“would severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public,” Really? The guy whose image is a ball cap with an off-the-rack suit, strange-colored and poorly blended makeup, a weird hairstyle, and a long tie, is worried about sign language interpreters?

Earlier this year, JD Vance told us that Donald Trump was “the most pro-family, most pro-life American president of our lifetimes.” Yeah, about that. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3Yl0Tqn

Cracks in the Strongman Illusion: ✊🏼 1. Judge orders FEMA funds returned to 22 states 2. Judge orders Abrego Garcia released 3. Despite threats to withhold funding, 21 Indiana Republicans reject gerrymandering 4. DOJ loses 3rd attempt to indict Letitia James 5. FBI & Noem humiliated by Congress

Trump Weighs Moving on From Noem open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

I heard the words "big fella" the second I turned on CBS and knew immediately who was the 🏀 analyst. I know he's supposed to be some kind of national treasure, but I can't stand him.

Hopefully I'm not the only one disgusted by this. And that's kind of a weak word for what I'm feeling.

I didn't think SNAP be used at fast food restaurants now. They can't be used for hot foods at the grocery store, like a rotisserie chicken, so how can they be used at fast food places?

Donald Trump spent last night having some bizarre social media fever dream. It’s long past time for the president's mental fitness to be a sustained front-page story. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...

A Fun Thing About Devin Williams open.substack.com/pub/baseball...

Demented. Zero military bearing whatsoever. Infantile.

"All they do is go around killing each other," says the guy who's gleefully killing people in the Caribbean, is about to kill a bunch of people in Venezuela, and has killed 650,000 people (and counting) by eliminating USAID. share.google/O47WgszN5Nrc...

This is, again, a message from Stephen Miller. Trump did not write this.

Bill Pulte and Ed Martin's shitposting legal strategy backfires spectacularly "There's no universe in which this DOJ prosecutes Trump administration officials. But if these 4chan escapees wind up boning Trump's political persecutions, it will be some minute measure of justice." | PN

Does he just randomly pick something from the periodic table, then a random allergy or condition, and then put the two together for fun?

Strikeouts Minus Baserunners: A New Way to Study Relievers open.substack.com/pub/baseball...

I feel like Indiana players are adults and #Marquette players are kids.

Trump on the war in Ukraine: “Biden actually pushed for that war to happen. If you can believe it, nobody can believe it.”

It's Day 1 of college basketball and already I implore analysts to please find a term other than "big fella".

"Factchecking Trump on '60 Minutes'" In today's 'First Draft' morning newsletter from Zeteo, I counted and debunked at least *17 obvious, brazen lies* that the president told CBS's Norah O'Donnell, and that she just let slide:

Yeah, wandering aimlessly around a room in Japan is exhausting.

The media's complete lack of curiosity over our nearly 80 year old President's health when he has permanent bruising on his right hand, swollen ankles, facial drooping, disappeared for days from public view twice in the last 2 months and just had an unexplained MRI is notable

The stupidest possible people are now in charge of everything.

Where's her cross though? Maybe she leaves it at home when she knows her lies are going to be especially egregious.

You can listen to the full interview with ranking Armed Services Committee Dem Adam Smith about Trump's illegal bombings in this link. It's horrifying, revelatory stuff from beginning to end: newrepublic.com/article/2019...

@velshi.com It's Wau-keh-shaw, Ali. Accent on the Wau. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

This has real -- I intended to dm "Pam" -- energy.

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit newrepublic.com/article/2016... via @newrepublic.com

He's learned from Trump to make fun of the guy's weight so you don't have to say anything substantive.

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When you see how excited Trump, Russ Vought, and Republicans are about the government shutdown, it becomes pretty obvious the reason why they refused to negotiate a compromise with Democrats is because they wanted this and they completely own this, regardless of their lies.

"Not a single Democrat has talked about wanting to fund care for people in the United States unlawfully. Instead, what Democrats have said is they want to undo Medicaid cuts projected to leave nearly 10 million Americans uninsured." Eh, close enough!

Spoiler alert: zero. trib.al/WKI7kNK

Because it doesn't exist in reality.

Translation: feel free to harass and rape fellow soldiers and sailors with reckless abandon because there’s no longer a safe way for them to report you.

It's yet another example of Trump’s affinity for strongman authoritarian leaders with sketchy records from El Salvador’s Bukele, to Hungary’s Orbán, and Erdoğan. "We’ve been friends for a long time, actually ... He knows about rigged elections better than anybody.” trib.al/mAQMqUM

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These people are so fucking weird. www.mediaite.com/online/tucke...

@msnbc.com Please cover this today. bsky.app/profile/drew...

I keep wondering how much of the Charlie Kirk deification program is for real vs an own-the-libs troll Kirk was a divisive guy who said racist, sexist, cruel things. No one deserves to be murdered, but he definitely doesn't deserve to be canonized. It's legit upsetting me but maybe that's the point

@msnbc.com @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @cnn.com @politico.com Could a journalist please ask RFKJ about this? It's pretty creepy to be soul mates with an 8-year-old, and we'd all like to hear his explanation. America thanks you.

"Part of what makes these firms’ capitulation so frustrating is that they could have won easily. For proof, look no farther than the four law firms that chose to fight back, all of whom didn’t just win but *crushed* the Trump administration in court."

I feel compelled to remind everyone that what Kirk preached is the exact opposite of what Jesus preached. The brainwashing this cult has undergone is scary.

Periodic reminder that Ken Griffey Jr. spent his whole career getting robbed of records & accolades & continues to do so now, because he didn’t cheat & we keep treating the cheaters as part of all these discussions long after they were revealed as cheating cheaters who lied & cheated

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