Neither smart nor glasses. Otherwise 👍

It brings me no joy to say, I told you so.

It brings me no joy to say, I told you so.

The Art of the Self-Deal, cont’d.

There is a fine line between a madman and a 4-year-old learning to write.

The Art of the Self-Deal

The Art of the Self-Deal

Why do the Japanese like their buns askew (2026)

*J. Edgar Hoover reading that Atlantic piece about Kash Patel*: Pull yourself together, man!

Me: So you were mad about giving Iran $1.7B?

DJT: Correct.

Me: But your deal would give them $20B…

DJT: Correct, but also their enriched uranium!

Me: The uranium they enriched after you tore up the JCPOA?

DJT: Correct.

Me: And that’s a good deal?

DJT: Best deal I’ve ever made!

*taps sign*

What fresh hell is this?

What fresh hell is this?

Swalnotsogood

The 30 seconds leading up to 3:01 of Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love

🚨 Live look at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs

🎉 Congrats to Viktor Orbán on his new fellowship at the Harvard IOP! 🥳

🎉 Congrats to Viktor Orbán on his new fellowship at the Harvard IOP! 🥳

‘CURTAINS FOR ZOOSHA? K-SMOG AND BATBOY CAUGHT FLIPPING A GRUNT’

‘CURTAINS FOR ZOOSHA? K-SMOG AND BATBOY CAUGHT FLIPPING A GRUNT’

Not least because we all know how this is going to play out.

Stop 👏 creating 👏 new 👏 administrative 👏 positions 👏

"Farcical? That's the language over there, right?"

Time to take the keys away from grandpa.

*taps sign*

TACO Tuesday, but with a special side order of threatened war crimes.

Once the embers of the American constitutional order finally cool and we get around to drafting a new constitution, we should definitely make sure the president doesn’t have the unilateral authority to start a war. Maybe divide the power with the legislature or something? Just spitballing here.

Denied congressional authorization, Trump can get back to doing what he does best: banging his desk, rage posting on social media, and claiming victory that—if we're lucky—isn’t catastrophically worse than the status quo ante.

But that would require Congress's sanction.

Of course, Congress will not authorize war. In part because the campaign has been as poorly led as it was misbegotten. And also because MOCs have been able to engage in cheap talk—supporting the president precisely because they have no skin in the game.

The off-ramp is to call for congressional authorization. He could say that it is now clear that victory requires actions beyond his sole authority as president. Achieving the stated ends of the campaign—which many in Congress say they support—now requires (among other things) boots on the ground...