Leaving aside his growing dementia, Emperor-class raging narcissism and sociopathic nonexistent empathy, I wonder what questions responsible journalists would ask Trump, particularly if confrontation wasn't considered hurtful to his fee-fees. With follow-up. What would they ask?

Sending three ghosts tonight to fuck up Stephen Miller.

Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.

Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year

NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader. So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.

Hot take: having an incoherent septuagenarian scream-lecture America like a man arguing with a self-checkout machine that keeps yelling “unexpected item in the bagging area” might not actually be the emotional support animal we need right now.

Once again, one very easy way for the Paper Of Record™️ to escape the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years would be for it to stop acting in ways that <completely justify> all of the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years

A general observation: Anything the Trump regime does, you have to ask first, who paid them and how much?

The Trump gold card open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign

Maybe if he eased up on rage posting in the middle of the night he might stay awake during cabinet meetings.

he’s fascinating to me to observe simply as an example of the varieties of human experience. Totally incapable of empathy or even the appropriateness that can serve as a guide to conceal the inability to feel empathy.

“To be clear: I am not saying Donald Trump had Jeffrey Epstein killed. I am saying that if the situation were reversed, there is no doubt that Donald Trump would definitely be claiming Joe Biden had Jeffrey Epstein killed” - me for Zeteo

I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. There’s no vote required if he wants to release them! The only reason the house was voting was because he refused. This is an obviously cynical ploy and major news outlets are running whole pieces without pointing this out. He could release them tonight.

I want to go shopping at these grocery stores with such low prices. Please, Fox News, tell me where I can find these beacons of food greatness made possible by the wonderful wizard Trump? Is there a locator app I can download?

Weird how many racists like to self-identify themselves as racists.

Just idly thinking of the amazing silence when every news article and every argument doesn’t have the word “Tr**p” in it. To hear the birds chirp and watch the leaves falling from the trees.

Angus: You know, every article I’ve read about the tourism numbers talks about “Canada’s uncertainty with the tariff wars.” No. Canadians hate Donald Trump. They see not going to the US as an act of patriotism.

The grifters in charge don't know what they can't see. The Grift Bubble open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Its always useful to remind ourselves that the Constitution and laws passed by Congress are the rules by which we allow the Executive branch/Trump regime to manage the country. When the Trump regime does what it wants instead of what we allow it to do and we don’t stop it then there are no rules.

What are the latest odds on Trump stroking out in an apoplectic rage before he can pardon all the minions depending on his get-out-of-jail-free cards? What will that level of panic and keening wailing look like? Will popcorn and drinks be available?

My right side is absolutely killing me You need an appendectomy How much is that Umm … $47,285 How much without the anesthesia Ok we can do that for $36,210 I don’t think so What’s it going to take to get you into this OR today I’m going to shop around Hold on, my manager is coming over

This Epstein thing has his malignant narcissism dialed up to 10.

The people doing dark deeds depending on Trump’s pardon ability are also implicitly depending on Vance’s pardoning them when Trump is gone and also depending on Democrats *never* having any power, anywhere, to come after them. Not a statistician but that’s gotta be very VERY low probability.

You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?

I am deliriously laughing at the image of Boebert facing dawning revelation that she's actually found the pedophile elite conspiracy ring and that she's standing right in the middle of it

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

If outside moderate factionalists really want to disclaim this outcome, they should seize the whip hand in demanding accountability. Immediate new leadership elections, mid-session resignation for all Dem capitulators who would be replaced by Dem governors. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...

85-year-old democrats negotiating with the jaws of defeat: hey bud you hungry?

Harm to SNAP recipients, federal workers, and others is real. In a normal democracy it’d make sense to prioritize reducing that harm in the short term. In a rapidly backsliding democracy, harm is happening no matter what. Preventing authoritarian consolidation is the most harm-reducing move.

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

I’m no statistician, but if you buy your first house in your 30s on a 50-year mortgage, and life expectancy is low 80s, isn’t this just called — rent?

Under similar extrapolation it seems like they could make more money just making the cars and robots and giving them away to every adult in the US, especially if they grow the supercharger network to match.

If the Tesla board thinks Elon is worth $1T of Tesla's future money, couldn't they have found 10 people worth $100B each for some sort of cabal? Or one thousand people worth $1B each? Or a million people they could pay $1M each to?

November 7, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

I’ve never been so happy just “hearting” so many posts. All the posts. Viva la Democracy!

How are we 10 years into this, and people as smart as Mehdi don't get that Trump doesn't lie to be believed? He lies to be repeated. Trump gets how brains work better than his opponents, and he gets how this association slurs all immigrants. And then he gets immigrants he despises to spread it!

i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney

Without anyone saying a word, everyone involved in this episode knew the risks and the safest path forward. They know, instinctively, how to survive in a declining media organization for one more day — please Trump, Weiss, and Ellison, and everyone’s happy. Piss them off and watch out.

As true and succinct as It can be said. The Big Smirk open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

sounds great

No, CBS will not settle any lawsuits against them that people may bring for editing out over half of Trump’s interview since none of you are in a position of power to approve their merger with any other media companies.

Just finished reading this -- I recommend it to everyone. The Next Terrorist Attack open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

TPUSA is now using Charlie Kirk’s image to support GOP candidate Jack Ciattarelli from beyond the grave. Ciattarelli has run for governor three times, and Kirk has never publicly endorsed him.

Of course the Roberts court will find its only OK if you’re a Republican but it would still be an epic mindf*ck and we really need to cause the Orange Menace to have a stroke.

Websites that should be considered international assets, legally and economically protected from sabotage: 1. Wikipedia 2. Internet Archive 3. YouTube University Thoughts and additions?

ladies and gentlemen...we got him

We're now on ten years of Trump / GOP having no healthcare plan whatsoever. Not even a suggestion of what direction they want to go with it except repealing some overwhelmingly popular elements of Obamacare. Worth remembering when pundits talk about the importance of nuanced policy messaging.