My “my 17 references to George Soros aren’t political” footnote is raising a lot of questions answered by my footnote.

"An argument that didn't work for Calley at My Lai, an argument that didn't work for the Nazis at Nuremberg."

It’s hard to top the presidential immunity decision for sheer unconstitutional awfulness, and the campaign finance and voting rights decisions are also in serious contention for Worst Roberts Thing, but what he’s done with the shadow docket is definitely up there.

Yes. The issue is how Americans have come to view terrorism over past 25 years—from a criminal problem that might occasionally require US military response when it poses a threat to US, to something many assume *always* justifies/demands US military force. That’s what the admin is capitalizing on.

The USSS "inadvertently" deleting text messages they knew to be evidence related to 1/6 was also a completely innocent action by innocent people. Or: "I'll take conspiracy to destroy incriminating evidence and obstruct justice for $500, Alex."

trump seems to think there is, for what its worth

You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution. That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk. Wow.

So you mistakenly dismembered a journalist?

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Wow, things could really go sideways in a whole bunch of ways all at once

I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk? But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession. But that's just me

It strikes me that the Saudi regime wants nuclear technology for one of two reasons, neither of which say positive things for their remaining oil reserves. We are going to hit this AI bubble at the same time we hit the peak oil bubble, and it sucks that we didn't install more renewables sooner.

This is pretty accurate. My only concern is the private credit side. There's apparently so much money being borrowed to build data centers it's boosting the US economy to avoid a recession. And I guess we just...don't know? bsky.app/profile/stee...

A machine built to eat people will eat people.

You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:

if dems win congress next year they need to introduce an impeachment resolution against emil bove

For the first time ever, I had to make a payment in crypto. I can now confidently say that crypto payments combine the speed of a dial up modem and the ease of updating the drivers on a 1998 HP Laserjet printer.

1. They’re giving away electricity for free in Australia because of solar 2. They’re giving away electricity for free in Australia because of solar & 3. They’re giving away electricity for free in Australia because of solar

Is it bad if a sitting federal judge was (allegedly) part of a conspiracy to commit murder? It seems bad ....

That's such a good point. We only hear about the murders they want to tell us about. We have no idea what else they've done, and they sure as hell don't let us see their inevitable failures. #maga

we noticed that the paperwork was funny and could not puzzle out how it had gotten that fucked up, one of the answers being "the indictment is just outright fraudulent and they were stupid about forging it" does make things tidier

Being a millennial is fun

Might not be tomorrow, but it will happen. See: 3/3 ca.investing.com/news/stock-m...

This delay strategy has been infuriating on numerous fronts for a decade. But maybe one needs a certain level of skill to implement it? Can Bondi operate the levers like Barr could? Also, the whole reason the strategy flipped was because house Rs believe it will come out eventually. Here's hoping

Dude had a multi day crash out because he read the files. You know it’s the first thing he asked for

This is how swearing works in Dutch

Big update here. In a Truth Social post, he walks back what he said on af1 and says he'll release "what they're entitled to." LOL. Well there ya go. Anything mentioning him they're not "entitled to," I'm sure!

"I am Spartacus" except everyone is admitting to felony sexual assault of a minor

I believe this counts as nullification Not technically within the ken of the jury to second-guess the exercise of prosecutorial discretion (To be clear this is not a criticism)

Pro-industrial policy Dems' argument was that you can use targeted tariffs to allow nascent domestic competition in critical industries to grow. Trump's argument was no, we have to tariff everything and hang tough. He gave up in 7 months.

I have seen a lot of discussion around Burnt Jacket Mountain today. My understanding is that the land was sold for $8.1 million. Not exactly a sum an average Mainer could afford. Incredible access to nature is part of the culture and soul of Maine. We need to preserve our lands and tax the rich.

why are these motherfuckers dressed like they're in Fallujah in 2004

Reproductive rights was one of the Biden Administration’s signature policies. And Roe v Wade had been law for almost 50 years. The Supreme Court “interfered” with it.

Malcolm Nance said these sound like the titles of porn movies.

Epstein’s War

I keep harping on this, but many political commentators can't meaningfully predict right-wing behaviour because they insist on seeing them as "hypocrites" who will eventually collapse under their own cognitive dissonance.🧵

Load in onto a hard drive and hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene.

If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.

Trump's policies are inflicting so much harm even his allies can see it. Yet he's mostly doing exactly what he promised to. If they revolt over policy, they'll reveal they were fools to back him in the first place. They need a *moral* reason to abandon him. The Epstein files provide just that.

For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.

True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer

This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.

Okay but even before we found out he was buddies with America's pre-eminent pedophile, didn't he also mostly suck at his job?

Importance: High subj: An article for U (gift link) i wrote ,,,,,, about jeff epstein. s emails. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

I hope if nothing else it opens people's eyes to what's going on. I used to consistently hear "the media just wants clicks/ratings." If they wanted that they would be doggedly pursuing the Epstein story. But what they actually want is to help Trump rule us and ultimately enslave us

#BREAKING 🚨 Every 1 in 25 people registered for #COP30 is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out analysis In a year of record emissions, of Hurricane Melissa and millions displaced by climate change The call is coming from inside the house www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Computers were a skill. They were taught in classrooms as a skill. Skills give you power over your tools because you work them as an expert and that is leverage to multiply externally. And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.