Co-sign. @talkingpointsmemo.com is a must-read.

Opinion | The Truth About Mary Todd Lincoln

Historian here 💯some of the unhinged attacks on Mary Todd Lincoln by historians like Michael Burlingame border on misogyny and completely misrepresent the historical record. She was a favorite among radicals like Charles Sumner and black abolitionists. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/o...

Trying to explain St Augustine to the pope, the former head of the Augustinian order, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Augustine, on his way back from celebrating mass at the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, overlooking the site where Augustine lived is peak Adult Catholic Convert.

As good a guide to the current state of US foreign policy as you will find

They come off just as deranged as him.

"It's been a long time, Joe. I thought you were a Patriot. You've been very quiet lately. Barron is upset. You're going to do better, okay? Of course you will. *slaps shoulders* Great. Good choice.

Pretty delicious to watch the president publicly humiliate free thinker Joe Rogan for being an insufficiently loyal regime mouthpiece.

A series of posts from journalist Mark Chadbourn reporting on the acceptance speech of Péter Magyar after Hungarian elections: Péter Magyar: "Our country wants to live again. It wants to be a European country again." Mark Chadbourn• @chadbourn.bsky.social • 24m Magyar's speech is powered. From a contact in the audience: "He's basically just asked all the puppets, all the supreme justices, all the heads of media, all the heads of the ministries to leave their jobs tomorrow and not wait to be fired." •.. Mark Chadbourn• @chadbourn.bsky.social • 22m He's announced that Hungary will join the European Prosecution Office so anyone in the country can be charged. Mark Chadbourn• @chadbourn.bsky.social • 21m Magyar: "No mercy, they will need to take responsibility for all their actions." ... Mark Chadbourn• @chadbourn.bsky.social • 20m Magyar says he's starting work with the EU and NATO immediately. "The EU doesn't have to worry anymore."

From new Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar's acceptance speech tonight. This is the absolute BARE MINIMUM platform for any Democrat running for President in 2028.

Democrats’ Colossal Missed Opportunity to Shape the Supreme Court The collapse of Harriet Miers’ 2005 nomination is still reverberating.

This is an amazingly misleading and fatuous argument. Basically how Democrats created the corrupt Roberts court. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

In fifty years when people look back at the past decade or so, the big world-changing technological innovation won't be the chatbot slop machines, it'll be mRNA.

Jd Vance practically wrote this

Trump Rambles About Biden and Autopens to Table of Children at White House Easter Egg Roll President Donald Trump went on a rant about former President Joe Biden, accusing him again of using an autopen, to children during the White House Easter Egg Roll.

The opposition party is currently being led by People Magazine’s headline writers.

people.com/trump-ramble...

The @apnews.com totally killing it tonight, showing the way for the NYT and others who don't seem to get it. Look at their three lead stories. And read this one: apnews.com/article/trum...

This is why I'm a TPM prime subscriber. He's spot on.

ICE Agents Detain Newlywed Spouse of Soldier Training to Deploy

The wife of an Army staff sergeant, who is set to train for deployment, was taken from a military base where the couple planned to live.

ICE agents had entered the base and detained Annie Ramos.

There are at least two serial killers in that photo

As close to a public dissent as we’re likely to see.

important national reporting from a Colorado newsroom:

Hegseth has intervened in military promotions for more than a dozen senior officers The defense secretary’s efforts to block or delay promotions to general or admiral for some officers has raised concerns that he may be targeting them because of race, gender or affiliation with the B...

NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process.

House Oversight Ranking Member Robert Garcia on Pam Bondi:

"She will not escape accountability and remains legally obligated to appear before our Committee under oath. She must answer for her mishandling of the Epstein files and the special treatment she has given Ghislaine Maxwell."

even on second blush i find it remarkable the level of trump cosplay sanger is induling in here. he might as well toss in a few teary-eyed sirs

A Few Timely Thoughts on Birthright Citizenship I wanted to share a few thoughts on questions that are adjacent...

As I note in this piece, asking the question of whether the constitution creates birth right citizenship is on par with asking whether it creates a federal senate. This entire question is made up. Only SCOTUS corruption makes it an issue. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...

"I think we are heading for a midterm wipeout for Republicans of biblical proportions...There are no GOP safe seats in this upcoming election...wherever you are, you should be working towards the biggest turnout you can because we don’t know where we’re going to get lucky."

So much good stuff here:

He is a sick man.

Here is the image, via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social, that stirred the White House's ire

In what world is it okay for the Defense Secretary to make multi-million dollar investments in defense companies:
a) Ever;
b) In the run-up to starting a war in the Middle East

FT has the scoop: www.ft.com/content/744e...

In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.

You might forward this story to every Marine you know.

Trump building "massive" military complex beneath ballroom: what to know President Donald Trump has said the new White House ballroom "essentially becomes a shed for what's being built under."

So the rumors were true. Bunker Boy wanted a $400,000,000 place to hide. That figure is *double* what Karoline Leavitt said the "ballroom" would cost. How much of that increase will wind up in Donald's pockets?
www.newsweek.com/trump-buildi...

Alex Pretti’s Death Came After Insane Stephen Miller Order Stephen Miller urged Department of Homeland Security agents to “force confrontations” with protesters in Minneapolis.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Stephen Miller needs to be removed. He is the architect of so many of this administration's worst actions and instincts.

newrepublic.com/post/208362/...

Federal judge helped FBI agent correct flaws in Fulton County search warrant application "Could that paragraph be revised...?" the judge asked the FBI agent.

New documents released in Fulton County’s lawsuit show that Salinas found flaws in the FBI agent’s original affidavit and, rather than rejecting the search warrant application, helped the agent refine his request and his flawed theory of probable cause. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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