Except, of course, it’s *not* all he can say. Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.

AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.

Today, we remember and honor our trans siblings lost to violence. We lift up their legacies by continuing the work to stem the tides of hatred, and create a world in which all trans people can survive and thrive.

the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know

All but the most rabid MAGA players understand that there is no real evidence that Comey lied to Congress. Now the case may be tossed on procedural grounds, which would be just. I'd rather see the charges dismissed over their lack of merit, or vindictive prosecution, or the DOJ lose in open court.

The only thing the Trump administration has more practice at than lying is incompetence.

Jaw. Dropped. Literally.

Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks: “Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”

What an awful thought. Because it's almost certainly true.

Read the column. Highly recommended!

Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.

Pam Bondi on Feb. 21: Epstein client list is “sitting on my desk right now.” Bondi’s DOJ on July 7: There’s no client list. As for other Epstein files, “no further disclosure would be appropriate.” Trump on Nov. 14: Investigate Bill Clinton over Epstein. Bondi, also Nov. 14: Coming right up, boss!

Flynn pled guilty!!!

Justice!

No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"

Since January, Trump's Treasury has quietly gutted enforcement of the corporate alternative minimum tax — a huge boon for big business and wealthy investors. Meanwhile, he's led an all-out assault on Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs that help the poor. Reverse Robin Hood.

JD's family has spent $35M on vacations. Kash Patel used a $60M FBI jet to go on a date. Trump spent $98M to golf for 24% of the days of this term. All our tax dollars. But you think single moms getting $6 a day for SNAP is the problem?

This is awesome! Fuck Fox News and their NYC doomerism.

"Republicans are keeping the government closed, starving kids, and making you miss your Thanksgiving flights because they want your healthcare costs to go through the roof" is actually a pretty effective message for Democrats

The same guy who "doesn’t want to hear about affordability" posted about his new marble bathroom 7 times last week.

Yikes! McCarthyism redux.

Well, shit. I just tested positive for COVID for the third time in five years. By now, it just hits like a bad cold. But each time my sense of smell has gone completely AWOL. Just when it was finally starting to return some two years after the previous bout. Sigh.

You have got to be fucking kidding me.

Ho. Lee. Cow.

If the game hits 2am Eastern the score is reset to an hour before and everyone has to repeat exactly what they did to preserve the space time continuum, thems the rules

How does Stephen Miller sleep at night? Not just the morality, but that coffin has to be uncomfortable.

Tr*mp's suggestion (order?) to eliminate the filibuster is obviously a huge worry. But there's a silver lining if they follow through & pass a CR with only GOP votes: they will reap the whirlwind when ACA premiums skyrocket. Many small business owners and working class families depend on the ACA!

Do they typically award Nobel Peace prizes to someone who murders people every day by blowing up their boats while claiming they deserved it for transporting drugs, but doesn’t give them due process, a fair trial, or present any evidence or proof of guilt to anyone?

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

We’re giving $40 billion to Argentina. This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.

Gavin Newsom just said the quiet part out loud: “All this anti-woke stuff is just anti-Black. Period. Full stop.” And he’s right. “Anti-woke” was never about ideas, it was a marketing campaign to sanitize racism, roll back progress, and make bigotry sound intellectual.

Wow. I remember a time when conservatives were bitterly opposed to a federal government which picked winners and losers in the free markets. Guess it all hits different when people from your team are doing the picking. https://loom.ly/gpD007c

Ouch! Satire so good that it hurts.

I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.

Outstanding! Let's hope this decision sticks.

How does tearing down the White House to build a ballroom help the American people? Explain it to me like I’m 5.

Mike Johnson sputtering that it's no big deal that he hasn't sworn in Grivalja yet, it's such a small stupid thing, why are you people still asking about it, I can do it anytime, but no, I'm not going to do it now, or later, or anytime soon, there's no big deal here, shut up, stop asking about it

Amen.

Compare and contrast the 7th Circuit's approach to whether there is a "rebellion" in Chicago bsky.app/profile/rick...

Fuck, yes!

First ballot hall of famer:

Take our country back? They have the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, Fox News, their billionaire allies own much of the social media now, it’s never enough for these people. They are eternal victims, even as they press their boot down on our necks.

WHAT THE HELL Just one day after a federal court judge ordered ICE to stop using force against Chicago journalists, here is ICE using force against a Chicago journalist.

Unfuckingbelievable. Not putting his thumb on the scale so much as jumping up and down on it.

If Chicago wanted to make those Texas soldiers feel at home, they'd wait for a blizzard, then turn off all the power and go to Cancun for the weekend.

Pam Bondi says at a Senate hearing that she has ended the weaponization of the Department of Justice and that any Senator who says otherwise can expect to be federally indicted.

What's to weigh? It's a no. It doesn't even matter what the proposal says. It's entirely unacceptable for the president to be cutting side-deals with universities. Say no reflexively, and if he pulls your funds, sue him. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...