2026 midterm signal? Rep. Derrick Van Orden was one of the 17 Republicans who just voted for the Jeffries ACA funding bill. In recent months he has passionately trashed the law as the “Unaffordable Care Act” and these funds as “Covid subsidies” passed by partisan Democrats.

Hard to miss the irony: the same accounts now laundering state violence as “legitimate authority” lost their minds when that authority merely asked them to tolerate temporary limits on their own comfort and movement to avoid spreading a deadly virus.

NEW: Four days before oral arguments, Justice Sam "stock trader" Alito decides he "will not continue to participate" in a case involving oil companies. This means that he did participate in certiorari stage proceedings, despite owning relevant stocks.

The seven circuits to resolve the issue - the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th, & 11th - all agree that the First Amendment protects the right to record police in public. The 8th, which covers Minnesota, hasn't joined yet but very likely would. My piece at @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social last fall.

It’s very funny that they did not amend the title.

And again:

4 pieces of good news today: 1) Hochul and Mamdani are working on free pre-K 2) Tish James got a SECOND Trump makebelieve US Attorney DQed 3) 9 Republicans backed Jeffries' ACA subsidies discharge petition 4) 5 Republicans voted for cloture Kaines' WPR prohibiting more invasion in VZ

Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel! bsky.app/profile/ring...

Of course Trump would not come to the rescue of protesters in Iran. But maybe: a) he wants them to think he would, b) so they'll protest even more, c) then, esp if Iranian leaders see Trump as having fomented it, they WILL start killing protesters, and d) THAT'd further destabilize Iran…

The business world largely sat out the legal fight over Trump's tariffs last year. But 1000+ companies (and counting) now have flooded the docket with lawsuits, hoping to best position themselves for refunds if the administration loses before the US Supreme Court bit.ly/4qcV3ny

Now I'm pondering the odds some Trumpster will create an AI video purporting to show the ICE guy being run over.

*For those not familiar with the Stanford Prison Experiment (not to be confused with the similar, but different, Milgram experiment), here is an article about it www.simplypsychology.org/zimbardo.html

Impeach Kristi Noem.

Here's a breakdown of one of the videos posted of the fatal shooting in Minneapolis today by (afaik) an ICE officer. NB: The intervals vary between the numbered images, except the last 4 are 4 consecutive frames – 3 frames leading up to the first shot, then the gunsmoke from the first shot. 1/

YESTERDAY: Venezuela will provide 30-50M barrels of "High Quality [oil] to the United States", it will be sold, and the proceeds will be controlled by Trump "as President". TODAY: Trump will control it, but we won't own it. 😉 😉 The Trump Kennedy Center meets Trump Schrödinger's Venezuela's Oil.

Karoline Leavitt does callback to Trump's infamous "Access Hollywood" tape to describe his determination to get with Greenland.* 1/

Of course this wouldn’t be necessary if members could just offer amendments.

Sure, it could lead to a naval battle off the UK coast, and could even escalate into World War III, but I find it amusing that Russia's lack of cooperation with Trump's coup in Venezuela has finally convinced Trump Russia might not have his best interests at heart. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated

Ya think the 14% who say they oppose the trial, maybe at least a chunk of them don't oppose Maduro being punished, they just don't want the trial?

Not sure how to summarize this one. Wrote about the podcaster-occupied government invading for content, how the algorithmic internet is governed by the logic of reaction videos, and how it has contributed to a very nihilistic illiterate politics and culture of performance for imagined audiences

I love these illustrations. www.congress.gov/crs-product/...

H. Res. 780 provides for the adoption of this amendment to the bill:

How long does it take to elect a replacement to a vacant US House seat? It depends. > Marjorie Greene's (R-GA) replacement could be elected just 5 weeks from now (though if a runoff is needed, which seems likely (🤷🏻‍♂️), it could take 9). > Otoh, in Texas it's taking 47 weeks and 3 days. #HRules

Why did Trump pick Jeff Landry for his second Greenland flunky, anyway? Bc LA was acquired by purchase?

