Trump & Hegseth — two Pipsqueeks in a room full of Admirals and Generals.

We are all suffering from a cultural meme that says studying hard and looking to expert knowledge for guidance is “unmanly.” Most of us look at Trump and his deliberate ignorance are appalled. MAGAs look at the same thing and think, “there’s a manly man.” 🧵1/2

It’s like watching a girl make excuses for her abusive boyfriend. “Sure, he went bankrupt six times and is banned from doing business in his home state or running a charity, but we have to trust his instincts on all economic issues.”

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If The Orangeman follows through on his tariffs on goods from China, won’t that bump up the price of MAGA hats and Trump flags? Last I heard, all that stuff is made in China.

When I think of Hegseth, I am reminded of the “Ruler of the Queen’s Navy” from H.M.S. Pinafore.

🎶Host Fox TV and never learn a flea,
And you may be the Ruler the Trump Mil-a-tree. 🎵

So we’re supposed to take over Canada and Greenland so we can what? — take away their healthcare?

A great episode of the Talking Feds podcast — Rep. Jamie Raskin on why the 2nd Amendment is not about having weapons for an insurrection.

Rebutting the Insurrectionary Theory of the Second Amendment www.talkingfeds.com/episodes/3zf...

Find me 1 person who’s name isn’t Biden, who was indicted for checking the “addict” box wrong on a FFL form, when the gun wasn’t used in a crime or seized in a drug raid — Then I’ll give a crap about this pardon.

We both know that if his name wasn’t Biden this charge would never have been brought.

I haven’t seen anything to suggest a restart of construction on Trump’s border wall. Is that coming back or has he gotten bored with that idea and moved on to other outrages?

A key thing to watch going forward — Republicans lie by talking credit for things they didn’t do, or voted against. They (Trump included) are now taking credit for things being built by the Biden Infrastructure bill.

Watch the media let them get away with it.

Crocuses announced impending Spring in the Pacific Northwest - or at least in a pot on my deck.