It’s important to remember that the goal of lawsuits like the one brought by Kash Patel against the Atlantic isn’t to win, it’s to cost the Atlantic as much money as possible only to drop the suit before discovery, and as red meat for the MAGA base by simply filing it.
May your kinks never (nonconsensually) be made public. -- old Irish blessing
Hits on so many levels #nokings ❌ 👑 @stratfest.bsky.social
The time to do something is now, and we must act.
Mark Jacob on how the press ignores the biggest Trump story: “The president of the United States is clearly mentally unfit for office."
Maggie Rogers, Joan Baez, and Tom Morello performing “The Times They Are A-Changin'”
Amazing.
NY Times reports Hegseth just struck 2 Black and 2 female officers from a promotion list — and says Hegseth’s Chief of Staff told the army secretary “Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events”
More: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...
Coyne: "Your honor--"
Court: "Sit down.
Coyne: "--if--"
Court: "Sit down."
Coyne: "If I notice of appeal-- (think he means appear)
Court: "Sit down."
Coyne: "--is entered --"
Court: "I'm directing the court security offices to remove Mr. Coyne."
NEW: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed charges against prediction market company Kalshi. "Kalshi may brand itself as a 'prediction market,' but what it's actually doing is running an illegal gambling operation." www.reuters.com/world/kalshi...
If he's going to get a national profile on the strength of a younger woman's campaign, I'm going to come out and say it: during his short-lived tenure as a math professor, Biss had an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of his undergraduate students. I was that student.
“Bitch, what?”
In case you're wondering how slow justice moves: after the Trump administration investigated my podcast and removed me from my job at the VA in 2019, I filed a complaint.
We still don't have a trial date set. We're waiting on a summary judgment ruling after a hearing last August.
“Don’t ever be the first to stop applauding.”
-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, writing about the unfortunate director of the local paper factory
mannerofspeaking.org/2010/05/12/s...
I think people who say things like this, especially prominent people with power, should be shamed and shunned and reviled — cancelled, if you will.
“Free speech culture” disapproves of that sentiment — says that it’s worse than what Ogles said.
Judge it thus.
Essential read: a statement from Cardinal Cupich. www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...
When I first started out as a journalist I thought it paid to have a background in US history when covering America. Then I thought it would probably be better to be a constitutional lawyer with expertise in jurisprudence. Now I think it would be useful to be a psychiatrist.
Sharpton: "The problem is not Trump. The problem is us. What happened to us?"
Reuters Exclusive
"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."
"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East."
after absolutely eviscerating Kristi Noem and calling for her resignation, Tillis is applauded. He thens threatens to hold up nominees if she doesn't stop stonewalling him. My God.
“Well, no TRUE Scotsman…”
Score one for the Mayor. 👏👏
I would like to see Pritzker and Newsom declare a state tax receivership fund whereby citizens pay their federal tax liabilities into a state-run escrow account rather than directly to the IRS.
The state can hold these funds in trust for the federal government until Trump obeys the Impoundment Act.
“I would never call a President of the United States of any party a fucking piece of shit on a podcast, until today. He is a fucking piece of shit. This is where we are. I want to go back to an America where I can’t make the case that the president is a fucking piece of shit.”
It’s now clear that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been lying about his relationship with Epstein. He said he had no interactions with Epstein after 2005, yet we now know they were in business together.
Lutnick must resign or be fired. And he must answer our questions.
Lots of folks saying “this is good” but no, it very much is not.
1) this is the 4th amendment
2) this is a historical norm at worst
3) this is already required
4) again, at worst an historic norm
5) 4A
6) 4A
7) fine
8) good if enforceable
9) useless
10) again, at worst a historical norm
BREAKING: CBP agents who murdered Alex Pretti have been IDENTIFIED: Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Raymundo Gutierrez, 35. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Troublemaker is my middle name.
