I'm going to pile in some more good news

Gorsuch finally starting to understand what they have unleashed

This guy's staff sucks. Oh wait. No. It's just an occasional glitch when normally he'd just lie.

Louisiana — the red state that Mike Johnson nominally represents — has the second highest percentage of residents enrolled in SNAP in the nation. They’re pushing this fantasy about these being “Democrat programs” used only in blue states but that’s a PR fantasy divorced from reality.

I know the tan suit thing is old, but still. The performative outrage never ceases to amaze me. And of course, now, it's performative silence.

Just lawless killing. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/31/p...

A message to all government civil servants and DoD now…

I'm old enough to remember when Texas conservatives thought Jade Helm was a military takeover plan by Obama. But sure, masked, armed, armored people in neighborhoods is fine.

Syracuse has an offensive lineman who is 6'7" and 400lbs (after losing 50 pounds in training). Jeepers.

I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum. www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...

Netflix. The Diplomat. Season 3, ep. 7. Roughly the 28 minute mark. CIA chief of station explains why she's doing the job. Best recruitment video ever. (but not under this administration)

The most magnificent and brightest rainbow I have ever seen. Thank you, universe. I needed that.

When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”

At this point we're just adding to the list of illegal acts within this admin. This is a clear violation of the Hatch Act. This and the TDA videos and a score of other cabinet department website tags like this one.

Nancy Whiskey Bar. Nyc. New favorite dive.

They know these strikes are illegal. They're covering up. If a war, you take as prisoners. If criminals, you prosecute. This is all fake. U.S. to repatriate survivors of drug boat strike to Colombia, Ecuador www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Posted without comment www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Solidarity is the only way we get out of this. Well done.

This is my feed. This is where we are. 2 consecutive massively manufactured lies by/in the admin. There isn't a shred of reality here. And upon this hill of beans, magical policy beanstalks will be ordered on and directed upwards, crushing all who protest the magic in the beans.

Hey Military Historians, esp Grad students! The SMH is announcing its 2026 Summer Seminar in Military history, hosted by the Adams Center at VMI. This is a fabulous opportunity to learn the field outside your specialty, to network, and enjoy the Blue Ridge Mountains. www.smh-hq.org/summersemina...

I say again. There is no AUMF; there is no imminence. These are illegal strikes. Just as were "signature" strikes in Pakistan and Yemen. We fucking opened these doors then, and now even dumber people with worse rationale are walking through them.

Hegseth vision of military he wants is built on short, tactical-level service record, playing Call of Duty, & tattoo portfolio browsing. Fails to see complexity of modern fires, intel, coalition coop, and above all, logistics. He is an LT, gripping a challenge coin, telling his betters he knows best

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...

The toddler regime slouches on...

Today in 1983 Stanislav Petrov saved the human race. On duty at the Soviet early warning command centre, he refused to warn superiors of radar reports of an incoming US strike. It proved to be a false alarm. If the Soviets had responded it would have been all out nuclear war.

Nothing for California or North Carolina after natural disasters, instead Trump is sending money to a long-haired libertarian in Argentina who already blew through $20 billion from the IMF.

I'm reading a student's diss draft in which US Cold War senior leaders referred to Lat American countries (and leaders) as immature and excitable and "like children." I wonder what those same Americans would think of our current administration. 🤡

Former Provost Sues UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Over Closed Meetings www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...

looks single from the bio and Presbyterians can get out there, Chicago ladies/gentlemen

Medical ethicist Arthur Kaplan, quoted in the NYT: “The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”

Disney stock price last 5 days. Pour it on.

This post has now been deleted. Suggesting it really was a DM to Bondi, violating presidential Records Act, and basically all national security protocols. But who cares. All the laws are for trampling now.

Here’s all the ways you can take action against Disney, ABC, Sinclair, and Nexstar for silencing Jimmy Kimmel and attacking free speech. Share WIDELY. #BOYCOTTDISNEYABC

Joining in boycotting ABC/Disney. Dropping my Disney subscription. (they'll soon discover that appeasing authoritarians just makes them demand more) #boycottDisney #boycottABC

Talk to me again about "liberal" cancel culture.

When the US conducted drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen, the legal authorities were dubious and initially covert. I did not like it then. These strikes are NOT covert. POTUS is bragging on them. If you can brag, you can tell us the legal authority used for the strike. This is a crime otherwise.

Anyone apologizing for this admin is probably not long for his job.

In addition to my just-now post on prison conditions, this is also true. Why would any foreign firm now gamble in a US location?

This is a consequence of the built-in unaccountability of ICE. It is non transparent and resistant to oversight. It is massively made worse by current leadership, but the structural problem was already there.

Here you go, Republicans. Here's your shooter. A 22-year-old white man from Utah. Born and raised in a conservative Christian household that loved guns and Trump. Dad's a former sheriff. Radicalized online into gaming meme culture and who carved video game lines and 4-chan quotes into the bullets.

No AUMF. Under what legal authority did US use title 10 forces to lethal effect in international waters? Imminence? Please. This was a war crime. newrepublic.com/article/2003...

Someday we’re going to invent batteries that can store energy and it’s going to be awesome. 🤡

Roman centurion days, "welp, that's coming out of your pay" as they watch it sink through the clear Mediterranean water. (Yes, I know about Roman equipment in middle republic) www.heritagedaily.com/2025/09/inta...

3 cheers for the Daily Tar Heel! Student journalists doing the work. www.dailytarheel.com/article/2025...

“At the Army Command and General Staff College, they use Root. I call it Furry Afghanistan. The cat faction is the NATO military occupation force, trying to win by submission. The raccoons are Pakistan, breaking all the rules." - @sebastianbae.bsky.social, game designer and research analyst at CNA

Hello lawyers: since POTUS can't run again, can criticism of his policies be a partisan act in terms of the Hatch Act? The Act focuses on election work or standing for office. The gray area comes when one criticizes a candidate. But he can't BE a candidate. So?

Tammy Duckworth is a national treasure.