And unless my math is wrong, $200B will carry us for not even 9 months, at which case they'll want another bazillion. And that's just for Iran — never mind Cuba, Greenland, whatever else they decide to attack. Funding is all we've got to curb this b*llsh*t.

Time to tuck the chickens in for the night. Damn, I envy them, because chickens never seem to have insomnia.

Huh. Should we talk about private equity, which is taking over not only the hospices, but the assisted living facilities, primary care practices, and rehabs, too?

The U.S. used to say it wanted to "make the world safe for democracy." Now it wants to "make the world unable to stop us from stealing everyone's stuff."

Called my US rep and US senators and told them to vote NO on ANY funding for Trump's war on Iran. You can call yours, too! Find them here: reps.fyi

The number of friends I have with dyslexia who are exceptionally bright and brilliant is . . . off the charts. Apropos of nothing.

Yes, and . . . it protects children by throwing them into detention centers?

god, give me strength (and I'm an atheist).

An attack by Iran was so imminent Trump literally appointed a plumber to make sure we were prepared for it.

So if his confirmation hearing underlines one thing with absolute clarity, it is the fact that Markwayne Mullin’s elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top floor.

What the hell are we grown-ups (including the so-called "good guys" and including the US) doing to the next generation of children around the world? Do we not owe them better than a childhood full of trauma from which they will never recover?

I asked the great Rothkopf lots of questions including his thoughts on Joe Kent. I don't think @djrothkopf.bsky.social likes him.

I don't know if Netanyahu is dead or not, but if he is, it's certainly not stopping Israel from getting Iranian leadership or inflicting maximum pain in Lebanon.

You’re going to hear a lot about Joe Kent, the administration’s top counterterrorism official, resigning in protest of the Iran War. You can agree with his stance on the conflict, but don’t forget his long record of association with Proud Boys and Nazi sympathizers. Don’t turn him into a hero.

Co-sign completely.

Joe Kent is neither the worst person you know making a good point nor a broken clock; he’s a notorious antisemite and white supremacist who is blaming Jews to get out of a real job that’s quite difficult right now as we increasingly explode the world and create the conditions for terrorism.

Blame it on the Jews. Ugly. Overt anti-semitism as an excuse not to blame Trump for his fiasco. Doubly ugly. Everyone should oppose the war. Opponents in the government should resign. This, however, is not the way to do it.

You may be inclined to amplify Joe Kent right now because of concerns over the Iran war. Don’t. He’s an extremist with deep ties to Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers who never should have been in this role in the first place (sadly one of many in this administration). 1/

Just a reminder that in January of this year, Trump and Hegseth decommissioned EVERY US mine sweeper. Yep. Every. Last. One. Evidently they could never imagine a scenario in which the US needed minesweepers. In Trump's America, we are governed by idiots.

We're all f'cked. Because the gd GOP can't find their damn balls. Read this.

SAME.

This is just the dumbest administration that ever administrated (including his first).

Rapist gonna rape.

Rapist gonna rape. And rape. And rape.

Honestly, in the tsunami of lies that he tells, the most delusional is that Putin fears us.

Incredible

I obvs don't know how much planning they actually outsourced to LLMs. But as the Trump admin's omnishambles builds towards a clusterf–ck singularity, it sure seems hard to ignore the fact that these idiots latched onto "AI" as a substitute for professional expertise and administrative capacity.

I hope MTG will also speak out against the SAVE Act.

Marjorie Taylor Greene: "The baby boomers in power, the ones clinging to power right now, it feels like they're literally wrecking the ship that we're all on board and they're destroying our future. It's really insulting to watch the president bully and name-call foreign leaders all over the world."

When MTG has the only balls in your party . . .

I thought that was why he was doing this. Sometimes the simplest answer is the answer.

PREACH.

Trump’s solution to his Iran fiasco: abolish the first amendment, give a big cash payday to Russia and invite China in to take control of the Persian Gulf. He’s demented but even more dangerous than he is crazy.

Is anyone in government going to stop this foolishness, or I guess, we'll just wait till after he launches a nuke?

It's indefensible that the legacy media are not covering Trump's mental deterioration as the major story that it is.

The sheer, unmitigated gall . . .

Between the Olympics and the Ozempics (all credit to Conan!), Oakland is really having a moment!

"Of note: Cassandra Kulukundis was an intern (!) on Paul Thomas Anderson’s first feature, 'Hard Eight,' which came out way back in 1996 — and now she has an Oscar for casting 'One Battle After Another.' " from NYT Oscar coverage

I welcome, encourage, and demand that you watch this if you haven't already. I've watched it 5 times and it never fails to make me laugh.

I welcome, encourage, and demand that you read this spot-on assessment from @vermontgmg.bsky.social of DT's war in the Middle East. 13/10. No notes.

OK, this Tucker Carlson impression on Saturday Night Live last night is uncanny! Has all the verbal tics and go-to phrases down, and nails the high-pitch cackle.

The best way for the Trump Administration to prove to the world that the Strait of Hormuz is safe is to have Jeff Bezos, Musk, Larry Ellison, Peter Thiel, and Zuckerberg personally pilot their yachts through.

God, I hope other countries follow Mexico's example and step up to the damn plate, because Congress certainly ain't going to.

A Pentagon recruiter openly offers corruption: “unmatched access to top-level government officials and privileged information flow — whatever you need, you can get.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

If the NYT article about Jared pissed you off, this one is going to make you want to bomb something.

Today in "I ❤️ NY": Gifted :)

No president in American history has done more to demean women, damage their lives, undermine their freedoms...to actively abuse them and then to attack his victims...than Donald Trump. And she has enabled it, defended it, cashed in on it.The Trumps are active, undeniable enemies of women and girls.

This man, like his colleague Peter Thiel, is a dangerous, extremist, deranged, lunatic who should not receive 1 cent of public funding for anything...and every Democrat needs to make that a campaign commitment. Time to end the Palantir grift and malevolence train.

This article on Pete Hegseth's views toward war is quite something. I've no doubt that, when the time comes, 47 will pardon him for all his war crimes. Gifted.

Gen. Grynkewich: "What I've observed over the course of studying air power in history is that any time you attack a civilian population, you usually end up finding that it just hardens their resolve."