The funny or not so funny thing is, assuming they were somehow balloons that were carrying weed or even fentanyl (not withstanding balloons not really being controlable) apparently these clowns didn't think of a risk analysis to see if it merited blasting some military laser weapon over a city.

Truly hard to know what to say to bullshit like this. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-slow-m...

The Navy owns two hospital ships, the USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy. Neither appears ready to deploy any time soon, and both were at a maintenance facility run by Alabama Shipyard in Mobile as of today.

Let’s do a pre-snowfall AMA! ❄️ Have any (respectful) questions? Drop them here ⬇️

Are years of ball lickery finally paying off for rubes?

im not sure this is a thing you want a judge saying.

No one should engage in this kind of behavior. But probably especially if your last name is Dingus. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NEW Reign of Error podcast with @mjcressler.bsky.social, on that White House Religious Liberty Commission meeting that went off the rails, and the rank antisemitism of the Catholic far right: redcircle.com/shows/fbed71...

im not sure this is a thing you want a judge saying.

Supreme Court Conservatives’ Favorite Anti-Regulatory Trick Comes for Trump’s Tariffs talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekende...

CORRUPTION WATCH: The family of Commerce Secy Lutnick now gets pay outs of tens of billions or more in tariff refunds. The Fix Is In: Lutnick Family To Make Killing On Tariff Demise talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-f...

Is there any time, place, or context in which a government hanging enormous banners of the Leader’s face was not a sign of a diseased and authoritarian society? Because I certainly can’t think of one.

CORRUPTION WATCH: The family of Commerce Secy Lutnick now gets pay outs of tens of billions or more in tariff refunds. The Fix Is In: Lutnick Family To Make Killing On Tariff Demise talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-f...

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Trump puts his finger on he scale in support of his liege lord Larry Ellison. This is how it begins. www.ft.com/content/41c5...

From September ….. Lutnick Family Angling To Make Astronomical Sums Off Court Nixing Tariffs talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lutni...

2/2 For the record, since always left out of news stories. During bitter Bush-v-Gore, history-changing, "Brooks Brothers Riot" Florida recount in 2000, the GW Bush legal team included: -John Roberts -Amy Coney Barrett -Brett Kavanaugh. BK also worked for Ken Starr. All just coincidence, of course

Don’t Be Fooled By the Corrupt Court’s Tariff Decision talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dont-...

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A bunch of Trump insiders, including the Lutnick family, just made hundred of millions of dollars on this strike down.

Trump should be ordered to personally reimburse us all instead of having the Treasury do it.

The Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s signature economic and foreign policy in a fractured 6-3 split decision issued Friday morning.

In theory, we know this is true. But "struck down" doesn't quite capture it. These tariffs were obviously and transparently illegal. They were knowingly illegal. It is a stain on the Court that something so obviously illegal was allowed to stand for a year. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/scotus-...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN Trump's "emergency" tariffs. The vote is 6–3. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

New piece: The shutdown helps Democrats by changing what "immigration" means to voters. "Border security" is much better territory for Trump than "deportations," or "maked federal agents have been deployed to your community to disappear long-term residents" www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-shutdo...

I highly recommend that you read this from @joshtpm.bsky.social via @talkingpointsmemo.com There must be consequences.

New: A comedian set up a fake ICE tip line as a joke. Then 100 calls flooded in: neighbors ratting on neighbors, a teacher reporting a kindergartener. Fans say the viral TikToks revealed deportation's "banality of evil." Conservatives say he should be in prison wapo.st/4kM4qbF

The American flag comes down under a Trump banner amid stormy weather at DOJ.

Leah is one of the most, perhaps the most articulate and clear voice on the Court's shambling corruption

Utah Sen. John Curtis says Kristi Noem's bogus claim that Alex Pretti was shot while committing a domestic terror attack will " forever undermine trust that she has with the American people." www.ksl.com/article/5145...

The President says he has cut the trade deficit by 78%. But this chart (which tells the truth) tells a very different story. We had this big lousy trade war, and we've got nothing to show for it.

Utah Sen. John Curtis says Kristi Noem's bogus claim that Alex Pretti was shot while committing a domestic terror attack will " forever undermine trust that she has with the American people." www.ksl.com/article/5145...

Carr Tries To Wash His Hands Of the Colbert Matter talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Awaiting the Supreme Court Decision That Could ‘Completely Erase’ the ‘Civil Right Movement’s Crowning Achievement’ talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

CEOs Joined Trump’s Corruption. It Will Soon Be Time for Consequences. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ceos-...

lol …. Trash degenerate freak …Trump Mulls a North American Trade Pact Without Canada www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/b...

Loved this short interview with @joshtpm.bsky.social. Been learning from him for many, many years and learn more whenever I read his stuff. And some optimism too!

🚨 CMS posts proposed #NBPP2027. Be afraid; be very afraid. (Part 3 of 3) At least you have until March 13th to submit public comment about these proposed changes, anyway... acasignups.net/26/02/19/cms...

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So here's a hardened criminal in Minnesota who was about to go away for good and he went free ... because Trump and the MAGA degenerates are so focused on shooting protesters and assaulting law-abiding grandmas. apnews.com/article/minn...

Trump's public support is cratering but there's no sign of any course correction. Its a collision course till November. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-g...

The Uncanny Artifice of George Washington talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-u...

Relatedly, this extreme skill at self-denial--without turning into a neurotic mess in the process--also allowed Washington to act strategically with a more long-term aim in mind. He had a lot of talented ppl around him to help him see the big picture. But acting on it under pressure is hard.

Trump's DoJ is engaged in multiple criminal criminal conspiracies at the direction of the president. We know it, the judges know it and the grand juries clearly know it. For how much longer will the courts still operate under the legal fiction that it is the same DoJ as before?

A staffer for TX GOP Rep Tony Gonzales said she was having an affair with the congressman before she set herself on fire outside her home last year.

You'd *still* rather have Fetterman in the Senate than Oz. You'd WAY rather have Cortez Masto than Adam fucking Laxalt, who's insane. Corey Booker? Are we pretending he's a problem now? Newsom is a slime - and still a better governor than Brian Dahle would've been THINK! CRITICALLY!