It's not an accident that Mike Johnson seemed to go out of his way to emphasize that Rob Reiner's son killed him. That was a choice. It's something every reasonable adult knows you wouldn't bring up in a respectful statement immediately following tragedy.

This inspired me to make a phone call to Rep Brian Fitzpatrick's office asking if he going to be putting out a statement. It ended up being a five minute conversation & I felt more or less heard. As many calls as can come in today would be great.

Rob Reiner had one of the greatest movie runs in history. Look at these classics. 5 in a row. Doesn't even include This is Spinal Tap. The Sure Thing was between Spinal Tap and Stand By Me, and was a fine movie. Huge talent. And now it's appearing to be a homicide.

Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.

JUST IN: 24 red states back Trump on Alien Enemies Act detentions, argue his declaration of an enemy 'invasion' can't be questioned by courts. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Dear Bluesky hammer&sickle crowd: That new dude in your group? He’s an FBI agent.

Oh I'm 💯% expecting the 47 & RFK lackeys to pressure the American Psychiatric Association to do exactly that. Imo, this rhetoric is the preparation for that pressure campaign. Also the House & state legislatures have already had bills introduced in preparation too. davidson.house.gov/2025/5/rep-w...

NEW: The government admitted in text messages that Rep. LaMonica McIver didn't assault a federal agent in Signal chat messages that DOJ failed to hand over until this past week. That story and more on today's Breakdown. Free to subscribe: www.muellershewrote.com/p/doj-admitt...

“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.” www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/p...

Omg no www.tmz.com/2025/12/14/r...

🚨 FLOOD EMERGENCY – GO NOW 🚨 Level 3 evacuation for areas south of S 277th St (incl. Trail Run & Copper Gate). Flooding is severe, routes are being lost. Leave immediately. Do NOT go north. Trail Run: go east toward Lea Hill. If you need help, call 911. auburnwa.gov/flood #wawx #auburnwa

We’ve done from #StrangerDanger to “Get in the van or else, kid” in 1 generation. What are we doing here? #ICEMonsters #SeeYouInNuremberg #HandsOffKids #MoreOfUs #RiseUp #FightBackDamnit

Rhetorical question aside, Nate Silver is saying that the civil and human rights of the minority should be left to the whims of the majority. He just wraps it in such nonsensical verbiage because he knows saying it in plain English would clearly show he’s a supremacist.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social has more knowledge of history and reality in her pinky than Nate will ever know

Did they just try to cover up the crowd booing Trump at the Army Navy game? Did I mishear that?

The RFK, jr effect.

The idiot president says there's a suspect in custody, but there is NOT. Yet another mass shooting caused by Republicans. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

So the GOP unveiled a healthcare plan with no ACA extensions. Then GOP moderates rebelled, calling getting rid of the extensions “political shocked” and now they’re apparently going to vote on the new health plan *and* ACA extensions next week. We’ll see.

All. School. Vaccine. Requirements 😬

NEW! Our incredible legal team at @immcouncil.org just secured a victory in federal court, reinforcing a ruling blocking blocking ICE from taking unaccompanied children into ICE detention on their 18th birthday, and re-detaining previously-released teenagers. Proud to work with such awesome lawyers!

This is actually the fourth time Trump has failed to indict Letitia James: 1. Erik Seibert refused to 2. Lindsey Halligan wasn't lawfully appointed 3. DOJ tried again and failed last week 4. DOJ tried again and failed today

My first read of this case is that it's a COMPLEX decision. Bad stuff: - Order releasing 442 people is blocked. - Limits courts ability to block illegal ICE conduct. Good stuff: - Consent decree survives and individual releases can be sought - Government loses a big mandatory detention argument

UPDATE 3: Two right lanes of SR 167 northbound remain blocked after a morning collision at SR 18 (MP 15). Incident Response, State Patrol and fire crews are onsite. Traffic is backed up 4+ miles. Seek alternate routes. @tacoma.wsdot.wa.gov

Making previously eradicated diseases great again 🙄

The GOP just blocked extending the ACA subsidies - again. Making people’s healthcare skyrocket while you control the White House and both chambers of Congress seems like a great move for the midterms.

In her order to release Mr. Abrego, Judge Xinis notes that she will be using the preferred term "noncitizen" in her opinion rather than "alien," and cites an interesting source in doing so.

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

Idiots.

THANEDAR: It is a fact that you ignored federal court orders in March and in May of this year. Do you plan on ignoring federal orders? NOEM: We always comply with all federal court orders THANEDAR: I'm sick of your lies

GOLDMAN: If your department deports anyone with an ongoing asylum application, you are violating the law, correct? KRISTI NOEM: Joe Biden left us-- GOLDMAN: I'm not asking about Joe Biden NOEM: *keeps talking over him* GOLDMAN: The answer is yes

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Thinking about this today

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This is probably the clearest indication yet that the administration understands what they’re doing in the Caribbean is illegal. They’re now threatening the ICC with sanctions if they investigate Trump and his team.

The reason we don’t sell H200, and other advanced chips to China is that they have dual-use (military and civilian) capability. These will help China improve their AI, surveillance, and cyber espionage capability. The export controls existed strictly for NatSec purposes.

I would encourage anyone who is questioning the security of our elections to volunteer at their local polls! It’s a bunch of regular people like you and me, working hard to ensure that the vote is conducted according to the rules

JFC. The weakening of America continues.

It's official: Rep. Jasmine Crockett has announced she's running for U.S. Senate in Texas.

This lady was the Steve Jobs of the Online Death Threat Industry for like 10 years. Not to be a dick, but fucking spare me.

He looks terrible. You’d think after all the Biden health accusations, the GOP would want to know what was wrong with Trump. But nah, crickets.

The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.

When I was a department chair, I leared that only 22 percent of the Navy's admirals had gone to NWC. The other services - who all regarded us as the best - made their students *compete* to get in to NWC. The Navy fought us constantly, on the belief that education is a waste of time.

Tom Nichols: “This ongoing game show of ‘strike a boat every day’ […] is making us into worse people — every one of us, whether we’re in uniform or just ordinary citizens. It is spiritually and morally corrosive on every level.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social

It’s probably just a coincidence that Trump is decorating the Oval Office just like a parlor at Jeffrey Epstein’s house.

Calling for regime change in Europe and supporting far-right forces also undermines the transatlantic alliance.

No more excuses

So, the way they're going to parse this is that Hegseth didn't say "kill them all," he said "destroy the boat and everyone in it." This is like his Signalgate argument that he didn't release classified info... ...because he declassified it

The cruelty is the point

If you want to know about the charges against Congressman Cuellar, the Democrat Trump just pardoned, here's my breakdown from when the case was indicted. Trump's abuse of the pardon power is so destructive to the rule of law, in so many ways. www.sidebarsblog.com/p/unpacking-...