it is very funny how these people are so accustomed to essentially bullying democratic politicians that they meltdown when met with appropriate pushback.
in any case, the process to amend the virginia constitution has multiple stages where, at any point, an amendment can be defeated.
Needs to work on the caveats. Could use an “appears likely.”
Trump on Truth Social seems to be auditioning to be a Supreme Court reporter: "based on the questioning by Republican Nominated Justices that I watched firsthand in the Court, we lose."
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I did get a small chuckle out of the Putnam footnote, at least.
Blanche // Our Indictment alleges Southern Poverty Law Center secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION IN FUNDS to white supremacist & extremist groaps including: $ 1M + National Alliance affillate $300K+ Aryan Nations affilate $270K + "ente the Right" member $140K+ Elia National Alliance Chairman $73K + Farmer KKK members $19K+ pressient Efelon
Blanche and Patel
BREAKING: DOJ announces charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center based on allegations of paid informants in an indictment in the Middle District of Alabama.
"This investigation is very much ongoing," FBI Director Kash Patel said.
That would make it even funnier
The Falcons draft another QB in the first round
Maybe it’s good news
Nothing has killed more soldiers in the history of humanity than disease. While worst is a more complicated question Hegseth is absolutely the dumbest secretary of defense the United States has ever had. bsky.app/profile/ones...
Warsh hearing so far has been kind of frustrating. No one has asked the questions that seem most relevant to me:
1) is Trump's criminal investigation into Powell appropriate?
2) what would you do if Trump threatened retribution against you if he didn't like your actions/Fed policy decisions?
ELIZABETH WARREN: Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election?
KEVIN WARSH: Uhm, we try to keep politics if I'm confirmed out of the Federal Reserve
WARREN: I'm just asking a factual question
WARSH: I believe this body certified the election
WARREN: That's not the question I'm asking
I look forward to seeing the results of his labors.
“By registering as a Republican rather than an independent, maybe I can have some influence on moving some Republican policies toward the center,” writes Alan Dershowitz.
The Irene Adler one is also really good, IMO
“Every program that carries the president’s name sends a message that the benefits of government flow from him personally. Not from Congress, or the Constitution, or our collective project of self-governance.”
It’s always the illiberal regimes doing this. You never see Canada paying a bunch of guys to write about the expanded EITC or congestion pricing.
Dinesh D’Souza’s son in law.
I can’t speak to a lot of this, but the journalist/mandatory reporter hypothetical strikes me as highly implausible.
I admit that I was most curious about how he’d respond to this specific allegation because it 1) was the most serious one made, IMO and 2) would be easier to verify/disprove than most others.
On multiple occasions in the past year, members of his security detail had difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to information supplied to Justice Department and White House officials. 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.
The Atlantic didn’t say who requested the equipment or from whom it was requested, so it may have been made within the detail instead of outside of it.
The Article’s claims that early in Director Patel’s tenure meetings and briefings were rescheduled due to “alcohol-fueled nights,” that members of his security detail had difficulty waking him because he was “seemingly intoxicated,” and that a request for “breaching equipment” was made because he had been unreachable behind locked doors, are false. None of these events occurred. Prior to publication, the FBI expressly informed Defendants that these claims were “totally false,” “made up,” and “made up to the point of satire.” As is standard protocol, easily verified, and would have been known by any credible FBI source, breach equipment is provided to all FBI protection details. The claim that it was requested or provided to Director Patel’s detail because he “had been unreachable behind locked doors” is pure fantasy
Most of Patel’s denials in the Atlantic lawsuit are pro forma, except for this one claiming his detail wouldn’t have needed to request breach equipment because they already had it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Kash Patel's lawsuit against The Atlantic has been filed.
All else aside, it confirms this: Kash Patel was locked out of the FBI system on Friday, April 10.
The lockout set off a flurry of inquires to the FBI/DOJ/WH about whether Patel had been fired.
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I always assumed Caviezel was an Iberian name, to be honest?
the sunday night baseball announcing team with john kruk on the right IN A SUIT???
legitimately upsetting to see john kruk in a suit on sunday night baseball
Oh man I still remember what a surreal first watch that scene was.
Jane Krakowski should have, like, twelve Emmys from 30 Rock
Unfortunately NBC’s new Sunday Night Baseball theme made me immediately think of this:
Burgum, the former governor of North Dakota, has championed that state’s presidential library dedicated to Roosevelt set to open on July 4 — the nation’s 250th anniversary. Burgum added that he had met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in the Oval Office as part of discussions for next April’s NFL Draft, which is set to be hosted on the National Mall. Roosevelt’s induction into the Hall of Fame will “be happening at the library, but it’s going to be announced on the Mall,” Burgum said.
They’re doing the same thing they did with Rose and Clemens where they think the commissioner also runs the HOF. Classic Trump admin attention to detail.
