Really is worth watching for the pathetic spectacle of him putting the medal on himself. For there even being a medal. Was there a sticker too? Maybe a coupon for a free scoop of frozen custard?

cannot stress enough how bad it is to give teenage boys a "see this person naked" button. massive, multi-axis disaster

Not saying there won’t be changes but they have to keep WB’s current audience and stakeholders on board. So I would be surprised at such a stark change. Granted, Netflix is now associated with “no physical media,” but they just entered a massive physical media business.

For symbolism & scale of the violation, this is one of the worst, most breathtaking things I’ve seen this administration do. Is there NO constituency in Congress for some constraint on the Trump-Miller admin’s handling of immigration? @scholten.house.gov @peters.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov

Cassidy can publicly condemn Kennedy by name, clarify that he would retract his vote if he could, and declare his support for Kennedy’s impeachment, firing, or resignation, or he can shut the fuck up.

Of all the locations where they could have done something so obscene, this might be one of the most profane. These people hate America in every sense that matters.

Counterpoint: The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution. So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter. There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).

this is really it — this case isn't about the legitimacy of birthright citizenship or the 14th amendment, it's about the legitimacy of the court, and any ruling that doesn't uphold the former decides the latter

No fucking Kings

Interesting photo choice.

The correct title is "FIFA Peace Bribe"

If the Supreme Court makes you mad keep in mind that within the last week Democratic senators have been voting for GOP judges to get on the federal bench

i am struck, again, by that essential distinction between physical and moral courage. whatever physical courage admiral bradley may have, he appears to possess none of the latter.

Incredible, Trumpian lack of shame to do this under the current scrutiny. Should light a fire under Congress’ ass. But will just make Trump back him harder.

genuinely remarkable how depraved this government is

It’s all transparently bullshit and immune to rationality, but if struggling to stabilize half a burning boat to avoid drowning is “getting back in the fight,” what they’re really saying is there’s nothing the survivors could have done to avoid being killed. And that definitely isn’t the law.

They also deliberated about what to do for *41 minutes* so Hegseth's claims about how the "fog of war" makes these decisions hard is also bullshit

The malevolence of these people is breathtaking.

Just stay awake during meetings, Don

it is very, very important that the kind of institutionalists who would stand in the way of this absolutely get their shit rocked in the next two primary cycles

The Enrobed Wizards on the 9 Member Super-Legislature have once again Burned the Entrails of Democracy and passed judgement according to the "Law" and "Constitution"

Again, adding a few seats to SCOTUS is now the baseline "moderate" position in the face of this authoritarian nonsense. The real, serious reforms need to go much, much further:

If/when Democrats regain control of Congress, the path is clear. No clerks. No building. No shadow docket. Nothing, until you stop ignoring the law, data, history, precedent, & the plain meaning of words in the Constitution. And there will be 25 of you, with 9 chosen by lottery for any one case.

I cannot imagine the level of moral bankruptcy to describe the actions of people whose boat has just been hit by a missile from nowhere (this was the FIRST such strike) and who were most likely making a desperate attempt not to drown in the ocean as trying to "stay in the fight."

It's hard to pick from the rogues gallery of murderous ideas, but sometimes I feel the most dangerous thing about modern conservatism is its transparent desire to destroy the fabric of truth in daily life.

just what every american wants: cars that burn more gas, less efficiently

Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him? That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.

I think some democrats should probably say forthrightly that though Hegseth among others deserves impeachment and removal, the process is broken because the republican majority has forsaken their duties to the country, and pursuing it would risk misinforming the country that acquittal = innocence.

Remarkable narcissism.

he's gotta go

The Anglophone world getting so bored out of its mind it entered a self-inflicted death spiral is one of those "stop, get me off this ride" realizations

i genuinely think the US and UK are in a race towards national (conservative-driven) suicide on both a economic and social level and i think i am right

Watch the crowd around him. The woman in red is the only one who (briefly) breaks the stone-faced facade, but a few of them are fidgeting or shifting feet or taking a look at the ceiling. None of them apparently even had the guts to cough pointedly.

Last month, we spent $59 to charge our Bolt at home when nearly exclusively driving it. Our gas budget line item is $130 a month and we routinely went over that when we had two gas cars. But we went like 45 days between fills on our remaining gas car.

it is crazy that the president is essentially just the project manager for a medium-sized hotel ballroom who tweets things which would yet someone with that actual job fired instantaneously

What specifically is “administrative funding”? But sure would have been nice if the Dems hadn’t given up leverage last month on this question of “does the president have to follow the law or can he do what he wants?”

If he resigns or is removed from office, that’d probably go some distance toward detaching his name from the GOP brand. Effect uncertain given Vance’s negative charisma, but DT is a sea anchor right now yeah?

I wear this as a badge of honor And this is with my kids skewing my results via the HomePod (toward EPIC the Musical and K-Pop Demon Hunters)

The whole thing raises extremely exigent questions about who has access to Trump’s Truth Social account, and whether Trump is falling asleep in the middle of the day because he is engaged in these manic episodes in the middle of the night www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...

the part where he talks about the middle portion of a 30 point test (10, 10, 11, 12 ... 28, 30) got me on this round. It really is incredible how much he doesn't shut up about this test.

she went to state legislators, TPUSA and conservative media outlets within a few hours of getting her grade, if you can’t identify the bad faith that can be seen from space, you need to get your eyes checked

Trump has a pathological inability to accept responsibility

Ah so a story is coming together.

Flashing back to tutoring in the writing center at a small Christian liberal arts college back in the day. This wouldn’t have flown then and there either.

So, now what, Northwestern faculty? Numbers like that should mean administrators have no peace until resignations, right?

War with Venezuela is unacceptable. It is a national disgrace and should not be done in our name. We must prosecute those who are complicit in making it happen. Our military should refuse to execute it, but if they do not,their senior leadership must be held accountable.

The president is about to start a war for no real reason. All of the things he has blamed on the country he’s targeting — fentanyl distribution, “emptying the asylums” and sending patients to the U.S., alignment with Tren de Aragua— are provably, obviously false. Lots of people are going to die.

What the fuck

Next president needs to avoid the mistakes of past presidents and prosecute everyone involved. Or join the ICC and send them all to the Hague.

The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.