Hero!

Goddamn, this is great. The part at the end — you’ll know it when you see it — made me laugh so hard that I startled the dogs.

"Burning to the ground," I tell ya...

@annabower.bsky.social has gift for legal reporting on Trump litigation. She manages to: (A) get the facts and law correct, (B) use language understandable by non-lawyers, and (C) capture the through the looking glass absurdity of the proceedings www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

I hope that government of the spoiled child, by the spoiled child, for the spoiled child be forever shall parish from this earth.

Fixed

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

Great thread. Anyone shocked that Conservatives have suddenly forgotten about the First Amendment when they are in power hasn't been listening to Republicans for the last decade.

Fentanyl is very much like a weapon of mass destruction in the sense that Republicans like to lie about finding it and then use that lie as a justification to do ruinous, destructive things

A reminder in dark times: kindness, mercy, decency, and respect towards the least of us enrages Trumpists. It burns them. It’s like a mirror that shows them how they fall short of humanity. Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.

Gov. Walz, "There’s nothing conservative about an unelected South African nepo baby firing people at the VA."

That is what we in the biz call a bench slap.

Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog). This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...

SMH

Mr. Martin, I would like to introduce my good friends the First Amendment and the Speech and Debate clause.

every Donald Trump cycle: TRUMP: i'm gonna kill the easter bunny FACT-CHECKER: he has not stated how he is going to kill the easter bunny TRUMP SUPPORTER: i think he means he's going to kill evil bunnies TRUMP: *beheads the easter bunny* NYT: trump redefines relationship between bunny and head

How do you know that Karoline Leavitt is lying? Her lips are moving.

Congress may have finally gotten the memo that being in Congress doesn't mean anything if you give away all Congressional Power to the White House.

Hilarious

All folks had to do was remember Trump's first term. This didn't take a crystal ball to foresee.

So DUI stood for Defending Under the Influence. Who knew?

Cast your votes now. Will Hegseth last longer than Flynn did?

Wow. Appoint two egomaniacs as co-chairs and there is friction between them. No one could have predicted . . .

www.axios.com/2025/01/22/p... Leopards eating faces part . . .

Bannon seems worried that domestically produced racism can’t compete with South African imports.

The problem with an utter lack of principles in your misfit toy coalition is that infighting will be public, intense and venal.

Same

Make America Rude Again

Awesome.

Leopards eating more faces.

Government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, and for the billionaires.

14 year anniversary of the late and much missed Patrick fooling Greta Van Sustern

From the legal snark department: This is not a privilege log. I'm not sure it's even a privilege twig.

The leopards are eating the faces of other leopards.

That explains the loss to Michigan.

Judge Milan Smith asked ADF lawyer John Bursch if a woman needed an abortion not to save her life, but to prevent losing a limb—one of her legs, for instance—could a doctor offer the procedure? Bursch said Idaho's ban forbids it. recapped the 9th Circuit EMTALA hearing for @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social

Busted.

Achievement unlocked! Blocked first Bluesky Catfish.

Remember when Republicans were accusing their opponents of sex trafficking? Good Times. www.axios.com/2024/11/15/j...

With each cabinet appointment, I am amazed how bad the choice is, and Trump keeps saying, “Hold my beer.” I am visualizing some poor waiter who throws away the beers and just holds a keg.