the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA" * article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.

WELL HOW ABOUT THAT "A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🚨BREAKING: The State of Arizona filed a lawsuit accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of violating the Constitution by refusing to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The plaintiffs argue that Johnson’s delay has deprived hundreds of thousands of Arizonans of representation.

Sunday President diarrheas on the country, Monday President bulldozes White House, Tuesday President steals $230 million, Wednesday President... fucks a horse? Let's see if he fucks a horse.

“When I met with some of our Negro leaders. I told them that I’m prejudiced. I’m prejudiced against bad football players. If I didn’t think Warren McVea had more ability than any kid in the state, I wouldn’t want him.” www.chron.com/sports/colle...

Some sports days in OKC are slow. Then there's this week. Thunder opener/banner drop/ring ceremony and the 1,000-day celebration for the 2028 Olympics back to back. That meant two A1 stories for me today. www.oklahoman.com/story/sports... www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

they don't hate America. they hate MAGA's America. and MAGA's America is within itself...a hate rally.

Never forget: there is going to be a world after this where things get better.

An important reminder as we head into election season! Between Sept. 2024 and Sept. 2025: 🗳️ 34 elections were decided by 10 votes or fewer ✋22 were decided by five votes or fewer 🤏 Since 2018, 660 elections have been decided by 10 votes or fewer

“Every time we’re out, every time we knock, every time we have calls, there are groups of people — who are in the cohort of people who typically vote — who are confused,” said Amanda Edwards, a candidate for the seat and a former Houston City Council member. “It is deeply disturbing and problematic.

New column on the ethics of tortilla tossing and other important matters

North Carolina already one of most gerrymandered states. Now GOP passing new gerrymander giving Rs nearly 80% of seats in state where Trump got 51%. Specifically targets Black Dem Don Davis. This is preview of what post-Voting Rights Act America will look like www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Another edition of SPOLITICS Live starts at 5p EST/2pm PST. Gonna crack my knuckles and dive into some of the recent comments by my former colleague Stephen A. Smith www.youtube.com/live/Y6Z9_kQ...

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that WNBA players will get a "big increase" in salaries in their new collective bargaining agreement, but pointed to "absolute numbers" as the way to measure that growth as opposed to share of revenue. www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

The NBA's 80th regular season starts in an hour and The Committee (of One) has reconvened for the first time since April to dish a fresh batch of Power Rankings. The original: tinyurl.com/2wjwuvnx

ball cannot be stopped

The Oklahoma City Thunder are going to win 89 games this season

Mike Johnson’s refusal to seat Adelita Grijalva is bigger than just Epstein files. He’s laying groundwork to attempt to prevent winning Dems from taking office if House majority up for grabs in Nov 2026, as I told @briantylercohen.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSRY...

POTENTIAL?! He’s LITERALLY stealing from us.

I like that “heave” is an official stat now

Yesterday was proof that 2 MAGA billionaires can turn off the internet Anyway, anything good on Netflix?

Picking up right where they left off

Kevin Durant and the Rockets battled the defending champion Thunder into double overtime before losing in the final seconds. bit.ly/4opYAgO

Another Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapter leader has been outed as a neo-nazi and member of violent white supremacist organizations Patriot Front and Active Club.

Good news: Thunders won. Bad news: they didn’t cover so I’m on the hook for lunch tomorrow… 🥲

“Hot dogs on the floor of humanity” just briefly sent me to the upper room.

🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨 Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see Like the US economy Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters. Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗

The power trip of menacing a bunch of fruit vendors and bike messengers. What a way to be in the world.

between the Politico texts and Platner I think we've earned (and would appreciate) at least a week break from any more literal Nazi-related political news updates. maybe we could collectively try for a few days of regular grift and graft stories? a suitcase or Cava bag full of money perchance?

"The White House account has drawn only around 12,000 followers. More than 100,000 users have the account blocked."

After a sluggish spring, US wind power is set for a 7.7 GW rebound

*continues to try to recruit schools to come over here*

Extremely magnanimous of johnson to do everything in his power to prevent the release of the totally exculpatory epstein files, all to prevent democrats from embarrassing themselves. Truly a leader for all americans

the other thing i’ll say here is i am a bit frustrated with the narrative of online radicalization that treats it as akin to brainwashing. it lets individuals, families and communities off the hook for the choices they make and the environments they foster

Haven't seen anyone comment on it yet but this local Illinois journalist has revealed that internal AIPAC fundraising emails call both Kat Abu and Daniel Biss anti-American for their opposition to Israeli apartheid.

I’m a case study of one, but frankly it’s very easy to get drunk in another country without getting a Nazi tattoo

LMAOOOO the loserest losers who ever lost

Considering quitting my job(s) and just becoming a Desnudo coffee influencer…

Former President Nicolas Sarkozy began a five-year prison sentence, marking an unprecedented downfall for a French ex-head of state.

Every now and then I go back and read the Citizens United ruling to see if it is as unhinged as I thought, and every time I do that I see it is actually far more deranged than I remembered. levernews.com/book

“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.” @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...

“Oman is a country that has been in the forefront of exploration with seafaring. Now it’s space.” With oil reserves expected to run out in 15 years, Oman sees a future in outer space. Read @laurajedeed.bsky.social's new feature on the country's ambitious plans: restofworld.org/2025/oman-sp...

NEW: More than a third of the recruits at ICE's training academy are failing the personal-fitness test, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports. “It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told Miroff.

LA Ports: Imports and Exports Down YoY in September www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/10/la-p... This is the 10th consecutive month with exports down YoY.

BOSS: hey you’re focused on getting that report together, right? ME: ya sure MY BRAIN (on a loop): Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-basketball, gimme, gimme, gimme the ball because I'm gonna DUNK IT!