10/10 headline Would read again

I hope no one lets this man just duck his head and pop back up chatting about rockets. He destroyed large sectors of important governmental capacity, made staggering amounts of sensitive information vulnerable, and cost us billions of dollars. This should hang around his neck like an anchor.

This is just so so embarrassing

I’ve been on something of a Watergate kick recently and it’s kind of astounding to me that the public sees John Dean as this good guy when he knew of the break-in, helped organized it and the hush money payments, & only grew a conscience when it became clear he’d be the scapegoat

Using this if I ever have another interview for a federal agency If it’s good enough for the Deputy Director of a federal law enforcement agency, then it should be good enough for me

Also yes we’ve been talking about Kimmel, a rich white dude who’d be fine without the job, but his show employs 200 people who have struggled through five incredibly hard years. We saved 200 jobs by standing together for the guy who used to make women jump on trampolines, and that’s a win.

This ⬇️ Unless they read it in it’s Ancient Greek, Ancient Aramaic, and Ancient Hebrew or have sought out and read interpretations by academics who can read those languages and have made it a point of study beyond the frame of heightened religious readings, then I care for no one’s interpretation

Again worth noting that if Antifa were a real terror organization, the we’d have been seeing a whole lot more organized attacks, assassinations, and violence against right-wing politicos and state agencies There so far has been zero meaningful activity of that type from the left

Hey, so we showed that massive outrage can save jimmy kimmel’s job. Let’s do it again for health care and living wages.

The boycotts work, kids, & represent our most direct weapon against fascism in this moment. Time to *expand* them & leverage their impact against this increasingly dangerous regime.

As a homeschooled kid who grew up in Protestant conservative circles, I’ve lived through a good many rapture scares And I want to make note, as a kid who was socially anxious and incredibly nervous, everytime these happened I ended up sobbing in my bedroom afraid of the end of the world

Donald Trump has never had an interest in being a real leader, only to make more money for him and his family and feel adoration from everyone And if he can’t get immediate adoration from everyone, he’ll force them to kowtow to him That’s been his entire goal from day one

By Jake Tapper

This may sound insensitive but how many people were passed over for promotion because he wanted to stay? How many persons couldn’t be hired to the agency because he wanted a few more years? How many college grads or military vets didn’t get the chance at public service because he wanted to stay?

Just realized that there’s likely a Colonel out there in the Army Reserves who could potentially be able to give orders to DNI Gabbard Like that would be insane (of course it’d never happen)

I am again asking the Texas Democratic Party to wake the fuck up to the massive liability that Henry Cuellar is in TX-28 He is standing trial in the Spring of 2026 and there has been zero discussion amongst Texas Dems for finding a replacement, building a campaign, or anything at all

This is starting to be like the meme about Ross from Friends “Why does CENTCOM, the largest combatant command, not just eat the other six?”

Reading the comments under this, I’m reminded of what Thaddeus Stevens said about Simon Cameron “I do not believe he would steal a red hot stove” When Cameron protested, Stevens said “I apologize. I said Cameron would not steal a red hot stove. I withdraw that statement” That’s Gov Shapiro for ya

What movie do you consider “perfect”?

Bearing a cross on wheels is a great metaphor for Christian oppression

Btw this has been a problem from before Trump (one of the long lasting effects of Reagan’s attack on them in the 80s), but Trump’s decisions has only made things way worse It’s always been difficult to enter federal government and civil service as a civilian (post 2000) but it’s near impossible now

Honestly, I’m still not sure anybody could be able to effectively succeed Trump. Like who has the “charisma”, same cult of personality traction, same marketing of self? Patel’s got the “fight fight fight” mentality, RFK’s got something of a fan base, but none of them stand out

Just 2 gun rights advocates sitting behind a wall of bulletproof glass while enjoying a memorial for a gun rights advocate who got murdered by a gun.

