Trump may do more for the energy transition than any other individual through sheer incompetence, just like JD Vance may do more than anyone else for the cause of global antifascism simply by being viscerally repellent.
less than a week ago the president told the world the strait of hormuz had been reopened and would never close again in the history of the planet
1. Trump has weaponized the FCC to control the media under his autocratic rule. Now, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is turning the agency towards his next target: transgender characters in TV shows.
He seeks to change the rating system to penalize trans characters.
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He is absuard/disgraceful and should be fired. If not I'd urge someone take up impeachment
Burchett is right: the most DC thing ever *is* a member of Congress blaming the city for something he and his colleagues did themselves.
🚨 STATE.
JUDGES.
MATTER.
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we are going to need to put so many people in jail, at least.
Greg Sargent notes that the NY Times accepts the bogus "everyone loves their own gerrymandering" idea when Democrats have tried for years to end *all* gerrymandering. Republicans have blocked reform, leaving Dems with the options of gerrymandering or unilaterally disarming, i.e surrendering.
Death, taxes, and Larry Klayman losing cases.
Sean Parnell, spokesman for Pete Hegseth: STATEMENT: Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is departing the administration, effective immediately. On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy. We wish him well in his future endeavors. Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.
Trump just fired the Secretary of the Navy and replaced him with Undersecretary Hung Cao, one of the biggest idiots Virginia politics has produced this century (really saying something here) in the middle of the Iran war
EFF analysis of Palantir’s responses to our questions concludes that a good-faith application of Palantir’s own human rights commitments should lead it to end its contract with ICE. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
I'm sure I'm just repeating old truths here, but: the older you get the more you appreciate someone who isn't afraid of eating shit, getting up, and moving forward. It's more trust-building to be someone who can show the scars of stupidity than maintain a kayfabe of Threading The Needle of life.
Donald Trump appears to have missed—or is delaying—his 2026 physical, with no schedule or results released.
At the same time, his behavior is raising concerns—even among some right-wing outlets.
The silence is deafening.
Thread. When you hear someone claim they’re just enforcing the laws on the books, point out that’s false. They’re exercising their discretion to TURN as many people as possible who are here legally into “illegals” so they can deport as many as possible.
remember, RFK Jr. cut 988’s specialized counseling program for LGBTQ+ kids for no reason other than to get more of them killed
Oh, NOW you want the rule of law?
Didn't surprise me in the slightest when the first move of Trump 2.0 was firing every non-white/queer face they could reach. Every achievement or victory for a marginalized person is perceived as an injustice for/theft from a white man. Quite literally.
In February 2025, the U.S. designated eight Latin American cartels and criminal enterprises as both Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists. @poorvika.bsky.social and @katie-tomski.bsky.social explore the consequences of these designations for the rule of law.
I remember hearing from prominent conservatives that it was bad for the government to choose winners and losers because it means ineffective/inefficient firms survive.
"logic of Musk’s empire is total. X shapes the discourse. Grok automates it. Grokipedia rewrites the historical record. Starlink can deliver it all, everywhere, to everyone. Each layer reinforces the others. It’s not about winning arguments in the public sphere. It’s about building a replacement."
Gosh. Who could have predicted this state of affairs? www.techdirt.com/2024/12/10/f...
Seems like NYT should have mentioned that UAE's spymaster bought 49% of Trump's World Liberty Financial and used $2B of its USD1 stablecoin, directing hundreds of millions to Trump.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/b...
VAN HOLLEN: You said you disputed some of my facts. Do you dispute that Sheikh Tahnoon through his company invested $500m in World Liberty Financial just before the inauguration?
LUTNICK: I'm not aware of that
VAN HOLLEN: Seriously? It's been so widely reported
"The goal is the degree" is definitely something someone would say if they don't understand the primary output of a university.
Just reminded that the administration's attack on SPLC comes almost exactly one year to the day when it was threatening the c3 status of environmental organizations. We've recognized since Tocqueville, that civil society is a defining feature of American democracy. Really authoritarian shit.
Oh, so you do understand this concept, do you?
The Pope is soft on crime though.
ICE in Chicago this morning at Elston and Kennicott—a masked agent tells a witness (on the sidewalk) not to get in front of his car.
Feds are continuing kidnappings across the city & burbs after increased activity this month.
No flashy CBP caravans, just a steady stream of covert ICE arrests.
Outrageous. @chiosse.bsky.social was protecting one of his neighbors from eviction, as a result of deed theft — a plague in Central Brooklyn right now. There was no reason for NYPD officers to roughly throw him to the ground. It sure doesn’t make anyone safer. Release him now.
