OK Sam, you can make every pick immaterial now

The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason. Unprecedentedly corrupt.

It looks like “news shouldn’t have paywalls“ discourse is starting again. -Banner ads don’t cover costs, and you block them -Native ads are coercive -Billionaires buying papers backfired -Event driven funding doesn’t scale -Newsletters are narrow and lack accountability infrastructure

Scott Lemieux is right about the things he wishes he was wrong about and wrong about the things he wishes he was right about, an ongoing series www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/nfl-...

Mahomes smirking and pointing after getting his bullshit get-out-of-jail-free card it so annoying

Simon Jenkins is now firmly in the op-ed equivalent of “there’s always a tweet” territory.

The AJ Barner tush push is kinda ass

Three more summary executions from the Peace President www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/thre...

White House aggressively posting “trump is straight” content amid the blow job e-mail

JSN at the point where all you can do is giggle

J S-N is a stone cold motherfucker

Big Game Sam 😬

"ProPublica’s reporting debunks the idea of a ’Tren de Aragua complex' taken over by a horde of terrorists. We found no criminal convictions for 18 of the 21 Venezuelans we identified. Three of the men had been charged with offenses ... but in each case the charges were dropped."

Bilbo's memoir reveals a lost Mordor.

There is a word for these people, and the word is “Protestant”

Seth deserves a ratings bump and I thank the president for doing him this favor

Kanpai!

If they think scandals don't make a difference, I'd like them to explain Doug Jones beating Roy Moore in Alabama

Operation Strapping Manservant

Earlier this month the AG candidate in VA ran 4.5 points behind the party’s gubernatorial candidate because of some offensive texts! “LOL nothing matters” is not actually sophisticated political analysis

Not that I believe really anything Nuzzi writes, given her record, but the far bigger scandal here is her claim that RFK Jr. was still actively using psychedelics last year, then became HHS secretary in an admin that is killing people for smuggling recreational drugs.

reminder that Dubs, Washington’s live mascot, is an ABSOLUTE UNIT

This is an important new line being crossed. Trump isn't just pardoning the act of attempting to overthrow the government on January 6: he's pardoning *those people* for committing crimes generally. He may be creating a group of (federally) legally untouchable people.

His sincere updates on his attempted relationship with a student are so creepy and cringe, and then you remember the person Larry Summers is pouring his heart out to is DISGRACED CHILD SEX TRAFFICKER JEFFREY EPSTEIN, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTEEN

“Mr. Carlson expressed bafflement over the reaction to his session with Mr. Fuentes. He said he did not understand what was so problematic about his guest…” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...

A major writer of enduring consequence. I read last week that he was too sick to be on the road and too broke to be off it. Awful people indulge themselves in despicable rationalizations about life choices and lost highways, but it's murder most foul. I don't think I can take this business anymore.

made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow

The only thing that's interesting about Nuzzi is the story of how an amoral careerist with no interest in policy and abysmal ethics became an acclaimed national political reporter. But rather than tell that story, the entire media seems desperate to play a part in it.

Todd Snider, R.I.P. www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/you-...

Oh man, this is horrible. Great songwriter, great live act

Whether it’s Barack Obama, appearing in a tan suit or Donald Trump appearing 1700 times in Jeffrey Epstein‘s emails, both presidents made some highly controversial appearances.

“But I never thought the enemy would be ME!” cried the leopard after running for office as a member of the Friend-Enemy Distinction Party

Have yet to see any proposed solution that is better than the Nordic model, and those are still obviously prisons

Watching right-wingers suddenly discover that Trump is a bad person is wild

This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power. The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.

Merrick Garland’s endless slow-walking of legitimate investigations has done literally nothing to stop Trump from fast-tracking completely illegitimate ones. and nobody has ever been able to explain why it would www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/pam-...

Strung out nation www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/stru...

Oh, my god. This is such a loss. Alice was a wonderful person who did so much to advance the cause of disability justice. The world is a much better place because she was here.

Jeffrey Epstein Was The Unofficial Advice Columnist For The Elites - defector.com/jeffrey-epst...

Pam Bondi will not have a license to practice law when this is all over. You can’t stay a bar member and agree to investigate only members of one political party for child sexual abuse but not members of the other. And, you can’t do it after previously saying no one else could be charged.

Uh. I don't think that Nuzzi piece is "ironic" guys

No, trump voters did not "vote for" a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. This is the type of rhetoric they want you to use. It legitimizes them. Most marginal voters voted for lower prices, and now that they see what Trump's doing with power, his approval is 39% www.gelliottmorris.com/p/many-trump...

What a sad/incredibly important piece of journalism. If there is one thing we do as reporters--it's to document terrible moments in history that must be remembered, written down in detail & shared. Thank you Tyler Hicks and your team for this vital work. (Free link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...

Hearts of palm salad UNDERRATED

"an otherwise normal life to lead" lol

I looked at the twenty-nine mentions of LOLITA in the Epstein emails released this week, and what they say about America today.

I just saw this photo and now you have to see this photo