The DOT also reportedly plans to rescind requirements that airlines disclose junk fees. It's also planning to redefine what flight cancellations would require refunds for passengers. Both Delta and United gave $1 million to the Trump inauguration fund. Everything is for sale.

God: I need you to spread the Gospel, the Good News of My Son and the promise of eternal life Me: not sure I am the ideal pick God: how about spreading the news of Larry Summers being an irredeemable vapid douche Me:

WAT.

Well this doesn’t bode well.

“While Rome Burns” — and What Nero Was Really Doing open.substack.com/pub/steadyst... Does it feel like chaos is approaching? No surprise. That's exactly what a wannabe dictator wants: chaos to exploit.

The growing consensus on Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's order tonight: a horrible situation, handled strategically (from @stevevladeck.bsky.social) www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf

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Excellent, excellent, thought piece. But I’d wager close to the hypothetical mark. Please give Tom a follow.

🎵 I threw the sandwich ... but I did not catch the felony 🎶

When the shakedowns just start happening in public. $NVO

On brand for Orange.

Dinder, Mama?

Always bending the knee. I cannot fathom how the semi-sentient orange dog vomit mold exerts so much power.

Roseate Spoonbill

Nauseating on the part of the lost WaPo.

45 minutes but well worth it.

Brilliant! 🖖🏻 youtu.be/QUatXzULWj4?...

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I know I could get into trouble for posting the Antifa battle flag, but I'm gonna do it anyway.

FUCKING mad, but yes. Goddamn. If the committee awards Trump the peace prize, what scintilla of faith in humanity I have left will be vaporized.

Miller’s propaganda has gotten so stale it should come with an expiration date. If this is Miller’s best, maybe the machine is running out of gas.

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In other news I feel bad for a soulless pharmaceutical conglomerate now so that feels weird

Delicious.

Pointing out Charlie Kirk's hate speech is not hate speech. It's objective reporting. Apologize to Matthew Dowd and rehire him. A full-throated embrace of genocide is hate speech – beyond all measure. Fire Brian Kilmeade. Immediately.

Remember when America united against political violence?

Afternoon zzzzzzz

For no particular reason, here's a comparison of the USS Enterprise as drawn by Franz Joseph (1973) and the 1966 AMT model kit (as drawn by David Shaw). Joseph's general plans in blue; AMT outlines in red.

An unsung hero of Star Trek is British-born matte painter Albert Whitlock. Star Trek, like all 60’s tv shows, was largely set-bound. Location shooting was rare and expensive. His artistic contributions, literally paintings on glass, provided scope and breadth to alien worlds and made them feel real…

This article is well worth your time.

This was not on this morning’s bingo card. Dogs left it alone and I encouraged it to move along with a gentle spray from the hose. #cottonmouth #venomous

Fascinating.

Let’s talk about weather balloons—a.k.a. radiosondes—and why recent cuts to NWS staffing and balloon launch schedules are putting the public at risk (eg., Deaths in Texas). No satellite or model can replace what these humble balloons do. Here's why. 🧵

I actually had to throw two Jokers to make this work. Wish I did as well IRL! #mahjong

Probably should quit while I’m ahead - won the first game today with five tiles left! I’m really hooked on mahjong now - both online and IRL. I love playing with friends every week. Even got my own mahjong set to host when it gets cooler or I get a card table & chairs! 🀄️

Now I want that cake with a cuppa tea, and I would totally boop those snoots. 🧡

I am … I have nothing. The guardrails are gone.

Complete abrogation of journalism ethics, @cnn.com

Good morning from Tomás!

Well done, Cabell County West Virginia.

Play-by-play thread.

The slope is glaze ice now.

Look all I want is one (1) little bookcase-accessible secret room that leads to a second bookcase-accessible secret room where I can go watch The Princess Bride and drink serotonin milkshakes with Dolly Parton and the ghost of Betty White, is that too much to ask?

Lord. Tom Nichols is exhausting.

DAMN what a photo. By Frederic Brown of AFP.

Goddamn the right-wing SCOTUS.

I am so sick of videos where the video is obviously mirrored. WHY. So distracting. Someone explain this to me.