Trump will sell out Taiwan on this visit and have no idea he did. Trump is more than enough craven, pro-China, anti-American, and a moron to do that.

Credit to Sen. @ebpforva.bsky.social on ensuring changing stations. Also sure having Gov. Spanberger was a positive factor. And having a Democratic governor was a factor. In 1999, my infant son and I were road tripping through Jersey. First time I.... virginiamercury.com/briefs/virgi... 1 of 3

To correct WaPo article by @iarnsdorf.bsky.social-he notes correctly Eli Crane (AZ) can run in a Congressional District he doesn’t live in but misleadingly adds: “which is allowed in Arizona.” It’s allowed & happens in all 50 states. In Virginia, e.g., Morgan Griffith hasn’t been in VA-9 for years.

The only path forward is put both Trump and the IRG on Kharg Island and then rename that island Elba. But make it escape proof. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

To be sure, the FBI is better off if Lush Patel is MIA and drunk in locker rooms. A bad day for America is when Patel shows up for work.

It’s way past time for Trump’s Liquor Cabinet to turn on him and 25A him away.

All the MAGA Christians wailing about Trump posting that he was a new Jesus, spare us your indignation. Y’all came up with that idea first. You preached that we should vote for Trump because God had sent him to save America from multiculturalism. Y’all made it a cult. YOU made him Jesus.

Trump saying he didn’t realize that post made him look like Jesus is the first thing he’s said honestly. The ONLY things about Jesus Trump has ever noticed are things like Joel Osteen’s mansion. Trump has spent ZERO time with the images and teachings of Jesus.

Can’t believe anyone is surprised by Trump’s rancor against Pope Leo XIV. Trump has not liked a Pope since Pius XII.

Nancy Folbre has been a voice of reason for a long time. More people should be listening.

Next stop for Orban: his St. Petersburg dacha, at least until his Dubai condo isn’t being bombed.

The Trump administration is defunding health care and funneling money to tech companies, defense contractors, and ICE. Nurses say: Stop the ICE terror at home and end Trump's war on Iran!

In half the Democratic primaries for Congress- if Virginia redistricting moves ahead - there'll be 10-20 candidates. Nearly all of them would be great in Congress. But a half billion dollars will be spent by August deciding which one wins. Half a billion, not opposing Trump. Not healing his wrongs.

I don’t think the 25A can fix this. Abolish the presidency. If you want 425 Democrats in Congress after November, put Squeaker Johnson in charge and let’s see how that plays out.

Beloved dog Nala has crossed the rainbow bridge. During her 14 years with us, we called her Sweetie Pie as often as we called her Nala. In her later years, Nala went blind. The walks and her gastro-discipline fell off. But if you can't love a dog at their worst you don't deserve them at their best.

Barr and Mitchell are off the hook- Bondi sailed past them as the most anti-justice AG ever. But Bondi and Rubio are the only Trump liquor cabinet members who show up and do the dirty work. Hegseth spends more time at the salon than briefing room. Trump HATES people who work. Rubio is next to go.

Year 1 of Trump 2: Trump undermined EV and renewables production in the US, basically ceding the entire world market to China. Year 2: Trump closed the Straits of Hormuz, convincing the entire world that oil is the past and EVs/renewables are the future. Year 3? Does Trump mandate we speak Chinese?

Bondi should sue Trump over the firing. If Trump cannot remember tomorrow that he fired Bondi today -- and he will not remember -- Aileen Cannon can fabricate a reason why Bondi can keep her job.

It is not known if the only reason Trump started a war on Iran was because he heard it would mean control of "Straight hormones." But you cannot rule that out. These are the same fellas who cut transportation funding because their AI told them it was about promoting transgender.

If the 15 million people Trump wants to deport are not "subject to the jurisdiction of the United States," how can the ICE agents lay a hand on them? Diplomats, with immunity, are not subject to the jurisdiction of the host country- true since hundreds of years before the US. 14A limits it to them.

Can the press stop reporting that "Trump attended the Supreme Court to hear the arguments," like it was a plural for him. Trump left when the woman started to speak. He only went to hear one argument. Did Trump measure the drapes on the way out? He wants to put his name on the building, after all.

Trump has discovered the only public place he can go and nap without photos of him asleep going viral. No photography or videography in the Supreme Court courtroom. I think he will become a regular so he can sleep.

Happy #NoKingsDay! We live quite close to one of Arlington’s bridge protests and we temporarily have a portapotty outside our house. All are welcome to use it! in bladder matters, resistance is futile. I didn’t note on the sign “Offered by a Boomer Resister.” I think that’s implied.

There are many reports of ICE agents stealing phones and selling them because they want more cash than their six figure taxpayer funded paychecks give them. Their crimes and executions are more than enough reason to defund and abolish ICE. Why isn’t that enough to impeach, convict, and remove Trump?

