Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor? I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.

Holy. Shit.

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A lot of people are bringing up that Frank Sinatra, a known mob artist, did not have good politics on many other things and it is the most annoying part of the internet that when I mention pancakes somebody turns up to yell at me about waffles

Thor Meets Mister Rogers - Comic This is so wholesome! ❤️ Twistwood illustrated this wonderful comic of a little story about when Thor meets Mister Rogers:

Have you read the (originally Reddit, I think) post and webcomic based on it, where Mr Rogers meets Thor and Mjolnir? (The original is at the bottom of the page.)
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If you think pedestrians and cyclists, don’t particularly like sharing the road with drivers, wait till you meet other drivers.
Drivers are probably the most anti-driver people out there.

No, Defensive Walking Isn't The Solution For Road Deaths - Jalopnik It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need.

“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”

Put the responsibility where it belongs.

Via @jalopnik.bsky.social

Right now is the time to support primaries for any do-nothing Ds. We've got an incredible chance to win a bunch of seats in 2026. Let's fill them with fighters, not chumps.

Evanston church’s Nativity depicts baby Jesus zip-tied by ICE agents Lake Street Church of Evanston depicted baby Jesus’ hands zip-tied, Mary with a gas mask and ICE as centurions in its Nativity scene.

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Conflict between Border Patrol and a protester in Kenner, LA during Operation Catahoula Crunch. Sorry Bluesky sucks for video.

Cuellar is a conservative Democrat.[51][3] He has described himself as a "moderate centrist" and a "good old conservative Democrat".[3][52] During the 117th Congress, he voted with the Democratic caucus 96.8% of the time.[53] During the Trump administration, Cuellar voted with the Democratic majority 87.9% of the time, while voting with Trump's stance 40.6% of the time.[54][55][56] Cuellar was ranked the 6th-most bipartisan member of the House of Representatives in the first session of the 117th United States Congress by the Lugar Center and McCourt School of Public Policy.[57][58] He is one of two members belonging to the fiscally-conservative Blue Dog Democratic Coalition in the Texas congressional delegation.[44][dead link] As of August 2023, Cuellar had voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 96% of the time.[a][59]

Ah yes, rarely is when you only do something 88-97% of the time.

Meet Ed Zitron, AI’s original prophet of doom Ed Zitron has built a small media empire on the argument that AI is not only a bubble but a fraud, and it’s headed for a spectacular crash.

We started reporting this profile of @edzitron.com in July. Zitron's message has only grown more urgent since then. Read @harrymccracken.com's full story @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91448284/ed-...

It’s actually better to call the strikes crimes against humanity, rather than war crimes for that very reason. Using war crimes gives the regime what it wants, the popular perception that we are at war. We are not at war.

Except this is actually a case where it’s only a war crime if the laws of war apply, otherwise it’s just sparkling crimes against humanity.

Since the laws of war apply to armed conflicts between parties, and the US is the only belligerent here, the laws of war don’t apply.

People used to say, with great confidence, that variable renewables could never safely provide more than 5% of grid power. That estimate has crept up ever since, though the "great confidence" part never wavers.

Anyway, about China ...

The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.

One would think the Treasury Secretary would know that the billions of dollars of social security fraud committed by undocumented immigrants every year is actually just fraudulent contributions. Seems important.

That’s the best part (for them), we’re not!

Donald J. Trump + @realDonald Trump Any document signed by Sleepy Joe Biden with the Autopen, which was approximately 92% of them, is hereby terminated, and of no further force or effect. The Autopen is not allowed to be used if approval is not specifically given by the President of the United States. The Radical Left Lunatics circling Biden around the beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office took the Presidency away from him. I am hereby cancelling all Executive Orders, and anything else that was not directly signed by Crooked Joe Biden, because the people who operated the Autopen did so illegally. Joe Biden was not involved in the Autopen process and, if he says he was, he will be brought up on charges of perjury. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

so none of what he’s saying is real btw

Not quite. Trump v US gave absolute immunity for official acts within exclusive presidential authority. The pardon power is unequivocally within the exclusive authority of the president.

Mezlan Nicos Calfskin Slip On Shoe 9727 At The Mister Shop Since 1948 Mezlan Nicos Calfskin Slip On Shoe 9727

I wish those were AI slop.

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They’re these

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I’m just gonna say, I agree we need a better option than Amazon but can you not repost my books and tell people not to buy them off Amazon? Like wtf. I’m an indie author on disability.

Fuck off.

Unbelievable.

Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.

To be fair, we don’t really know how Jesus spent his 20s.

> @samsteindc.bsky.social

@adamzyglis.bsky.social
Kleptocracy

As a retiring but still sitting member of the House, MTG has the opportunity to read into the public record documents that otherwise could not be released... and would be protected by the constitution's speech or debate clause from prosecution.

So much of American wealth is tied up in housing. And that is partly because housing scarcity makes it an appreciating asset. And in the US accumulating wealth disproportionately important for schooling and retirement and such.

Thinking about what this looks like in Yimbytopia

The Pig Is in the White House This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.

Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

1. The top 1% of income earners earned 22% of all adjusted gross income.

But even that doesn’t really matter because

2. The actual wealthy people who need to pay their fair share aren’t the ones paying that 40% of income taxes because they don’t have income to tax.