It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.

If documents signed by #autopen are cancelled, I’m worried the 40th birthday greeting signed by George W. Bush to me is just a hallow gesture.

Who was the last Mayor of New York who also held the responsibility of representing the Democratic Party? Is New York City representative of the Democratic Party? “ #Trump hopes people think that.

My cab driver in Arkansas was a Bush-McCain-Romney-Trump-Trump-Trump voter. He said he hadn't given much thought to the 2028 election, but that if Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor of New York, the Democrats can kiss his vote goodbye.

In the cemetery in Hum, Croatia, the “littlest city in the world” a reminder of the cost of war.

In Croatia I’m speaking with an Austrian who tells me she feels there is not only nothing to look to the US for, in fact the opposite. She says we are not, what sounds like ‘shit-zen.” Schutzen- to protect or safeguard our citizens.

I know there is concern the House will not seat Rep elect Grijalva because of #epsteinfiles, but in doing so #speakerjohnson sets a precedent for not seating Dems elected next Nov.

Does a president who is term limited from re-election care about poll numbers?

NEW: There are enormous holes and oddities in the Justice Department's hastily assembled case against Jim Comey We breakdown why this case may struggle out of the gate — and thanks to Trump's constant commentary — may never reach a jury. w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

“Your mower smokes meats?” “No, my smoker cuts grass” may be the most American line spoken. #budlight

That is right— a TAX . Any Dem who says tariff instead of TAX isn’t ready for this fight

The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin

This eve, the crescent Moon will do What a crescent moon does best. And that’s join Venus in twilight Orbiting Earth east to west Watch the Moon skirt by Venus. A mere finger’s width nigh. A celestial en passant Oh my. Ohh my. Ohhh my!

The tech bro who didn't attend the inauguration: my talk with Reid Hoffman about AI, Zuckerberg, Elon and retribution. www.npr.org/2025/01/31/n...

Istanbul

Ngl, that sent a chill through our faculty lounge today

With ICE raids I guess we should all carry our passports. If someone stopped and asked for my papers how would I prove I was a citizen? My drivers license? Library card? If you’re not worried about this I wonder why?

Jules Feiffer drew this 65 years ago.

MAGA in DC just being told that Trump just said the inauguration will now be inside: “So we’re not gonna see it in person? I don’t like it. We came all the way from OK. We might as well stayed home & watched it on TV. It sucks. We have farms. We don’t get to not feed the cows cause it’s cold.”

It was so cold on Reagan’s second inaugural it was moved inside.

Miami Dade public library

This brew pub in Miami is playing “Freeze Frame”

Firefighters from Mexico arriving in Los Angeles to help out their neighbors.

The younger Boston in me would have found a senator and member of the house to object to each state, starting with Alabama, just to be an asshole, drag it out for days.

Why is there a hot air balloon basket hovering over her head?

Each of us has a reach of connection. Whether modest or large our job is to communicate with the entirety of that reach. That is how we move forward. We leave no one behind.

Ok well you can just let us know when the doom and gloom happens. You don’t need to keep telling us it’s coming.

Poking around wikipedia I came across the 1966 film “Grand Prix.” Reading the plot I realized my parents took me and my sister to the drive-in to see it. The crash scene has stayed with me as a memory but I wasn’t sure from what film. I was 4.

After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers. Science works, y'all. www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...

46 days until pitchers and catchers report.

I am in Ocean Beach, CA where this sign totally makes sense.

We abandoned waiting for our luggage from our cancelled flight Bos/San Diego at 2AM. Went back to collect it this morning at 10 and they were just bringing it into the baggage area. They had piles of luggage from cancelled flights.

Boston to San Diego, 3:30 departure. Currently 12:28AM. Still at gate waiting to be de-iced.

Political Notebook: What they read this year on and off Beacon Hill via @CWBeacon https://buff.ly/4iNKuEc

This Vanity Fair photo spread is unreal.

If Donald Trump wants Elon Musk to run the country, well, he is the president.

It being a warm night, I sat on my front porch watching the rush hour traffic at the 4 way stop a couple of houses down. Nothing portends the demise of civilized society more than the constant honking. It’s a simple rule to follow, people!

If we did a fraction of the research into our candidates for elected office as we did for our fantasy football teams, we would have the government we desperately need.

The drone shit is proving that we're in for (at least) four years of nonstop War of the Worlds panics. People you once believed smart and entrust with your children will corner you with podcast medicine. Refuting it? Pointless. You will realize your doctor is an alchemist 25 minutes before surgery.

Francis X Bellotti was elected Lt. Governor one month before my 1st birthday.

Am I missing something on the whole drone thing? I’m seeing a lot of EV’s in my neighborhood. Never used to. What’s up with that?

Sesame street I’m guessing makes a lot of money. Not everything is supposed to make money. The post office is supposed to deliver my mail. One of these things is not like the other. One of these things just doesn’t belong.

Love the tech moguls curry favor with Trump headlines. They must love them too. It forgives them currying favor with everyone else up to this point apparently.

New Law Requires SNAP Recipients To Balance Food On Nose Until Receiving Command To Eat It theonion.com/new-law-requ...

Nancy Mace is a self absorbed elected official. That’s refreshing.