Trump at the UN: no one takes him seriously; he’s just a fool to be placated, flattered, and manipulated.

Are we really going to take medical advice from the people who brought us hydroxychloroquine as the answer to COVID?

First amendment trashed on Constitution Day—has anyone noted that detail?

We? No, sir, YOU lost India. This is a grand strategic failure and there’s no one to blame but you.

Remember: the National Guard Troops you see on the streets of Washington, DC, are, generally speaking, all removed from their civilian jobs, their homes, their families, and their lives--"patrolling" an American city with their service weapons.

The constitutional crisis is behind us. We are now in free fall.

One of those things I will always share again when it comes up in my memories. Comics hold valuable lessons and always have. Now, more than ever.

Heinrich: And what was really stunning to me as someone who has been in a lot of these press conferences a few things very unusual. You had Putin come out and address the press first. We are on U.S. Soil here

Fox News Reporter Jacqui Heinrich: The way that it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. And it seemed like Putin came in and steam rolled, got right into what he wanted to say and got his photo next to the president and then left

So he’s going to stop killing them?

So to be clear: nothing was achieved at the summit, but Putin got to spout his talking points to the global press, standing next to the President of the United States.

Image taken moments ago at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson:

Putin spouting Russian talking points; after receiving a red carpet reception from the American president; concludes his remarks by playing to Trump’s ego with flattery. The old spy knows what he’s doing.

Thinking right now about the people in Ukraine who have sacrificed so much to defend themselves and their homes against naked aggression.

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

You know what would actually reduce crime and homelessness? Universal healthcare, free education, affordable housing and a basic living wage. When people have their most basic needs met, they have happier and healthier lives. Those hoarding the wealth don’t want to give us those things.

For anyone following along at home: google "Sykes-Picot" and tell me how it goes when the people in those lands are not consulted about where borders are drawn: www.axios.com/2025/08/11/t...

Very nice of @wbur.org's Chloe Axelson to feature #AmericanNationd and our related work at Nationhood Lab. She saw some links between the US regional cultures and some of their points of origin on the other side of the Atlantic. www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

An explosive whistle-blower report claims that the Justice Department is asking government lawyers to lie to the courts, and that this has forced career officials to chose between upholding the Constitution and pledging loyalty to the president. Listen to today's episode of "The Daily."

Seen at McDonald’s in Fall River, Massachusetts. Why is there a lettuce shortage? 🤔

I remember this in the original German…..

the court is corrupt.

Right-wing billionaires provide wingnut welfare the way China funds tech: there's no way to know in advance what will work, so just fund everything and reward success. Liberals fund media the way the US funds high tech: try to guess the one thing that will work from first principles,and then give up

200 Marines to Florida to support ICE. 700 Marines to Los Angeles last month. Small footprints for now, but watch this space for loss of readiness.

I am certain that the founders’ deepest, most profound hope for the republic involved the performance of blood sport to mark the 250th birthday of the country they sought to build. www.axios.com/2025/07/04/t...

Happy July 4th! A day when we remember what was in the Declaration of Independence. The King, Jefferson wrote, 1. "has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures (what would he make of the billions that now to be spent on armed ICE officers?)

So glad we’re getting serious about combating antisemitism

Tell me again that there’s no difference between the parties.

I mean….

In the US, historically, progress toward racial justice is ALWAYS followed by white backlash. The only way forward is through. Keep demanding justice and calling out racism. It’s the only way.

Was happy to share some thoughts tonight on wars in the Middle East and Ukraine with Kim Kalunian on WPRI in Providence: www.wpri.com/news/local-n...

Are we talking about Congressional war powers, yet?

When does Congress debate a use of force authorization in Iran?

I know what I see here:

With @drmarkjacobson.bsky.social, we discuss contemporary disinformation campaigns, media literacy, and the use of the LA protests in foreign malign influence campaigns. Listen at the link below or wherever you get your podasts! omny.fm/shows/active...

#noKings Framingham

Seriously, this is what the country is dealing with right now.

Trump-Musk? Or Backlund-Steele? Both are pantomime, but the current fight is intended to blind us from how much garbage is in the "Big Beautiful Bill." My latest on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/jimludes...

Trump-Musk? Or Backlund-Steele? Both are pantomime, but the current fight is intended to blind us from how much garbage is in the "Big Beautiful Bill." My latest on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/jimludes...

Don't be distracted by the "spat" between Trump & Musk. There's a performative quality to it that distracts from just how monstrous the cuts in the BBB actually are and, effectively, puts pressure on GOP moderates in the Senate to cave, now, lest they have to swallow a more bitter pill, later.

I see a certain fascist ideologue trending on this platform and I just want to say: you don't have to give air to ideas that were discredited in (checks notes) 509 BC, 460 BC, 1215 AD, let alone 1776 AD. His ideas are not new. They are not novel. They don't advance humanity. Just stop.

Hosts @jimludes.bsky.social and Mark Jacobson speak with Patsy Widakuswara, White House Bureau Chief at Voice of America. Listen more: tinyurl.com/3c7fypfu #SaveVOA

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has fired the top two officials at the National Intelligence Council, weeks after the council wrote an assessment that contradicted President Donald Trump’s rationale for invoking the Alien Enemies Act.

“That no funds from this act may be used to maintain, modify, or operate an aircraft donated, loaned, or otherwise given to the United States government by a foreign government or its agents.” Make them vote on this.

See the pattern? Play to his ego. Agree to do exactly what you were doing before. Throw in some bells and whistles. Presto-bango: BIG WIN!

Great conversation with @drmarkjacobson.bsky.social and @jimludes.bsky.social about the Pravda network's effort to infiltrate AI: open.spotify.com/episode/5CTb...

The UK Ambassador just channeled Churchill when he said the UK-US trade deal is "not the end, but, perhaps, the end of the beginning." So--to be clear--on VE Day, the British ambassador metaphorically equated Trump's trade war with Hitler's Blitz. I don't think that was an accident.

So great to have you on the podcast, @mckenziefsadeghi.bsky.social!

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