Pentagon says navy secretary is leaving, marking another top leader’s departure Exit of John Phelan, navy’s top civilian official, comes a week after Pete Hegseth fired army’s top officer

We've hit the "Dear Leader fires generals" stage of the collapsing superpower.

North Carolina’s utterly lawless Supreme Court | Opinion Gene Nichol: It was almost enough to make me wish I’d gone to dental school.

Gene Nichol: It was almost enough to make me wish I’d gone to dental school.

Democrats demand FBI director, Kash Patel, take alcohol abuse test Amid growing congressional scrutiny of his conduct, Patel has claimed he has ‘never been intoxicated on the job’

I'd settle for a breathalyzer to determine if he's drunk RIGHT NOW.

Middle East crisis live: Iran says it has seized two ships in strait of Hormuz after Trump extends ceasefire State media says the ships have been transferred to Iran’s coast

Excuse me, but I was told the Iranian Navy had been destroyed.

Extending the ceasefire until such time as Iran submits a proposal? I prefer presidents who don't openly state that the enemy is dictating the terms of our surrender in these stupid wars.

What in the chicken fried fuck... how many billions did the military just waste shooting down drones with million dollar missiles?

I Know the SPLC’s Flaws Better Than Most. This Investigation Still Looks Like a Witch Hunt. MAGA has wanted to take down the SPLC for years. Now it has the DOJ to try.

"...it was almost inevitable that a weaponized DOJ would try something like this. Discrediting the SPLC is a way of retroactively rehabilitating everyone the SPLC ever exposed."

A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel The Israeli historian Omer Bartov argues in his new book that a “state ideology” of Zionism has led to what he calls genocide in Gaza.

If you have people in your life who acknowledge the horror of what Israel has done to Palestinians but argue over the term genocide or say "what about," & you want to persuade them, or help them think more humanly, some might be able to actually hear this. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

You know, if SPLC could have avoided this if only they had kissed Trump's ass.

Like the ADL.

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BREAKING: Storied civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on 11 counts, including fraud conspiracy, bank fraud & money laundering. DOJ alleges SPLC fueled hate groups while raising money off threat. Ind: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Aside from who started it, states like CA and VA putting a counter-gerrymander up to a referendum, where people are told and can make a decision on the context for why it's being done, has vastly more democratic legitimacy than state legislators rushing it through because they got bullied by POTUS.

Also gotta discount the people who think they know who he is or have him confused with Mehdi Hasan.

Pretty good reminder how small Discourse World is even among poll respondents.

Poor Mehdi. 😔

Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges by Alabama grand jury Justice department’s inquiry focused on the civil rights organization’s prior use of paid informants to monitor hate groups, the CEO said

The KKK has indicted SPLC for investigating the KKK.

Kash Patel doesn't seem like a fun drunk. He seems like the "I stole your car to go to a titty bar, wrecked it and hid it in a swamp" kinda drunk.

NC Gov. Stein calls for halt to tax reductions, phase out of school vouchers in $35B budget proposal North Carolina hasn't passed a comprehensive state budget since 2023, largely due to disagreements among legislative Republicans.

North Carolina hasn't passed a comprehensive state budget since 2023, largely due to disagreements among legislative Republicans.

www.wunc.org/politics/202...

Spanish Flu. Someone should google it.

Reminder: This is the guy who once said he never washes his hands.

I worked next to one for years and never went just because people went in happy and came out looking like someone shot their dog.

I've never been to a Steak 'n Shake that I recall. I feel like I should go to one just so I can make a show of walking out.

The “arsenal of democracy” was as much about national will as it was about production lines. We are forgetting how much power there is in the human element. lnk.thebulwark.com/4mHqdCt

It's Taco Tuesday so I walked to the food truck to get some nachos but they weren't open so I walked further and got a lamb kabob wrap instead. Now I'm walking back and the taco truck is open.

STOP TOYING WITH MY EMOTIONS.

The Iranians are so much better than Gavin Newsom at trolling Trump that I'm suppressed there isn't an army of permanently online chucklefucks nominating the Ayatollah for the Democratic party.

Iran Experts: Fired. FBI Chief: Blacked Out. Good Luck, Y'all! (w/ Bill Kristol) | Bulwark Podcast YouTube video by The Bulwark

At the top of the show, I explain why I'm a YES on the Virginia referendum, and non-Virginian tim weighs in to. And of course we discuss Iran, Vance, Hegseth, Patel, spying on Americans, and much more.

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Live updates: Kevin Warsh says he will not be Trump's 'sock puppet' if confirmed as Fed chairman Kevin Warsh, Trump's choice to replace Jerome Powell as head of the Federal Reserve, is facing questions from lawmakers.

If you even have to say it...

Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces a Justice Department criminal probe over paid informants The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation and faces possible charges over its use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

Charging SPLC for doing what the Feds notoriously refused to do at the time?

Hell, nah.

At some point the Mad Man has to prove he is actually willing to follow through.

Trump is the producer of a bad reality show where thousands are dying by violence, millions are suffering, and he went from illegal, unjustified war to threats of genocide and everyone knows he's full of shit.

Which exposes the strategic and tactical flaws of Mad Man Theory...

I'm not calling Trump a coward because I want him to commit genocide on Persian culture, far from it. But he IS a coward in that he never follows through on his threats, so neither our enemies nor our allies take us seriously.

And that's what should scare us.