NPR: Rubio says there's 'not a war against Venezuela' despite U.S. capture of Maduro

Norse presence in Greenland: < 1000 AD American presence in Hawaii: 800 yrs later From Copenhagen to Nuuk: 2,200 miles From SF to Maui: 139 miles farther Greenland gets vote in Danish Parliament: 1953 HI gets vote in Congress: 6 yrs later By what right does the US assert control over Hawaii?

What I'd like to see (as a fly on the wall) – A group of Republicans in Congress war-gaming this: 1) Russia attacks Poland. 2) Trump orders US forces to stand down. 3) Hegseth refuses to allow shipment of munitions to NATO countries.

"ICE?" "At the end of the hall."

It's a shame Trump knows nothing about oil grades.

No, tell them to haul in Elon to grill him on his AI system creating CSAM (which in turn will remind people of Trump still hiding the Epstein files). We know following his lead let's him change the subject at will.

Yeah he means "in charge" in the way he means he's in charge of the US: not in charge but entitled to take whatever the fuck he wants for himself

The elopement of Jewish groom and Catholic bride takes place in defiance of her wealthy father, who says it “was done without my knowledge or approval.” The Berlins’ marriage will endure 62 years, until Ellin’s death in 1988 (Irving dies a year later, at age 101). 2/2

Trump says we need Greenland "for national security", but how is that, exactly? With trade, Trump says it's "maintaining our manufacturing base" natsec. W/ Venezuela, he says it's "stopping drugs" natsec. Greenland? He'd said one part was "rare earth minerals" natsec, but now he SAYS it's not. 1/

APNewsAlert: HAVANA (AP) — Cuba says 32 Cuban security officers were killed in U.S. attack on #Venezuela.

If only a deep pocket would run a "tourism" campaign: > Greenland. It's another wonderful part of Denmark. > Denmark. Home of the Little Mermaid. Hamlet's castle. And Greenland."

You be the judge: > The Old Executive Office Building with Trump's changes, or > My building of Trump as "the late, great Hannibal Lecter"?

These prediction markets are just petri dishes for crypto-style corruption, but it would make too much sense to learn some dude said, "I bet this Trump bastard does something evil af on the deadline written into the Epstein Files Transparency Act

In the coming week (and weeks), Dems should be doing major messaging on Elon's AI system creating CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) and Elon making jokes about it, and be beating on Comer, Jordan, and Grassley to hold hearings on it – including Elon under oath. (press will connect it to Epstein)

A comment on the inclusion of machine gun charges in the Maduro indictment. I laughed and I do think it ridiculous that DOJ included it even while DOJ is suing DC to force it to accept semi-automatic weapons. It's a traditional charge designed to up sentences.

From the perspective of reporting the news, it doesn’t strike me that there is a functional difference between a president who answers the phone at 4:30am in the morning but doesn’t answer a reporter’s questions, versus a president who doesn’t agreed to be interviewed.

Trump will issue an order that, this day ending in "y", Art II says he can invade Canada. Look at how he's used the trade laws and the Alien Enemies Act. Look at how he claimed he had the authority to deploy National Guard troops to cities. He does what he wants until someone stops him.

It took a war game to figure that out

Colombian President Petro commenting on the US; “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."

Tell me you haven't heard of India, yada yada-yada India.

And now it's time for another episode of ~ Today in Accidental Comedy ~ with our special guest StellaP...

I keep seeing these and laughing. I won a cyber defense competition at the Air Force Academy/Colorado State 2009-2011 timeframe and have pictures that are more badass than this beta shit.

I'm no expert, but I thought the theory was that children are more sensitive to bitter flavors to protect them from poisoning? Eg: "children dislike and reject bitter taste, which protects them from ingesting poisons" pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26002822/

UPDATE: Trump declares Greenlanders narco-terrorists, telling the people of Nuuk, 'You better watch your backs, too.'"

Thinking of this exchange from the tariff case argument. www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...