Interesting. i didn't know it was less caffeinated.

Opinion | The Birthright Con

The evidence in favor of the traditional view of the citizenship clause is overwhelming... Which is to say that if the Supreme Court decides in favor of Trump, it will have less to do with law or history than the political power of the president and his movement.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/o...

Same. I adored these books and wonder why they don’t seem to get much attention today.

Yes came here to say similar. Ruemmler deserves consequences. Full stop. But again, in America, is ONLY a woman going to face genuine consequences for this?

except for the fawning from the Puck crowd on their pod...not holding my breath for them to admit it tho

Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is

"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)

Should You Buy a Newspaper or a Yacht? Advice for Jeff Bezos

As always, Alexandra Petri gets to the heart of things. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by federal agents was my childhood best friend.

Read and weep. Hold onto your humanity. And be enraged.
I grew up with Alex Pretti www.theverge.com/policy/86856...

Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.

genuinely curious how the "non political" reporters from Puck can be so much more insightful and honest than the "political" ones e.g., @kimmasters.bsky.social @juliaioffe.bsky.social #billcohan. I guess I have my answer -- the "political" ones are always greasing their GOP/MAGA sources

Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:

"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."

U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

"US Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 US troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol, according to a new policy that takes effect next month."

Exactly. The system works in favor of a corrupt few against the rest of us.

What is grosser? The blatant bribery of a petty wannabe tyrant, or the fawning coverage by axios of the unending corruption?

called my sens @alsobrooks.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov left messages. get something out of the pain we've gone through and don't step on the momentum of this week.

why does he make everything look like a hotel?

I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not

"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something

Either editorial malpractice or willful distortion. Neither is excusable for the purported "paper of record."

Thank you for this history

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Monsters.

How many days The Daily does this …

Feel free to attribute the following to a former OMB General Counsel: The supposed "new legal analysis" is, to use a technical legal term, horseshit. What the law actually says is that when Congress enacts a law ending a lapse, furloughed employees get paid at the earliest date possible. Period.

Yet the “deplorables” and “clings to guns” comments were too divisive and why the Democrats lost. 🙄

Even worse he blames Ds outright. “Breaking the rules”?! Bc Ds obligated to bail out Rs?

Archives errs in releasing too much of Mikie Sherrill's military record to her opponent in governor's race The National Archives admitted a technician had erred in releasing Rep. Mikie Sherill's "entire record."

Shady, shady stuff in #NJGov race.

Someone at Trump's National Archives illegally gave unredacted military records about Mikie Sherrill - including her Social Security Number - to Jack Ciattarelli's campaign.

www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...

‘Based on what I feel’: Trump escalates attack on childhood vaccines Trump promoted long-debunked claims that vaccines can cause autism as he called for changes to the childhood immunization schedule sought by anti-vaccine activists.

Trump’s attack on vaccines yesterday — delivered from the White House — “was the most dangerously irresponsible press conference in the realm of public health in American history” @pauloffit.bsky.social told us.

More on Trump’s false claims with @lenasun.bsky.social

this is the first thing that makes me optimistic

cato institute analysis of murders by political ideology since 1975, excluding 9/11