Old Soviet joke: Why do ICE agents travel in groups of three? One can read, one can write, and the third keeps an eye on the two intellectuals

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

one thing thats kinda crazy to get your head around is not that the musk and thiel masters of the universe are ungrateful for the vast public infrastructure, public funding of research, and robust systems of laws and rules that made their wealth possible. it's that theyre too dumb to understand it

Basically all US policy is at this point about indulging Trump’s irrational obsessions, petty grudges, and corrupt grifts, and then taking secondary and tertiary measures to mask the consequences of those policies.

my reaction to the Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier news is that I don't trust anything Kash Patel does to be on the level.

I will repost this forever.

Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"

Nothing’s funny anymore, but “23% of Americans yearn for the White House East Wing to be demolished” is sort of funny.

Jack calls the president every day but hasn't bothered to defend the Gateway Tunnel Project. Instead Jack's doubling down and defending Trump, claiming he's killing tens of thousand of jobs and playing with New Jerseyans' livelihoods as part of some negotiation tactic.

The patio that now covers the Rose Garden can be dug up, filled in with healthy soil, and replanted to bloom once more. If only our national values and institutions could be restored so easily. trib.al/4eq7qXH

This is finally monetized -- thanks YouTube for taking two freaking days to approve a video that has no music, no added video, just me and a snoring dog -- so I'd appreciate it if you helped me profit off my misery. www.youtube.com/watch?v=idfh...

Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth has reshaped the Pentagon press corps with sycophants and yes men from the likes of ultraconservative organizations like Turning Point USA. trib.al/aeQONxU

Add Cincinnati to the rapidly expanding list of cities where homeless students sleep in parking lots because their families can't afford a place to live. www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...

US farmers badly wanted to be treated as marks, overwhelmingly supporting corrupt billionaires who repeatedly vowed to artificially raise the prices of American agricultural products and harass agricultural workers—like in their first time in power, but more. And the farmers got what they voted for.

What's "small" here is John Fetterman, a person so weak of mind and devoid of principles, so used to the lazy grift he switched to after winning office, that he won't even criticize corruption so brazen it has no parallel in American history, the President literally paying himself a fortune.

If a developing country is one that struggles to provide food to all its children due to limited means what the fuck do u call a country that does have the means to feed its children but decides to build a ballroom and give ICE ranged missiles and do like 30 different wars both domestic & abroad

Primaries are there for a reason. I'm not interested in "vote Blue no matter who" especially as its given us people like Fetterman. Push to make Democratic candidates better or replace them. And with that, I think its time to drop Platner.

The story of David Thompson is well known in Canada, but the story of his wife of 58 years, Charlotte Small, is not. Yet she was integral to his success as a surveyor and explorer. This is her story. 🧵1/10

sorry, man, but this is breathtakingly, shockingly corrupt in every fucking way it can be, and an open and shut and uncomplicated case for impeachment. he didn’t even pay for these lawyers, his donors did, for fuck’s sake.

We must send billions of US taxpayer dollars to Argentina To prop up their currency To boost their president in legislative elections And hook up a US billionaire who made a bad bet Which further reduced confidence in Argentina’s economy Weakening the currency we were spending billions to prop up

god grant me the confidence of a man with a nazi tattoo to run as a democrat for senate

This performance is why an 18 year old Russian singer will likely get several years in jail. If it pisses off Putin so much maybe we should do more for it to be heard. www.youtube.com/shorts/ILLxU...

Please read:

the man has not lost his fastball @edsbs.bsky.social @celebrityhottub.bsky.social

Sure is weird that the GOP keeps having all these Nazis outed. I wonder if we can infer anything about the party's politics from this fact?

First World Series between two cities threatened with invasion or invaded by a U.S. president.

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

Every single insurance company spends $5 billion per week to familiarize us with quirky spokespeople and their anthropomorphic animals. We spend 1/5th of our lives watching them caper about. They're able to do this because of the profit margins on the important product they produce (denied claims).

centrist: Where do we go from here? We have to find common ground. We can't just call the other group "Nazis." At the end of the day, we're all just rich white men with podcasts. Republican lawmaker: Welcome to Hitler Chat. I'm Hitler Republican lawmaker 2: Hello. I am Hitler as well.

Okay, let’s talk, Chip Roy. Chip’s district (CD21) includes Kerr Co, hardest hit by the 7/4 TX floods. Residents are dealing with loss of property, life, & injury. They’re pissed and showed up for #NoKings! Keep calling them names, Chip. Btw, Chip just stepped down to run for TXAG. VOTE HIM OUT!

A lot of wealthy and powerful people helped Epstein fund his sex trafficking operation. The American people deserve to know who they are. Secretary Bessent, like his boss, is covering it up. I’m going to keep following the money. Stay tuned.

New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.

Chip Roy voted AGAINST the Violence Against Women Act.

my woke take is that entirely too many people feel entitled to the benefits of a social contract while not feeling bound by the responsibilities of said contract

While Republican lawmakers spent the days leading up to No Kings fearmongering about the protesters themselves, early reports show that only MAGA troublemakers were responsible for violence as an estimated 7M people peacefully demonstrated. trib.al/MZmc1Yx

in some ways, the greatest challenge for Democratic base voters is to get their elected officials more afraid of their base than of the Beltway culture

Former NFL running back Doug Martin died in police custody: www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

they literally hosted an ms-13 made man at the white house

As someone doxxed by Andy Ngo, myself, I understand the drama it can bring. His latest target, Daryle Lamont Jenkins is the hero of the film SKIN, and an even greater hero in real life: A Black man who, on his own for decades, has targeted and transformed white supremacists. Now, he needs our help

Just absolute garbage. Hire real people to write.

Love this story so much. Student journalists ftw 💪

I see Nigel Farage is back to claiming he "predicted" the war between Russia and Ukraine in the EU Parliament, when in fact he spoke AFTER the annexation of Crimea, to defend Russia and claim it was all the EU's fault. I did a full fact-check, with clips, here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

ONE DAY DORE ANOTHER GAME ANOTHER COACH ANGRY LET’S WATCH THE MELTING OF MONSIEUR KELLY AND THOUGH HE MAKES A BILLION DIMES HE’LL PROBABLY LOSE TWO OTHER TIMES

Don't think it's been reported on the news services but Pete Gammage and Keith Turner had brief views of a Radde's Warbler beside the Obs gdn earlier this afternoon but no sign since. They then found a Red-breasted Flycatcher at Avalanche Rd Hump that has been showing just recently.

MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:

“Of all the relationships that Mr. Epstein built with the rich and powerful, his friendship with Mr. Black was arguably the most important. After Mr. Epstein served jail time for soliciting prostitution from a minor, many of his contacts backed away. Not Mr. Black.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/b...