The genius businessman strikes again

Well they all wore fake ear band-aids without shame so definitely yes.

Prison guards discussed cover-up of Epstein’s death, inmate tells FBI One officer said: “Dudes, you killed that dude.”

NEW: An inmate overheard guards talking about covering up Epstein’s death. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

Well given that most of the tiny amount of bills this gop controlled congress passes are simply republican wet dreams I really don't see this as big an issue as trump thinks it is.

The Ellisons’ new Paramount/Warner Bros mega-media monopoly would never pass muster if America still had antitrust enforcers.

So who can stop this? State attorneys general. Here's how. ⬇️

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-paramount-mega-media-monopoly/?source=group-ShortText

When I first started out as a journalist I thought it paid to have a background in US history when covering America. Then I thought it would probably be better to be a constitutional lawyer with expertise in jurisprudence. Now I think it would be useful to be a psychiatrist.

Americans Are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive federal campaign to detain and demonize dissenters.

www.wsj.com/us-news/immi...

Judge rules Kari Lake unlawfully ran U.S. media agency, voiding layoffs Sweeping layoffs at Voice of America made by Trump appointee Kari Lake were declared void by a federal judge, who said she served unlawfully.

BREAKING:

A federal judge in Washington just ruled that Kari Lake has unlawfully served as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media — which oversees Voice of America — and nullified many actions she has taken in the role, including mass layoffs of staff.

This should be front page news. There should be hearings about it.

One of my commenters said this is the response he got to filing a Florida bar complaint against Pam Bondi. So
I guess the administration’s lawyers get a free pass (at least from FL) to violate professional ethics and I guess break the law, and not lose their license

This is no different from Putin saying MH17 was shot down by Ukraine or Assad saying rebels gassed themselves.

For those of you who'd like to read it, instead of shaking your fist at half the title, here you go:

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Trump To Americans: ‘You Won’t Have To Pay Your Son’s Cell Phone Bill When He Dies At War’

Trump To Americans: ‘You Won’t Have To Pay Your Son’s Cell Phone Bill When He Dies At War’ https://theonion.com/trump-to-americans-you-wont-have-to-pay-your-sons-cell-phone-bill-when-he-dies-at-war/

Lots of folks cling to the idea that this comes down to Biden's inability to "sell" these accomplishments. I'm sorry, though, that's pure cope. Whiny resentfulness toward Dems & cities is *constitutive* of the RW worldview today, not something that can be turned on & off with policy.

UPDATE: Sunny, a U.S. citizen, is on her way home after being shipped across state lines overnight.

How the hell did this happen?

Press conference tomorrow at Broadview, where we will hear Sunny’s side of the story. More details soon.

Even red states are defiantly rejecting DOJ’s demands for private voter data “Election officials across the political spectrum stood up to protect state sovereignty and voters’ security, regardless of partisanship,” voting rights advocate David Becker told Democracy Docket.

Earlier this week, Idaho became the latest state to push back against the U.S. Department of Justice’s campaign to seize the private voter data of every state. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/eve...

This is really sick.

Aaron be fair, Dems tried getting war powers acts through both chambers and Republicans obstructed the attempts. It's not congress. It's the republican party.

Exclusive | Epstein prison guard googled him minutes before his body was found — and made mysterious deposit days before his suicide: DOJ Tova Noel was one of the two Metropolitan Correctional Center workers accused of falsifying records to say they checked on Epstein throughout the night before his suicide.

New records show a guard searched Jeffrey Epstein’s name minutes before his body was found. This follows thousands in unexplained cash deposits to that guard’s account days prior. These aren't coincidences; they’re receipts. We need a full independent investigation now.

"War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. Though you follow the trade of the warrior, you do so in the spirit of Washington -- not of Genghis Khan. For Americans, only threat to our way of life justifies resort to conflict." Graduation Exercises at the United States Military Academy, 6/3/47 "Possibly my hatred of war blinds me so that I cannot comprehend the arguments they adduce. But, in my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war. Although this suggestion is repeatedly made, none has yet explained how war prevents war. Worse than this, no one has been able to explain away the fact that war creates the conditions that beget war." Remarks at Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 10/19/50 [DDE's Pre-Presidential Papers, Principal File, Box

Was browsing the Eisenhower Library site this morning trying to find a quote I remembered.

President Eisenhower, WW2 military hero:

“In my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war… none has yet explained how war prevents war.”

Probably the most common bit of advice I give to students to improve their writing.

There already is an evangelical on the court but I guess a liberal black woman doesn't count for the Washington post.

Headline and subhed of Washington Post op-ed arguing that there should be more representation of evangelical Christians on the Supreme Court and other government institutions.

I’m currently writing a book about what’s really wrong with #SCOTUS and how to fix it.

Suffice it to say, this ain’t it:

Hegseth's command of the American dialect of the English language is fairly shallow.

real life or a leak of tonight SNL's cold open? You decide

Spend vast amounts of tax dollars to create a massive sophisticated network of intelligence agencies and assets and then disregard the information provided when it doesn't match one old man's preconceptions.

My favorite line by George Carlin is ... think how stupid the average person is, then remember half of 'em are dumber than that...

Caitlin KALINOWSKI over X I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.

OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying…

“Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”

I thought it could be a joke but then I thought hey there are plenty of people that stupid out there.