Excerpted from today’s Jeff Tiedrich column— and about the best description of the state of the union I’ve seen anywhere:

My dad passed away yesterday. My emotions are all over the place.

Well, an acquaintance who relies on the ACA marketplace for insurance just received a notice explaining that their fee for coverage will be rising. Right now they pay $180 a month. The new price? $2733.15 a month.

We should be asking this c o n s t a n t l y.

“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes .... Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated." -Anne Frank

As Russia dishonored the Budapest Memorandum, nuclear weapons should be returned to Ukraine.

Julie Brown is a hero in every sense. Her relentless reporting ripped open the Jeffrey Epstein case when powerful people wanted it buried. Honestly, I don’t think we’d even be talking about Epstein today if it weren’t for her. Please consider following her: @jkbjournalist.bsky.social

You-all still visiting that site should reconsider. I can’t believe I have to post this in 2025.

so accurate

Yes, Ken Starr & Alan Dershowitz crafted the "Epstein Sweetheart Deal" that Alex Acosta gets all the blame for.

Watch this👇

/4 SALLY: For just pennies a day, you can give these pundits hope. You can show them someone is on their side. You can give them a place where they will be cherished. A place where they will not be questioned from the wrong side. A place called home. [BLUE TWITTER CHECKMARK APPEARS IN BACKGROUND]

Happy Birthday @deirdreassenza.bsky.social Almost missed it!! 🥰🤗🤗

oh fuck oh shit — gork!

the proof of life images and videos are from june

@marcelias.bsky.social: "I want everyone to pay attention... Trump is laying the groundwork to steal the 2026 election."

Scotland wins everything

A lot of older adults forced a war on universities because that’s where their kids realized their parents were evil.

Well ain't that just nifty?

Latest in Daily Fella: Putler will destroy Orcistan for Ukraine

Zero hyperbole in saying that every single headline about Elon Musk I've ever seen could quite easily and fittingly replaced with "Elon Musk is a Fucking Moron"

BYD has always been the company people thought Tesla was, and it turns out reality does still beat perception over the long run

Have just realized that the silly “Bezos wants to buy Vogue as a lavish wedding gift for his bride” story that’s been circulating is inaccurate - Bezos wants to buy Condé Nast which owns The New Yorker,Teen Vogue, Wired & Arts Technica because he is an oligarch who wants to crush all dissent.

Alert everyone this is very important You can buy a plush Claymore mine named Clay that says "FRONT TOWARDS FRIEND" on it claytheclaymoreplush.com/product/clay... You can't stop me from getting one because I already ordered it

I asked my daughter who just got her degree in funeral science and she said 1,600-1,800 degrees.

For those who celebrate, Happy Capybara Appreciation Day!

ok look there's piece here i have to add. this post misunderstands delaware law and reads as malicious for various reasons but i note it suggests nevada - not texas- as an alternative. why not texas? bc texas can't quite get the politics out of its corporate law.

Ed, if I may. A PARASITES instinct are only focused on survival and self preservation! This parasite is not worried about deficit. His very survival and existence is threatened and he is trying whatever he can to save himself!

Surely the definition of efficiency includes spending tens millions of dollars to elect people two years before spending tens of millions of dollars to elect other people to beat the first people

Bloomberg: Omead Afshar leaving Bloomberg

Important

this is like the world cup for the @bsky.app servers

Trump suggest that Elon has "Trump derangement syndrome"

Thank you all for the incredible support and generosity shown in memory of Chris (Swampy) Garrett. The response has been truly overwhelming and a reflection of just how many lives he touched through his dedication to clearing mines, especially across Ukraine.

The new Slate EV Truck is going to be a customer hit like the Ford Maverick.

🧵One conventional wisdom of Roman military history is that Roman generals command from the center, with their infantry, rather than riding with their cavalry, Alexander-the-Great style. And this seems mostly true for the big 2nd century BC engagements 1/

every Tesla earnings miss is one quarter closer to the ticker changing to TSLAQ

4) Greetings from Musk's Xitter! Mark Spiegel for the win. I am willing to bet Mark is right but will await confirmation from the $TSLAQ green eyeshades looking over the cooked books. bsky.app/profile/keub...

Yes, this has been the Meta plan since at least 2020, as @monikab.bsky.social and I reported www.motherjones.com/media/2020/1...

All childhood cancer research has been cancelled according to a researcher I know at UCSF

"It's the media's fault that I have one short sideburn, and another long one"

In memoriam of one of the kindest men I have ever known. RIP Uncle Stjepan.

I ask again: If Donald Trump was working for Vladimir Putin, what would he be doing differently?

The way the White House is spinning Abrego Garcia story is making my mind -explode-. Abrego Garcia was under a no-deportation order that predated Trump because he is -at risk from MS13-. They’re now spinning the connection into its opposite, saying he’s a gang member not a gang victim.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943