That’s not a duck! It’s a duck-LING!

‘Platner and @jamestalarico.bsky.social embody a pro-worker, pro-immigrant populism that is extremely appealing at a moment when inflation is rampant, wages are stagnant and unrestrained billionaires are calling the political shots.’ Via @rabcarian.bsky.social www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Ding, dong, the name is gone.

Oh my effing god. They are shrouding the scaffold to obscure the removal of Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center. Pathetic and hilarious in equal measure.

The workers slowly making the scaffold to tear Trump's name off the Kennedy Center are taking 1,000% more care with their work than Trump ever has with this country.

It's like watching paint dry. But the most beautiful paint drying I've ever seen.

If you’re still up, tune into the live streams!

BREAKING: Judge Denies Trump Request for Stay on Removing Name from Kennedy Center

LIVE NOW: Huge roar from the crowd watching workers pull down the "Donald Trump" signage from The John. F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts" www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAhm...

What a surprise. Susan Collins, after saying she'd wear seersucker, showed up in regular stripes.

The pendulum never stops swinging: www.wsj.com/style/turnin...

Seeing a lot of “How is this possible? No one even knew who Nithya Raman was” takes from the moronic folks who seem unaware that she is a council member and therefore anyone interested in Los Angeles politics — as opposed to Spencer Pratt—knows exactly who she is. The level of ignorance is jarring.

Is Spencer Pratt whining yet about voter fraud?

A pathetically obvious troll from the Troll in Chief

Translation: He pissed us off because he told the truth, so we had to get rid of him.

Voted for @tomsteyerhq.bsky.social, can live with @xavierbecerra.bsky.social

Hero

Robin, regarding today’s excellent “Between church and state” piece, Gervais has the perfect take.

‘Americans don’t need to rededicate themselves to the idea that we are one nation under God. We need to rededicate ourselves to the importance of keeping that big beautiful wall between church and state’ Via @rabcarian.bsky.social www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

For those still struggling over California governor candidates, here is an excellent NYT piece, looking at the issues one by one with a handful of CA political experts: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... (Shout out to @marielgarza.bsky.social & @danmorain.bsky.social)

If she ever receives the money Trump owes her, she plans to start a foundation for women. Also, she adds, “I am thinking of getting a toaster.” @rabcarian.bsky.social on the quiet courage of @ejeancarroll.bsky.social and a new documentary www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

'He really won my heart last week when he declared at the Skirball debate that “ICE is a criminal organization. … I am in favor of abolishing ICE.” He vowed to prosecute ICE agents and its leadership — “including Stephen Miller.”' Via @rabcarian.bsky.social www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Oh hey wouldja look at that! 🤔

I really enjoy Dennis the Menace’s meltdowns.

Um, what???

Thank you, @riotgrlerin.bsky.social for making my Poppy into art!

‘Why is it so damn difficult for so many men with so much to lose to keep their pants zipped?’ Via @rabcarian.bsky.social www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

From my “Letters I stopped reading after the first paragraph file”: Robin, Since you view all politics through the crotch I'm looking forward to your columns drawing a line from Swalwell through Chavez to Martin Luther King Jr.

Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.

a while ago, Bolsonaro was fearing for his imprisonment he sneaked into the Hungary Embassy near his home and spent a couple of days there hiding. so this has sweet taste to us in Brazil.

Happy to report that JD Vance is having a super shitty week. (Hungary, Pakistan)

‘It sucks being from a country whose presidents do things like threaten to end a “whole civilization,” invade Middle Eastern countries based on lies about weapons of mass destruction, or insert themselves into pointless conflicts…’ Via @rabcarian.bsky.social www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

YESSSSS!!!!!!! Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, ally of Trump and Putin, concedes election defeat - The Washington Post

Fuck Eric Swalwell

The fact that JD Vance is campaigning for Viktor Orban should strike fear (and disgust) into the hearts of anyone who values a free press, civil society groups and the commitment to racial equality. Orban is a fucking fascist.

What an absolute tool. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

He is entirely correct! #usdemocracy www.youtube.com/shorts/TRbiU...

‘American voters have the opportunity to turn this tide, to reject the fearmongering, to embrace our roots as a nation of immigrants and kneecap the would-be dictator who is bent on wrecking democracy from his gilded palace on the Potomac.’ Via @rabcarian.bsky.social www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

This DOGE goon, Justin Fox, decided to kill funding for a documentary focusing on Jewish women used as slave labor during the Holocaust because it was "inherently related to DEI." HE CANNOT DEFINE WHAT DEI IS. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpbG...

Gerard Baker, so on point, in the @wsj.com: "It was said of Winston Churchill that he mobilized the English language and sent it into battle. Donald Trump’s trick with the mother tongue is to douse it in gasoline, set it on fire and drop it in a dumpster in the middle of his own parade ground."

The lack of seriousness boggles the mind.

‘As different members of the administration & their allies give shifting versions of why Trump moved against Iran now, the question arises: Has the president achieved his presumed objective of knocking the Epstein files off the front page?’ Via @rabcarian.bsky.social www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Sorry, LOL

Well worth a listen. Tangled web of Epstein, Trump, Maxwell père et fille, Putin etc etc etc

Hey @governor.ca.gov! Don't let your mouthpieces act like trashy Trump people. No one wants to see that. Your constituents deserve better.

Shockeroo!

Wonderful (and literary) wrap up of the Games by my very clever colleague @kbaxter11.bsky.social

Leave WHO, kill USAID, then replace it with an inferior system that will cost billions. So much winning.

Look what I found at my local Gelsons!

Brutal, just brutal. Should be required reading for the guy who snorts cocaine off toilet seats.