Agree. The cost, planning, set-up, clean-up, and distractions combined with the social expectations for meal sharing while being infused with corporate *learning* is often a lose-lose idea.

Between Hegseth and Patel, one might think that Lutnick would bring a non-alcohol-related whine to share with Congress.

LUTNICK: It is outrageous that Canada will not put US spirits on the shelf. It is insulting and disrespectful to America


SHAHEEN: They won't do it because of the insults from this president and comments like yours

Happy Earth Day! 🌎

For the record: The Washington Post is run by partisan hacks who think we won't remember that they took the *exact* opposite stance when it was Republicans pushing their own gerrymandering grab in Texas last year -- *without* putting it up for a vote.

"DAY AHEAD" - My Daily Editorial Note April 22, 2026

A USB drive has arrived at US Justice Dept offices in New York City

Ghislaine Maxwell sent some new arguments

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NEW: Justice Dept has just received a USB drive with filings by Ghislaine Maxwell, which includes an amended motion to vacate her criminal conviction & prison sentence

Trump Admin prosecutor says arguments appear "duplicative" and "meritless"

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Investigating the Good Guys DOJ claims the Southern Poverty Law Center was "paying off" the Ku Klux Klan. The group's track record and common sense suggest otherwise.

A little background on who the Southern Poverty Law Center is and what kind of work they’ve been doing for decades makes it clear that DOJ’s indictment (which is of the center, not of any individuals) is vindictive & malicious, an attack on civil rights work itself. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

AOC represents EVERY WOMAN in America right now who is sick and tired of misogyny & misinformation.

She represents us and the rage we feel.

Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban on USAID, Trump, Immigration, NATO, and the Russia/Ukraine War Hungary’s Viktor Orban is by far the longest serving head of state in Europe, and by this point has been vindicated on pretty much everything. So when he says that going forward it’s Ukraine, not Russ...

Tucker Carlson has been upended by the change in government in Hungary. Was there funding that he had and is now losing? What else will the public learn about this in the coming months?
This guy--this Tucker Carlson:
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For the record: The Washington Post can go fuck itself.

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Rare Survivors of Pacific Boat Strikes Allege U.S. Forces Kidnapped and Tortured Them As airstrikes and reports of torture under Ecuador’s U.S.-backed military regime continue to mount, fishermen tell Drop Site News they were blindfolded and held hostage for eight days.

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So true!! New problems will emerge. Phones are a way of life. It's all in teaching families and kids how to manage effectively during the school day. Setting the tone, modeling the behavior, teaching tech etiquette, adapting as tech evolves. Phones should not be banned in schools--teach behavior.

Banning phones in schools won’t solve the problem of phones in schools. It’ll create different problems. Common sense rules on usage that are able to be policed would be preferable IMO.

Walsh will sell Epstein-related assets if he has to (verified by?) just as a severely affected alcohol-dependent Hegseth would stop drinking if confirmed and a needy and ill with dependency Patel will...never mind...

The AOC/RFK Jr. pic is dramatic, but it gets attention because a woman is showing a lean-in assertive posture and facial expression while the man has been in hearings publicly disrespecting BIPOC and women members of Congress and has recently been noted for cutting off a raccoon's penis to "study."

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The Justice Dept’s theory of the case— that the group that single-handedly disassembled the Ku Klux Klan defrauded its donors by concealing that it was using paid informant to do that work and more— has about as much merit as the now-dismissed charges against Jim Comey.

Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban on USAID, Trump, Immigration, NATO, and the Russia/Ukraine War Hungary’s Viktor Orban is by far the longest serving head of state in Europe, and by this point has been vindicated on pretty much everything. So when he says that going forward it’s Ukraine, not Russ...

Does the change in government in Hungary relate to Tucker's sudden change of heart?
He was all-Orban all the time, it seemed:
tuckercarlson.com/tucker-victo...

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Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban on USAID, Trump, Immigration, NATO, and the Russia/Ukraine War Hungary’s Viktor Orban is by far the longest serving head of state in Europe, and by this point has been vindicated on pretty much everything. So when he says that going forward it’s Ukraine, not Russ...

This Tucker Carlson? I wonder if there is more than one reason, cash related or ?? for his sudden change of heart:
tuckercarlson.com/tucker-victo...

Corporate lost its way a long time back.
Starbucks was built out of many things, but one was the infusion of the culture of Seattle. Really, the coffee, itself, is not all that great--it was the idea of a coffee place as respite, meeting place, and friendly face calling your drink out as ready.

Author @gilduran.com was just banned from “free speech absolutist” twitter for criticizing the Palantir CEO’s manifesto— so here’s his upcoming book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

For any meal, or in between meals.

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Ossoff: "How does American politics really work? It's coin operated. Money goes in, favors come out. It's been running on secret money, corporate money, billionaire money ... all of this gave rise to a depraved president who exploits this rot to empower and enrich himself"

We are living in a timeline so dumb it's exhausting.

Is there a chance that the Vance on-again/off-again/on-again thing with Pakistan really does relate to security?

Trump's deranged posting all night, calling TV stations in the morning--are there 25th Amendment discussions? Is there a sense that Vance, as V.P., needs to be close to the White House?