“They were the best of times, they were the best of times…”

Miracle on Ice Cream

The man who watches Trump all day, every day Aaron Rupar spends up to 80 hours a week following the US president, from meandering speeches to impromptu press conferences. He says it’s ‘pretty bleak’

“It’s difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is. Journalists are trained to be like, ‘OK, what did he say that was newsworthy?’ So you convey that to your audience. But in reality, when you actually watch, you see he's full of hatred, lying constantly, and very incoherent.”

My lady @mzspress.bsky.social brought Pinky & the Brain back into my life by finding it on Tubi. Highbrow + lowbrow + musical numbers. Pinky is so wonderfully naive/innocent. Brain is Orson Welles, Frasier, and Ralph Kramden, except a mouse.

Soon after massive honeybee deaths, Trump moves to close the nation's premier bee lab When beekeepers saw widespread honeybee die-offs last year, researchers at the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center stepped in to help. The Trump administration now plans to close the facility...

What the hell—Despite suddenly losing 1.6 million bee colonies to a mass die off in the U.S. in a year, Trump WH is instead planning to close the USDA’s premier bee 🐝laboratory, worrying beekeepers, scientists and farmers. nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...

SNL UK is absolutely putting its American counterpart to shame dear lord

Congratulations!🇨🇦❤️

Trump’s Iran war is raising the prices of ‘everything from beer to beef’, economist says youtu.be/Y2pmL0POVMw?...

Hegseth and the Rump regime are afraid of strong and intelligent women and men and ALL POC.

The Army Chief of Staff, a combat veteran with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, asked Pete Hegseth why he was blocking the promotions of two Black officers and two female officers who had earned them.

Hegseth refused to answer. Then he fired him.

More winning and America Last.

why don’t u just tell him susie

POTUS is laser focused on his war with Iran.

His current strategy to achieve a historic victory (as of 10:58 PM ET) is to complain about the Lügenpresse.

“Asymmetric” = fighting back isn’t fair

Does the dress code include shoes that are several sizes too large?

No One at Waffle House Remembers FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported In

Not to denigrate the important work of FEMA, but it seems like the ability to teleport could be better utilized at NASA.

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Pleased to speak with @news.sky.com just now about the Iran War and the downing of a US F-15E.

This incident further underscores that contrary to POTUS's apparent belief, war is not a spectacle for entertainment.

And that the US agreed to & should uphold the law of war for very good reasons.

If you ever meet an Air Force PJ, buy them a drink.

They’re some of the bravest MFs you’ll ever meet.

They’ve been at this all day trying to find the WSO, despite taking fire every time they go out.

“These Things We Do, That Others May Live”

Trump Truth Social Post from this morning at 8:22 Am EDT With a little more time, we can easily OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE. IT WOULD BE A "GUSHER" FOR THE WORLD??? President DONALD J. TRUMP

🧵Pillage is a war crime. If Trump sends our troops to seize Iranian oil wealth for allied corporations, that is a war crime.

My point is that battles never go as smoothly as planners predict. McCormick is certain that an attack on Kharg island 'could be done almost flawlessly. If we have enough firepower, it would be very easy to defend That's precisely what the British thought when they were planning the Dardanelles operation. Read some history books Rich and Lindsey and then think about what you're saying. The past is a fine tutor, if only you decide to listen.

This is superb essay on how history provides lessons, but only if people are prepared to pay attention. Quite something to discover that the US “won” in Vietnam open.substack.com/pub/gerardde...

The DHS inspector general - Cuffari - is pretty corrupt. I imagine he will do whatever Trump wants him to do. So I think this boils down to whether Trump dislikes Lewandowski.

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Dumbasses

A-10 aircraft hit by Iranian air defenses, second US aircraft to go down in the Middle East A U.S. A-10 aircraft has been hit by Iranian air defenses, Iranian state media reported, citing Iran’s Army public relations office.

BREAKING: Iranian state media says a U.S. A-10 attack aircraft was hit by Iranian air defense forces, the second U.S. aircraft to go down in the Middle East.

Ya’ think?

Trump’s new budget adds an extra $500 billion to fund wars abroad — about $3,700 more for every household in America — while cutting health, jobs, housing, and education.

Put simply, it takes more of your money for foreign wars, while making life in America even more unaffordable.

Removing decorated officers over race and gender is the mark of a small man. History will not remember him kindly.

Downed jets puncture Trump’s and Hegseth’s claims of air invulnerability | CNN Politics An Iran war that was already proving quite unpopular with the American people has entered a new, more problematic phase for President Donald Trump.

The news that a second U.S. fighter jet was shot down by Iran has punctured the Trump administration’s claims about its complete dominance of the skies over Iran — along with the veneer of impenetrability it has attempted to construct over the past month.

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Small Businesses Are Being Left Out of Tariff Refund Process, CBP Data Suggests Data shared earlier this week by U.S. Customs and Border Protection suggests...

It sounds like only the big corporations are going to get tariff refunds according to what @laylaayanna.bsky.social found in her new piece at @tpm. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/small-b...