Me, reading the article: I sincerely doubt Trump is familiar with the geopolitics of Somaliland. The article:

It’s going to be some bullshit respectability from the center and some bullshit bleating about identity politics from the left and some bullshit religious forgiveness from the right. I’m just going to expire from unrequited rage.

DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.

we are living thorough 10 years of moral collapse. it’s happening everywhere but is concentrated in the US. we have given up on even trying to argue that there must be more to life, both individually and collectively, than bare materialism and power. we must rededicate ourselves to meaningful life.

My good friend Howie Klein passed away today and I am bereft. He was a fierce progressive, music impressario, creative organizer, passionate world traveller and the mensch of all mensches. Howie always fought the good fight and inspired many to do the same. I will miss him terribly.

Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand. He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops

The people who profited most from the cancel culture/free speech panic were less interested in actual freedom of speech than establishing their own control over public discourse. You don't even have to take my word for it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Bari Weiss: I hardly think that this moves the ball forward Also Bari Weiss: here are some dreary debates with some of America’s most over-exposed public intellectuals nobody is going to watch

i’ll just say that this isn’t the behavior of people who think their allies are on the verge of establishing a thousand year reich, much less holding control of the national legislature next year

What's going to happen here? His understanding of how insurance works and what would happen if the government starts sending cash to people to buy it is so ignorant that he might as well be speaking in Martian. So, will they just lick his boots and pretend to give him what he wants?

None of the flunkies in Trump's Cabinet will dare tell him he's doing math wrong. This is what Mussolini would've acted like if he'd gotten a lobotomy.

wtf???

I can't imagine how Stephen Miller excusing what they did would have helped the administration. Weiss is an idiot.

Yes exactly. That’s the thing that’s always differentiated us, we’re the only “Christian nation.” Yup.

Has anyone even discussed this in the mainstream media? It just seems soooo damning and it's been pretty much ignored as far as I can tell. Did I miss it? www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...

The fact that Trump has been railing against them for years because he doesn't like the way they look and he thinks they kill birds and whales had nothing to do with it. Nothing at all.

They lost Hans van spakovsky? Oh boy

Will MAGA consumers replace the people lost when the media outlet shifts right? If only there were examples from which to learn.

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

Worth watching 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' in any of its versions, as a reminder of what CBS has been. Or 'The Insider,' about 60 Minutes in particular. This is really, really bad.

People who think Bari Weiss can be embarrassed enough by this to quit don't realize that she would never have gotten this far if she were capable of embarrassment.

You plebes just don’t understand; it’s incredibly important for the health of the institution to cater to the whims of a President with a 37% approval rating.

Isn't this really the end of 60 Minutes? I'd guess the staff will resign or be fired and Weiss will fill the jobs with crazy right wing influencers, "contrarians" and Fox alums. CBS News is dead.

4/ has some background like that. In any case, just the obvious point. It wasn’t pro Trump enough so she held it back for “more reporting”.

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

TPUSA just endorsed this guy for president in 2028.

Yep. I’m sure that was the right news call and not at all something embarrassing and weird

I’m starting …

Awww. They put grandpa on the phone to talk to the kids (who really don't care what he has to say and want to get back to their own party.)

So, the answer is yes, he did move her to a Club Fed.

Past tense. He's already running.

JD Vance gave an RNC presidential acceptance speech at the TPUSA gathering. Has anyone told Trump that he's completely irrelevant to these people now?

the vice president is a klansman

They also were allowed to massively charge out of pocket. There's a reason why many insured people were going backrupt. Oh, and BTW, they didn't have to cover much of anything either. The ACA is actually the PPACA -- the PP stands for Patient Protection which is next on the chopping block.

Erika Kirk is a very odd duck. I thought that selfie video of her crying over the coffin was macabre enough. This takes it to another level. Creepy.

They’re actually redacting Trump’s name AFTER the release.

I can't get over how extremely weird this is!

Pope Leo: “Creation is crying. But many powerful people do not hear this cry: the wealth of the earth is in the hands of a few, very few, increasingly concentrated – unjustly – in the hands of those who often do not want to hear the groaning of the earth and the poor.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Frank Luntz is way more hackish than usual these days. On CNN he said Trump's policies are actually very popular it's just that people haven't seen the results.But when they do ... Also it's great for him to be out on the trail because he always brings out the voters. All bullshit.

Me too. And once you get that virus in you it stays and you're subject to herpes and shingles. Well, there is a shingles vaccine but I'm sure they're going to get rid of that too.

The White House has been caught. The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims. In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

It is legitimately hilarious that they couldn't figure out what to do with the "The" before JFK's name so it looks even more tacked on.

Thinking of finally signing up for TikTok now because I feel much better about Americans stealing my data.

responding to “what do you think of Adolph Hitler?” with “I’m in favor of a strong executive” is advanced conservatism. these kids have perfected the craft.

LOL -- Trump announces that his new healthcare plan, which he says was inspired by watching the pharma CEOs kiss his ass, is simply asking the healthcare companies to lower their prices

He's been calling it the Trump-Kennedy center for weeks.

This is Nigel Tufnel math.

Old Man Shouts at People from White House for 20 Minutes, and Other End of Year Observations: Today's #BradCast Guests: Heather @digby56.bsky.social Parton of Salon, @driftglass.bsky.social of 'Pro Left Podcast'... FULL STORY, LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=15592

3/ News account tomorrow need to make clear that this is a public display of mental breakdown.

Hannity leads by talking about how Trump was energetic and Biden wouldn't have been, if you're curious how his pals are playing it.