Wait, what? "Our goal is to make sure, but we're not going to do it."
01.03.2026 18:40
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Wait, what? "Our goal is to make sure, but we're not going to do it."
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine are monitoring the U.S. operation in Iran from President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where Trump is currently located, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Jesus Christ they're running the war from Mar-a-Lago
www.reuters.com/world/us/top...
When I was a little girl, I could not wear pants to elementary school or church. And my mom could not get her own credit card.
I am not that old
Far too many administrators think choice is a bad word that exists only to please faculty & don't understand the vital role of student agency & interest in learning.
What he says is true, of course. But somehow it sounds like he's hoping we could just stop raising children. "Wouldn't that be great", etc.
Re The Epstein fallout cases: The problem, I think, is not so much that fabulously rich and powerful people get extra benefits, and get away with crimes; that's what it means to have tremendous power. The problem is that in our society we allow anyone to *have* that much power in the first place.
UK: Prince Andrew arrested.
South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life.
Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence.
USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.
Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."
Not even subtle about it, is she?
Doocy: "The new face of RealFood .gov is Mike Tyson. How did you settle on someone who was most famous for eating Evander Holyfield's ear?"
RFK Jr.: "Brett Ratner who helped produce the ad had a lifelong friendship with him."
He literally pulled a "you should smile more" IN RESPONSE TO AN EPSTEIN QUESTION.
The 5 classes I think the most about 30 years after graduating college are:
- Drawing 101 (it was more about life than drawing)
- Survey of modern philosophy (Descartes, Hume, Locke, Kant, etc)
- Literature from Dante to Bladerunner
- History of avant-guarde music
- Art & architectural history
"106,636 years of federal work experience were lost across the 10,109 employees with Ph.D.s who departed STEM or health roles 1 January–30 November."
It isn't just the scientific knowledge but the *institutional* knowledge that's been lost. Rebuilding federal science will be a generational effort.
Repeat after me - the institutions of this economy depend on the institutions of this democracy, among which is the rule of law
A laughable moment at a sad time. And the headline is incorrect: she presented him with the medal she was given, not the prize itself. But it's not clear that Trump understands the difference. He'll probably start telling people he has a Nobel Peace prize.
One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
Where is the business community and corporate leaders of Minnesota based companies in speaking up? Why aren't the big law firms sending lawyers to represent the people being attacked?
We are not at the end of this authoritarianism, we are at the beginning. And, sadly, we are on our own.
I would say "unethical." It's attributing something to you that you didn't say. Dishonest, potentially harmful to you.
Congratulations to all the bankers, hedge-fund managers, private-equity honchos, tech titans, corporate executives and op-ed writers for backing the man who will do more to undermine the system that made them insanely wealthy than any other presidential candidate in their lifetimes.
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
I want to go back to the conversation you and I had after Trump v. United States, which the Supreme Court wrote in these very bloodless terms about the immunity conferred upon the president within the outer and inner perimeters of his “official acts.” And I want to layer that against the image of a family car splattered in the blood of a mother gunned down for no good reason, including the reasons being proffered in defense of the murder. In some ways, I feel like this is the answer to the question that has been plaguing us since we started talking about the immunity case, which is: What does the law even mean when one man is given immunity that he can extend to his cronies and deploy against his enemies? When all of this gets made up on the fly as Trump sees fit, and without limits—beyond, as he told the New York Times this week, the outer boundaries of his conscience? How do we even think about this as a matter of “law”?
Connecting the dots with @dahlialithwick.bsky.social slate.com/news-and-pol...
Not everyone believed me when I wrote that Trump wants Greenland becuase it would make him feel important, but that's what he told the NYT:
When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
"Venezuela is the Iraq of Vietnams."
Rick Wilson, on the podcast Fast Politics.
@therickwilson.bsky.social
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Almost word for word what they said about Iraq.
I have about had it with charlatans: people who pretend to be experts, often with tremendous confidence and skill, but aren't. And there seem to be a lot of them around these days.
Got to try to write about this.
People with lots of money seem to think that they're beyond the rules; or that in a world with no rules, they'll still be in charge.
Hahahahaha......
Clearly a guy who's never been on the receiving end of violence. It's all just a TV show.
It's also worth noting here that the *minimum* salary for these ICE positions is $52,205. While the *median* salaries for childcare workers and home health aides are less than $35,000 per year.
I'm happy to share this one-page summary of "what I've learned in research," an endpaper for Contexts, an excellent sociology publication that reaches beyond the profession to broader publics. Enjoy! @angeladuckworth.bsky.social @contexts.org @asanews.bsky.social
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