Here's the Karoline Leavitt interview people are talking about.
Maria Bartiromo asks if Trump might send ground troops into Iran, because "mothers are worried" about a draft. Leavitt replies that ground troops aren't in the current plan, but Trump won't rule them out. No mention of the draft.
Country Joe McDonald, Woodstock star and anti-war singer, dies aged 84.
Musician behind Vietnam war protest hit I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag dead from Parkinson’s complications, his wife confirms. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
“Tehran is burning. And smoke has filled the streets. It’s impossible to drive out of the city right now and even with the windows closed, heavy smoke is making its way inside."
Read every word.
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Reddit screenshot from Glasgow thread. Bright flames rising out the side of a Victorian building.
Video screenshot from Reddit. Building is now a shell with flames visible in every window.
The roof has collapsed embers rise into the night sky.
The fire at Glasgow central station is utterly devastating. Shops, homes and our transport link to England are being wiped out.
I am amazed by the limited news coverage.
Gummo, my one small dog takes up this much space, simultaneously! lol.
(psst... bi-weekly is 26 times/yr, bi-monthly is 24 times/yr.)
What a yutz. And he's short, too! (Ole JD is 6'2", so that puts dementia Don at, what, 5'8", maybe??)
A federal judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return or replace property taken from unlawfully arrested ICE detainees and released without their belongings, giving the government 30 days to comply.
Coming tomorrow (alongside the shocking season finalé of Mirror Falls).
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Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.
Denver just drew a line in the sand—and it’s a total game-changer.
HEADS UP this is REALLY USEFUL for, well, anyone who uses Google for search (or would rather use something else). I knew some of these but several were new to me and maybe will be to you too! cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
The Jan 6 plaque has finally been hung at the U.S. Capitol
Happened at 4am
Happened three years late due to politicized foot dragging
@kathryntewson.bsky.social I believe they're playing your walk-up music
while he may well be replaced by someone worse this, like Noem, is good news
NEW: Over 150k Texans this week faced deliberate voting barriers driven by Republicans’ decision to switch to precinct-only polling places.
Why did Tuesday’s primaries descend into chaos and punish so many voters? As one GOP official behind the effort put it:
“Because we can.”
Again. This matters.
Oh.
“We have agreed” — how nice of them! Surely they’re doing this work pro bono right?
So that’s both Russia and China providing assistance to Iran.
OMG. 🤣
“A DOJ source told the Miami Herald that agents found her to be credible—and that they would not have interviewed her four times if they thought she was lying.”
@jkbjournalist.bsky.social bringing it home
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Okay, so the affidavit doesn't say they *won't* do it; it says they will try to have an automated process to do it within 45 days... this does not sound completely unreasonable.
Apparently, the original source is the Financial Times:
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
Breaking News: The executive director of the National Symphony Orchestra is stepping down, the latest blow to the Kennedy Center as it struggles in the wake of President Trump’s effort to put his imprint on it.
I’ve been asked if I would support Sen. Mullin as Noem’s replacement.
The answer is a resounding NO. The rot in DHS is deep, much deeper than any individual.
It’s a question of policy not personnel. The Senate should not consider any DHS Secretary nominee until DHS and ICE are reined in.
Two days ago, Sen. Kennedy and I pressed Kristi Noem under oath whether the President approved her $220 million PR contract with the spouse of her former flack.
She told our committee that Trump signed off.
Today, Trump fired her.
