To rep my old 'hood: ♦️The only thing that provides a respite in Islamabad... ...is going to #Lahore.

This this this. Note to all Dems: ♦️Be like AOC.

Burchett is right: the most DC thing ever *is* a member of Congress blaming the city for something he and his colleagues did themselves.

They could've just played "Meet the Grahams." ♦️Anything associated with Drake would've melted right away.

There's no legal basis for these boat strikes, and US officials involved in them should be prosecuted for attempted murder and murder. The OLC memo green-lighting the strikes is still secret, but there's nothing it could say that would make these strikes lawful. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The JCPOA took two years to negotiate. And that was with an A-team of actual professional negotiators, rather than two amateur real-estate grifters. Trump could simply re-enter the JCPOA-- it still exists. He could even re-brand it the "Big Beautiful Trump And Not Obama Nuclear Deal."

And another day for Iran (should it wish to do so) to set new ones. The only end to this war lies in negotiation.

Future updates: ♦️The 40-year-old going long on blockchain. ♦️The 42-year-old who's all-in on Polymarket. ♦️The 44-year-old demanding a government bailout, and posting GoFundMe pleas on Instagram. ♦️The 46-year-old making TikToks for "DonJr2032"

I'm starting to question the health benefits of a diet limited to beef tallow, "ferments," and road-kill.

Sen Crapo-- I am your father.

Did RFKJr come to his hearing in a CPAP mask?

Yes. As every American schoolchild knows, the first states to ratify the Constitution were Georgia, Benjaminigan, Thomasas, Johnsland, Jamesado...

Priceless post from the official White House social media

The Secretary of Commerce has no authority over the US budget. Howard Lutnick doesn't want to talk about his visit to Epstein Island. But his excuse for evading the question has absolutely nothing to do with his day-job.

"No Fed Chair is going to weigh in on politics like that." -Alleged journalist. "politics like that" = "who won the 2020 presidential election." Other questions a Fed Chair, by this standard, should never be asked: ♦️Who won the Superbowl last year? ♦️How many stars on the flag? ♦️Is today Wednesday?

At her confirmation hearing, now-fired Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer neglected to fully outline her goals: 🔷My father and husband both have a fetish for bureaucrats, and if confirmed I'll enable them to treat the Department's career civil servants as their own personal harem.

Sen Ernst isn't even running for re-election. ♦️She's saying this war-is-peace/freedom-is-slavery BS on her own personal time.

DC statehood yesterday

In a democracy, this would matter:

“To say that President Trump is corrupt is to somehow understate the size, scope and magnitude of his corruption. It is as if you were to describe a modern thermonuclear device as a ‘bomb.’ That is true enough, but it is not quite the truth. It does not capture the nature of the thing in full.”

Notice to China, Russia, North Korea, & any other potential US adversaries: ♦️Please don't attack us or our allies for the next 3-5 years. Thanks!

Maybe you're thinking, "Where's the harm in posting the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms? 'Thou shalt not kill, etc-- who could object?" Read the commandments again. Starting with the first. Think about a second-grader from a Muslim, Hindu, or Buddhist family, reading the same thing.

Yet another clearly-unconstitutional ruling, from a far-right appellate court. What this NYT story (& almost every other MSM outlet) refuses to report: ♦️ALL of the 9 lawless judges in majority were GOP-appointed. ♦️6 of them by Trump. Why hide this from your readers? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...

More like this. Dems would almost certainly have re-taken the House without it-- thermostatic voting rewards the party out of power, and Trump has been taking actions that seem designed to hurt his own party. But Dems really, really, REALLY need to learn a just one lesson: ♦️Fight back.

In a normal administration (GOP or Dem), the government would be opposed to a potential global pandemic.

There are VERY few actions Trump has ever taken that I'd applaud. (Elimination of the penny is about all I can come up with). Killing the Jones Act would be a huge benefit for the US citizens of Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and US territories in the Pacific & Caribbean. So he probably won't do it.

