This is … a fair question. And DeRosa, if only for the sake of her own conscience, should think about what a fair answer to the question should be.

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Hey there Scott Walker. I noticed you deleted this after learning that in fact the shooter was from the right. I don’t think it matters either way, violence is violence, so I’m waiting for you to tweet the same thing with corrected facts? Cuz you’re uh, to use your words, “being silent.”

Two phrases that need to be retired: “We are better than this.” (We’re not.) The U.S. president is “the leader of the free world.” (He’s not.)

A reminder that none of this is true about AOC, it’s demonstrably and provably untrue, and it’s being pushed by the kind of C-list (ok, D-list?) celebs who flock to Trump and MAGA:

Rejection has played a big role in my life—it formed into the bitterness in which I lived in the world. Not sure if it’s a specifically male bitterness, but I think a lot of men might understand the feeling. cpjalufka.substack.com/p/the-reject...

From the archives—portrait of @aliciamariebody.bsky.social He-Man

Found this MAGA chatbot on Instagram. At least it knows MAGA voted against their best interests

I mean, yeah.

My eldest daughter Claudia once asked me why there isn’t a provision that says that convicted felons can’t be president and this was *exactly* my answer

WOW. Kilmar García was deported off a bogus, discredited gang sheet—based on junk intel from a cop later convicted of misconduct. Trump’s still using it to deny him due process. 📌 COPS: He wore Chicago Bulls hat they claimed was “Hispanic gang culture” and meant he was in good standing with MS-13.

New: Pete Hegseth shared sensitive information about military strikes to another Signal group chat that included his wife and brother.

Happy Easter to those expected to celebrate open.substack.com/pub/cpjalufk...

Recently, my wife was recalling a moment before my accident, before sobriety and therapy. She said, “you were so angry all the time.” She’s right. I was. That feels like a different version of me. The change was slow—so gradual I hadn’t noticed. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Prove that you didn’t just snatch a legal resident of the United States off the streets and ship him to a foreign country for illegal detention. Has he been convicted of a crime? Has he been formally charged and appeared before a court? This administration is behaving like the terrorist.

when she was florida’s atty general, trump “donated” $25k to her campaign and she suddenly dropped a fraud case against trump university. someone check her price tag for this and we’ll scape it together.

The New York Public Library Digital Collection is an amazing resource for inspiration—a favorite act of writing is to create a story around whatever random public domain images come up. From forgotten images—glorp—a story!

One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind. An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one." The other said, "Take him anyway." So they did.

Visual art takes one second to absorb and form an opinion. Writing takes time to absorb—and not everyone is willing to spend that time on the unknown, perhaps even the unworthy.

A love story to my collection of baseball hats

I'm a collector. I have a collection of collections. Some objects are sought for their power to return me to a former self.

The art of UK based printmaker Georgia Green has a spirit—an inner ghost. Green casts remarkable shapes and color in tangible layers of ink. "I always prioritise texture over detail." Interview up Substack where I'll be sharing more interviews, essays on art, and other words on / around art.

How is this not one of the biggest scandals of the year? This bigoted loon sitting down with the president in the Oval and demanding he fire national security officials. Insane. The normalization of Trump and the far continues apace.

Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.

The Trump post in six months taking a victory lap about the Dow going back up over 40k (after he single-handedly tanked it) is gonna hit like hard drugs

Trump supporters have a wealth of options if they don’t like being lumped in with racists—you’re not racist, you’re just morally indifferent!

Incredibly disturbing attempted abuse of government power www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...

Perhaps the underlying purpose of the Western status quo is to keep the Nazis at bay.

"Edmunds found that March 2025 represents the 'highest ever share' on record of Tesla trade-ins... "Teslas accounted for 1.4% of the cars traded in through March 15, up nearly 300% from the same month last year, when just 0.4% of trade-ins were Teslas..." www.huffpost.com/entry/tesla-...

Some idiots hang MAGA flags on this bridge on Fridays, they added a new flag today. I called the police, the sheriff’s department, and the mayor. The mayor got back to me that they identified the individual who hung the flag and the case in with the DA now to review. This is not okay.

do you hear a suburban accent?

‘I will wrestle the big banana in the sky’

Portrait of Ethan Hawke, in pencil

‘ I will wrestle the big banana in the sky’

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Trying to work with shadow. Wonderful reference from model @vilidian.bsky.social

With reports that Elon will run ads about “government waste” today, it would be good to do some basic inoculation with friends who’ll watch the Super Bowl. It can be as basic as “Musk, the Nazi-saluting liar, will run Super Bowl ads today. Don’t believe him.” Don’t assume everyone already knows.

I love the mornings. Getting the car warmed up to take the kids to school. The street lights still on as the night ends.

evening portrait, of alice

I called on Secretary Bessent to answer why and how he gave Elon Musk and his cronies permission to access government payment systems. The response back raises more questions than answers.

Evening drawing, Bella

evening drawing, m: bella