The woman version of Mr PB but don't write it like that

Pretty grim that whatever delusional thought pops into Trump's head, his cabinet now have to pretend it's reality

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

Instead of being amazed that Cheney endorsed Harris despite agreeing with Trump on 99% of his policies, people treated it as though her endorsement meant Harris now agreed with Cheney on 99% of policy. Dumbest electorate in the world.

There is a legal provision in immigration law that someone married to a US citizen can stay in the US while there visa is pending. Immigration officials have long recognized it to allow residency during the wait time. The DHS has just stopped following this part of the law.

Column | How to war-proof your budget before regular gas hits $4 a gallon As the Iran conflict leads to rising gas prices, these tips can help you save money and maintain some budget predictability.

Amazing that this essay never even mentions public transportation @thewaroncars.bsky.social

"The comeback kid!" is the storyline the media runs on scandal plagued fuck ups that they like and want to help

a four-panel stick-figure cartoon panel one: three standing figures. from left to right, a guy wearing a necktie looking at his phone, an angry MAGA guy yelling FUCK YOUR FUCKIN POST FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU, and a rando just standing there like an NPC. panel two: the guy looking at his phone shows MAGA guy his hand, causing MAGA to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where fuckface once was. a green-bordered in-game message appears, reading "+2 Mental Health." now the rando is suddenly interested. panel three: as our man continues doom-scrolling, a sly grin on his face, the rando on the right puts on a punch-me face and snarls: "Typical lefty, blocking everyone who disagrees with-" panel four phone guy shows the hand to punch-me face, causing the rando to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where that dickhead was. a green-bordered in-game message appears again, reading "+2 Mental Health."

Maybe we could try tariffs

it feels like a small thing in context of all of the other things but it is a piece of the larger authoritarian project that there are fewer places to publish essays now and the carefully edited essay as a public form for thinking and responding and criticizing and analyzing is in trouble, i think

Thing that really gets my goat is the way people are eager to fund this bullshit but you need eleven layers of analysis and a ton of collateral if you want to open a small grocery store in a food desert.

Gavin Newsom, Kristi Noem Nod Silently To Each Other In Plastic Surgeon’s Office

Gavin Newsom, Kristi Noem Nod Silently To Each Other In Plastic Surgeon’s Office

Shutting an oil well isn’t like turning off a faucet.

It’s a huge engineering risk, difficult to reverse — and an indicator the Kuwaitis don’t see choke points improving anytime soon.

Your brain and data may be in the internet, a world that is both everywhere and nowhere. But your ass is still firmly planted in the jurisdiction of somebody's courts. And police.

Proton is correct. The odds of you finding a company that won't comply with its local police are basically zero.

sure seems like it was a bad idea to tariff Canada

The emerging “Claude killed the kids” frame on this story shows just how easily anti-AI counterhype can end up doing the government’s work for it. If you use a computer to choose targets—esp. but not only if you give it bad data to work with—and it chooses poorly, that‘s on you, not the computer!

They've now killed four people -- three U.S. citizens and a Mexican national. They've shot several more.

They've lied about all of them. They haven't shaded the truth. They haven't "misled" us. They've brazenly, knowingly lied while in possession of the evidence disproving their lies.

Also disclosing sensitive info to the Saudis. Wild scenes.
Full story link: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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the price of oil surging means you can burn your shein clothes, extract the oil, and make more money than you paid

the main thing that could go wrong is Iran *not having a government* capable of making the decision to attempt normalcy. Right now, though - with all manner of caveats for very early days - they look to be keeping things together.

the duration of the conflict is one thing, 'keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed' is another, because while there are ton of actors involved almost all of them have a vested interest in reopening passage. Even the Houthis have ties to China, where about a third of that oil goes in normal times.

not even november yet and our move to redistrict is already having all the right outcomes

today's rampant nihilism reminds me of what conservatives have long warned would happen in a world without god or tradition, but its precisely conservatives who are embracing runaway nihilism because they lost the argument to liberals

Soon, Pam Bondi and Howard Lutnick will testify before our Committee on Jeffrey Epstein.

This is a huge win for our investigation and the American public, and we’re not stopping there. Anyone with intimate knowledge of Epstein’s crimes should come speak to us.

DOJ releases Epstein files with accusations against Trump Over the course of four interviews in 2019, a woman told the FBI that Epstein and Trump sexually abused her in the 1980s.

“A DOJ source told the Miami Herald that agents found her to be credible—and that they would not have interviewed her four times if they thought she was lying.”

@jkbjournalist.bsky.social bringing it home
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Veteran Rep. Darrell Issa decides not to seek reelection in new Democratic-leaning district, sources say As the deadline approaches to file to run for office, veteran Republican Rep. Darrell Issa has decided not to run for reelection in his newly-configured congressional district in San Diego and Riverside counties, according to two GOP strategists familiar with his plans.

Veteran Rep. Darrell Issa decides not to seek reelection in new Democratic-leaning district, sources say

The killing of Iranian children during an illegal war is an impeachable offense (not to mention a grave crime) and Congress should really act like it.

15 Republicans in the Senate could end this nightmare before it somehow gets even worse.

I planned to share my report on the body cam footage early next week when I learned that a DC news station had obtained some of the footage as a result of my lawsuit and they were going to scoop me. After working on this for a year, I couldn't let that happen. Published 2 mins before they aired :)

"just say the word"

Better take your ass to the half empty strip mall and sign your ass up

If you wanted to fight a war, why did you leave the military?