They were *not* bushes - they were sugar canes, representing Puerto Rico's colonial and agricultural past from the early 20th century.

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

Surely sex abuse goes along with stimulants. Has anyone uncovered or looked for evidence of drug use related to Epstein's crimes?

BIBLE OR BLACK SABBATH? "Day of Judgment, God is calling. On their knees, the war pigs crawling, begging mercies for their sins. Satan, laughing, spreads his wings."

BIBLE or BLACK SABBATH? "But keep alive for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately."

A reminder that in the last 25 years Rs have had about three times than Ds the amount of Federal officials involved in sexual scandals. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

"At 4:22am on Friday, as Texas' Hill Country began to flood, a firefighter in Ingram – just upstream from Kerrville – asked the Kerr County Sheriff's Office to alert nearby residents. But Kerr County officials took nearly six hours to heed this call."

This is a great overview of Posse Comitatus that folks should look over. www.justsecurity.org/114282/memor...

what is fascinating to me is the number of people whose “knowledge” of government appears to just be an accumulation of cliches and stereotypes + an inchoate sense that if something is big and costly then it must necessarily be “wasteful”

Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”

New — A viral story about the Dropkick Murphys getting banned from X was reported by multiple reputable news outlets. But as @jsweetli.bsky.social learned through simple reporting, the story was totally false. For The Handbasket she explains her work, and exposes major holes in current journalism:

Fetterman is the new Sinema. How disapponting.

Right fucking now would be a good time for Paul Ryan to tell the world what he knows about the GOP and Russians.

Alright, let's talk about the @washingtonpost.com-Bezos Opinion announcement today. I work for the News pages, not Opinions. I cover economic policy in Congress. My work is walled off from any influence of the Opinions section. Quick thread... 🧵

Right fucking now would be a good time for Paul Ryan to tell the world what he knows about the GOP and Russians.

BREAKING: Then-acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York says Adams’s attorneys offered a quid pro quo if indictment was dismissed.

Remember the good ol' times when the worst thing we were worried about were tariffs? What? That 3 days ago?

“There is some chance that the Court, which knows that its popularity and public trust are at historic lows, will fear that this President might contemplate disobeying a court’s order to issue citizenship documents, and choose not to test him.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

ATF conducts search of Cabo Rojo arson suspect's house, expected to file charges this week or next week. www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/seg...

Me: On a plane watching Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice My 6-year old: What's that movie? Me, whispering to not disturb sleeping passengers: Beetlejuice Her: What? Me, a little louder: Beetlejuice Her: huh? Me, louder stil: Beetlejuice Me: <Looks around for Michael Keaton>

1. I obtained the new middle school sex education curriculum that was just approved by the Florida Department of Education. It excludes almost all information about sex. Follow this thread for details.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Will Lead New ‘DOGE’ Panel on Government Efficiency www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...

New: Have you heard the viral claim that Bluesky banned Laura Loomer, Catturd, and Marjorie Taylor Greene? I looked into it. None of it's true. www.dailydot.com/debug/bluesk...

Hi everyone. The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars. We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website. We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off. I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.

Sinema is looking pretty brilliant this November.