for Bay Staters, don’t miss this thread!
for Bay Staters, don’t miss this thread!
“If Polis grants Peters clemency, that would signal that it’s okay for people to undermine election integrity and break the law so long as Polis and Trump can issue a get out of jail free card."
Scottish Opera offers hugely discounted tickets to people under the age of 26. In fact most of the theatres here do, usually for around £10. Which means you could see a whole live show for less than the cost of a ticket to one of Timothee Chalamet’s films. Just saying.
At times like these it always helps to read some William Butler Yeats
SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.
My report:
You know, State Department procedure is to help people leave _before_ hostilities begin. Trump/Rubio must have deliberately countermanded procedures, intentionally leaving Americans stranded. IOW it wasn't merely their incompetence but rather an actual decision.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra's CEO Chad Smith and Board of Trustees said it was "not aligned on future vision" with Nelsons in a statement emailed to WBUR.
I’m frankly a bit surprised Trump fired Noem. It shows weakness and reminds people that accountability is possible.
South Dakota's "Meth. We're on it" campaign
I'll always remember Kristi Noem for the "Meth. We're on it." campaign.
My statement on Secretary Noem's firing:
PAT RYAN: 'Does the US want to be the policeman of the Middle East getting nothing but spending precious lives & trillions.' Rng a bell?
COLBY: Defer to you
R: That was Trump. How about this - 'we simply cannot afford to get enmeshed in a Middle East war'
C: Defer to you
R: That was actually you
Kristi Noem’s firing is long overdue. She oversaw vile crimes against humanity and we’ll never forget it.
But until ICE is abolished and expelled from our communities, we keep fighting.
Lawless federal agents kidnapping and killing people on our streets can never be normalized.
Try your damndest to live your life so that if you were fired from your job and about to give a speech that someone would tell you.
Good news that the execrable Kristi Noem has been fired, but Trump should really be firing Stephen Miller, the primary engineer of the vile ethnic reengineering agenda and murderously violent civic tensions that are sucking all of them into a bottomless political sinkhole, Trump included.
Cricket right now
Let me be clear: I’m glad Kristi Noem was fired. But we still have to abolish ICE.
The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence.
And then he bragged about it on X later.
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
war overseas, war in american cities, the largest tax increase on the middle class in history…no reason for any of this just stupid people doing stupid things and making your life worse
pretty much the only way we don't take the country back is by Democrats siding with Republicans on really unpopular things, and yet Democrats just keep doing it.
BREAKING on MS NOW:
The House Oversight Committee just voted to subpoena Pam Bondi as part of the panel's Epstein investigation.
The vote was 24-19. 5 Republicans voted in favor.
This is a psychosis.
I made this point earlier: Trump's Iran invasion is completely inconsistent with both his National Defense Strategy (discussed here) and his National Security Strategy, both of which effectively say, "We've solved the Middle East!!!"
“Do not obey in advance” but in pokopia font
It is crucial to remember that America has a regime. The Trump regime. This is not a normal administration.
Every single person who is a member of his administration is there because they have one thing in common.
Lying to and for Trump. Sycophants.
This is the Trump regime.
For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were.
These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War.
Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35
Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39
Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20
Howard Lutnick and top Goldman lawyer to testify to Congress over Epstein links ft.trib.al/vyf18mN
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has agreed to appear voluntarily before the House Oversight Committee about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, setting up a clash between congressional Republicans and the Trump administration.