NEW “We’re celebrating a tradition that is at its core about resisting occupation and maintaining community in the face of horrors. You can’t keep politics out of Irish music. No one should try, for two reasons. First, it’s ahistorical. Second, Minnesotans are ready for a big anti-fascist party.”
Need to reinforce: These documents contain unsubstantiated allegations against Trump.
Notable: These documents were posted the day after Pam Bondi was subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee.
I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.
Getting real rolling thunder vibes from this
Trump keeps saying "some people will die" like it's some deep insight, as opposed to the reason he pretended to have bone spurs.
@jeva.bsky.social reports that, amid the DHS shutdown, "the Federal Emergency Management Agency has suspended all of its training and education programs for emergency managers across the country — except for those 'directly supporting the 2026 FIFA World Cup.'"
New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...
Turns out lawlessness is not a winning strategy. See you at Nuremberg 2.0
This is an old soft firing tactic. During the halloween massacre for example Ford tried to save face by offering Colby the NATO ambassadorship, while giving his job to Pappy Bush.
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Kristi Noem.
If Mullin became DHS Secretary shortly, the (Republican) governor would appoint his (Republican) successor.
Mullin would also presumably drop his reelection campaign this year; the filing deadline is next month.
“It just felt like I was just constantly....having to stay back at arm’s length and hold up this supposed objectivity....But for me, it’s really hard to be objective about all life on planet.“
@chasecain.bsky.social talks to @emorwee.bsky.social and @tracywholf.bsky.social about leaving NBC:
Any time this guy runs his mouth I think about the time he claimed that being drunk on the job is no big deal for a senator.
Noem out. www.ms.now/news/kristi-...
I was wondering where CENTCOM was getting their “terminate conflict by September” guesstimate
There it is: Noem out, Mullin in
To flip this around slightly, the old political chestnut of "he's rich, so he must know what he's doing" vs. Dan Snyder, Jerry Jones, Woody Johnson...
Most NFL owners, actually.
JACOBS: Are we at war with Iran?
COLBY: We're in a military action
JACOBS: Yesterday, Trump said 'we're doing very well on the war front' and previously he said, 'we should expect casualties because that often happens in war.' So is he wrong?
COLBY: I'm not the right person to weigh in
"This is where the gravest danger lies: Delusion, ideology, and ineptitude are conspiring to make escalation almost inevitable." – @thomaszimmer.bsky.social steady.page/en/democracy...
I believe MAGA will ultimately fail to consolidate authoritarian rule. But for the time being, the powers of the U.S. government are in the hands of a regime that is hellbent on imposing its unreality on America and the world.
And that is truly frightening.
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Blumenthal: "I have emerged from classified briefings deeply concerned and very fearful that we're on the precipice not only of an escalating conflict that in region, but also putting troops on the ground b/c that is almost inevitably the path the admin has chosen by its current tactical approach"
B of A:
“.. consumer stimulus from the OBBBA is so far getting reflected more in smaller-than-usual tax payments, vs. larger-than-usual refunds.” 😞
it must've felt so fucking good to say this to the trump admin lawyer
SpaceX probably has revenues of less than $20bn and loses money after the merger with xAI, but is targeting a $1.75 TRILLION IPO.
So Alphaville got two experts to go through how Musk will probably try to pull off what could be the biggest bagholder operation in history. www.ft.com/content/5bf1...
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
Trump was said to be especially upset about Noem's response when Sen. John Kennedy (R-La. pressed her Tuesday about a government-funded ad campaign that Kennedy said only served ta boost her own personal name recognition nationally. The $220 million contract for the ad campaign was awarded to a firm run by the husband of former DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin. The ads were filmed in October at Mount Rushmore. Under questioning from Kennedy, Noem said repeatedly that Trump personally approved the controversial ad blitz featuring her in the lead role. This has so angered Trump that Noem's future at DHS may be at risk we're told. <
Punchbowl: After Noem's appearances before Congress earlier this week, "Trump has quietly asked Hill Republicans if he should fire Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem,...according to multiple Republicans who have spoken with the president." punchbowl.news/archive/3526...
Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.
No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.
Worth a watch.
(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)
The most amazing thing about the latest GOP Nazi group chat story is that the ending is *exactly the same* as the ending of a different story by a different publication about an entirely different GOP Nazi group chat!
This is almost verbatim what Montreal fans said when he was *five* years younger.
It rules that the biggest name in conspiracy mongering about propaganda and shadowy elites is the son of the former head of Voice of America, tried to join the CIA, and is on the record in multiple legal cases admitting that his viewers shouldn't trust him.
