In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.

“We can do this the easy way or the hard way.” - US FCC Chairman NRA v. Vullo (2024): SCOTUS ruled a NY state official violated 1st Amendment by threatening regulatory power by intimidation and coercion. Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! I can’t wait to see Jimmy Kimmel and the ACLU in front of the SCOTUS.

The frantic rush to categorize Charlie Kirk’s killer into a political pole (L vs. R) lacks an understanding of the nihilism of GenZ young men. This is a great @pbsnews.org Hour interview with @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social who is an expert on internet and video game culture via @garbageday.email

“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage

The big beautiful CR. 3+ trillion added to the deficit, 10+ million lose health care, and a new tax on renewable energy. We’re no longer kicking the can down the road. Republicans are driving off the cliff, and the can is in the trunk.

Fake tan. Fake hairline. Fake cryptocurrency. Fake promise to avoid foreign war. Fake, Fraud, Charlatan

This is one of the best David Brooks pieces I’ve read, and it helps explain our modern America. Trump isn’t a populist or a real conservative - he and his Ivy educated crew are nihilist who are happy to burn this fucker down.

“Don’t Confront me with my failures. I have not forgetten them.” - Jackson Browne

The Atlantic article on how Hitler fataly weakend democracy in 1930s Germany in 53 days is a must read for the corollaries to modern America. What will be the American equivalent of the Reichstag fire that will allow the Democrats to be outlawed?