The rise of app-based sports gambling was the result of a Supreme Court opinion written by Sam Alito applying a doctrine invented by Antonin Scalia. Also sports gambling is not legal in Minnesota

JUST IN: Four demonstrators who still face conspiracy charges tied to ICE protests in Broadview seek records relating to "any improper influence exerted upon the U.S. Attorney's office." The motion includes a pic of President Trump's image on the front entryway of the Justice Department:

the weathervane is weathervaning

We've renamed the DOD the Department of War. Our troops are Warfighters. No of course we're not "at war" you dumb lib

The "debate" in the run-up to this makes Iraq 2003 look like the Athenian polis.

@sky.skymarchini.net The Pod Save bros could just cut their losses … but they persist

after failed military incursion, us government responds with economic sanctions

@sky.skymarchini.net If MAHA is willing to team up with evangelicals, they could just fit it in to God’s Not Dead 3.

the scenario where civilian firearm ownership benefits the public faced with a totalitarian government isn't Russia or China, it's the Troubles and the Years of Lead, where both sides are targeting civilians pic unrelated

@sky.skymarchini.net If the Trump trajectory takes the most darkly funny path, he’s gonna die (of natural causes) just as all the fires he starts turn into a massive inferno. Watching Vance piss himself in a crisis he can’t BS his way out might dull the edge of such a panic inducing nightmare.

I successfully scared off a bear that stalked me a couple of years ago. Now I’m just afraid of cougar encounters… and apparently lynxes … and still bears.

Death Camp For Cutie over here

@pastpunditry.bsky.social @sky.skymarchini.net @uticaeric.bsky.social Inside Murray’s head every time he signs off Fareed Zakaria’s program.

@horadam.bsky.social Murray watching MAGA adjacent chuds get mad about Black Elves in Rings of Power 3 years ago:

@zeddary.bsky.social Rush Hour 4 might be in Jeopardy. It’d be neat if Ratner gets booted and the movie goes ahead and does well. I’d happily help Chris Tucker’s retire some IRS debt.

somewhere in Orange County a reality television executive is so bricked up he can hardly stand

The president of Venezuela must be held legally accountable for his crimes, which the Supreme Court forbids to happen for the president of the US, who recently pardoned the president of Honduras for similar crimes.

@sky.skymarchini.net Really can’t stress enough what an upgrade he is and a credit to your state. Don’t even want to think about how Menendez would’ve reacted. Especially if their was a full pardon on the line.

You were saying?

Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.

@sky.skymarchini.net Genuine New Years Resolution: Don’t poast. If you must poast, do so after 9pm. Why won’t Trump let us log off?

Karen Budd-Falen, the No. 3 at the Interior Department, didn’t disclose a $3.5 million water-rights contract between her husband and the developers of a Nevada mine, records show. By NYT Lisa Friedman www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/c...

don’t do the “maduro is bad, but…” thing. the defensive crouch won’t help, it muddles the message, and the important thing is that this is immoral, illegal, and idiotic. the three Is

Holy shit

This is Trump’s long game. We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue - but this has been his plan all along. He’s politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/hhs...

For everything else about Trump, it's remarkable how similar his natsec process is to George W. Bush. It's seemingly almost entirely driven by an insular and small group of people with pathological fixations on working informally to steer all American policy toward their decades-long grievances.

Right wingers love to attack the very concept of daycare centers. In the 80s and 90s, local outbreaks of Satanic Panic often involved daycare centers and their employees. And it’s all about trying to scare and shame women into quitting their jobs

This is why they want us talking about day care scams.

@dicknixon.bsky.social Thus is what will eventually get Bari fired. Revamping CBS News would be a herculean task for a pro with good ideas. The Ellisons will eventually conclude there are far cheaper, competent people that could run in the black and do essentially the same thing without the drama

The US State Department imposed visa sanctions on a former top European Union official and employees of organizations that combat disinformation for alleged censorship.

Let's do the fucking [file not found]

"Look, I know we have some antisemites, but wouldn't you rather have that than a bunch of Jewish puppets?"

@dicknixon.bsky.social Put aside Brooks’s ‘11 Epstein visit. He just sucks at his job. He genuflects the vibe percolating in semi-elite circles. That’s it. It’s problematic that Dems like Obama ever took him seriously.

Kind of amazing how Marla Maples rarely comes up in reporting Trump’s past given how bad the 90s went for him

@uticaeric.bsky.social Frum reliably provides an occasional reminder about why it’s important to keep anti-Trump Neocons at arms length.

"The virus can lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities..." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...

The Bari Weiss town halls will continue until morale improves.

they should categorically ban people with Kalshi and Polymarket accounts from having security clearances

we have to destroy this nest of vipers

Pretty amazing how this went from a Tucker Carlson bit to headliner material

@uticaeric.bsky.social Alpha male needed lady PR agent to babysit him during a softball rehabilitation interview. www.businessinsider.com/joe-lonsdale...

There are many reasons Gingrich will burn in hell and freezing the gas tax (instead of automatic inflation adjustment) is one of them

1. Thread: Why America fails to build public infrastructure cost effectively. High Costs Are Not an Engineering Problem They Are a Political–Fiscal Design Problem Countries like Sweden and Germany do not build transit cheaply because they have better engineers per se. They build cheaply because:

The Yellowtail Years

Branding for a presidential run. He’s fooled plenty of people and disposed them when they weren’t useful. Ask Danforth.

@sky.skymarchini.net I hate it but the “shark jump” quality of it makes me laugh. I also want to get one to keep in my wallet to present to anyone who expresses disbelief in the absurdity of this era.

@deadcarl.bsky.social Ever read this? I’m about half way through and am enjoying it.