Tolerating the intolerant doesn’t make one tolerant, it allows the intolerant to further harm, injure, and minimize those who they hate Not tolerating the intolerant and ridiculing, ostracizing, and shaming those who are intolerant of others is the only correct course of action

Why am I just now finding out that of Gordon Liddy’s children, one is a former U.S. Navy SEAL who (proudly I might add) served on “Red Cell” and the other was a Deputy AG who eventually was disbarred for possession of CSAM? Wild

As somebody who once thought about being a cop, I came to this realization recently that the reason I was so drawn to it (second probably to my desire for public service) was that economic security I get decent pay, a pension after 20 years, and it’s beyond tough to get fired This is real

I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.

These people are walking mental health crises

And this is why those of us on the academic and research side keep saying blue states are going to have to decide to do the hard thing and purge pro fascist elements from the government as this continues to deteriorate nationally.

Step 1: Orchestrate Afghanistan’s demise following Doha Step 2: Have Kabul fall under Biden Step 3: Campaign on an end to forever wars Step 4: … wait, go back to Afghanistan? Step 5: ???? Profit, the fuck if I know how

More than that. "The FBI ***recorded*** Tom Homan taking the money "after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration."

It is absolutely insane to see how easy Americans are susceptible to fascism and look no further than TikTok People are posting themselves with videos of Hitler’s speeches in English and saying “yeah that’s right”

Damn, can’t wait for my journal article on why we lost in Afghanistan to come out now

Add that onto something that the next Democratic administration needs to deal with in the DEA Sorry, but a federal law enforcement agency should in no way be asking the White House to authorize military force on a law enforcement target

Allow me to say, as somebody who’s been in business consulting in the defense space for four long years Having an entire DoD become supplemented by ex-VC/McKinsey/BCG guys who left after four years as a 1LT or CPT then got an MBA or law degree from an Ivy really isn’t the way to go

i still kinda want her to stay in the house, because the house needs to have competent and passionate progressives

And the image goes hard as hell

Why is it that my new comfort movie has become 1990’s ‘By Dawn’s Early Light’?

It’d be funny if it weren’t so damn disappointing Like honestly, how can you miss the mark by this much?

The thing that’s amazing with the whole emphasis on recruiting law enforcement officers into federal agencies is that they’re lowering the age limit, offering advances and doing so much more BUT they’re not removing polygraphs when that would be the most help in getting more applicants & employees

This applies to the defense community too, though not with rumors I know people who have academic knowledge, firsthand lived experience, and regional expertise in certain areas be considered less informed by policymakers/the public on defense issues purely because they weren’t in uniform

Look I’ll say it Charles de Gaulle would’ve done a Sixth Republic by this point

Cue conservatives saying “they work in Hollywood so they’re extremely wealthy and will be fine” completely unaware that Tinseltown is built upon 80-90% of the workforce living paycheck to paycheck in a two bedroom apt with six roommates

Cue Conservatives endorsing this and Republicans reacting with glee on Reddit, 4Chan, Facebook, and elsewhere while continuing to cry over Kirk’s words being repeated and used to show his true character

Glad I never jumped on the Ezra Klein bandwagon, but hes always been an “elite” Republican, same with Dick Cheney Its really something to see these unscrupulous characters have more of a backbone & seeming values than people who the right-wing have been clamoring as being left or liberal

This is exactly how we should be framing Charlie Kirk; he’s a guy who shits himself, smears said shit all over the walls, grins and laughs like an idiot, then proceeds to make millions of said shitting himself and rubbing it on the walls That’s the person who got a quasi-military funeral

Wow seriously @reason.com? Like really? This isn’t even an opinion; this is deliberate misinformation and a willfully dishonest framing of Kirk’s career as a political commentator, podcaster, and public figure Reason used to stand for holding LEOs to account; now they’re just another bootlicker

The reason he says this and acts this way is because he knows there is zero chance he will ever be held accountable; if Jim Comey, Bill Webster, Chris Wray, Rob Mueller acted this way, they’d be done And that should speak volumes of this administration

I wonder if the reason for this is that many of those in the liberal intellectual class come from elite, wealthy families which have long supported (and been supported by) capitalism that they cannot bring themselves to critique or work against structures that are inherently illiberal