I mean, if they were true to their word, they'd call for his impeachment, but they're just going to roll over and play dead

The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.

1. Release the Epstein files! 2. The Epstein files are sitting on my desk and I will release them very soon 3. There are no Epstein files and the case is closed 4. There are Epstein files but they are forgeries created by Obama and Hillary so if you like me you will never talk about them again

No. You need to pick one. That's the law.

A few thoughts on #wimbledon www.wamc.org/commentary-o...

Announcing ‪@journsporthist.bsky.social‬ Vol. 52, No. 1! Featuring two stand-alone articles; a forum on Sport, Narrative, and the Past with @bassab1.bsky.social‬ and others; an oral history section; and reviews. 📖 @projectmuse.bsky.social‬ : muse.jhu.edu/issue/54597 cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social‬

"Essential to grasping the cultural/political salience of football on the left during the Harris–Walz campaign is the relationship between Swift and Chiefs’ star tight end Travis Kelce." @bassab1.bsky.social in ‪@journsporthist.bsky.social‬ on @projectmuse.bsky.social‬ : muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

Queen Biles.

The NYT needed to have that arrow thingie for all #taylorswift predictions at the #AMAs tonight

Devers is tied for 3rd in MLB for the most RBI with 38. #RedSox

We talked to 12 independent voters who support Trump about whether Taylor Swift is still hot and Bruce Springsteen's skin is too dry and "86" means "kill" or just "get rid of" and how important the issue of Joe Biden's mental acuity will be in 2028. Patty, a dermabrasion specialist from Tulsa, says

i am endlessly amused by the ongoing story of David Zaslav: America’s Worst CEO www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

David Zaslav was paid $51.9 million last year.

"Well, there went my shoe business" permanently ingrained in my mind

Every time I hear “Chicago pope” I think it’s either a new Martin Scorsese film or I look for Christine Lahti.

Unhappy to confirm that the entire Historical Advisory Committee at the State Department received termination notices this afternoon (myself included). The HAC, set up by Congress, oversees the office that produces the FRUS series. history.state.gov/about/hac/in... 1/

Former President Biden launched a $26 million program to help Alabamans who have dealt with raw sewage and human waste ruining their homes and making them ill for decades. President Trump ended the program through an executive order describing it as "illegal DEI."

Jalen wins and then he wins again.

"This play runs two hours and forty-five minutes with no intermission."

So not to be an alarmist or anything, but if Pete Hegseth was their FIRST choice, can you imagine what his replacement might be like?

I assume all of these folks who are crying foul over the JD-killed-the-Pope memes are strong proponents of due process.

Does Kristi Noem realize that without her passport, she won't be able to vote?

Between Greg Abbott's desire to see as many children die on his watch and Ken Paxton's goal of committing as many crimes as possible in office, I often forget that Dan Patrick is almost as vile. Quite a lineup. Are Texans just masochists who hate themselves?

I do love a country that is not to be reckoned with.

We've seen videos like this before, but usually when you see a tearful wife pleading with the kidnappers who have taken her husband, she's not talking to the U.S. president

This is what judges should be doing right now. If the Trump administration is going to insist that it can’t bring back anyone once they’re removed, then federal judges should put the brakes on any and all removals until the *full* legal process—to ensure the removals are valid—has run its course.

Good morning. Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors. It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

I feel like a lot of ordinary Americans who are numb to "They are unspeakably cruel and evil" are maybe surprisingly NOT numb to "They are a bunch of incompetent dolts who don't know what they're doing."

Increasingly I believe that JK Rowling doesn’t wear short sleeves so that we don’t see her mark of the dark lord.

UConn’s defense deserves its own Signal chat.

My birthday is in its final minutes, so I wanted to thank everyone for the gift: hundreds of thousands of people marching for what is right and just and against what is, well, fascist.

It's not true that the four U.S. soldiers who recently died in Lithuania weren't honored by a sitting president. The problem is that it wasn't the U.S. president. It was the President of Lithuania. Trump couldn't be bothered with it. charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-pick...

Hi folks: Facebook appears to be taking down my posts. Please remember they are available for free here (no paywall), and can be received by email (also free-- just don't put in your credit card information). I guess if I'm being banned I'm doing something right?

This Texas bill wouldn't just make it a felony to take a teen out-of-state for an abortion—but to "fund" an out-of-state abortion for a teen. In other words, giving your 17 year-old niece gas money could land you in prison. legiscan.com/TX/text/SB23...

A senior House Democrat is calling on acting Social Security Administrator Lee Dudek to resign following revelations that the official called Maine Gov. Janet Mills a “petulant child” in an email to staff demanding retribution for her White House dust-up with President Donald Trump.

I hate to say the obvious here, but Musk will make a show of stepping back but will not actually step back. This is an attempt to throw a comms bone to Republicans who have been privately sounding the alarm about what's pretty clear to all of us: the public doesn't like Musk.

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

So it’s now two weeks in a row that Tom Hanks has made me believe that a baby bear was dead…and it isn’t.

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Mikaela Shiffrin. That is all.

INBOX: Tennessee Dems Senator Akbari & Rep. Camper have introduced a bill to ensure fair funding for K-12 girls’ sports Her challenge to Republicans: “If we’re serious about protecting women’s sports, we need to put our 💵 where our mouth is.” Full: drive.google.com/file/d/1hCXg...

I approach a new episode of Severance like I would imagine I would approach walking to work at Lumon every day: dread and yet a sense of duty.

❤️ WISCONSIN: “I’d like to apologize. My eyes were opened. I’ve learned a very lot about this group of people.” Larry came to testify against the anti-trans youth health care bill, but had an epiphany and changed his mind. Context: www.pride.com/politics/ant...

This also guts the CDFI Fund. CDFIs across the country have directed over $30 Billion in capital for small businesses, affordable housing, community organizations, and consumers in urban, rural, and Tribal communities that lack access to capital. There is no economic or policy rationale for this.

There’s a reason that Chuck rhymes with WTF.

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

If you aren’t following ski jumping, I don’t want to know you. From CBS: “In footage filmed by a whistleblower, the suits belonging to Lindvik & Forfang were seen adding extra material in the crotch area, adding weight and helping to lower the material between the legs. This made the suits stiffer…”

Every time I accidentally run into a snippet of a Karoline Leavitt presser, I play the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme song in my head and I smile.