what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.

Let me get this straight. Maxwell spent days meeting with the Justice Department and didn't implicate anyone. But she got moved to a minimum security prison anyway. So, what exactly was she rewarded for? This ought to be a scandal, but it seems like nobody cares.

this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇

In effect, Grok has answered the question: What sort of logically internally consistent worldview does it take to produce content that won’t routinely offend MAGA sensibilities. And the answer is “a Nazi worldview.”

French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

People should be calling this what it is, which is a crypto bailout. They're cutting cancer research so they can bailout rich, degenerate gamblers bsky.app/profile/ronf...

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

OK - now at Rudy Giuliani Georgia collections case, with civil contempt on the table. Florida condo and Yankee rings at issue. Rudy is here, saying "just a pad." Inner City Press is covering the case(s) www.patreon.com/posts/rudy-d... and will live tweet, thread below

Choosing hope for the same reasons Waymond chooses to be kind.

Ilya Shapiro wrote a blogpost describing why he was a #NeverTrump who eventually voted for Trump, so I wrote a rebuttal. scytaleprotocol.substack.com/p/conscience...

Today's "One First" offers some reflections on my exchange with Judge Jones at last Thursday's Federalist Society convention—and what it says about our discourse; left-of-center profs continuing to participate in Fed Soc events; and the future of legal debate: www.stevevladeck.com/p/109-things...

“‘We're withholding our endorsement because our owner is frightened of government retaliation if Donald Trump wins’ is a more forceful and eloquent statement than any newspaper editorial ever written.” - David Frum

New Rest Is Politics LEADING interview with Audrey Tang, child prodigy who became Taiwan’s youngest ever minister, the world’s first digital minister who used tech to transform trust in govt, and the world’s first non binary transgender minister. alastaircampbell.org/2024/09/97-h...

Whether he ultimately gets 48 or 45 percent of the vote, Trump having this level of support is evidence of a profoundly sick society

Second, for anyone who would mistake this as simple classism, things are more complicated. The story of 20th century fashion is about how dress influence switched from just those with financial capital to those with cultural capital—artists, rebels, musicians, hippies, etc. (10/19)

I don't know who to credit for this but it's perfect

These “respectable” conservatives are building and perpetuating a permission structure that allows people who don’t think of themselves as supporters of rightwing extremism to support rightwing extremism nonetheless.   That is the role they are playing. That’s their legacy.

In 2016, Vox accurately predicted whether people supported Trump based on answers to a parenting style assessment. This has stuck with me. www.vox.com/2016/2/23/11...

Does anyone know if this kind of "kill yourself" spam is against BSky TOS?