The Ethicist | My mail order trad wife found my Grindr account and is threatening to tell my right-wing podcast’s sponsors about it. Should I ask ICE to deport her?

Indigo bunting is one I’ve been hoping to add to my life list. May have to venture up there.

[taps microphone]
[takes a deep breath]

Trump’s supporters (f/k/a as Bernie or Bust’ers) got us where we are.

Cashing in on the crown: How Trump turned the presidency into a personal money machine Donald Trump is the only billionaire ever to occupy the Oval Office, and since returning to the precedency in January 2025, his family’s wealth has grown…

Cashing in on the crown: How Trump turned the presidency into a personal money machine

Twitter uses algorithms that ensure that 90% of the most visible accounts will be on the far right politically. Here's why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem.

Siri: compose an intelligent sounding post…

Sources say that if Kash Patel cannot stop binge drinking and spending taxpayer dollars on his personal travel, Donald Trump is prepared to fire the highest ranking woman at the FBI.

Did that a year ago

On gerrymandering, Republicans appear shocked that Democrats brought a gun to a gunfight

DDHQ Race Update (est. 8% in): Virginia Congressional Redistricting Amendment

Yes (N): 137,876 (57.0%)
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221. Chief Justice Roberts and the Clean Power Plan Remarkable reporting from the New York Times provides a peek behind the curtain of the February 2016 rulings that ushered in the modern emergency docket. And what it reveals is pretty discouraging.

#ICYMI: Yesterday's "One First" took a deep dive into Saturday's @nytimes.com scoop on the behind-the-scenes machinations in the February 2016 Clean Power Plan ruling—and what the memos tell us about how #SCOTUS handles emergency applications in general, & about Chief Justice Roberts, in particular:

The Strange Death of Orbánism Franz Pokorny

“Orbán built a glittering façade of think tanks, conferences, and podcasts on a brittle framework of prefab ideas and exorbitant contractors’ fees, only for it all to collapse in the blink of an eye.”

www.jaccusepaper.co.uk/p/the-strang...

Nominally independent media institutions celebrating press freedom by serving canapés to president fake news is some bleak, black comedy but the venue is chef’s kiss

It seems to me that any government official who sues for defamation should be required to pay attorneys' fees x 3 plus costs if they drop the case, and x 5 if they lose.

Without committing to specific numbers, a federal anti-SLAPP law for high-government officials should clearly be on the agenda of the next sentient Congress.

Shoes of numerous shooting victims recovered and de-cummed from Matt Walsh's closet

How To Talk To Dead Children About Guns (2012)

The scent is so subtle

in a world of lauren bezoses, be a connie ballmer

Caitlyn Jenner Appeals to Trump, Saying She Cannot Travel After Passport Gender Changed to 'Male' Jenner's passport reissued with male gender marker, sparking a personal and political conflict.

you there! fetch my smallest of stringed instruments

Top Trump Lawyer Is a Longtime Tax Deadbeat Trump lawyer Jesse Binnall has owed the IRS more than $100,000 for years.

Kash Patel’s lawyer is also a tax cheat, on top of everything else. www.thedailybeast.com/top-trump-la...

Keystone Kash’s Attorney Outs Even More Devastating Claims In attacking a report by The Atlantic, the FBI director’s legal team revealed allegations that were not previously public.

Wait! Binnall’s letter mentions allegations that the Atlantic did NOT publish? Just a tremendous own goal.

A peer reviewed study shows a promising link between flu and shingles vaccines and a reduced risk of dementia. A heroin addict who cut off a raccoon’s penis for “further study” says these vaccines cause autism. For busy Americans, it can be hard to know who to trust.

Not to be outshone by rhododendrons, peonies and irises, my figs are bearing early fruit. Must get the netting on before the wildlife devours them. #gardening

Peonies now flowering. A beauty of my landscape.

Azaleas almost finished. Rhododendrons now enjoying their moment. #gardening

Lyreleaf Sage (Salvia lyrata)

Daisy fleabane (Erigeron annuus)

Goldenstar (Chrysogonum virginianum)

Left to its own devices, a yard develops beauty otherwise suppressed by relentless pursuit of grass and application of chemicals. #gardening #nature #organic