Emptywheel’s blog post highlights a major theme of the current administration: there are very few examples of announcements that are substantial rather than performative. Diplomacy, legal filings, policy are presented to win the news cycle, not to actually accomplish something.

oh my goodness - Lieu played Rubio a video of Trump sleeping while Rubio tried to talk to him during a cabinet meeting. Then this exchange: RUBIO: I've never seen him fall asleep LIEU: I'm gonna show you a video that shows you just lied to Congress *plays another clip of Trump sleeping by Rubio*

the current director of national intelligence is a guy who two years ago received a trophy declaring he “Fucks Only The Young” at an (oddly dildo focused) event he organized dedicated to the conspiracy that Bed Bath and Beyond never actually went bankrupt

Down and dirtier than John Carpenter's Escape From New York...

the trump official — who led the siege & occupation of Minneapolis — admitting to having an ongoing dialogue/rapport with Martin Sellner, a straight-up Nazi who influenced the Christchurch shooter, while speaking at a conference about remigration (read: ethnic cleansing) is a pretty big deal!

Greg Bovino and the head of New York's Young Republicans were in Portugal this weekend for a neo-fascist summit on ethnic cleansing. So why didn't the press cover it? My latest for @theredoubt.net, on extremism, antisemitism and media double standards: www.theredoubt.net/why-did-the-...

“Government stats say incomes after adjusting for inflation are now declining YoY. What do you say to that?” “Well, it’s true, but/and partly because we have reduced incomes for people by cutting their social programs.” Not a mystery why Trump’s approval on the economy is -50

The first ever trillionaire will become a trillionaire by using political power to bend the rules of financial markets to force everybody’s retirement accounts to invest in his company

whatever religion this is, i’m joining

Search 250 to 250 videos. Each is only about a minute long but details important events in U.S. history and the power of citizens to accomplish great things together in a democratic (small d) government. Very enlightening, plus you’ll learn a lot.

Update: The White House got back to us after publication to say it had updated the website to exclude a "handful" of arrests by Homeland Security Investigations. A review of the updated aliens.gov data shows they deleted 270,214 arrests.

In yet ANOTHER decision by a judge trying to unstick Alex Jones' abuse of the legal process to prevent us from paying the Sandy Hook families, Texas judge Maya Gamble said Alex Jones has conducted "outrageous discovery abuse, tampering with evidence, and continuous, callous disrespect" for the law.

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The Republican Party quietly deleted their own ad attacking Ken Paxton's record on crime... because Paxton is now the Republican Party's nominee to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate. Figured if the ad is important enough to delete, it's important enough to see...

NEW: “Immigration authorities have detained a pregnant woman and her 4-year-old son at Washington Dulles International Airport for over a week,” per her lawyers. “CBP is holding [Anabella] Gyasi and her son in a windowless holding room, according to the ACLU.”

It’s really important that Democrats have people like Talarico (and Warnock and others) providing this kind of theologically and spiritually rigorous counter to Christian nationalism. Consigning evangelicals to the far right is a terrible mistake. Every person Talarico reaches is a badly needed win

UPDATE: Mike Johnson said he has nothing to do with this dirty tricks operation. Which is interesting because what I reported was that it was linked to the Congressional Leadership Fund, the House Republican Super PAC. The CLF has declined to comment.

A Trump-appointed US Attorney with no experience told grand jurors they'd hear about “bad guys” and “murderers” who “did what you are going to hear about.” He handed them business cards. The cases got tossed—and three days later, he got confirmed. Extraordinary via NYT/Alan Feuer buff.ly/xpnVcJ7

Donate to his Super PAC? He'll boost your online casino. Donate to his Super PAC? He'll pardon your crimes. Donate to his Super PAC? He'll appoint you to a government position. Donate to his Super PAC? He'll grant you favorable regulatory rulings that help your business. Everything is for sale.

"When 404 Media asked clarifying questions and said that the reporting is based on leaked BusPatrol material, Spree stopped replying to text messages and emails." www.404media.co/buspatrol-pu...

It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2

We wanted to understand how regular Americans feel about the war in Iran. So we talked to three Macedonian teen-agers posing as Midwestern grandmas on Twitter.

