i strangely find myself admiring Rand Paul on this

Hoooooooo boy www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Two things: 1) How can people floating in open water continue a drug run? Swim a thousand miles towing a crate? 2) More importantly, drugs are not weapons, and a drug run is not a national security threat, especially not an immediate one to the world's most powerful navy.

how is this real

Everything I learn about JD Vance fills me with contempt. What a gross little man.

Even if this were true, the question is one of proportionality. There was not way to stop them short of blowing them up with another missile? Seriously?

Johnson isn't worried, though: He knows nothing about it because he hasn't been following the news. www.axios.com/2025/12/04/m...

When people convince themselves that they should get mad at the dummy rather than the ventriloquist. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...

My message to Trump: Your message of bigotry won’t work. Somali Americans are here to stay. 💅🏾

Conway: This is a criminal government. Unless you are willing to say that, you’re basically fighting on their terms. They get to lie, and they win that battle because people say, “We shouldn’t use that kind of language.” But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.

Silver lining: there are still people at the FBI with integrity, who refuse to act like there was a crime when there obviously wasn’t (and in fact was not only no crime, but was a positive, accurate statement). If the regime pursues it anyway, they’ll reduce their already reduced capacity further.

Seditious conspiracy is the most serious crime charged for Jan. 6, with Oathkeepers and Proud Boys leaders convicted. Absurd accusations of sedition merely for saying troops should honor their oath and follow the law are not only meant to intimidate, they also aim to render the concept meaningless.

Holy shit.

The tragic murder of those guardsmen is becoming the pretext for something this administration has been pining for—ethnic cleansing, American style. lnk.thebulwark.com/48EQjzA

This is the head of the company that CNN just partnered with, insisting that prediction markets are a great way to cut through the noise and determine what’s true and what isn’t. No, really, listen to him. It’s actually that stupid.

Imagine if just one of them said, "Mr. President, I came here to support a policy related to our industry. But I cannot stand here and listen to you denigrate people in this way. It's racist and it's wrong. If my shareholders disagree, they can have my resignation. But I cannot be part of this."

The CEOs of Ford and Stellantis, as well as senior executives from other auto manufacturers, standing beside him while Trump goes off on another vicious racist rant about African immigrants. Not one of them had the courage or the dignity to walk away. bsky.app/profile/just...

All corporate CEOs should understand: If you agree to attend an event at the White House, you are very likely to be filmed nodding appreciatively at a delusional racist rant. If you're ok with that, go. If not, you probably should stay away.

The Pentagon’s top independent watchdog has determined that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated security protocols designed to protect U.S. troops by using a personal device to share sensitive operational details on the unclassified messaging app Signal. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

But. Her. Emails.

Trump to America: drop dead

Pete Hegseth was unfit for the job since the day he started. How many F* ups does it take before this guy is fired and put in handcuffs?

Classified briefing thehill.com/policy/defen...

MORE Breaking on MS NOW: Pete Hegseth refused an interview request for the Pentagon Inspector General's investigation into Signalgate, according to two sources who read and were briefed on report. Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.

LOL, people reading internal reports and instantly calling reporters. Dwight Eisenhower struggled against the military-industrial complex, but Pete Hegseth thought his manly warrior energy would bring them to heel? Congrats to Pete for learning about bureaucratic politics in his first real job.

That’s right — two thirds of the entire population of America was saved by the president’s brave war crimes. But did they even say thank you?

It might be a good idea for some reporter to ask the Trump administration why they apparently think all American adults are using cocaine. Are they just extrapolating from their own circle or

Watchdog finds Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing sensitive war plans on Signal, sources say www.instagram.com/reel/DR0FY_k...

Breaking on MS NOW: The Signalgate report contradicts Pete Hegseth's claims he did nothing wrong. It shows he "violated policy by using a non-approved device," a source who read the report says. Hegseth failed to preserve records. The report says he put the operations and service people at risk.

Former Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith has been subpoenaed to testify before the Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee in two weeks.

Gosh, who'da thunk it

I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking. I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.

Flagging from the Oversight Committee: "The Committee also received records from J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank. Oversight Democrats intend to release the files to the public after review in the days ahead."

Amazing to think that he still hasn’t been fired

This man ripped off teachers, nurses, small business owners - people from all walks of life and professions. Some lost their life savings. Not only did Trump let him out of prison, he also doesn’t have to pay back the victims.

Brett Kavanagh, his friends, and his family will be living with these images until their dying days. Unimaginable betrayal of the American creed.

He's probably not going to be the Fed chair, but imagine if he was.

Trump is blocking federal release of jobs data. Here's the Nov number from ADP, a private firm which does nearly as good with these numbers as the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 32,000 jobs lost in Nov is private sector only. Doesn't include federal layoffs. mediacenter.adp.com/2025-12-03-A...

It should be a resignation-triggering scandal for the person second in line for the presidency to not know anything about anything & to regularly admit that he doesn't follow the news. It should also be an answer that journalists gathered at his press conferences do not accept.

You think that out of all the physical and emotional labor I carry as a single mother, I want to waste my incredibly precious time fighting for an affordable healthcare plan individually? STFU.

"There’s no need for dog whistles anymore. The government of the United States now openly stands for bigotry. It’s not just closing our borders; it’s targeting Americans." @saletan.bsky.social on Trump's threat to denaturalize American citizens: lnk.thebulwark.com/48vef8l

I warned yesterday that this administration is creating the conditions for radicalization here at home. Hours later, Trump called Somali immigrants “garbage,” and implied even U.S. citizens should “go back.” ICE “strike teams” are now headed to Minneapolis. This is exactly the danger I wrote about.

So am I.

"President Putin has shown a complete indifference to the value on human life and to international laws." The Irish prime minister condemned the Russian leader's 'relentless onslaught', in a joint press conference with President Zelenskyy on Tuesday.

N&O's @lukedecock.bsky.social, the most consistently great writer on Carolina's Belichick follies, calls for him to go. Whee! www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-c...

Q: You outlined the dangers posed by drugs. So what explanation do you have for Trump pardoning the former president of Honduras? SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I don't know the details. Happy to look into it. I can't speak to it Q: Alright. Um. Ok. Like, no thought on it? MARSHALL: I haven't researched it

Dear Pete, Donald, MAGA etc: “What will it profit a man if he gains the world and loses his soul” We are selling out our nation, our future, our morality, for the ego and wealth of a 79 year old man.

1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal. You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government. It says it right in the Constitution.

Rand Paul: "Secretary Hegseth said he had no knowledge of this and it did not happen. It was fake news. It didn't happen. And then the next day, from the podium of the WH, they're saying it did happen. So either he was lying to us on Sunday or he's incompetent and didn't know what had happened."