Roughly a fifth of reported campaign cash in the last election cycle came from billionaires. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...
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Roughly a fifth of reported campaign cash in the last election cycle came from billionaires. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...
Back when Charlie Daniels was cool.
Proud of @loucity.com for this (and the later win).
As a cyclist once knee-capped by a Ford's swinging door, I enthusiastically endorse this.
It's the surefire formula for making a small fortune: start with a large one and work your way down.
[Exit Murderer.]
Noem "quoting" Orwell (he never wrote that line) is pretty rich. My guess is she used some AI slop.
Here's one Orwell really did write:
"When I see an actual flesh-and-blood worker in conflict with his natural enemy, the policeman, I do not have to ask myself which side I am on."
Buhbye MAGA Barbie, hello MMA Himbo.
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
Times like these I'm especially glad to be able to drive electric
The Warren Zevon version is so poignant, given that he was so close to death when he recorded it.
Americans alarmed by the death of four U.S. service members might have been expecting a formal presidential address ... Instead, they are observing a president treating this like every other day: talking about his ballroom, attacking Democrats, bashing the news media.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
The King is mad
Rand Paul reminding his party about the role of Congress and war powers.
And on and on...
Is there a Nobel category for hypocrisy?
Looking forward to the briefing on the re-obliteration
The Bezos-castrated @washingtonpost.com reporting on the forthcoming neutering of CBS and CNN.
What a time to be a journalist.
Stories like this should be on front pages of every news outlet every day.
It is now abundantly clear that Trump does not intend to allow free and fair elections nor abide by the outcome.
(gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...
Yes, just like their pledges to cut greenhouse gases and water use, be more transparent, fact check false information, rein in hate speech etc etc
Gotta love that a toy company called Learning Resources taught the administration a lesson.
Court-packing move forthcoming?
Two issues I'm pondering. One is that you can't move this many people without inflicting tremendous physical and psychological harm on those deported and on society itself. The second is that left in place for years, mass detention on a whole new level will be normalized. It rarely vanishes. [1/3]
Anyone else noticed the FBI sniffing around their LinkedIn profile lately?
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A little dated now--came out in 2020.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Appala...
The layers upon layers of corruption in Trumpland mean we don't even notice things like this, which would be a major scandal in any normal presidency.
And this nugget is buried in a story about her husband's sex assault of staffers.
It's the tur-duck-en of scandals--one stuffed inside another.
