I'll give Mr. Scott credit for at least calling an execution an execution.

The brutal irony will be when Trump's hand-picked prosecutors screw up the Maduro prosecution so badly that they get an acquittal.

True thing here: a visually-impaired acquaintance of mine reports that his adaptive screen reader sees right through the redactions. And points out that if DoJ had a few more visually-impaired people (aka Woke DEI hires) on staff this would have been caught immediately.

Between the Kennedy Center, the plaques under the portraits of his predecessors, and now the Trump-class "warship", Don has officially reached the "toddler smearing his own feces on everything" stage of development.

There's all kinds of things you can say about Trump's Reiner comments. But you can't say it's surprising. You can't say it's out of character. You can't say it's a new low. Anyone who has been OK with all the heinous things he's done and said has already made their peace with this kind of stuff.

At first I was pleasantly surprised to see a good number of right-wingers decrying the Kimmel suspension. But on second look, their objection always seems to be that the same tactic might be used against them some day. Not that it's wrong, or completely contrary to the Constitution.

If the Comey charges actually go to trial, does that mean we get to go over the huge pile of evidence that Russia interfered on Trump's behalf and that the Trump team was aware of it and welcomed the help, all in excruciating detail?

“We’re not a king at all, thank you very much.” -Don, using the royal "we" for some reason

Spray-tan's not a good look on aging narcissists or American history. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

I keep hearing from MAGA about how we need to disengage from Europe/Russia to focus on China. But with DJT, you just KNOW it'll be "Okay, you take Taiwan and we'll grab us some mineral rights in the Phillipines."

trying to make sense of why Trumpworld is suddenly bullying South Africa....seriously wondering if Musk has bought himself a back-door restoration of apartheid. www.npr.org/2025/02/08/n...

Coincidentally, I have a tradition of playing this one LOUD on the first day of the year my porch thermometer hits 70dF. I call it "Blue Sky Day", and it's today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSMu...

"Text will no longer be a default and length no more a measure of quality." - New WaPo executive editor Matt Murray, confirming that they've opted for the Fox model of "news".

Somebody at Prime did this on purpose and we can't stop laughing

Pure BS. This administration would happily watch Russian columns march into Kyiv if Putin promised to respect our access to minerals. www.reuters.com/world/us/jd-...

Lemme get this straight - a state can't set its own air quality standards, but it can seize control of women's bodies? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/c...

Breaking: Sallie Mae doubles interest rate on existing student loan debt; DOGE site reports $500 billion in fraud and abuse eliminated.

From "Beacon of Democracy" to "petty shakedown hoodlum" in one simple election. This is embarrassing. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/w...

Dang it. We've had a decent snowpack for maybe 2 weeks, and it looks like we'll be back to bare brown earth in just a few days. Winter, we hardly knew ye.

And there you have it - it's not about "government efficiency", it's about having to bend the knee, kiss the ring, and do whatever "favor" Don might want before any Congressionally-mandate funding starts to flow. He's the Boss, he should get a cut, right? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

When asked for comment, the President cited "the unfair threat that anti-disinformation efforts pose to X's traffic and revenue streams." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...

My Washington Post subscription is paid into next month. For the same money I can get a year of The Atlantic plus a few months of The Bulwark, but I am WIDE open to other suggestions.....

I'll admit, I like the idea of eliminating waste, fraud and abuse. But with the way DOGE's claims of results keep collapsing under scrutiny, I got a feeling they're going to cut a lot of bone and somehow miss a whole lot of fat. Or maybe just leave the fat and take a good slice for themselves.