“He said he was ready impose more tariffs on Russia and it’s [sic] oil customers if Moscow does not agree to a cease-fire, but he would do so only if Europe also ends all purchases of Russian oil and gas.” Come on, New York Times, let’s see a little copy-editing here!

TXST prez: “I will not tolerate behavior that mocks, trivializes, or promotes violence on our campuses.” Only the third merits disciplinary action, as the first two are protected by 1A. In the video I saw the student mocking and trivializing violence, but not promoting it. Expelling him is wrong.

Jamelle Bouie argues that grief over a terrible act of violence should not distort our memory of who Charlie Kirk actually was: “a champion for an authoritarian politics that backed the repression of opponents and made light of violence against them.” [gift article]

This is an insightful explanation of Trump’s contradictory economic impulses. Interpretations that presume a strictly policy-oriented agenda cannot explain why he so often expresses inconsistent objectives. Instead, his program satisfies an emotional agenda based on punishment and ego-gratification.

Trump declares that the culture that produced the assassination if Charlie Kirk is the fault of the “radical left.” Laura Loomer said he should shut down and prosecute Leftist organizations. I fear that the Kirk murder could become the American Reichstag fire.

New data shows that for every millionaire who got a Trump tax cut, four Americans will lose their health insurance.

You can understand the problem in America right now with just two numbers. Yesterday we learned Trump has made $5 billion for himself while kicking 17 million Americans off health care.

He worked with us in the war and now we arrest him without cause and threaten to deport him for no reason. I mean…just…what the fuck?!

Good explainer on the special session and potential quorum break. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

We’re letting the terrorists win.

So Trumpism is just a dumber, more authoritarian Reaganism, gotcha.

This is an interesting development.

I am devastated. We will miss Myles in so many ways.

“Individually, the calls and emails were blandly substance-free. But together they spoke clearly: You are powerless.”

Forcing one specific religious text into classrooms is not education, it’s indoctrination. It violates the US Constitution which forbids the government from using tax dollars to promote a religion. Public schools are for all children, regardless of faith or background. #txeducation #10commandments

Did not expect this and am overjoyed at the result!

“The chain had long been a purely Texas phenomenon, and the cultish devotion it inspired could be explained, at least partially, by the Texan tendency to boisterously and unequivocally embrace things that are distinctly Texan.” Reporter Rick Rojas knows what he’s talking about!

“They’re going to wear you down with their pace and their depth and their grit. They’re going to share the ball and stretch your defense. They’re going to cripple your spirit, no matter the odds. This is who the Pacers are.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/642...

I’m absolutely flummoxed at the fact that the whole country hasn’t embraced the Indiana Pacers as the embodiment of a feel-good underdog story. Instead people seem all pissed off that they’re not losing to “better” teams while exhibiting a certain smugness in predicting their imminent demise.

The Western Hemisphere is ”a bunch of cold burritos being DoorDashed to deadbeats.” —from the HBO movie “Mountainhead”

Pentagon: “Secretary Hegseth is committed to ensuring that the names attached to all DOD installations and assets are reflective of the commander in chief’s priorities, our nation’s history, and the warrior ethos.” Heroes like Milk, Tubman and Thurgood Marshall out; Confederates in. Terrible call.

So true! It makes me crazy that people work so hard to explain why the team that keeps winning is not as good as the teams they are beating!

Gotta love a throwback to classic “Hicks versus Knicks.”

The legislative session is catching up with me.

“Sinners”…holy fuck! Great movie.

If I haven’t said it yet today, “Let’s Go Pacers!” @alexgoldennba.bsky.social

In previous years I’ve gotten my tax refund within maybe a week after filing online. This year it’s been three-and-a-half weeks and counting. Thanks, Trump.

I subscribe to “The Atlantic” but I read it online, so I often miss out on the remnants of dead-tree journalism such as the cover of a magazine I read. This is from last year, but I didn’t see it until today. It is an amazing cover!

I don’t know what this means but it is very interesting. Bryant was kind of hostile at the back mic and Johnson was not. Johnson said she’d been working with the author and Bryant only said they had talked today on the floor. Otherwise, what are the differences? I don’t know!

I’ve got some bimonthly subscriptions on Amazon for stuff like razor blades. All of the individual goods in my next shipment just went up by around 5% each. I’ve got to assume that’s the tariffs.

The Cavs were 8-point favorites tonight and many among the NBA thought leaders said Indiana would be lucky to win a game. So far they’re looking pretty good. Let’s Go Pacers!

My colleague @shelleyluthercts just had the gall to say on the Texas House floor that ‘ J6’ers were thrown in jail for doing nothing”. She compared one of the darkest days in our nation’s history to “political satire”. What a shameful moment for the Texas House. #txlege

Ugh. I thought Jesus didn’t like conspicuous displays of religious devotion.

NEWS: According to a whistleblower, Musk's DOGE stole "sensitive information on unions, ongoing legal cases and corporate secrets" then tried "to cover their tracks." The right wing is not about efficiency. They just steal from all of us to benefit themselves.

Cuomo becoming the lead candidate for NYC mayor really says a lot about the power of name-recognition.

This is really fucked up.

She did it just the way that MLK laid it out in “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”: “openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty.” I’m really impressed and hope that her action raises awareness of the growing injustice against trans people.

All through the third season of “The White Lotus” I kept thinking that not much was happening. As it got closer to the end, I imagined that the resolution would retroactively make what I had seen more interesting. Now that it’s over I have to say that the whole thing was just kind of a dud.

“God is the most uninteresting answer to the most interesting questions.” —Hernan Diaz I just finished reading “Trust,” the book from which the quote comes. I liked the novel well enough. That quote, though, really hits the nail on the head.

The last 14 games for Tyrese Haliburton have been sensational. 166 assists 405 points generated 12.1 assists per game 1.1 turnovers per game

Well that’s bullshit.

Who needs March Madness when you have the Pacers, amirite? www.patreon.com/posts/explai...

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

This seems like the sort of thing that will look really bad for Paul, Weiss in the light of history. Trump’s power just keeps growing and growing.

Forcing a child to look at the doctrines of a religion in which that child may not believe is textbook indoctrination. This is a terrible development.

Kirkus starred review is a first. Also a first, being described as nimble! lol

For months experts have been saying that the definitive test of a Constitutional crisis would be the Trump administration’s defiance of a court order. Now we are here. Can anyone do anything? I feel helpless watching my country—my home—descend into lawlessness and authoritarianism.

“These appear to be less errors of oversight than signs of indifference to the fundamental workings of government, say people knowledgeable about federal contracts, grant programs, the government work force, data systems and federal spending.”

Pay attention to this: Musk is trying to make our air traffic control system "dependent” on him by integrating his equipment, which has not gone through security and risk-management review. It's corruption. And it's dangerous. Fire Elon Musk. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...