✨ Sparkle Monica ✨

Can't make this shit up

And to think that we could go in there and have nobody killed, not lose one aircraft, where we’re going 1,800 miles an hour over a small area with 152 different planes, different planes and helicopters, is pretty amazing to people, you know. You didn’t have a [President] Jimmy Carter crashing helicopters all over the place, that you didn’t have a Biden Afghanistan disaster where they couldn’t do the simplest maneuver. That was a simple maneuver — they should have never left from that airport. They should have used Bagram.

David E. Sanger What — what did that feel like? You were down at Mar-a-Lago? President Trump It’s like watching a movie, except you’re — it’s a little bit, you know — look, you don’t know if — Katie Rogers Are you worried when this is happening, while you’re watching? Or what is going through your mind? President Trump Yeah, I’m worried that it ends up being Jimmy Carter disaster that destroyed his entire administration.

President Trump I looked at — I looked at some of the attacks. I studied the Carter attack. It was a disaster. I would have never done it that way. David E. Sanger You were talking about the attack. I was asking about the occupations that followed — President Trump You know, they had — they had a — they had a sandstorm. Did you know that? And they decided to go forward. We would go back, and let’s hit it three days later. They wanted to go forward, and they said, keep going. Helicopters don’t work well in the sand. Karoline Leavitt Sir, do you want to show them the renovations?

Today's a good day to note that in his interview w/NYT Trump conveyed a real terror of becoming Jimmy Carter.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...

Queen shit here 👑

Love to unnecessarily spike gas prices in a midterm year.

I do a lot of random gig work and it's always just a docusign you click. You don't even have to type out your whole name, just *click* and it's all signed. It's pretty unnerving tbh.

nytimes: What to know about the report. Job growth fizzled in February, a sign of unexpected weakness in the labor market. Employers cut 92,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department reported on Friday, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent. The job losses cut across nearly all major sectors, including health care, which was weighed down by a nurses strike in California.

lol “unexpected”

Yeah, the job market may be shrinking but at least groceries and housing are unaffordable.

Same

Launching a war by immediately murdering anyone who could have possibly negotiated an armistice. Is that Sun Tzu?

Isn’t it just that he lost the only person at DHS who wanted to keep him around?

Celebrate Kristi Noem’s Firing. But Keep Protesting ICE. Finally, someone in the administration is paying for their cruelty and incompetence.

Trump’s about-face on the ICE operation in Minneapolis was his first defeat in the 14 months of his second term, and has provided a model for other communities to resist federal cruelty.
https://bit.ly/46FNkXj

I’ll take the parlay on It Happens before we’re done in Iran. 🫠

They have some decent schools - Wheaton (IL) has a great academic reputation. But they don’t have a football team so the only Christian school anyone knows are the Catholics, because they have sports.

I have a new PCP at my doctor’s office every time I go, but that’s because I go to an FQHC and their provider satisfaction lacks. My last doctor left for a med spa in Miami Beach, where I assume he will make lots more money.

Oh yeah that’s a whole different very common problem. Older folks love to retire to LCOL more rural areas and young doctors would rather be in the Brooklyn dating pool. So folks most in need of care in are in areas increasingly without doctors.

Didn’t hers drop her off at home yesterday?

But the plane????? Where is the fuck plane going????????

What specifically do you find objectionable about the alternative?

Holy shit

This is not good.

And this is why the U.S. Constitution requires congressional authorization *before* the country expends its treasure fighting wars.

The Real Litmus Test for Democratic Presidential Candidates Supporting a wealth tax.

The underlying thing making democracy impossible is the vast fortunes of the extremely rich and any Democrat unwilling to support wealth taxes is not interested in addressing America’s biggest problem.

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-real-l...

The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
newrepublic.com/post/207429/...

BYD just killed your EV argument with a battery that competes with gas engines The Chinese carmaker's new batteries feature a 5-minute charge and 621-mile range, plus a 620,000-mile lifespan and lower prices.

Chinese EV maker BYD’s new Blade batteries have a 5-minute charging time and 621-mile range.

www.fastcompany.com/91503415/byd...

Youth pastor voice: “you know who else followed escorts?”

Montana Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines drops reelection bid minutes before filing deadline Montana U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme, who is also a Republican, entered the race shortly before the deadline.

Sneaky!
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Secretary Markwayne

TY!

“.. Who gave you the authority to drag our region into a war with Iran?” said Khalaf Al Habtoor, a Dubai billionaire .. “You have placed the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council .. at the heart of a danger they did not choose.”

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

this can't be good