This Saturday may be the most embarrassing moment in the history of the White House press corps. I’ll be talking about this all week. Here are my thoughts today. Full show: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...
From @caolanrob.bsky.social
1. Why is Mike Huckabee, the sitting U.S. Ambassador to Israel, involving himself in a dispute between Israel and Poland?
This is outrageous.
Huckabee is in Israel to represent the interests of the United States, not the State of Israel.
I love science!!!
What a debacle.
Trump blames Democrats for no Iran deal.
"Arizona U.S. Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego are urging the Trump administration to put a halt to two planned detention facilities in the state as opposition to them grows and questions continue to mount...
"The two Senators have requested a response by May 1.
azmirror.com/briefs/kelly...
CNN put together a montage of Trump saying as far back as March 9 that his war against Iran "is going to be finished pretty quickly," then him saying that same thing over and over for the past six weeks
Trump says he’s winning the war by a lot.
Karoline Leavitt @PressSec Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump is Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness
we've noticed and i'm glad he's getting help
How do you get fired from the Trump administration for having an affair with a subordinate and drinking on the job? We’ll have to ask Lori Chavez-DeRemer, because I thought it was a requirement.
Trump just issued a last-minute warning to Virginians that if they vote YES on the redistricting referendum tomorrow, he will lose power:
“If the Democrats get additional seats, they’re going to be making changes at the federal level.”
“It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”
- Harry Truman
As Trump proves often, the reverse of this is also true.
It’s amazing how much you can fuck things up when the only thing you care about is getting the credit.
This company is out of control and its CEO appears in nearly every public appearance to be disturbed in some way.
There are companies our government should have nothing to do with anymore—e.g., those associated with Elon Musk—and Palantir is on that list.
Satirical news site The Onion said it has reached an agreement to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ InfoWars company, in a move that could help repay the more than $1 billion he owes the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims.
Want proof that the world has turned totally upside down? A year ago no one would have dreamed that these people would be saying what they are saying now, which is more or less exactly what the people they hate have been saying for years about Trump.
He didn't change; they have.
NEWS
After 15 years as CEO of Apple, Tim Cook will be stepping down on Sept 1 and will be replaced by Apple’s head of hardware, John Ternus.
Cook will step into the role of exec chairman.
Ternus is 50, the same age Cook was when he took over as CEO after Steve Jobs stepped down due to his health.
BREAKING: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has resigned.
Jon Husted on Trump's Iran war: "This is good news for the global economy"
Jeffries: "Republicans have spent tens of million trying to convince the people of Virginia that President Obama and Gov. Spanberger are urging a 'no' vote. That's a stone cold lie. The 'no' vote position is Donald Trump's position, as is being evidenced tonight. He's been trying to hide it."
Just another day in Donald Trump’s Endless Clown Show.
The Speaker of Iran’s Parliament:
“We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats.”
It's official: The House has sworn in Democratic Rep. Analilia Mejia.
The Iranian government’s depiction of LEGO Kash Patel is lit.
Absolutely incredible.
NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.
Watch with sound on.
What are the chances the new ‘Fraud Czar’ JD Vance discovers any wealthy Republicans committing fraud during his “investigations”?
So if Trump says the Iran War is over 12 different times does that count as Trump ending 12 wars?
Scotty Presler recruits 100,000 empty seats to the MAGA movement at a NASCAR event in Georgia.