Happening now at Delaney Hall. Protesters are outside the facility demanding the release of Martin Soto, the leader that started a hunger and labor strike to protest inhumane conditions. iCE has rolled in a tank and is pointing their weapons on peaceful protesters that are forming a human chain.

Again, straight from Delaney Hall in Newark NJ: ICE just tear gassed Senator Andy Kim.

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter. (Published Jan. 2025)

The Arlington National Cemetery Memorial apparently has deleted references and information on everyone interred there who wasn’t a white straight man from their database - attempting to sweep their existence under the rug. My thoughts on this obscenity cannot legally be shared on this platform.

Meth futures rise on anticipation of payouts to January 6th felons.

Judge April Perry to U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros: "You are significantly undercutting your mea culpa here by standing behind the charges and continuing to vilify these particular defendants."

NEW: A new lawsuit alleges the Trump administration awarded the bulk of new Texas border wall contracts to two firms without “genuine competitive opportunities.” One of the chosen firms has faced legal issues and claims of shoddy construction work. w/ Big Bend Sentinel & @texastribune.org

To keep people up to date: six people who exercised their first amendment rights had their lives overturned and were forced to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorneys fees because of clear prosecutorial misconduct.

The feds harangued Kat and my family over bullshit charges for a year. They tried to beat her down, bankrupt Kat and her codefendants through legal fees, and a defeat her spirit. They fucking lost. They will continue to lose. Fuck ICE forever. To this criminal gang of a government: stay losing.

Free Newsletter: Anthropic claims it will be non-GAAP EBITDA profitable for Q2 2026 by having SpaceX discount its compute costs for May/June. Its economics remain unprofitable, and its reported revenues don't match with statements from its CFO or its previous ARR. www.wheresyoured.at/anthropics-p...

FUCK ICE NOW AND FOREVER

The IRS has agreed to not audit Trump's taxes. In 2024, we found the IRS concluded in a long-running audit that Trump effectively claimed the same massive write-off twice on a failed Chicago tower. That audit could have cost him more than $100 million. (From May 2024 w/ @nytimes.com)

“.. What we are talking about is nothing short of the sitting president of the United States looting from the Treasury for his own gain,” she said. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/5733...

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As a guy with half a trillion dollars, I have lots of options: 1. Enjoy a 100% stress-free life doing whatever I please in unfathomable luxury all over the world with people of my choosing 2. Have 87 meltdowns a day on a website

Trump fired 22 of the NSB members just as they were putting the finishing touches on a report to Congress. It indicated that China has already raced ahead of the US in key scientific fields. They are emerging as the new superpower. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

This is insanity: Trump's DOJ is about to "settle" his lawsuit against the IRS by creating a $1.7 billion slush fund to pay off victims of Biden "weaponization." I talked to Jamie Raskin about this. It's even more corrupt than it first appears. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2105...

Georgia congressman Mike Collins has opposed rules that experts say would reduce the odds of serious trucking crashes. Those rules could have required Collins’ family business to sink substantial money into new safety measures for its own fleet.

Mike and I watch episodes of this podcast to make fun of on our own show, and the download counts on our episodes absolutely blow Katie Miller's show out of the water. Her attempt at a podcast is a complete dud. It is worthless. Everyone can see what's actually going on, right?

This is President Trump's envoy to Greenland, the man tasked with convincing them to join America and enjoy its deep commitment to democracy

This is absolutely outrageous. SCOTUS reinstated Texas gerrymander 15 weeks before primary because they claimed it was too close to election to block it but now allowing Alabama to gerrymander one week before primary after trial court found map was intentionally discriminatory against Black voters

6/7 This is exactly why European lawmakers are sounding the alarm over Palantir. You cannot hand the sensitive data of nations to a company run by insecure technofascists who want to socially engineer the globe and weaponize everything they touch. The risks are massive

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leaned on an erroneous claim that Black voter turnout now tops white voter turnout, in his Callais v. Louisiana ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act, reports The Guardian. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Makes me think of this quote by Tite Kubo on the topic

Alabama House speaker said he hopes SCOTUS “will overturn Amendment 14,” the one that made Black people citizens and guaranteed equal protection under law. It wasn’t just a slip. Today’s newsletter. 👉 link.al.com/public/45636...