BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.

Understanding everything is fluid right now, nonetheless moving THAAD and Patriot systems from South Korea to the Middle East is mental. Three reasons why. 🧵 www.chosun.com/english/nati...

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I spent a bunch of time arguing that, based on available evidence, the Trump White House has no long-term plan for the Iran war, no answer for what happens next. Sen. Lindsey Graham confirms that, except I meant it as a criticism, and he, bafflingly, means it as a defense.

Sorry, @peterbakernyt.bsky.social, I’ve run completely out of fucks. You’re incompetent! Give me your job. I wrote this in 2024. theracket.news/p/donald-the...

Rick Scott on @cnn.com: Every president since Truman has gone to war without a war declaration. It's not a good sign that my work is relevant: The Gloss of War: Revisiting the Korean War’s Legacy - Michigan Law Review share.google/bd3NyagMfAdL...

The Situation Room is literally a blanket fort

It's kinda funny how you can apparently make a SCIF the same way college kids make 3 "bedrooms" out of the living room

Congratulations to the new Supreme Leader of Iran

Just this week: - Administration is caught hiding evidence Trump sexually assaulted a 13 year old - Pentagon demands AI companies allow it to use AI for mass surveillance and killer robots - Trump launches unconstitutional war against Iran - Pro-Trump oligarch buys CNN 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

First Venezuela, then Iran, and there's rumbling about Cuba. When will Democrats learn their lesson and stop talking about the Epstein files?

* and to attempt to justify an unconsitutional war against Iran.

the current position of the US government is that NVIDIA should be allowed to sell chips directly to China but banned from using Claude, because the latter is a larger national security risk. that is the level of absolute insanity coming out of the White House & Pentagon nowadays

if you believe in any form of free enterprise at all, the idea that the Pentagon can not only cut off your contract but designate you a supply chain risk and prevent other companies from buying from you just because you won't build killbots for the government should be terrifying

x.com/SecWar/statu... Anthropic has just been designated as a "Supply Chain Risk to National Security." This is so fucking insane it is hard to describe how insane it is.

There is no amount of money in the world that would lead me to fight a Vietnamese refugee that grew up in Louisiana (Also I really want to try a Korean style Po’ Boy)

The "work-around" is that the Trump administration has physical control of the Treasury and Congress has no way to enforce how funds are spent because laws aren't real

New from me at Cato: Trump has repeatedly "floated the idea of attempting at least a partial election takeover without going through Congress.... Everyone who cares about federalism and the Constitution, especially lawmakers, should be drawing the line against this idea right now." /1

The birthright citizenship IS an easy case. That’s the point. That’s the flex. “No matter what rights you think you have, no matter how universally acknowledged you think they are, no matter how central to American values those rights are, WE decide whether or not you have those rights”…… /1

“‘The persecution is the point,’ said Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat and the only transgender member of the Legislature, who received the [Kansas Dept of Revenue] notice on Wednesday.” To underscore that: a Kansas state legislator is among those whose driver’s license will be voided. (🎁 link:)

Mary Ellen Mark (1940-2015), US photographer known for her documentary photography and portraiture #WomensArt

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

That's their plan. These guys pretend they're saviors, but they want to be Temple Grandin for people.

The guy who staged a failed coup last time is building a massive personal militia staffed with lawless thugs. At this point it’s just naïve not to see where this is going.

DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE MYSTERIOUS ROMAN DODECAHEDRONS?!?!?! They've been found all over northern/central/eastern Europe, even as far as Vietnam, but never in Italy itself. They are made of a copper alloy and NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE FOR.

“the president’s speech is going to be over two hours long!” they’re doing kalshi shit guys. they’re leaking a bunch of stuff about a super long speech and he’ll go about 2 minutes short of the supposed mark and everyone in the white house will make $200k on it

Since this will likely come up in the SOTU: Yes, US stock markets are up since Trump took office (14%). But in the rest of the world, markets are up WAY more. Cumulative market gains are more than triple ours (43%)

2026 State of the Union

The thing about Kash Patel is whatever his title, he is not actually FBI director. He’s just a guy who has the FBI’s resources at his fingertips to do whatever the fuck he wants.

"Gavin Newsom is doing cultural normality the right way" -Ezra Klein

America is watching today, so every reporter covering tonight's State of Delusion should be questioning why 50+ pages related to a woman accusing Trump of sexual assault when she was a child are missing from the released files.

The second case is an absolutely WILD case about a postal service employee refusing to deliver someone's mail because they are Black. The majority is a conservative win, 5-4, with Gorsuch joining the liberals to dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Absolute shocker of a rights grab - academics may want to push back hard

"Directed to Stand Down" What I discovered in the Epstein files on FBI/SDNY telling NYPD/Manhattan DA to back off Epstein investigations. At the time, Manhattan DA had reached out to a victim who'd just come forward. 1/2 Full video in second link

in three days

The most chilling, because plausible, paragraph in today's papers. (From WSJ www.wsj.com/politics/nat... ) Saving face and soothing his always-wounded ego, by launching a war—with zero Congressional approval or public explanation or support.

"The unexpected guest showed zero fear, maximum confidence, and the motive seemed to be finding snacks," #weird #weirdnews #animals #offbeat www.upi.com/Odd_News/202...

Across the US, people fed up with Flock cameras surveilling their communities, and with local governments that are often unwilling to listen to concerns over privacy violations and ICE data sharing practices, are taking matters into their own hands—and tearing them down.

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Trump Suffers Setback Unrelated To Child Rape

I just wanted a panopticon for dogs, by dogs, backed by a system of corporate lobbyists to fund representatives in a oligarchical, feudalistic, carceral dual economy and military-pedophile industrial complex. Thanks for nothing Ring.

This, from @emilyhorne.bsky.social, is a case study in how easily DC political reporters are mobilized by right-wing trolls. spinclass.substack.com/p/spin-class...

"She posted pictures of her and teammate Alysa Liu with their Olympics team skate gold medals on TikTok with the caption: “They hate to see two woke bitches winning." [GOLD for Alysa!] www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

BREAKING: Trump on Prince Andrew's arrest: "I think it's a shame. I think it's very sad. I think it's so bad for the royal family. It's very, very sad. To me, it's a very sad thing."

Democrats hold a thin majority in the Pennsylvania House, but there are two special elections for seats they hold next week. Both districts lean blue, but if the GOP scores an upset, it'll likely gain a majority in the chamber later this spring.