Virginia is under hostile occupation by a majority of its residents apparently

Trump extends ceasefire with Iran, says blockade ​of Iranian ports will continue | CBC News U.S. President Donald Trump said he is extending the ceasefire with Iran to give its leadership time to "come up with a unified proposal."

In a weird way I wish GW Bush had been this blatantly eager to weasel out of the Iraq War

"Do you have a favorable or unfavorable view of Hasan Piker?"

Unfavorable: 15%
Favorable: 7%

Never Heard Of/Have No Opinion: 79%

Echelon / April 2026

Astronaut two minutes later, trying to text video to friend: “Fucking Verizon!”

100% Even the juniper berries in the gin are a little… you know…

Maybe mention Natasha once during the 20-minute Tony Stark grief-fest at the end?

Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter realizing 3 months into their marriage that they don't like each other all that much

Some historians credit England's better management of scurvy for their defeat of the Spanish Armada

Oh that is a time-honored American hero. I like to think we've moved past that, but then I turn on the news...

When Democrats aren't sure which lesson to learn A study of election narratives from 2024

New at Tusk: A survey of county chairs shows that Democrats aren’t sure why they lost in 2024 or what direction to go in the future. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Kash Patel: “This negative media coverage will not distract me from my job.” [spends week suing magazine and giving TV interviews about it]

No one ages worse than a Sorkin protagonist

I think this scanned as "Directionless punk with daddy issues finds his way to honor" back in the 90s, and today reads as "Monster hurts people but eventually hurts someone who's slightly worse"

a man with a name tag that says kattee ALT: a man with a name tag that says kattee

Rewatching "A Few Good Men," it's remarkable how awful Kaffee is. Yeah, he's inexperienced and irreverent and a sexual harasser. But he's such a smarmy asshole about everything until he finally gets into the courtroom. I'm surprised they didn't kick him off the baseball team, no less the JAG Corps.

Uh there's your next two years of Apple advertisements

Militarily and economically advanced nation headed by white supremacists leads unprovoked attack on weaker nations? The analogy checks out.

This won’t help the GOP’s “We probably have enough pedophilia advocates for now” directive

Problem: White House is concerned by reports that several men in the cabinet are drinking on the job.
Solution:

MPSA folks, come join us for The Forum's happy hour, this Thursday at the Adamus Lounge!

And no I don't care if the headline isn't completely accurate. The idea of a mediocre pasta sauce wiretapping us is too much fun.

Should we be comfortable with a president who, by his own description, spends his day watching news sources that lie 90% of the time?

“Classico is a bit watery but at least it doesn’t violate the fourth amendment” is I guess where we are now

He is just tuned out, but then Jesse Watters or someone tells him to get mad about something, and suddenly it’s all he can focus on. He demands military strikes and then his mind drifts off to other things. And his staff can’t fix it because they’re terrified of criticizing him.

The Takeaways from a 2026 Trump Deep Dive Anatomy of a devastating WSJ story -- and its larger implications.

The WSJ piece and the @dandrezner.bsky.social piece on Trump’s foreign policy “process” are very much worth reading. My read is that a White House can run with an inattentive president. The problem is a president like Trump who is selectively attentive.

Wow a machine than can go 15mph what won’t they think up next

There are public opinion polls for Germany in May 1945?

…but we’re gonna get one

Is there another way to operate a car?

Iran has restarted its blockade in response to our ongoing blockade of their blockade of our blockade