President Garfield may have been a mediocre woodworker, but he was a solid mathematician who contributed a novel proof of the Pythagorean Theorem.

Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.

I don’t want to be judgy, but what the fuck is wrong with these people?

a big runoff last night, in New Orleans: Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet. So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.

My god, Bovino even walks like Steven Lockjaw

Nothing says "this isn't going to be like every other campaign" like two identical unsolicited spam texts from two different numbers in one hour.

So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.

Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You

The truly bonkers part is that a vote, even if it happens, is a boring non-event. It will get next to no coverage and garner zero attention. So even if the goal is to "show Americans that the GOP wants their health care costs to skyrocket" this is the stupidest possible plan for that

The weird part is "Money in an account for people to buy health insurance where they can only use it for insurance" is...um....the subsidies for Obamacare?

Not for nothing but I would still like to know what the hell happened with Giuliani on that highway in New Hampshire

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

It’s kind of weird that part of Dems’ core message hasn’t been: “GOP controls the presidency, the House and the Senate. Why have they shut the government down?” Lots of people don’t know what cloture is.

Ummm, “We Rule October”? It’s February

Honestly, given how lackluster the Dodgers’ offense was all Series, their fight to stay in it was unreal.

So the Japanese Dodger starter pitching on short rest was the hero. Just like everyone thought. 🤔

And Kershaw is warming

Well at least I got Wordle done

Holy fucking shit

You see, he said first cousin once removed, but it was actually his second cousin. He is a liar”

Just picked up @thewaroncars.bsky.social at a local bookshop on Boulder’s crown jewel pedestrian mall. Couldn’t think of a better place to get it

Not paying SNAP benefits (in Nov of all months) is unthinkably bad. But the situation is WORSE than that. The EBT system, through which SNAP benefits flow, may shut down. So even those with money on their EBT card from last month won't be able to use it. www.dhhs.nh.gov/programs-ser...

This is what you call a target-rich environment

Just disgusting.

I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.

Strong Robert Moses vibes. Once the construction has physically begun, there's no real way to go back to what was.

well knock me over with a feather

Honestly if there were ranked choice, Sliwa’s won my 2nd place spot 😝

The @nytimes.com stories on Trump’s poop plane video and on the #NoKings marches both appear in their Most Shared list. The decision to downplay/ignore both is a choice driven by editorial decisions, not “well, people aren’t interested”

Does he have to give back his Nobel now?

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A few more from today’s huge #NoKings rally in Highland Park, NJ

Highland Park, NJ #nokings Huge turnout and constant support from traffic driving by

I am sad that we don't have video of this exchange. But I'm pretty sure that "Very welcome" was said with exactly the same face as when ZM told Cuomo "Hope you're well"

Would be cool if anyone with a megaphone made it. Alas…

These ICE abductions feel kind of like the bad old Abu Ghraib/extraordinary rendition days. Except even worse cause we can all see if on our phones. To quote Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

I've said it dozens of times. City government should put up live cams around the ICE facilities, the downtown area, and have them broadcast live feed, 24/7, on the city's website so people can go look for themselves whenever they wish.

Don't tempt me with a good time

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

I mean, at least they’re more useful than synthetic CDOs

Just unconscionably bad

This is some extremely dystopian shit www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

It needs to be an absolute requirement for Dem presidential candidates to commit to disbanding ICE, CBP, and HSI, firing every single employee, and prosecuting those who broke the law. They can create new agencies for protecting the border and enforcing immigration law. But these ones have to go

This is obviously a last ditch effort to sink Mamdani, but it’s obviously gonna help him

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccckkkkkk!

this is the third time Donald Trump has shut down the government while his party controls both houses of Congress

Superb post. Worthy of a full read

It seems fairly obvious that Hegseth misses his old do-nothing job so he’s trying to change his new job into his old job