Market manipulation. The timing of Trump threats (usually Friday nights) then backing down (usually early Monday mornings) on war and tariffs tell you all you need to know.

Narrator: It will drive passengers crazy. And they tend to vote.

ICE has, predictably, become Trump's all purpose internal intimidation force. As I discussed last summer, when the GOP funded this massive Praetorian Thug Guard, Americans can't accept it.

BRENNAN: Doesn't this benefit Putin? MARK RUTTE: I know the president and his team -- Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, Marco Rubio -- they are constantly working to put maximum pressure on the Russians to come to a deal BRENNAN: This isn't maximum pressure

State Department issues "Worldwide Caution" memo to all Americans abroad as a result of Trump's war

i guess it at least plays to their strength. they'll put ICE in charge of asking to see people's papers.

Trump's war on Iran does not seem to be making Americans safer.

T-minus 24 hours, I guess?

Cold take: Russiagate was real and extremely bad. The president only escaped prosecution because of the American political class‘s obsession with not prosecuting people in power

White Americans being forced to stand in long lines, huh? I guess there will be some action happening with TSA now!

I taught American Government for decades. Separation of church and state is about as basic as you get. It’s not just the 1st Amendment that makes this clear. Article VI, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution prohibits any religious test as a qualification for federal office or public trust.

This is the way

More, they *prefer* those allies, because they want 99% of the same things. Again: the main policy difference between the ADL and almost any white nationalist organisation you can think of is that the ADL thinks Jewish people should be included in "white". The ADL suuuuuuck.

Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...

i have been rewatching THE WIRE for the first time in like 15 years and one thing i am struck by in the first few episodes is how theater-like the show is. each scene plays like it could be on the stage, right down to the blocking and movement. but it’s not at all distracting! it works, in fact.

"You need liberal democracy to protect what journalism is. And I think part of the problem is that the traditional media doesn't know what to do as we slip further and further away from a pure liberal democracy." @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on The Rebooting Show with Brian Morrissey:

my completely off the top of my head 2028 contender list (this is NOT AN ENDORSEMENT LIST), take with several grains of salt: 1. AOC (well known, charismatic, will be able to channel base anger easily) 2. Jon Ossoff (going to win reelection in Georgia by a landslide for electability points) cont.

of all the plausible contenders, I am the most confident that Josh Shapiro will not be the 2028 Dem nominee for president

Vacherot d. Matteo Berrettini 7-6 6-4 Valentin is on a mission again Last year in Shanghai he became the lowest ranked Masters Champ in history (#204) Now he’s at a career high of #25 ✅3rd Masters R16 ✅1st Miami R16 Got that look in his eye again 🇲🇨

Wut?

Very easy win for Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-2 vs Leylah Fernandez This is an event she plays well at every single year. Lost to Leylah in Washington last summer and gets revenge here. 📸 Taya Gray/The Desert Sun

This is probably the angriest I’ve ever been in a movie theatre.

There is such a sculptural quality to this ancient Bactrian silver tetradrachm. King Eukratides I is shown in profile, wearing a Boeotian-style helmet and holding a spear, his torso twisted so that we see his powerfully muscled back and shoulders. 🏺 1/ Bactria, ca. 170-145 BCE. #MetMuseum 📸 me

Iran threatens to retaliate against Gulf energy and water after Trump ultimatum - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

The irony is not lost on us.

Can't argue with that.

when sheriffs bring in massive surveillance equipment with zero public oversight or even approval, because private surveillance corporations say they’ll just pay for it: boltsmag.org/verona-wisco...

Every time I’m in Union Square I think about how Tammany Hall, the seat of power for New York for decades, is now a Petco

She was driving her suitcase straight toward me. My life passed before my eyes.

The Mobster President

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Rep. Ilhan Omar took an especially hands on approach to counting bodies during the walking subcaucus process at the SD61 DFL convention today. Delegates picked today will move on to the CD5 convention where Omar is seeking the party endorsement.

I would advise this crew to just steer clear of Nazi analogies altogether, but they should know how it ended. Neither Himmler nor Goering died in the bunker. They both got arrested after the war was over and died by suicide in custody.

It's all true.

The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% from 2017 to 2025. The top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined. Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Still wondering if inequality is out of control?

Danielle Collins says Corentin Moutet was upset that she said she wasn’t interested in short kings "He unfollowed me after my viral dating profile where I said I’m not interested in the short kings. He messaged me & unfollowed me. He slid back in my DMs last night” 😭😭😭😭 (via Tennis Channel)

Yep, just an objectively terrible human being

BESSENT, one month ago today: “.. 2025 was about setting the table. 2026 is going to be a banquet for the American people. The economy is taking off.” @cnbc.com

I bet if you said, "Elon. In three seconds tell me Saxon's birthday and his mom's name" he couldn't do it.

These people are just ridiculous. They live in an alternate reality that they create for themselves. bsky.app/profile/atru...

This man knows nothing about military and foreign policy. But he seems to be the Trump admin’s chief spokesman on the Iran War. bsky.app/profile/atru...

This makes it sound like the cast of Mormon Wives harbor grave doubts about Bahrain’s offensive capabilities

Chris Murphy: "It's just disgusting, it's so heartbreaking that we have a president who is cheerleading the death of American citizens. Mueller is amongst many who have been trying to hold this president to account. He's the most corrupt president in the history of the country."

He’s “fixed” it alright, just not for the majority of us.

The historical parallel is Benedict Arnold’s popularity before and after he was outed as a foreign spy.

Trump rejected the deal because we’d rather shoot down a $20,000 drone with multiple interceptors that cost $2 million each.

Limousine Lawler living large. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

This will be a perilous week for young male staffers at CPAC.