The governing structure is completely intact except for the one guy, who is for some reason being held in a prison down the street from my apartment!

“To move beyond this is an enormous task, and this weekend — if nothing else — should crystallize for people how serious and necessary that task is. The next question, then, is just as serious: Who are the leaders up to that task?”

Schumer is in full dither now. Maybe he will write a strongly letter! What he should do is move to impeach Trump.

Gallego is right, and the weak-ass Schumer/Jeffries demands for briefings are inadequate. Sure, ask for a briefing from the crew launching military strikes from a Mar A Lago ballroom while scrolling twitter, whatever. But what is needed is action. Vote to stop the war. Do it this week.

This and the actual paper are both really good. Must-reads.

Jan. 3, 1926: General Motors introduces the Pontiac at the New York Auto Show. The car boasts an affordable price ($825) and a powerful six-cylinder engine at a time when four is the standard. The name honors both Pontiac, Mich., where it's made, and the Ottawa chief Pontiac. 1/2

The main reason our Senate and House minority leaders are uniquely unsuited to this moment is that they're desperate to do the same thing to Iran.

there have been 4 designed run plays on 3rd & 15+ that have gained a 1st down this season, per @trumedia.bsky.social. the Seahawks have all 4.

Meet the Press lineup: -Marco Rubio -Hakeem Jeffries -Marjorie Taylor Greene

Controlling the judiciary and amassing wealth through corruption, you say?

I guess we know where the next CECOT is being built and who's building it

1. Kenya’s NTV News ran a story about Craig the Elephant, who died earlier today at age 54. A reminder that there are only dozens of super tusker elephants left in the entire world. Craig’s sons and daughters will continue to carry on his lineage in Amboseli National Park.

Him having a jacket on the next time they showed him was really funny

The funniest line to me in the article

And then the more obscure AFC tiebreaker ones -- both results today were good for the Chargers in the 12-5 JAX/LAC/BUF tie.

The updated scenarios after Saturday! First, the obvious NFC West/NFC South ones...

Folks bypass things like the fact that NYPD activated drones and 30 cop cars for a demonstration of 1000 people in freezing weather today. The levels of surveillance and potential repression are taken as regular order in this country.

This judge deserves the support of everyone who cares about preserving the justice system from Trumpism.

lol

President Trump said on Saturday that Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as Venezuela’s interim president and would act as a partner in letting the U.S. run the country. Less than two hours later, Rodríguez made clear she viewed the U.S. as an illegal invader that must be rejected.

If this reporting is accurate, the US apparently facilitated a soft coup in Venezuela.

CA4 rejects facial challenge to fed law banning firearm possession by peope who’ve been involuntarily committed to a mental institution. Unanimous, all-Dem panel (Obama/Biden/Biden) says as-applied challenges could succeed if plaintiff proves not dangerous storage.courtlistener.com/pdf/2026/01/...

Folks like to say "twitter is not the real world" but the government is being run by people addicted to it, and who take actions based on how many twitter likes it will generate, and approving comments it will get from their favorite Twitter accounts

Not just once, but three tabs of it

Reporters are saying he was fine and could’ve kept playing. Dude got folded like origami paper. Football players are so tough man.

May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

This interview is just embarrassing.

New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

Trump could drop a nuke on a major city and we'd be reading tut-tuts about how this sets a "dangerous precedent"

I’m a huge Mike Macdonald fan but the conservatism does give me a little concern

DOINK

Wow (extremely derogatory)

Trump not only opposes the Maduro Regime, he also opposes the legitimate leaders of Venezuela.

the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches

Watching Sam Darnold quarterback your team is like watching your puppy go to the dog park for the first time. Always running for his life and on the verge of getting absolutely clobbered by a 120-pound Bernese mountain dog

When a RB kicks his legs mid run, one of 2 things is about to happen: 1. And1 level ankle breaker 2. The RB gets hit with a cartoon anvil

a lot of interesting revelations between the lines of this story www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Guess they’re going to keep doing this until we get black hawk down

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Or kidnapping your domestic opposition

Charing Cross Bridge - 1903 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/1012000

Hey, a statement with actual substance.

“Israel is under the rule of a single individual and that its system of government is no longer a liberal democracy.” Says former Supreme Court justice Aharon Barak www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Hell of a day to teach Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" in my Winter session Sci Fi/Fantasy course. We've always had a dystopian side on which our more utopian ideals seem far too often to frustratingly depend, but we've got to acknowledge that past & present, & fight to change them.

For nonlawyers, it’s worth noting that statements like this have—as a formal matter—important legal effects as a matter of international law. If such statements are *not* made, and in volume, future arguments that Trump’s invasion sets a legal precedent will stand on much firmer legal ground.

Seems to me to be the logical endpoint of opposition to the extrajudicial kidnapping and bombing etc, one's opinion of the man notwithstanding.

Has any MoC said outright that Maduro ought to be returned to Venezuela

This is why it's also important for domestic elected officials to condemn it as "illegal" and not just gripe about consultation. This is the stuff upon which international law is built. The prohibition against piracy wasn't some entity declaring it illegal worldwide, it was a custom built over time.