I maintain that simply arresting Elon musk and making a real example of him is the quickest way to global stability

On the missing Epstein files: It's not JUST that DOJ is still withholding a bunch of pages re allegation he raped a teenager. It's that they only released duplicates (those sent to Ghislaine in discovery), raising questions if the originals still exist. emptywheel.net/the-alleged-...

Last 14 months of Biden's term: +1.74m jobs First 14 months of Trump's term: 150,000 jobs (total! for the whole 14 months!) www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Platner’s former campaign team know something’s wrong - they all quit. They know he would lose in the general election. Janet Mills needs to make him lose in the primary instead. And she can, just by demanding his records. He won’t show them - he can’t. Confront him with that. 7/

Platner’s excuse is a new tattoo policy; he calls it “stupid”. But the Marines aren’t stupid and they needed men. They ‘grandfathered in’ all currently-serving Marines, exempting them from the rules, for all but one class of tattoos: those that were "racist ...or extremist group.. related". 4/

Critical thread on Platner, who is becoming the Democrats' Roy Moore (i.e. a test of whether we have any boundaries at all).

We were definitely liberated from something

America isn’t working. New jobs figures show 92,000 jobs lost in February. The unemployment rate is now up to 4.4%. Employment down in nearly every sector.

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You're trapped in the last tv show you watched. Where are you?

Lewandowski's out too: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

If Krisi Noem is going to S.H.E.I.L.D. you know Lewandowski is gonna follow her. And you know she'll make sure his new codename is THOR.

And as someone who closely monitors both websites I can assure you that X is a right wing radicalization pipeline, including for people who consider themselves smart and progressive, while Bluesky is just an overwhelming left leaning platform. Those are very different things.

Yet not a dime more for American healthcare, education, arts, sciences...

Again: I'm not convinced he's a Nazi antisemite. I *am* 100% convinced he's either a liar who knew damned well what the SS Totenkopf tattoo symbolized *or* he's a fucking moron who somehow never once in 18 yrs noticed that it shows up in every WWII movie despite claiming to be a WWII military buff.

Yesterday it was The Economist hyping Gavin Newsom, today it's Rupert Murdoch's WSJ fluffing Rahm Emanuel. The "respectable" right-wing propaganda complex is working VERY hard to promote centrist Dems.

Some context to the Iranian boat that was targeted by US off Sri Lanka coast Former Indian FM: “US was aware of the Iranian ship's presence in the exercise to which the US navy was invited but withdrew from participation at the last minute”

It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for. Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

The United States outlawed Lawn Darts in 1987 after one kid died. Yet LLMs out here convincing people to kill themselves left & right and the USA is partnering with these firms.

Glad people are settling on the term "pervert glasses". Bonus points if you also say it while posting a picture of Mark Zuckerberg or call them Mark Zuckerberg's pervert glasses.

The Secretary of War Crimes should have to blow into a breathalyzer to unlock his office door every morning.

The US is rapidly burning through its stockpile of Patriot (PAC2/PAC-3) missiles by using the $4 million missiles to shoot down $20,000 Iranian drones or $50,000 Iranian missiles. Up to 11 Patriots have been fired at a single incoming target. Arms suppliers love this war.

Remember when George W. Bush blurted out that Saddam tried to kill his dad and the war in Iraq was justified on those grounds? Too soon to say who'll have the last laugh, dimwit.

More Sanchez: “23 years ago, another US administration dragged us into a war in the Middle East. A war that, in theory, it was said at the time, was being fought to eliminate Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, bring democracy and ensure global security. 1/3

While I am no fan of this war, it’s very weird Chris Murphy just outright announced America’s inability to stop Iranian kamikaze drones to the whole world. That announcement alone could encourage more drone attacks and put more people in harm’s way.

ANALYSIS: Even with Trump in office, election rigging conspiracy theorists have struggled to score wins or produce any evidence. Colorado Gov Jared Polis' seemingly imminent clemency for Tina Peters would be a massive victory for those urging Trump to seize control of elections.