I forgot to post this on World Frog Day last week. My son and I in the AIM studio almost 20 years ago. I also missed posting it on National Dog Day. youtu.be/vZL6c89PK1U

I agree 💯 with Sen. Pekarsky. Gov. Spanberger should sign the Tysons Casino bill. The bill doesn’t create a casino. It allows the community to move the conversation forward on the benefits of an entertainment district. Workers and Nova Labor support it. Totally false that “no one asked for it.”

Iran says it wants to talk to JD Vance and not Jared Kushner. Do y’all realize how annoying Kushner must be if JD Vance is preferred? That dude got the cold shoulder at a bakery couple years ago.

Dude has slipped this reality coil. And press secretary Dee Lulu ain’t gonna make any corrections.

Stop calling this gas station “Exxon.” Call it “Dead Presidents.”

Netanyahu and Iran both have a grasp of reality and in the real world, this tragic war on for no purpose. Trump has slipped this reality coil and both Netanyahu and Iran ignore his blathering nonsense. wapo.st/4swAqDW

Not sure about Florida law. If an autopen or Stephen Miller signed that vote from Trump, probably a felony.

I have no idea where the Russians got the idea to stage a fake assassination to help a candidate in an election. Seems like something this would work. Hard to believe no one thought of this before! wapo.st/4m7jIc1

And still, Trump lives.

Makes total sense that the Democrats would walk out on Bondi. The Dow is well below 50,000. The Dow being over 50K is Bondi's only area of expertise, whether she is under oath or not. You're wasting your time listening to Bondi on any other subject. Life is short. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Even the "Trump Navy" from Texas which capsized on Lake Travis knew that attacking Iran would cause the Strait of Hormuz, lead to chaos, and was a bad idea. And those guys are total morons. www.npr.org/2020/09/06/9...

Iran is said to turn to terrorism often. Just before the US launched its war, the Iranians would've wanted to weaken US defenses by firing everyone in the FBI Iran Threat Mission Center. Didn't have to. Kash Patel did it for them. He abruptly fired the Iran experts. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/u...

Appalling that DHS has failed to release its Homeland Threat Assessment! They don't even have to do the work. Just re-post the DOJ list of J6 rioters pardoned by Trump. THAT is the threat to the Homeland. Some of them have already been re-jailed for child rape. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Did they have to study this to know it with certainty?

I don’t want to say “Tornadoes in Arlington!” was a total bust, but I’ve noticed more wind at a chili cookoff.

So far, the “Tornado is coming!” cries in Arlington seem like just another distraction from releasing the Epstein files. Did anyone check to see if the tornado warning was written in hand with a black Sharpie?

I’ve seen at least one little free seed library in Arlington. Great way to share and spread seeds.

In 1998, I was at a film festival closing night party when the power went out. In total darkness, I felt another hand as I reached for the last sandwich. The lights came back on and I was looking closely into the eyes of Paul Thomas Anderson. He backed off, saying "excuse me." I owe PTA a sandwich.

Remarkably, Trump has proven to be an even worse war time president than we would have expected. And we expected he would be awful at this.

Sidestepping the legal merits of taking down the DOGE deposition videos, the suit to block the videos should have been filed in juvenile court. Just because the DOGE boys committed serious crimes by stealing personal data, we should not be trying teenagers as adults. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/n...

Trump explicitly and publicly asked oil companies to give him $1 billion and he would raise their profits many times over that amount. Bombing Iran, closing the Strait of Hormuz, causing oil chaos, and boosting oil company profits are payback for their campaign cash. www.politico.com/news/2024/05...

Save yourself some time. Don't bother asking how the people using Trump didn't foresee the closing of the Strait of Hormuz. They foresaw it. That's why they bombed Iran. Oil chaos, even with Russian oil transiting the Strait, gave Trump cover to lift sanctions on Putin. That's their prime directive.

For context on Pentagon investigations: The Pentagon investigation of whether Pete Hegseth was drunk in a tub is into its fourth year with no sign of a conclusion.

Seems less likely Trump bombed Iran to distract from Epstein Files and much more it was a cover to benefit Putin. Ten years, full circle. Trump is Putin’s puppet. On Epstein Files- Trump is convinced that his base is not offended by his grotesque behavior. He’s not particularly motivated by them.

It’s #WHM so I’ll redirect it to grandmas. One did retail work, but her main gig was running church committees. A former mayor of New Haven came to her funeral. The other wrote for the local paper. My dad walked her typewritten pages into town. An apt where she lived was later owned by Jimmy Buffet.

Why does video of Trump in the Oval Office always look like a still life portrait? Are we in the Weekend at Bernies presidency?