Jimmy Kimmel’s “as I was saying” opener wasn’t random—it’s a callback to Jack Paar. In 1960 Paar walked off The Tonight Show after NBC cut a mild “WC” joke. 3 weeks later he returned, opening with the same line. Kimmel nodded to one of late night’s boldest moments. Brilliant bsky.app/profile/ever...
My reporting uncovered the existence of DoJ training videos instructing FBI personnel on how to flag Trump’s name in the Epstein files. I’m suing to get the videos under FOIA. substack.com/@muellershew...
Here’s hoping.
Assuming he is capable of remorse, empathy, or understanding his own hubris seems like a real stretch for a man who harvests whale parts, tells people about his wormy brain & showers on his wife’s live insta feed.
The man who broke into Gov. Josh Shapiro’s house and set it on fire reportedly planned to beat Shapiro with a sledgehammer.
Greg Abbott? Yes. Me? No.
True.
“The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas has doubled in size to 48 cases, mostly in children and teens, making it the state’s worst in nearly 30 years.”
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Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
An amazing resignation letter to Bove from an AUSA who worked on the Adams case.
Money quote: “I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
One can almost smell the Bengay and baby powder lined disposable undies.
The conflation of “Jews” with the Israeli far right government, is a low info take. 🍊 + 🐀 support the far right Israeli gov, not Jewish people. Supporting Netanyahu gov guarantees Christian nationalist support & 💵.
It seems like you’re conflating “Jews” with the Israeli far right government, which serves a political purpose for them now. It guarantees US evangelical support. Supporting Jewish people is something entirely different.
My doctor just referred me to a specialist.
The next available appointment they have is in July.
So, when people tell you that universal healthcare is bad because you have terrible waits for doctors and procedures? This is what insurance that costs $18,000/year and has a $3,500 deductible gets.
Déjà vu all over again.
National Socialism (Nazism) represented much more than a political movement. They wanted to change the cultural landscape: to promote what they considered to be traditional “German” values. Works by Jews/others deemed not German enough were purged from the public sphere.
Friend: why are you getting passports?
Me: 1) because we can’t be w/o insurance since hubby is just recovering from chemo & there are a number of countries where we could maintain treatment in 💵 if need be 2) my Jewish roots vibrate with a clang every time I see the 📰
I wish people would stop saying “DOGE”. It’s dumb. It also doesn’t exist. Buying into the language of propaganda is dangerous. Call it what it is: unelected interference from private citizens at the behest of a billionaire. There’s no such thing as “doge”.
PROGRESSIVES AGAINST KAMALA HARRIS IN 2024: "Don't vote for her!!!! She isn't good for Palestine!!!!"
DONALD TRUMP IN 2025: "We should ethnic cleanse the Palestinians from Gaza so I can build some Mediterranean-view condos."
A VA psychologist friend reached out today. Her job is at a VA in the heartland. Her job, in my view, is helping veterans with post traumatic stress stay alive. She is one of the hundreds of thousands of federal employees who has been encouraged to resign…
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Even the Bible of which they are so fond - they’d know Goliath lost that battle 😂
He thinks *we* are the dumbest assholes on the planet.
“Beautiful infrastructure” - but, like, can it and will it be *functional*?
A large stuffed bear in a cream colored armchair in a corner of a therapy office with green walls and dark hardwood floors. The stuffed bear is the employee of the month in my solo private counseling practice.
My employee of the month for January 2025: Bear.
When you’re in solo private practice, you still need support, and Bear really came through this January.
G is using the yoga bolsters to her advantage today; propped and monitoring for suspicious squirrels.
Who knew Biden could have just stormed into the White House, handed a friendly billionaire the keys to all the federal buildings, fired anyone who might have voted for Trump and imposed the Green New Deal, police, gun and voting reform and Roe v. Wade by force, without barely a peep from Congress.
