Remember like 15 years ago, when Russian dash cams of horrible accidents went viral? And everyone in Russia was using them because they couldn’t trust the authorities? Fundamentally, the dash cam and the body cam are the visual record of a failed state. They are a symptom posing as a substitute

Harvard University refused to cave to President Trump's extortion demands, even as other universities and leading law firms kowtowed. And now, Trump has dropped his demands for a $200 million payout to the US government. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

3/ but, all those differences aside, a reason to push for more/more appropriate training is that it will slow down their hiring and weed out some (some!) of the absolutely most heinous dipshits.

Here is Jesus (Jesse) Ochoa

IT'S NOT ABOUT A LACK OF TRAINING OR EXPERIENCE!

1/ BREAKING: Government documents reviewed by ProPublica identify Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, as the two who fired their weapons during the deadly encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

At the Austin ICE out protest.

People being asked to pay money to consume one billionaire sociopath’s bribery attempt of another billionaire sociopath thinly disguised as a movie is such a perfect encapsulation of this moment.

Musk’s close ties to Epstein.

They’re not sending their best.

We should get apps that do the same for companies in America collaborating with the Trump regime.

And, tonight, the network's flagship news program -- 60 Minutes -- ran a clip show of old celeb interviews to "celebrate the movies" rather than put together an episode focused on what's going on in Minnesota.

NEW An initially-secret report for Customs and Border Patrol in 2013 found: In many vehicle shooting cases, the “driver was attempting to flee from the agents who intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby … creating justification for the use of deadly force.” 🧵

This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets. polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...

This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

Bill Kristol is walking the same path his dad did. the original neocons like Irving Kristol were communists who got so disgusted by Stalin they decided to destroy communism forever.

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

That grinding sound you are hearing is the Ukrainians relentlessly dissecting arguably the most important part of the Russian economy. And they are doing this with almost no help from their partners--indeed the US has tried to stop them from attacking into Russia. kyivindependent.com/russia-to-be...

Today, 52-year-old Ilona Revut has died in a shelter in Kyiv due to an acute reaction to stress. A beauty parlor where Ilona was hairstylist wrote of her death. Russia doesn't always kill with direct strikes. Many Ukrainians have serious health issues after surviving Russian attacks.

The nominee for Surgeon General, who did not complete medical training and has never practiced medicine, recommends looking directly at the sun for “metabolic health.” archive.ph/2025.07.22-1...

Here’s your free link to the Trump/ Epstein story www.wsj.com/politics/tru...

nothing calms conspiracy theorists faster than a cryptically written letter

Ted Cruz Assures Texans He Working Tirelessly To Get Vacation Refunded theonion.com/ted-cru...

HAPPENING NOW: Hello again from Greenbelt, Maryland, where an ICE official is set to be questioned about the Trump administration's plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia if he's released from criminal custody in Tennessee. I'm here for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along 🧵⬇️

Just imagine what would have been coming out of McKinsey's Berlin office in 1940 if the company had existed then

www.wired.com/story/ice-ro... For weeks, I have been saying this is out of control. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Should humanity exist? Let’s ask a man who cofounded an online payment-processing platform 27 years ago

If I went back through my whole life, I still don't think I could collect even a single fuck to give about Ted Cruz's opinions on movies.

I would be interested to hear the self-mythologizing of ICE agents about why they hide their faces, I bet there's a lot of 'I'm fighting the cartels and they would hunt my family' as they drag a screaming four year old away from her parents.

seinfeld characters as intelligence services: a thread

Tech inaugural donations: Biden Apple CEO: $0 Amazon: $276,509 Google: $337,500 Meta: $0 Microsoft: $500,000 OpenAI CEO: $0 Trump Apple CEO: $1,000,000 Amazon: $1,000,000 Google: $1,000,000 Meta: $1,000,000 Microsoft: $1,000,000 OpenAI CEO: $1,000,000 wapo.st/3PzjIC1

Dems are still operating in a political paradigm where the public has a set of concerns, roughly reflecting the reality of life in America, and elections are about who addresses them better. But that is not the political paradigm we’ve lived in, for a long time, and we’re getting further from it.

The most Arizona Cardinals thing ever is hosting your first home playoff game in a decade and your team isn't playing

lookin good sir, real healthy sir, like if christopher walken playing the role of “b-17 tail gunner on his ninth bombing run over berlin” sir

Wow. I think I would’ve taken this deal. Does no time, and conviction goes away after three years.

We’ll pitch to Alvarez and it’ll be okay because we’ll just have our center fielder pull it back out of the seats…

This might be the best title I’ve ever seen.

Had a fun long weekend in Seattle. Now paying the price…

The epigraph is Faulkner’s quote “the past is never dead. It’s not even past.”

This is the best theory I’ve heard on this.

Conservatives: Laws are only valid if they’re consistent with history and tradition. Also conservatives:

The problem with soccer getting more popular in the US is people with really bad opinions trying to have takes on it

It’s just so hard for me to understand why _anyone_ would undertake the slightest risk of actual prison time for the sake of the orange clown.

Elon deleted the community note fact checking his bullshit.

How’s your summer going?