Some say the Bessent risk is scarier.

I guess it’s like playing badminton with a birdie whose point is a small Ebola balloon.

“Melania who, now?”

Exclusive: Chinese firm hired lobbyists with ties to Don Jr, then scored a win in Washington - www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Our jihadi adminitration: Evangelicals amplify Trump's religious framing of Iran war - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

When will Congress impeach this jihadi?

This list is way too short. Where is everyone? Christ almighty anyway.

Oh? A Dem leader finally said something? Do tell

This, a million times

A fine article, well-reported. Is Las Vegas a metaphor for the country? thenevadaindependent.com/article/what... Nevada Independent

If this isn’t dismissible bluster from a deranged man, we’re about to find out if the military will disobey an illegal order.

This, a thousand times

A military purge is huge. Why isn’t anyone screanming at the top of their lungs about this? I’ve heard Rep. Seth Moulton and Rep. Jason Crowe, but it’s pretty much crickets. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Ms. Parker has outdone herself. If you live with someone close who has dementia, you’ll really get what she feels. www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

Gov. Wes Moore and Rep. Seth Moulton are calling out the rank incompetence at the Pentagon. I hope it’s the start of a thunderous chorus of condemnation.

He’s not merely destabilizing the military, he’s MAGAfying it by expanding the roles of lunatic partisans and incompetents. Soon, we’ll see Eric, Don.Jr., and Barron trotted out in dress blues with stars on the epaulets and chestfuls of medals.

I’m with a growing chorus of voices led by Mark Cuban who thinks the health insurance companies need to get broken up, with Medicare payments going to health care instead of stock repurchase. That’s the first step to single-payer.

When will Republican leadership recognize what a loser Trump, Hegseth et al are and rein them in?

You know what? I’m sickened by the vomitous silence of the opposition refusing to say who will get prosecuted for war crimes and that maybe the U.S. will sign on to The Hague.

Oh the knives are out

It’s past time for some non-lunatic to demand a prime time address and call out this near-treason and rank incompetence. I’m thinking Rahm Emmanuel. The gonad-free Republican leadership sure as hell won’t.

They’ll rain and snow on everyone.

Oh, god guys, i just realized what day it is. Trump so played us.

Yes

He’s either insane or deranged.

First Amendment. Always First.

The good news of the last couple of days is the reinstatement of public broadcast funding and the press corps into the Pentagon. The First Amendment remains first.

I heard Trump will be rolling the media tomorrow night with the intent of being sanewashed. Could this be true?

They shouldn’t let him talk to the public while he’s sundowning

FT Exclusive: A broker for the US defence secretary attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter ft.trib.al/erwM82D

U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Colorado law banning conversion therapy for gay, transgender minors

Correction: Nope, he lost them. We’re in dangerous, uncharted waters and need intercession as soon as possible. The President is Losing his Marbles open.substack.com/pub/clairebe...

I so fear a MAGAfication of the military.

Christian thinkers have always insisted that princes and generals approach war with a sense of grave responsibility. Hegseth, however, sees war as just another opportunity to display depravity as if it were a martial virtue,” Tom Nichols argues.

After listening to an expert discussing AI, I think “you are right.” Then another expert gives an opposite opinion and I think “You are right.” Then someone tells me they can’t both be right, and I think “You are also right.” (From Tevye, in Fiddler on the Roof)

BREAKING Mexico's navy says two boats ferrying aid to Cuba are missing

President Volodymyr Zelensky has been formally nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Hide the ketchup.

The Rothschild raid just got bigger. French prosecutors say diplomat Fabrice Aidan transferred UN Security Council briefings to Epstein. Epstein had access to classified international intelligence. This is no longer about money. This is about state secrets

Chick-Fil-A Announces Two Halves Of Buns Must Be Married Before Becoming Sandwich https://theonion.com/chick-fil-a-announces-two-halves-of-buns-must-be-married-before-becoming-sandwich/

Genghis Don and his goon Sean Duffy have made air travel suck more than anyone thought possible. Shitty traffic control. Impossible waits. Asshole travelers. Ugh.

Isn’t bombing power plants a war crime?

Roxie. She just moved in.

"Six months ago the Navy decommissioned its four Avenger-class minesweepers that had been stationed in Bahrain precisely to deal with Iranian mines. It gets dumber: Those four final American minesweepers left the theater in mid-January." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

@PBSNewshour needs to re-examine the politicization of its Arts in culture series.

I just listened to Liza Minnelli sing Cabaret and my life is complete

Thread. 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Genghis Don showing how to make friends and influence people

Genghis Don riding over reality!

Did the bombing of the girls' school at Minab flow directly from Hegseth's obsession with "lethality"? There's very good reason to believe that. And it furnishes another reason for his removal, as well as further disciplinary action against him.