So much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out

The greatest hacking tool ever, so we're told, has just been accessed by unwelcome users — in this case, at least one contractor for Anthropic. How predictable. How promising.

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions). Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom. And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ. Remember this.

'As Trump’s hold over MAGA has waned, [more] of his supporters have begun to push the narrative that the entire incident was staged...former US National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent appeared on Carlson’s podcast last month...after he resigned from his position over the Iran war.'

'Musk [was] due to appear [Monday] for a voluntary interview... [A]llegations includ[e] possible manipulation of the platform’s algorithm, the dissemination of illegal content, the circulation of sexualised deepfakes, and content related to denial of crimes against humanity.'

'Existing wastewater treatment efficiently removes many illicit drugs, including cocaine and benzoylecgonine, but a main source in waterways is raw sewage that can come from storm overflows and misconnects in household plumbing.'

I'd be celebrating were it not for man's penchant for coming up with newer, bigger ways to waste electricity, notably AI and crypto.

Now add reductions on account of all the authorized residents and citizens emigrating from the US.

Here's a freebie of the big Atlantic article on our (thankfully) incapacitated, stop-at-nothing-to-please Trump FBI director.

Bottom-feeding men such as Thugseth and Krash Patel stand erect as the leading women are purged—not that they didn't deserve it!

A visionary tweet from just a little over 10 years ago ...

Christofascist government

The only thing I can think of that has not yet gone wrong in Trump's addled sociopathic adventure.

Meet Manus, the verbal blob that disfigures your Facebook page and whose name seems to reflect Zuck's Trump-revival penchant for dissing non-macho themes and titles.

'Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions. Texas Tech faculty are “close to the brink,” Schiller said. “It’s a nightmare… A colleague old me recently that going to campus felt like attending a wake.”

"20% to 30% unemployment within the next two to five years!" 'For a big-company CEO with big AI ambitions, Verizon’s Dan Schulman doesn’t pull punches about the pain the technology could unleash on America’s workforce ...

The Kushners are the Second Family of American grift.

They aim to knock 'em all up. '... In 1957, nearly one in 10 teenage girls gave birth. Today, the rate is closer to one in 100. For every dollar spent on family planning funds, the government saves $7 in Medicaid costs. But President Trump seems intent on killing Title X...'

As equity—not debt—markets believe Trump's positive claims and doubt his threats, Kyla Scanlon sees the war, energy crisis, debt levels, trapped Fed, & the fragility of the A.I. supply chain potentially compounding each other simultaneously, "processed by a market that believes it will be saved."

Archaeologists in the Holy Land just uncovered a 3,000-year-old Israelite tablet… It reads: “Iran is only weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon.”

And he's been a DOVE.

Musk’s summons set for Monday. 'Prosecutors in France [can] issue arrest warrants for suspects who don’t show up for such interviews. French officials are investigating other potential charges against X, including dissemination of child pornography and Holocaust denial, which is illegal in France.'

Call this a Vaccine TACO. Yum. DEK: 'Dr. Erica Schwartz is seen as a highly qualified traditional choice and tapping her is the strongest signal yet that the administration is veering away from vaccine skepticism this election year.' Schwartz would be the agency’s fourth leader in just over a year.

A (self)satisfied customer! 'Almost 1 in every 5 Cybertrucks registered during the period were delivered from 1 part of Musk’s sprawling business empire to another...[P]urchases, likely exceeding $100 million in value, have continued...“Tesla is running out of buyers for the Cybertruck,” said...'

The opportunistic golfers who sucked up to the murderous MBS merit terminal obscurity forever.

I believe this debt "doom loop" is inevitable. The US economy—and society—are going to hit the windshield without seatbelts after Trump blows more trillions and scares off foreign buyers of US debt. With AI devouring our jobs, the overlords will slash SS and social spending. The boot will come.

Keir Starmer really has to look for an improved replacement for himself. He is garbage, and the stench grows by the month. He has no honor, now a proven liar. What a way to follow the Tories' sequential catastrophes.

This nation is forfeiting any claim to respect from any other in the world. The rail journey ordinarily costs $12.90 for a return ticket. (NO PAYWALL)

But everyone who escaped X finds this a glorious development. Mamdani's careful work with Hochul is bearing fruit!

Prosecution! Gabbard was the target of a recent whistleblower complaint! 'The whistleblower — whose identity has not been formally disclosed — reported an "urgent concern" about President Trump's request for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden.'

Limitless sleaze. (but no paywall)

Killing two birds with one stone, Trump targets the Catholic Church financially to disrupt charity work for immigrant kids.

Coachella is run by Anschutz Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of The Anschutz Corp., owned by right-wing billionaire Philip Anschutz. Money from Anschutz Corp’s treasury is funneled directly to right-wing orgs backing key politicians funding ICE, undermining LGBTQ rights, and restricting abortion.

This boondoggle—by Trump's biggest regional cheerleader after Netanyahu—was to replace oil $! "The biggest losers are the Saudi state, contractors who never got paid, consultants who enabled the fantasy, and the Howeitat tribe forcibly displaced from their land for a city that will never be built."

If Trump croaks before 1/20/29 (he won't pardon anyone till the last minute, lest they turn on him), Vance must promise pardons to Trump's grifting henchmen. This prospect will give Vance leverage over Trump's White House dogs. Still, bear in mind how pardoning Nixon turned out for Gerald Ford.

The general and self-proclaimed emperor who built this place—which I visited decades ago, when few went there—once marched elite troops off the top to make them prove their loyalty. 'Emperor Jones' is Eugene O'Neill's imagined version.

Trump's been spending too much time with Vance and Thugseth.

I took glorious pleasure in reading this.

Behold the avatar of American Christian fascism.

No time for pardons or months of further grifting.

This is why Thugseth is purging female officers, especially if they hail from minorities.

Starmer begins to stand up, but it's too late. Now he's merely proving the existence of a spine he did not activate when it could have made a difference. Well, he did send one officer to Greenland when Trump was frothing about invading.

A reckoning is surely coming, but unless the Dems gain so much that MAGA cracks in half, I don't think we can fix the mess properly. Will these Klowns even allow a free election? In this sense, I am glad to see Carlson, Alex Jones, Nazi Fuentes, MTG, and demented Candace Owens piling on Trump.

THIS is an extremely tasty defeat for the Putin-Trump Axis of malignant evil! Hungary's new government will have a supermajority to wash away the stench and stains of Orbanism, and the EU can start to function better.

I've been crazy busy (sorry). I am ever astonished at PROGRESS, TRUMP STYLE: Now both sides are blocking the flow of oil, gas, fertilizers, etc.!

Big loss for Putin AND Trump.

Wonder why?

Imagine a STROKE OF BAD LUCK for these lackeys, who would all storm the ICU praying someone can either revive him or use the infamous autopen and claim he woke up briefly.

Late, but here's the BIG NYT X-Ray of how Trump's inner circle—which neither trusted Netanyahu nor believed the pitch—failed to stop this war. Must read! NO PAYWALL. C.I.A. director: “farcical. Rubio: “In other words, it’s bullshit.”