“I’m finished,” yells Daniel Plainview, perched happily on the polished floor of his own celestial kingdom. Though he has just committed a crime, he has never felt so free. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
A request for “breaching equipment”—normally used by SWAT and hostage-rescue teams to quickly gain entry into buildings—was made last year because Patel had been unreachable behind locked doors, according to multiple people familiar with the request.
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@petridishes.bsky.social's shoes pivoted to AI. She needed some coffee to deal with this, but the coffee shop had pivoted to AI. She sat down on a bench, but the bench? Pivoted to AI.
President Trump’s personal phone number is Washington’s hottest commodity—and some are willing to barter or pay to get it, @michaelscherer.bsky.social and @ashleyrparker.bsky.social reported in March:
Pope Leo today: "Jesus told us: Blessed are the peacemakers! But woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic or political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth." www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Trump’s personal phone number is the hottest commodity in Washington, D.C.—and some are willing to barter or pay to get it, @michaelscherer.bsky.social and @ashleyrparker.bsky.social report: theatln.tc/suGnXBwC
The soulless, sociopathic orange cunt stands in his suit looking bored and devoid of intelligent thought whilst an Oval Office guest is collapsed on the ground behind him. Fellow guests, able to demonstrate more compassion than the pedo protector has ever mustered in his entire miserable existence, are helping the collapsed man. The photo captures the insipid, disdain Trump holds for any other human being not permanently kissing his fat, wrinkly ass. At least today is one day closer to his death.
Congratulations to photographer Andrew Harnik who has won the White House Correspondents’ Association award for presidential news coverage with one of the greatest Oval Office photos ever captured.
KERNEN: We'd never be able to send anyone back if you needed a judicial warrant every single time
RAND PAUL: Well, I don't think that's true. Obeying the 4th Amendment of the Constitution shouldn't be too difficult. It's something we fought the revolution over.
“What you got here Sammy is a fairly rare reverse crusades situation…”
NEW: Trump's claim the WSJ published the Epstein birthday note with "actual malice" was completely undermined by the article itself, which showed the paper's due diligence and included Trump's objection in the story.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
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Post Conversation Sterling Crispin 🕊️ @sterlingcrispin Introducing: Nothing Ever Happens A @Polymarket bot that automatically buys "No" for every non-sports market and holds to resolution. Why predict the future when 73.4% of all Polymarkets resolve as No? Stop over thinking it. Nothing Ever Happens. https://github.com/sterlingcrispi n/nothing-ever-happens Image 2:39 PM · Apr 12, 2026 · 842.3K Views https://x.com/sterlingcrispin/status/2043398710013595857
incredible
But, listen, let's review the rules. Here's how it works: the president makes decisions. He's the Decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Just put 'em through a spell check and go home. Get to know your family again. Make love to your wife. Write that novel you got kicking around in your head. You know, the one about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration. You know - fiction!
You can see why the press hated Colbert's address
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One of the wackiest things going right now is reporters getting exclusive Trump interviews - huge scoops, you've got to run with them! - that age like avocados in the microwave
Do links hurt publishers on Twitter? Our new analysis says yes. (+ some data coming for Bluesky!)
(Altman does not recall the exchange.) (Altman doesn’t remember this.) (Altman does not recall this. Kushner says that they were not in contact at the time.) www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
A costly quagmire was predictable. Trump went to war anyway.
Read @shaneharris.bsky.social on the real intelligence failure in Iran.
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The incredible story of the JD Vance adviser who once predicted that Trump would dissolve the U.S. Congress so the pope could appoint Melania as Queen. via
@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Sean Duffy has changed how the secretary of transportation works with representatives of the companies he regulates—and lobbyists and corporate leaders are responding with their checkbooks, @michaelscherer.bsky.social reports:
NEW: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy transferred $1 million to a super PAC for his son-in-law. Months later, one of the nation's biggest GOP donors, whose company is regulated by DoT, matched the donation. My dive into the new ethics of DC. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump: “We’re not supposed to be seduced that way, right? But I am. When somebody’s nice to me, I love that person. Even if they’re bad people. I couldn’t care less, I’ll fight to the end for them.”
The tyranny of hotel decor.
Dave's work is excellent, informative, and extremely fun.
Vote him in for a Webby!
THREAD: Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside.
On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors.
She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section.
Neal Stephenson FTW.
Fortune article from Feb 2022: Someone just paid $450,000 to be Snoop Dogg’s neighbor in the metaverse. Here’s how you can live by a celebrity too
Jason Isbell Explains How Music Is Like The News But For Sounds. Subscribe to The Onion at membership.theonion.com/
Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...
Joe Kent ~ @joekent16jan19 X.com After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.
Director of National Intelligence National Counterterrorism Center President Trump, After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. I support the values and the foreign policies that you campaigned on in 2016, 2020, 2024, which you enacted in your first term. Until June of 2025, you understood that the wars in the Middle East were a trap that robbed America of the precious lives of our patriots and depleted the wealth and prosperity of our nation. In your first administration, you understood better than any modern President how to decisively apply military power without getting us drawn into never-ending wars. You demonstrated this by killing Qasam Solamani and by defeating ISIS. Early in this administration, high-ranking Israeli officials and influential members of the American media deployed a misinformation campaign that wholly undermined your America First platform and sowed pro-war sentiments to encourage a war with Iran. This echo chamber was used to deceive you into believing that Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States, and that should you strike now, there was a clear path to a swift victory. This was a lie and is the same tactic the Israelis used to draw us into the disastrous Iraq war that cost our nation the lives of thousands of our best men and women. We cannot make this mistake again. As a veteran who deployed to combat 11 times and as a Gold Star husband who lost my beloved vife Shannon in a war manufactured by Israel, I cannot support sending the next generation of to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of I pray that you will reflect upon what we are doing in Iran, and who we are doing it for.…
Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigns over Iran war.
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