The Benny Hill version

Young People Suing Trump Over Climate Have Their Day in Federal Court www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/c...

Made some charts about how employment has changed during Trump's second term. www.pbump.net/o/who-isnt-b...

www.pbump.net/o/america-20... Actual facts from the always estimable @pbump.com

#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/

This is your Democratic campaign message for 2026

The comments on Bret Stephens’ latest NYT column, “No, Israel Is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza,” are really something.

Get in line, people. (gift article)

The death toll from Russia’s Palm Sunday ballistic missile attack on Sumy is now 32 killed, including 2 children, and 99 people injured, of which 11 are children, according to the state emergency service of Ukraine.

He just left to golf with the Saudis. meidasnews.com/news/after-u...

11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons. But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs. The people still have the power.

Elon Musk and the the Threat of the Over-Mighty Subject, Part II talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/elon-... Too big to fail.

Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act: Notes on Preserving the American Republic talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/obser...

National Parks cuts makes absolutely no friggin sense 💥😡

im probably just being optimistic but it feels more and more like this strategy of rather indiscriminately and smugly firing a shitload of Americans who serve their country and don’t do political jobs will probably just start pissing off ppl who don’t pay attention to politics.

Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

I posted this longer version on X #Emails2DOGE cc: [email protected]

Elon is wrong a lot and sometimes it’s because he’s ignorant and sometimes it’s because he’s lying and sometimes it’s because he would rather turn his ignorance into an attack than admit he’s wrong. Sort of like Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... More great reporting from @cwarzel.bsky.social and the Atlantic. "Sources we spoke with emphasized that the level of access DOGE possesses means that the organization may already be able to siphon data that Musk or his agents could hold on to forever."

Great news.

Nicely put.

Whoop! Many thanks to Mountains & Plains!

A Canadian Member of Parliament just told CNN “This isn’t gunboat diplomacy. This is Al Capone during his syphilitic period.

Berlin Newspaper. They Get It.

Ars Longs Vita Brevis talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ars-l...

One reason that there is a legislative process for appropriating money is so that uninformed liars can't submarine programs on a whim.

Bored dog.

Democrats are Surrounded by Low Hanging Fruit: Get To It talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/democ...

AOC 🔥🔥🔥

The River View is an @nytimes notable thriller of 2024! Check out the full lineup:

Always this confusion between realty and reality.

NYTBR has a great round-up of ways to survive the winter, book-wise, and The River View makes the series list.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/books/thriller-books.html

Every 15 minutes or so, I think about the “we need more masculine energy” part thing and get another migraine.

Oh my gaaawwwdd. I fucking love this so much

It was another stunning year for global climate and weather extremes. As data is processed and released in the first two weeks of January, you are going to be hearing all about these new historical records. Apologies for my many graphs in advance! 😬 Spiral below produced by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5190

My first time voting was his second election. It broke my heart but he never once disappointed, in part because of the stand he took years ago. www.qasimrashid.com/p/president-...

"By setting down the “leave me alone” ethos in the constitution, Montana set itself apart." Great column, and looking forward to more in @thestranger.com.web.brid.gy from @kemc.bsky.social.

An incredible, horrific story from @davidmcswane.bsky.social, @propublica.bsky.social, and @montanafreepress.org

For The Coachella Review, author of THE RIVER VIEW @jamieharrisonmt.bsky.social has written an amazing essay about using everything in your fiction: thecoachellareview.com/2024/12/06/a... (and shout out to @yenniecheung.bsky.social for making TCR a must read journal!)

I have the best agent. #fiction #mysteries

Bert and his jawbone.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iGb... Occasionally, on Thanksgiving, I thank Paul Rudnick for Addams Family Values. Wednesday takes it away at 1:30.

Do not mind a temporary change of topic: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

I can hear the shrieks about the price of Super Bowl guacamole now.