Given everything that's happened so far, what would possibly deter him from trying?

I've lived in Beijing, and the thing is - they don't have elections.

Slotkin suggests Trump could use the military to seize ballots from polling places this November without even the fig leaf of a warrant

Trump calls for revocation of ABC, NBC licenses over speech snub

China's Moonshot unveils world's largest open AI model, closing in on US rivals reut.rs/4f7IXJi

Oil rises on intensifying US-Iran hostilities and threat of Red Sea closure reut.rs/4fm6NzE

It's not that I think they have a super-secret plan to overturn the elections and seize power, but you're watching an entire political party, from top to bottom, meme itself into convincing itself that its opponents are inherently illegitimate, and that road doesn't go anywhere good.

Horrifying. How can we be allowing this to happen to CHILDREN?!!!

The problem is that China cannot allow its financial system to honestly price risk. To do so would prevent the Party from having the final say on outcomes.

Putting aside the outcome of the match, I found it interesting that the premise of this Polymarket ad was that an insider could rig the betting numbers with misleading information. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDCK...

Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.

Attacking books, undermining free speech: Hong Kong’s national security police on Wednesday raided two bookstores, seized boxes of books and arrested five people on suspicion of sedition. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/w...

There's only bloodshed because Democrats won't shut their mouths.

Yes, we should definitely invade every country based on speculation that their government could change radically in 50 years. Sound strategy.

Tuberville voted in Florida after tax records say he moved back to Alabama www.al.com/news/2026/06...

Oyer: "2 days after Blanche was confirmed as deputy AG, he fired me from my position as DOJ's career pardon attorney. I declined to rubber stamp a favor for a friend of the president, and it cost me my job. Mr Blanche's office had asked me to restore the gun rights of a convicted domestic abuser..."

Fokker was Dutch and famously designed fighter planes for the Germans in World War I. But with the decimation of the German aircraft industry by the Treaty of Versailles, he came to the U.S. and plied his craft here.

"You can't have your Cuba until you've finished your Iran!"

It's not like we just make this stuff up here on BlueSky.

Local video posts say masked ICE agents followed and detained an elderly woman near El Paso while she was reportedly on her way to chemotherapy. If a cancer patient is not safe on the way to treatment, this is not public safety. #AntiCorruption #FollowTheMoney

Video of the day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=98gj...

So what are the stakes in Argentina v. Spain? I can't think of any big bone of contention, since independence.

Hegseth: If only we have more testosterone, we'd be winning the war against Iran.* * even though it's not a war and we already won.

"I hear these chips have trans-sisters in them! Can you believe that? Millions of these trans-sisters. They're taking over the world."

I completely understand 1930-40s Germany now.

It's amusing how they're all pretending this wasn't Blanche's scheme in the first place.

While we're breaking laws, what's one more?

This is bizarre.

"We talked about this yesterday in your office." Ok, you weren't under public oath in his office yesterday.

Calling SpaceX as overvalued was not a difficult call.

“.. Tariff refunds are squeezing the federal budget. The US paid out $26 billion more in refunds than it collected in June ..!contributing to a widening $120 billion monthly deficit.” @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/07/1...

“.. If you’d been allocated $100mn of the SpaceX 2056 bonds, you’ve turned $100mn into $90.7mn in less than a month.” “SpaceX Bond Yields Rocket Towards Junk” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/3a02...

OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election? CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election? C: I'm not gonna get into that with you O: You're not being honest or forthright C: ...

I mean, at this rate they really should give back the Falklands.

So, a typical Trump MOU.

Can't get no.

What are the odds he heard someone mention a transistor and got confused

note the date

Two weeks, tops.

This is about as Hegsethian as it gets. It’s no surprise that the man who proclaimed, “I’m straight up just saying, we should not have women in combat roles” now thinks that having higher testosterone levels is a real, urgent priority for soldiers. trib.al/HjpI4EU

Golden Age and all that.

If England wins against Argentina, it gets to keep the Falklands. But if it loses against Spain, it has to return to the Catholic fold.

Good lord, make it stop.

SpaceX shares slide below IPO price as blistering rally unravels reut.rs/4ypTnLP

Blanche, aloud: “I commit to that.” Blanche, in his head: “You just made the list, buddy.”

Trump has occupied an ethics vacuum with gusto, monetizing the presidency with an unprecedented, insatiable appetite, writes Timothy L. O’Brien.

It's a total mystery why more allies won't go to bat for us against Iran.

I don’t think we need the “in retrospect” here.

Pete Hegseth just blocked the promotions of seven senior Navy officers — five of whom are women or people of color — to two-star admiral rank. For the first time in more than a decade, no female active-duty naval officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.

"Selling ice to eskimos."