The Trump family fleecing suckers. It’s what they do.

I can state with confidence that if me or you or a dog named Boo did this, we’d most likely be permanently blacklisted from HHS funding and fired. RFK Jr. will probably get a raise and an award.

As the guy who wrote the book on zoning abolition, I'd like to go on record as saying: if you can use zoning to stop the concentration camps, fucking go for it.

"Just imagine for a moment I call you… you better do exactly what I want or I'm going to impose… a 10% tariff that will last for 150 days and then go away." That’s not leverage; that’s a marshmallow test.

👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics. "It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

It is very troubling that the insane elderly person babbling on my TV right now is in charge of this country.

Impeachable Act of the Day, Turbocharged Edition: President announces, in public, that he's stealing $10 billion from the US Treasury and giving it to his own private organization.

UK: Prince Andrew arrested. South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life. Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence. USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

Worth watching the clip.

Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."

Elon's racist little post made me mad enough to write about it at CAMPAIGN TRAILS.

I have bedimmed The noontide sun, called forth the mutinous winds, And ’twixt the green sea and the azured vault Set roaring war; have searched the depths of legal arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject and will present an irrefutable one in the very near future

This will be among the iconic photos of this loathsome presidency.

“It’s this frictionless element of modern betting that is perhaps the most nefarious aspect of all. And it is something that addiction experts see as a fatal flaw.” www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...

“.. If you look at employment by sector, a lot of the sluggishness is concentrated in the most cyclical parts of the economy. There is a 'blue collar recession'." @darioperkins.bsky.social @dailychartbook.bsky.social

oh dear. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Insider Advantage is like the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae.

Perfect

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

Donald Trump is racist trash. Anyone who publicly supports him should explain why this is okay with them, including every Republican in Congress, every other politician anywhere with an R next to their name, and anyone who appears with him in public for any reason whatsoever.

The Trump administration aggressively refuses to admit that racism ever existed in the United States. They're trying to erase history, but instead they're proving that racism is alive and well and is currently a top priority of our president and his administration.

Congratulations to all the people who bought TRUMP Coin at $45.47 the day before his inauguration, currently trading at $3.90 (down 6% since yesterday).

and coming up next at the national prayer breakfast we have this golden calf that we’re all worshiping now, lets get those hands in the air for the golden calf everybody

Republicans are demonstrating their loyalty to Donald Trump by inflicting terrible diseases on children in their own states. And Trump doesn't even care about vaccines, which makes their child sacrifices even more perverse.

Good News! 28 states have publicly rejected Kennedy’s vaccine schedule. They choose to follow evidence-based guidance from experts like the American Academy of Pediatrics or the American Academy of Family Physicians. 🧪 www.kff.org/state-health... Via @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social

The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

"Senate Dems considered a requirement banning ICE agents from polling sites as a demand in negotiating the DHS funding bill. But that was not included in their final list..." Crazy idea: Given what Trump's said, update the "final list" to include it. politi.co/4t6pxt0

Insider Advantage struggling to hold up the collapsing tent of Trump Job Approval in the RealClearPolitics poll average.

"....voters who appear moderate often hold a mix of extreme positions rather than consistently centrist ones: confiscate billionaire wealth, for example, but also ban abortion. There is no coherent 'center' to triangulate toward, and a candidate who tries may end up pleasing no one."

FIFA should give Trump a Grammy.

Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE. Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.

✊🏾🎬 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory

NYT headline: "Politicians Are Calling the Protests in Minnesota an Insurgency". We're a decade into Trump's lies and madness, yet prestige media are still framing it as a political problem rather than a Republican problem. Only REPUBLICANS are calling it an insurgency.

Pretty bold move by the WH to post this the day after Donald Trump demanded that the IRS just hand him $10 billion (more than his total net worth) of taxpayer funds for no real reason.

Jeffries: "We cannot trust the Department of Justice. They're an illegitimate organization right now under the leadership of Pam Bondi and the direction of Donald Trump."

friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there

This will be, or should be, featured in a million campaign ads

"'We lost all trust,' a current ICE official added. 'I’m not sure I can see how we exist three years from now.'” If an ICE official can see there being a world without ICE, there's no reason any of us shouldn't be able to do the same thing. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Liam’s mom dressed him in all those layers to keep her little boy warm and safe in this frigid weather, packed his book-bag w/ everything he’d need for a good day at school, and then our govt stole him out of their driveway. Used her little boy as bait. These people are monsters.

This is who federal agents are ripping out of their communities and shipping across the country. This is the danger we're being protected from.

Even under SCOTUS's dubious reasoning in Trump v. U.S., there is no scenario in which maneuvering billions of dollars to an offshore account to keep it out of reach from Congress and courts is an "official act." This is all criminal and impeachable.

Tuesday morning: New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.” Tuesday evening: CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/ (New piece) newrepublic.com/article/2057...

E.J. Dionne's Sunday NYT column is a head-scratcher. Over the past year, he says, "The country got accustomed to the mass firings of government workers; the administration’s ignoring, obstructing or getting around court orders, [etc.]" What? No! JOURNALISTS got used to it! And that's a huge problem!

Murphy on Bovino: "That was a bone-chilling interview. I was shaking while I was listening to it, in large part bc it takes just an unbelievable amount of gall to lie to the American public. Everybody saw that video ... it should freak the public out that the Trump administration lies this easily"

Journalists, please remember that repeating obviously false statements is not balance or fairness. It is actively participating in deception.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.