I still think these two paragraphs from Ganz are the most important contemporary political writing

Wemby with 5 fouls halfway through the 4th is… suboptimal

How it felt being in Kyiv last night

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.

Please do as Liz asks. Senators must not approve any of this & you will be held accountable by we the people if you take one done from this illegal bribe fund. I'm talking to you lady G.

Watch Stephen Colbert's show and then never watch CBS again. Make em feel it.

Never in the field of human endeavour has so much been fucked up for so many by so few.

So you're telling me that cutting tariffs leads to lower prices? Fascinating.

Deliberate destruction of American power and prosperity by the Trump regime

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For the first time in 80 years, the federal debt-to-GDP ratio is over 100%. In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo.

Pistons reaching deep to come all the way back Impressive

This is not an exaggeration. Alex Jones is allegedly bankrupt but has an infinite well of dark money to pay lawyers, sell pills, and harangue judges and the parents of dead kids. This stay must be lifted so we can take over, and I hope journalists look into where he's getting and stowing his money.

Cheryl Hines seen being protected by her loving husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Back in September, I wrote about Ukraine's long-range drones. Now that they are regularly and accurately striking Russian refineries and oil infrastructure, I think it's worth reading again, for those who missed it. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

In the 🎥, you can see how the guys from the mobile unit work in the field out of their van. In fact, this has become their everyday way of life during the years of war. They need a 🛻 for one more mobile group. Update 23.04: +$161 To go: $9,839 PP: [email protected]

This video should have far more views, see a Ukrainian mobile air defence unit working out of their van. This is the expertise other countries are now seeking. #NAFO

Franklin Graham is a lying phony who skims over $720,000/year off of just one of his "charities." When Pope Leo denounced people who use God to promote their own wicked self-interests, he was talking about people like Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth. But also Franklin Graham.

One of the few but significant upsides of Trump’s massive failures, including in Iran, is that they are likely to have at least some impact on the popularity of European far-right populists who openly supported him. Idiots and traitors

Something I’ve picked up on in many years of reading statements of denial from people accused of sexual violence is that they often focus more on whether the victim is believable than whether the events occurred. Because those details tend to corroborate the allegations. So they attack credibility.

A note to ex pilots, SOF guys, etc: Maybe shut the fuck up about the intricacies of SERE training. It’s great that the WSO was able to escape and evade, but you don’t have to tell everyone how.

Christianity is the biggest, most profitable scam in America.

Release Epstein Files Now!!

After the White House complained about an unflattering photo of Karoline Leavitt, it was removed from AFP and Getty’s systems. This is the photo in question. Please do not repost it. 👇

Meet @leelagray.bsky.social the retired Brigadier General running to unseat Ana Paulina Luna, a MAGA crazy who organized a guided tour for Russian Duma members to Washington last week (as Russia was helping Iran target US bases in the Middle East). Let get her some followers and support. 🇺🇸

Still can’t get over the House GOP rejecting a 100-0 bill from the Senate to fund TSA, Coast Guard, and FEMA and… just going on vacation. Complete abdication of duty.

Walz: Welcome to the freest state in the nation—a state where you love who you choose to love, a state where you make your own healthcare decisions, a state where you worship—or not—according to your own beliefs, and maybe most importantly, a state where everyone belongs.

Stephen Miller, Pete Hegseth, Pam Bondi, and others in the regime are all living in government housing at Fort McNair. If hearing this makes you think of barracks or modest ranch houses, don't.

“Why are men afraid of women?” “If your strength is only the other's weakness, you live in fear,” Ged said. “Yes; but women seem to fear their own strength, to be afraid of themselves.” “Are they ever taught to trust themselves?” Ged asked “No,” she said.

This is an ICE agent at TSA. Post their unmasked faces everywhere.

This may be the most powerful 85 seconds I've ever seen on television.

The battle for Iwo Jima resulted in over 26,000 US casualties, making it one of the bloodiest Marine actions in history.

OTD 1933 Adolf Hitler was officially sworn in as chancellor of Germany. He immediately pardoned 8,000 violent Nazis, many of whom were involved in the failed 1923 coup.

Make it a twofer. Isn’t Iran’s oil also off sanctions?

Excellent thread regarding the (unsurprisingly) juvenile and shallow latest missive from the minister for war pete hegseth.

Explain it to me like I’m five… 🤬

Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central Cartoon Network And more... This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped. State AGs must step in and block it.

These are Olena Udovichenko and her son Hordii. A Russian missile killed them today. Olena was a teacher in a Kharkiv school, Hordii was a second-grader there. Last night, Russia killed 11 people in Kharkiv, including Olena and Hordii. RIP.

There are a lot of posts out there with the close-up visual of Markwayne Mullin on January 6, but this is a better perspective. He’s not protecting others; he’s protecting himself and hiding. You can see plenty of people at the entry door, ready to take on the insurrectionists, but not Markwayne.

From yesterday's Observer.

This is Benjamin Netanyahu's son Yair. While working class American service people are dying in the gratuitous war his father and Donald Trump started, Yair is poolside in Miami chilling. No word on where Donald Trump's children were, just that they were 100% *not* wearing a uniform.

It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death. I’m introducing legislation ASAP to ban this.

The Epstein survivors make it very clear that they have not exonerated Trump, despite the GOP’s bogus claims. There is no amount of GOP spin that will make this go away and we won’t let it. Keep talking about it. DJT is guilty. He is a serial sexual predator and he needs to be held accountable.

This is a hideous betrayal of the country, in exchange for a bribe.

The Trump tariffs are the highest tax increase on the American public since World War II Yes, you read that correctly What's worse, he did it while taking health insurance away from 20 million people And giving $75 billion to ICE so they can hunt US citizens #TrumpTariffChaos

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An ICE agent shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a US citizen and San Antonio resident, in March 2025. Then ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety covered it up. He was 23 years old. I am calling for a full investigation into this shooting, including why there was an 8-month cover up.