More generally, “Your body, your faith, and your convictions are not negotiable,” is a very interesting principle on which to base the regulation of the armed forces.

George Washington, the infamous opponent of freedom and noted fascist, forced American soldiers to be vaccinated. 250 years later, Pete Hegseth, America's paragon of scholarship and morality, fixes everything.

Remember when Napoleon was defeated by winter? Someone must have told Hegseth a weird version of that story.

Illustrating once again the extent to which the Venezuela raid emboldened Trump to engage in further military adventurism.

So this gets you arrested, but violently attempting to stop the transfer of power gets you a pardon.

Again: young people might not realize that this kind of repugnant racism was unacceptable to express publicly, *not that long ago*.

We’re defending Western Civilization by kicking Plato and Shakespeare out of university classes.

A huge component of American politics right now involves politicians starting fires and then saying that the problem with America is that we’re living in burning buildings.

From concept of a health plan (no plan) to concept of a deal with Iran (no deal)…

This guy….trying hard to save his job right here.

Isn’t it just wild that Americans freak out way more about Trump pretending to be Jesus than Trump pretending to be king?

““I know how to get the president’s attention,” Mr. Wilson said. “Make it a Trump National Golf Course in Syria.” Mohamad Al-Khayyat was already a step ahead. He said he had planned to propose a Trump-branded resort.” Just as the founders intended.

One reason that we cannot have professional diplomats representing the interests of the United States is that it would disrupt a pattern of personal enrichment for the Presidents allies and families.

Coming in the heels of the shadow docket story, this really is something.

Trump’s secretive his willingness to do brazenly corrupt (and often illegal) things in the open air. It’s a part of how he got away with being a crook in real estate for decades. We need better models of how to understand why that works.

This is one of the most important things to take away from the Atlantic story. (It’s less surprising that this guy is paranoid and drinking to excess.)

Two text alerts from Sky News a few hours apart; they read: 3hrs ago: Iran blames US blockade as it closes Strait of Hormuz again, Iranian state media says 07.58: 'First major movement' of ships through Strait of Hormuz after Trump declares it open - Iran war latest

UPDATE, Saturday:

The Strait of Schrödinger remains open and closed, safe and dangerous, insurable and uninsurable, blockaded and free.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

Announcer: “Here comes the 0-0 pitch…”

Majority Leader Roberts: “Strike 3!”

Hegseth Borrows Violent Prayer from ‘Pulp Fiction’ to Bless Iran War at April Pentagon Worship Service For the second month in a row, Pete Hegseth, who likes to call himself “secretary of war,” read a violent prayer — that echoes a scene in the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction — during a worship ser...

We have a secretary of defense who is giving long speeches defending illegal war by (mis)quoting the bible. Guys, this is seriously out of hand and really very dangerous.

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Impeach Gabbard

This is heinous

A perfect melding of kakistocracy and kleptocracy.

DOJ Rapid Response • O @DOJRR47 X.com Yesterday the Department of Justice filed a motion to vacate the convictions of several Americans who had received clemency from President Trump. This ends these years-long, Biden-era weaponized prosecutions. President Trump demanded we stop the two-tiered injustice—and we are delivering. No more rigged system. 1:32 PM • 4/15/26 • 6.7K Views

The individuals referenced here are adjudicated terrorists.

They were found guilty of conspiring to use force against their own government to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.

A conservative, Trump-appointed judge applied terrorism enhancements to their sentences.

So, apparently, the Speaker of the House is leaning into the just war doctrine to justify Trump's war in Iran and his attacks on the Pope. Why, then, hasn't the House voted on declaring war? Is Johnson just happy to dissolve the body?

“Bans walkouts”

So campus speech. Much viewpoint diversity. Very marketplace of ideas.

Oh so Mike Johnson DOES see the president's statements after all, huh?

Are you fucking kidding me? Just a dragnet that doesn’t care about your legal status?

Think about what it means when they say the IRS clawback cost hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue. That means that people will cheat on their taxes to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars. Then ask who that’s likely to be.

We need tax reform.

This guy recently flew to Hungary to help their authoritarian leader keep his office.

The historical illiteracy that characterizes American media, combined with its singular focus on sensationalism and the sense that everything is new, has really got me down.