Trump treats people badly. Kristi Noem is not exceptional in that way. But it was still gratifying to see her fired abruptly, even if not for the reasons she deserved to be.
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Trump treats people badly. Kristi Noem is not exceptional in that way. But it was still gratifying to see her fired abruptly, even if not for the reasons she deserved to be.
Good speech. Most US press got bamboozled by Bill Barr's scheme. Trump's collusion with Russia was always real, continues to be. www.youtube.com/live/ylvTFvJ...
Representing the party of dictatorship, House Republicans block a resolution to debate stopping Trump’s War. Only two dissented, while four Democrats voted to refuse any role for Congress in choosing to go to war. bsky.app/profile/cnn....
The horrifying tale reported by @lkrozen.bsky.social here is one of an underpowered and distracted American negotiating team engaging the Iranian government in bad faith. US forces gathered around Iran much as Nagumo’s fleet crossed the Pacific during negotiations in 1941.
Latest in @theatlantic.com . In only a few days, there are small but worrying signs that the corruption and incompetence of the Trump administration is affecting US military and diplomatic power. A fish rots from the head down.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Ethnic cleansing in South Beirut: a side effect of Trump’s War. Via @ruthmichaelson.com
An Army officer once told me the Army has so many rules against doing things only an idiot would do because, at one time or another, some idiot has tried to do every one of them.
Highly respected, heh. The man’s name is Markwayne.
Notice also Trump’s casually taking his doormat Republican Senators for granted. He doesn’t say he will nominate Mullin, but rather that Mullin will be named Secretary.
What a strange thing it is at this time to see a Senator (Sanders) trying to act like a committee chairman.
Well, what do you know? I’m genuinely surprised. I thought Noem’s assiduous public flattery of Trump would buy her and her paramour more time to abuse people and break laws at DHS.
Noem is a typical Trumper in many ways. She deserves this. By @swin24.bsky.social & @andrewperez.bsky.social
Fully agree.
For the white, against the colored.
Less lurid than Miller’s language, but pithier and conveys his meaning more clearly.
Not a Montanan — been there a couple of times, and it looked like a nice place. But I have to ask: is physically attacking defenseless people typical of Republican politicians there? Or is that just Sheehy and Gianforte?
Credit where due, Cowan isn’t wrong about those stupid questionnaires.
Yeah, Trump might eventually ease Noem out, but it won’t be because of this.
Thread. For US media, the lesson here is probably “beware the man-bites-dog story”: if it’s quirky, offbeat, or unexpected, it’s probably wrong.
Perhaps more important: stop pretending there is not a constituency for dictatorship in this country. MAGA is it. (By @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social)
We've been tracking nearly 200 lawsuits against the Trump administration over its attempts to leverage federal funding to impose the president's agenda.
The most startling pattern: The administration seems entirely undeterred when it loses in court.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Good summary of the Kurdish gambit, via @sfcpoll.bsky.social. It effectively conveys the enormous risk Iranian Kurds would run by relying on promises from Trump, who will be bored with this entire subject in about six months.
Representing the party of dictatorship, Senate Republicans block a resolution to debate stopping Trump’s War. Only Rand Paul (R-KY) dissented. [gift link] wapo.st/4rckiWO
Daines may be the only Montana Republican in Congress who has never assaulted anyone.
Trump’s War works better, at least until he starts another one.
I remember Dan Inouye, Bob Dole, John McCain. If they could make the effort to show their respect for the Senate, Fetterman could too. He doesn’t show any because he doesn’t have any, and people think this makes him look “authentic.”
One grandfather was a WWI vet and a postal worker. The other was a Manhattan lawyer who did government contracting work during WWII.
Saw this in @nature.com earlier today & wondered what it was about. It seems estimates of sea level rise in much of the world rely on models, not physical measurements. This means sea level rise is underestimated, except in developed areas around the North Atlantic. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Representing the party of dictatorship, Senate Republicans block a resolution to debate stopping Trump’s War. Only Rand Paul (R-KY) dissented. [gift link] wapo.st/4rckiWO
Paxton hasn’t cheated on his wife nearly as often as Trump did. Wasn’t indicted as often either. Wimp.
Thread. Per reporting by @gbrumfiel.bsky.social, it is looking as if American rather than Israeli aircraft bombed the girls’ school in Minab over the weekend. @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social suggests use of outdated targeting information might be to blame for this disaster. bsky.app/profile/gbru...
Thread. @talkingpointsmemo.com is one of my favorite independent news outlets.
Yes, this was discussed during the hearing.
Following an unfortunate hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, @citizensforethics.org President @donaldonethics.bsky.social calls on DHS Secretary Noem to resign, citing abuse of citizens and detainees as well as serious ethical problems.