In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

every time you think the new WaPo editorial board can't embarrass itself any more, they manage to find a way. Left: 'Texas gerrymandering is no big deal!', from August. Right: 'Maryland gerrymandering is an affront to Western civilization!', from today.

The president who regularly mocks “Sleepy Joe Biden” appeared to fight sleep himself in the Oval Office for nearly 20 minutes this week. We watched the tape. With @riegerreport.bsky.social.

Not ICE. Border Patrol. They’re wearing Border Patrol uniforms with clear Border Patrol patches on them. There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.

again I ask, what is the upside of this technology

Trump —and his people—are really terrible at math.

Another misleading hedline. Tariff revenue is not in the trillions. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

Ellis notes people being tear gassed, staring down the barrel of a gun and being "slammed to the ground with their head bashed into the street." "All of that would cause a reasonable person to think twice about exercising their fundamental constitutional rights."

A quick backgrounder on Nigeria for those who are just tuning in. 1. There's no Christian genocide, and certainly not on the part of the govt. 2. There has been a decade-long Islamist insurgency, mainly in the north but spreading in recent years, that has targeted many, including Christians. 1/x

Is this true? “…Democrats, who initiated the government shutdown to try to force Republicans to extend health care subsidies.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

Surprised he heard about it.

“Jobs are booming” is Treasury Secretary-speak for “most-announced-job-cuts-for-a-full-year-since-2020.” “Inflation is falling” is Treasury Secretary-speak for “inflation-is-at-an-eight-month-high.”

Indeed. They were part of a lonely band of journalist in Washington who were questioning the lies and misrepresentations that Bush and Cheney were tossing about to grease the way to war. Few mainstream outlets applied the skepticism that was warranted and we rushed into a disaster.

The irony is that a century ago, the exact same kind of religious bigotry that Cuomo’s embraced down the stretch — we can’t elect someone from that faith or they’ll impose it on all of us! — was aimed squarely at Catholics like Cuomo.

All big talk, no action.

"The ‘60 Minutes’ interview with Trump showcased everything that is wrong with US political interviews in general. The deferential tone. The lack of preparation. The failure to ask follow-up questions or dig deep into answers. The inability (unwillingness?) to fact-check in real time."

Exactly. Show him his post first. Put it up on a screen. Then ask him virtually any question about any word, phrase, or sentence in it.

GLP-1 drugs have intrinsic potent anti-inflammatory action beyond their metabolic beneficial impact on glucose regulation and weight loss www.jci.org/articles/vie...

Something important is missing from Trump’s Lincoln Bedroom renovation www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Posting a photo of Ceausescu’s bathroom for no apparent reason.

The Internet empowered both the Neurodiversity Movement and our current anti-vaccine nightmare. Hell of a double-edged sword.

When a British monarch is more responsive to the people than the U.S. Congress www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...

Checking in a month later

China bought 27 million metric tons of soybeans from US farmers in 2024. But somehow this “deal” to buy significantly less is a huge victory.

“We knew we couldn’t match his incredible dealmaking skills when he correctly identified a giraffe.”

Servitude.

So the deal he made is worse for the US than the trade relationship we had under Biden that he cratered. So much winning! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...

Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success

JB Pritzker: “Not everything is a both sides issue. When someone’s breaching the Constitution, it needs to be called out. There’s not two sides to it. When there’s fact and fiction, you don’t present those equally”

Caligula's unorthodox style raises eyebrows among some liberal Romans. -New York Times, 39 AD

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

complete batshit insanity

Prodding everyone to look up Scott Bessent’s wealth. 🤡 www.forbes.com/sites/kylemu...

This is true—Bessent owns $25 million of farmland in North Dakota—and a reminder of why farm bailouts are nothing more than a giveaway to feudal lords who demand the government grossly distort agricultural economics to make their tax haven "farms" even more valuable to them.

About 60% of U.S. workers are not white men. Wouldn't know it from Trump's Department of Labor. Are we still supposed to pretend that neither bigotry nor misogyny are key to Trumpism?

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🚨ICE posing as sheriff in Hollywood, CA. Governor Newsom is going to see this and he is going to be lit with rage, as he should be. The guy asking questions on video pointing out all the illegal acts they are committing. Let’s make sure he sees what happened tonight. 1/2

I never thought I’d live long enough to see the GOP become pro-Russia and anti-Reagan.

Better version - this is full version and was loaded 8 years ago - long before AI.... even mentions Canada at about 2 minutes. youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?...

Not just audio - youtu.be/yJwtUxGpU6M?...

Wait for the pepper gas.

Really good graphic that reveals the scale of the addition. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

🧵Former Philadelphia and Atlantic City mob boss "Skinny Joey" Merlino was photographed at Mar-a-Lago a while back. But it's the Israeli mobster to Merlino's left that's the real story. Just remember all the following details the next time Trump blows up a supposed drug boat.

This is great up until 1:25, at which point it becomes a masterwork.

New York Times reports that it is unclear whether having a federal agency accept money in excess of congressional appropriations "violates a law prohibiting federal agencies from accepting money in excess of congressional appropriations." I guess we'll never know!

"The proposed system surfaced Friday after US Customs and Border Protection quietly published a presolicitation notice for what it’s calling a Modular Mobile Surveillance System, or M2S2. The listing includes draft technical documents, data requirements, and design objectives."

It’s actually a very good speech. Trump Called a Canadian Ad Fake. It Faithfully Reproduces Reagan’s Words. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

How expensive is your portion of your “employer -paid” health insurance? kffhealthnews.org/news/article...