in general this admin seems to not understand why executing hostages *lowers* your leverage instead of raising it

Johnson in particular seems frustrated with the realization that being Speaker of the House hasn't brought him respect and an automatic win condition. This is a guy in denial about the trajectory his legacy is taking.

OH they're *all* frying their brains on AI-generated videos

it’s so cool that this is a government by and for the sweatiest and most unpleasant conspiracy theorists in the country

I don't think Secretary Kennedy knows what a placenta is.

What?

Looking at this another way: cars without license plates should be really easy to spot and pull over

Checked the very first quote source. Turns out this lady's life is awful because ICE keeps shooting tear gas.

Decimating the alert system for critical infrastructure so as to provide for more raids of Home Depot parking lots

Johnson and Thune disagreeing about this at a public press conference was like BEGGING to get jammed up on it.

Beyond pathetic

The administration is aware of black bloc tactics, was vaguely aware of clown bloc tactics, but was completely unprepared for the advent of Animal Crossing bloc tactics.

They keep making it obvious for us exactly who they are

My favorite part about this attempted spooky conference is Trump is so clearly confused and out of the loop on everything. He keeps telling people to bring things to Pam or Kash lmao

Its a shame that Jake Tappers interest in an incumbent president mental acuity stopped on January 20th

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE PEOPLE I PARDONED, ACCUSE THEM OF BEING ANTIFA, AND PUTTHEM BACK IN JAIL

like, the lies about chicago and portland are getting more egregious and cartoonish, the white house can’t even stay on their own message about shutdown, thune and johnson are publicly disagreeing about shit, bondi’s mean girl act in front of the senate, it all feels a little wobbly

this is not to say that they’re going away any time soon or that things won’t get worse before they get better, but last week felt like the administration started coming unglued and this week feels like the unraveling is speeding up

Past time for news media to treat Trumps dangerous--and worsening--disconnection from reality like the serious story it is. The longer they gone on without doing that, the harder it is to assume that the reason theyre not is bc they approve of all of this deranged lawlessness

nobody fucking believes this shit. people might believe that portland is run down, or crime ridden, but no one fucking believes this grandiose horseshit and anyone that says they do is lying.

You cannot force a cultural zeitgeist shift and Republicans are getting increasingly angry at that fact

Lol, it really is all just cosplay

This made me laugh so hard. Second screenshot is of the video posted by Benny Johnson of the event.

if we make it through the night without wreckers fucking it up, this whole thing is going to have been an incredibly embarrassing episode for DHS

They said on-line isn’t real life, and Bluesky is a niche social media site. But here is @akalhan.bsky.social getting “Kavanaugh Stops” into the Boston Globe! With a pic of Kav looking a little petulant too (but then when doesn’t he?). Glad to see this is sticking to him.

“Even President Trump has conceded that he and his party could face political pain from rising premiums” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

After so many takes from people wanting donor money for their think tank and here we are.

Trump: we don’t need to pay furloughed federal workers Federal workers: we don’t have to work for no pay

This photo.

one of these journalists is 25 and had worked in public-radio newsrooms in alaska since she was 18. just a really brave thing to do at that point in her career, especially in that media landscape and broader economy

lol it’s this guy

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats: “Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

At this point you just have to assume that WH press corps reporters keep prodding him on this because they want to see him do it

The Wall Street Journal reports Trump reassigned federal law enforcement dedicated to stop child sex trafficking to spreading mulch in DC. I wonder why?

I encourage you to push this talking point, buddy

Going great!

his brain’s just fucking melted, man, pooling around in his skull and trickling out his ears

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

lol incredible

He is really such a pathetic, needy little man

AI exacerbates the biggest problems plaguing society: climate, energy needs, jobs, trust in journalism/institutions while preying on our laziness and lack of critical thinking and undermining small comforts like art and therapy. Now we're threatened with mutually assured economic destruction.

the hardest part of living in Portland is having your house burn down every single night and then having to rebuild it during the day. the amount of money i spend just in drywall is insane.

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When a judge says "Anything else you want to argue?" It basically means you're up shit creek.

So Democrats plan is working then? Imagine that.

Hey, you guys? Is it a good sign or a bad sign if a federal judge has to remind you (multiple times) that you’re a lawyer and an officer of the court?

This is the visual that the White House wants you to believe is a “war zone”