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(2) . . . Any Dem looking to win in the midterms or in ’28 would do very well by having Ben Rhodes on the campaign staff. A brilliant guy, a savvy politico, a straight shooter, a man with real integrity wading with the rest of us through our current miasmal swamp of political grift & moral rot....

Opinion | Graham Platner Went to Hell and Back. He Has a Simple Message for Democrats.

(1) Ben Rhodes was the architect of the Obama agreement with Iran (that Trump tore up). Good for Platner (I think he’s gonna absolutely bury Janet Mills—the Schumer-backed hack—in the Maine Dem primary & he’ll finally take down GOP waste-of-space “Concerned Lady” Susan Collins in the general.)....

(2) . . . The changes in dynamics & tempo, the solo piano work, Knopfler's solos & incredible guitar dexterity (sorry, Hendrix/Clapton/Gilmour/Page, etc., but Mark's my #1), the transitions from near classical to jazz riffs to ballad-like passages to hard rock. Just brilliant, brilliant stuff. #AT40

Dire Straits-Telegraph Road Live- aLCHEMY Tour 1983 YouTube video by Rock is Highlife

(1) @bradlovett.bsky.social @dcbraun.bsky.social @klaaskid8.bsky.social @richieoldhockeyguy.bsky.social Glad you liked Sultans of Swing. If the live performance was new to you‑‑here, from the tour (a bit earlier, in '83), is Telegraph Road. The last 4 mins. alone worth the price of admission. #AT40

Sure. You sound nice.

No. Go with the guy who's gonna FIGHT, not the Dem hack pushed by Schumer and the usual Party wimps who consistently lose us elections. Don't do the "white male" thing here, please. It rings cheesy & false. Platner has the very best chance to take Collins down . . . & DO SOMETHING in the Senate.

55 yrs ago this week, 4/17/71, all 4 former Beatles had solo singles in the UK charts:

Paul McCartney: "Another Day,"
Ringo Starr: "It Don’t Come Easy"
John Lennon: "Power To The People"
George Harrison: "My Sweet Lord"

All 4 songs still sound great, 55 yrs later.
Play 'em loud.

Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (Alchemy Live) YouTube video by DireStraitsVEVO

Sultans of Swing ‑- Dire Straits ‑- the 1984 Alchemy Live version/performance. Mark Knopfler just kills. Absolutely most stellar, electrifying live rock performance on video. Period. Full stop. #AT40

Great film. A terrific Jodie Foster & a smarmy McConaughey. Also presents an occasion to mourn the loss of Carl Sagan, brilliant scientist, author of the novel Contact, & creator of the series Cosmos. He foresaw Trump & the craven GOP that props him up in his 1995 book The Demon-Haunted World:

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

End of a credible SC & start of Federalist Soc. imposition of Shadow Court Injustice. By extension: why the Schumer/Jeffries' love of letter-to-Trump scolds & Garland's embrace of “post-Nixon DOJ protocol” gotta go. Marquess of Queensberry Rules‑done. Gloves off before authoritarian handcuffs go on.

Orban just conceded. Once again, Rick Wilson’s spot on. ETTD. Everything Trump Touches Dies. And in this particular case, I couldn’t be more pleased. . . .

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I'm with you‑‑-somewhat‑‑‑Tom, if it's merely a matter of emphasis. But I think we're all capable of simultaneously holding two electoral aspirations ('26 & '28 not so terribly far apart time-wise in this political climate). Buttigieg will make a sterling '28 candidate. And I'm not virtue signaling.

Lying from the White House Podium is now a family tradition.

I don't understand why so many are looking at the 25th Amendment for relief. It requires, primarily, action by . . . the Cabinet! Then 2/3 by both chambers! Have you watched these clowns at sessions with Trump?!? Patience. November. Impeachment is the only way to go, & even that is problematic.

I'd be stoked too, Adam, except . . . it's a week away. It's Orban. It's "government" control of media. It's an authoritarian regime. It's . . . a bit premature to be stoked. . . .

Ben Rhodes hits it square on the nose. More MAGA winning. Such relentless MAGA winning. . . .

NOW yer talkin'. . . . (Gotta tell you though, Ollie, that bubbling pot had me salivating. . . .)

I can tell by the color, the viscosity, the carrots overwhelming the beef, and the aroma wafting right up into 🦋 . . . not nearly enough Pinot. Solution: remove a dozen carrots; empty the remainder of the Pinot into the pot; season with the wine in your glass to taste. Voila!

Stuart Stevens & Simon Rosenberg | Trump Is Scraping Bottom "This guy just fails and fails and fails and fails.

Stuart Stevens & Simon Rosenberg | Trump Is Scraping Bottom

An extremely important & timely conversation between two truly brilliant political experts. DO NOT MISS IT. It's 45 minutes of critical analysis providing glimmers of both hope and a possible path toward ending this national nightmare.

Maybe when you are a member of Congress, you should try to make sure you aren’t posting AI slop from a BS right-wing influencer.

One of two US pilots have been rescued after a fighter jet was downed in Iran. Proud of our Combat Search and Rescue team. No one left behind.

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These USAF fighting men didn’t ask for this. They were gifted it by their Imbecile-in-Chief and his piss-drunk Secretary of Incompetence. Congrats, assholes, on engineering this entire shit show & putting these men, if still alive, in the extremely perilous situation they now find themselves in....

Kingfishr at 2 Meter Sessions | Killeagh, Shot In The Dark & More (2025) YouTube video by 2 Meter Sessions

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Kingfishr - Halcyon Live From The Farm YouTube video by Kingfishr

#AT40 Just discovered these feckin' awesome Irish lads and their music. Just incredibly fine stuff. Spend 20 minutes with them. (Then another 20.) You won't regret it. . . . ☘️ ☘️ ☘️

Happy Birthday to Brendan Gleeson.

The golden age of corruption.

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Saying the quiet part out loud.