the 2nd amendment was not meant for modern arms. #truth

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If any law folks read this, yes I am aware that Originalism should be capitalized. Apart from the higher salaries you receive you can also be thankful your field is not tied to Taylor & Francis 😂...

New piece out today for Journalism History: "Reconciling Founding-Era Contradictions: Copyright, Free Speech, and the Rhetoric of Originalism" www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZDBX5...

Professors don’t indoctrinate students. We can’t even get them to read the syllabus.

Great primary source exercise for teaching historical method - particularly in journalism and mass comm…

Duke won’t solve this until one of their own throws Stephen Miller into an active volcano

God, I needed this right now…

53 years ago today, the last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America’s direct role in the Vietnam War. I remember seeing this anti-war PSA back then. Its message is sadly still very relevant today as Trump drags us into another unpopular war.

Walz: The president said it's a bunch of radicals. You're damn right we've been radicalized. Radicalized by compassion, radicalized by decency, radicalized by due process, radicalized by democracy.

Good one in NYC.

What would a similar corollary to this be in America today? www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-ma...

That’s it. This was the point of no return for the nation’s paper of record.

Depicting a LIVING president you say…