Free advice to Andy Beshear (and other centrists who enjoy hippie-punching): ♦️Stop it. Sure, referring to inmates as "justice-involved population" is dumb. But who-- specifically, give names-- does that? I doubt it's any Democrat in national office. Stop doing the GOP's work for them.

It would be cosmic justice for his suck-upery to Trump would be if his tombstone, someday, read "Tim Apple."

If you're not familiar with Sebastian Gorka, here's a brief summary: ♦️Think of the smarmiest, dumbest, most egotistical, most dishonest, and most flat-out buffoonish person in the current Administration, apart from the President himself. ...You've just imagined Sebastian Gorka.

Over the course of a decade, I made lots of trips to #Afghanistan and spent time with US troops throughout the country. One thing they all-- every single one-- agreed on: ♦️They felt the US owed Afghan interpreters & other staff far, far more than a mere salary. This is how we're treating them now:

He can't remember the name of Tim Apple.

yiiiikes

The fact that they photographed this action shows that they didn't think they'd be punished for it.

He'd be 186 years old... ...So, about the median age for either party.

Spoiler alert: -It did.

1. Trump saying something has absolutely no bearing on whether or not it is true. 2. But given DeSantis, this certainly sounds true. 3. And him getting any of these posts would be just awful.

1. He STILL owns Epstein-created investments. 2. He admits they're morally (maybe legally) inappropriate for a Fed Chair. 3. But he's only going to give them up IF CONFIRMED. Epstein was no financial genius-- he got rich off connections and grift. ♦️Why would a potential Fed Chair invest with him?

Well, of course we've got supersonic Delta, Southwest and even Spirit flights departing from floating platforms in the Atlantic and Pacific a few dozen times each week. But once we get some departures from traditional "land-based" airports, that'll truly be wild.

I don't have some sort of fancy degree in Secretary of Transportation-ing, but... ...what, exactly, is "land-based flight?"

Not actually the CIA's job. But whatevs.

The nations of the world should all unite to keep this man alive.

Disqualifying. What #KevinWarsh so afraid of? Yes, Trump would be pissed if he spoke the true fact that Biden won the 2020 election. So what? ♦️It's highly unlikely he'd pull Warsh's nomination over it. All he'd do is whine. ♦️If Warsh can't accept Trump's whining NOW, what would he do as Fed Chair?

Warsh's response is disqualifying: ♦️If "investments in vehicles set up by Jeffrey Epstein" are legitimate (morally, legally, in any way)... ...why would he promise to sell them ONLY IF he's confirmed? The primary requirement for Fed Chair is good judgement. Obviously, #KevinWarsh has none.

If you still, in 2026, own investments set up by Jeffrey Epstein, you may or may not be getting rich off sex-trafficking... ...but you definitely have judgement too poor to shape the US economy.

In 1918, more US soldiers may have been killed by Spanish Flu than enemy fire. But the numbers are a bit vague: It's also possible that slightly fewer were killed by influenza. And the 2026 flu variants are probably not as lethal as the 1918 one. So, there's that.

Correct. Diplomacy takes patience, awareness of one's interlocutor's interests, and willingness to compromise. Trump has all but three of these core requirements.

Fact-check: ✅✅✅ This is the crux of the issue: Any "deal" will be pure window-dressing. To obscure Trump's de facto surrender.

Suggested edit: ♦️The choices are humiliation now, or humiliation after escalation. There is no scenario under which Iran grants-- or is metaphysically capable of granting-- Trump's maximalist demands (ie, including surrender of de facto control of Strait of Hormuz). Geography is geography.

He SO doesn't understand Clausewitz 101. ♦️Military action is a means to a political end. If your goal is just "Remove one man, and let the regime go on exactly as before": That aim can sometimes (but not always) be achieved in 45 minutes. If that's not your aim: Maybe prepare for a real war.

Slight edit: ♦️Sensing "unprecedented" opportunity for price-gouging, the most corrupt sports organization on earth jacked up ticket-prices that were already out of reach for all but the wealthiest fans.