BREAKING: The Texas Secretary of State DID NOT UPDATE the precinct maps on their website last December. MY GOD @msnowreports.bsky.social

Voter suppression in Texas.

By the way, Democrats have now flipped 27 legislative seats in Trump 2.0. Republicans are still stuck at zero. Even in 2017-18, the GOP managed to flip a few. This time, just a goose egg, despite several good chances.

NC Dem primary voters came here to do two things, toss ICE supporters out of office and chew bubble gum. And brother, we ran out of bubble gum in January.

But as a reminder of how much this will change county by county, we already have the results in Denton County, which is a populous area JUST north Tarrant County (and north of Dallas). Here, it's Talarico who leads 55% to 44%.

this is what awaits us if we fail to crush Platner in the primary, "oh the party of Nazi Tattoos has something to say?" every time forever

Unreal. I hope Claire Danes sues the candidate AND the LLM he used to make this AI slop

Very first results of the night: It's the early vote in Tarrant County, home to Fort Worth. Crockett leads 56% to 43% here, with 121K ballots counted.

EVERCORE, on Senate midterms: “.. if you apply the +9pt differential over 2024 seen in the NJ/VA gubernatorial elections, the Democrats would pick up NC and Maine. “.. they need to pull out one more victory out of .. Alaska, Iowa and Texas .. where tonight will have major implications.”

So, wait...we forced Israel to force us to "proactively defend" ourselves by attacking Iran without provocation from them? Which means, if I understand this properly, that, per Trump and Rubio, we actually were the imminent threat to which we were responding? That's some 4D chess going on there.

All the rich people in Dubai trying to escape is very Godfather Part 2 Cuban Revolution vibes

PIMCO: “.. there has been no ‘rally round the flag’ effect for President Trump or Republicans .. “.. The enthusiasm gap as of now – with a lot of caveats – would suggest, if consistent with history, a possible wave election, defined as winning 30 seats and flipping the Senate ..” [Cantrill]

ALSO: In my chat with MRFF today I learned that some service members called him on Sunday reporting that they were being invited to Bible studies at their commanders’ homes to “discuss how this was all part of the plan and it’s all being lived out in the Book of Revelation"

We now have appearances by the designated Petitioners' attorneys. First is Mackenzie Moye of Zelle LLP, points out how efficient DHS/ICE are at moving detainees out of state, how inefficient they are at returning property. Talks difficulty working with DOJ, even false statements filed

Judge Bryan asks whether it's the respondents' position that it's okay to steal from immigration detainees. Rosen protests that he doesn't not think this is an appropriate question. Judge Bryan presses him and Rosen admits, no, not their position.

The bare minimum on SCOTUS reform now:

I'm sorry, if you're going to make a big show about how you've got a Department of WAR helmed by a Secretary of WAR and staffed by WARfighters, it's totally inane to then claim that your massive bombing of a foreign country constitutes something other than a war.

The Dumb Phone movement looks pretty damn smart.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is up, pressing Noem on all the constitutional violations she's overseen in Minnesota. She gets Noem to give a # of federal immigration enforcement officers still in the state: close to 650, she says. So not down to 150, which Homan said he would do weeks ago.

The permeation of premillennial Christian fundamentalism into the ranks of our military is frightening. Those in the military who believe that their actions have a higher authority than the Constitution are far more likely to be willing to turn their weapons on Americans if (when?) called upon.

KAINE: To wage offensive war, the framers of the Constitution were absolutely plain that you gotta come to Congress KERNEN: But it's almost a moot point KAINE: Let me just underline the fact that I made an argument about the Constitution and you said it's a 'moot point.' I don't believe that

UK: Sending plane for citizens Germany: Sending plane for citizens China: Organising evac buses and sending plane for citizens India: Sending plane for citizens USA to citizens: Here's a MAGA hat, now go fuck yourself