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Watching the movie “Relay”. I told my wife it’s like a MAGA fantasy come to life… except, as fiction, it has to make sense. Unlike MAGA fantasies.
December 31, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Watching the movie “Relay”. I told my wife it’s like a MAGA fantasy come to life… except, as fiction, it has to make sense. Unlike MAGA fantasies.
Now, that's an interesting tidbit...
So last night as I was wondering why Pam Bondi diverted almost 200 National Security attorneys who should be chasing hackers and spies to redact the Epstein files, I remembered that John Eisenberg, who heads it, is the guy who altered the Trump-Zelenskyy transcript.
December 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Now, that's an interesting tidbit...
So powerful. Wow. Just... wow.
December 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
So powerful. Wow. Just... wow.
Hadn't really given any thought to the Broken Roomba's speech last Tuesday, but it struck me this morning that he started his "Affordability Tour" by telling the crowd that the "affordability crisis" was a hoax.
I'm not sure who that's supposed to reassure. (My guess? No one but him.)
I'm not sure who that's supposed to reassure. (My guess? No one but him.)
December 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Hadn't really given any thought to the Broken Roomba's speech last Tuesday, but it struck me this morning that he started his "Affordability Tour" by telling the crowd that the "affordability crisis" was a hoax.
I'm not sure who that's supposed to reassure. (My guess? No one but him.)
I'm not sure who that's supposed to reassure. (My guess? No one but him.)
Unable to sleep, I was pondering the GOP "plan" for Obamacare. It's the same one as their "plan" for government in general:
1. Tell people it's broken
2. Break it
3. There's no step 3.
Judd Legum has concluded the same thing:
popular.info/p/the-concep...
1. Tell people it's broken
2. Break it
3. There's no step 3.
Judd Legum has concluded the same thing:
popular.info/p/the-concep...
The concept of a plan (to sabotage Obamacare)
In three weeks, many of the government subsidies that help people afford health insurance will expire.
popular.info
December 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Unable to sleep, I was pondering the GOP "plan" for Obamacare. It's the same one as their "plan" for government in general:
1. Tell people it's broken
2. Break it
3. There's no step 3.
Judd Legum has concluded the same thing:
popular.info/p/the-concep...
1. Tell people it's broken
2. Break it
3. There's no step 3.
Judd Legum has concluded the same thing:
popular.info/p/the-concep...
"CIA Dir Ratcliffe reportedly made a deliberately low-key stop in Brussels [and said ... Europe] should distinguish between the volatility of the ... White House and the steadier posture of U.S. intelligence"
I'm sure Europe took those assurances at face value.
www.justsecurity.org/126220/quiet...
I'm sure Europe took those assurances at face value.
www.justsecurity.org/126220/quiet...
The Quiet Rebalance in Transatlantic Intelligence
Recent developments are deepening European officials' existing unease about Washington's steadiness as a security partner.
www.justsecurity.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
"CIA Dir Ratcliffe reportedly made a deliberately low-key stop in Brussels [and said ... Europe] should distinguish between the volatility of the ... White House and the steadier posture of U.S. intelligence"
I'm sure Europe took those assurances at face value.
www.justsecurity.org/126220/quiet...
I'm sure Europe took those assurances at face value.
www.justsecurity.org/126220/quiet...
Yup…
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Yup…
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
Hey, @foreignaffairs.com, just read Robert O'Brien's latest.
You seriously thought that passed muster? That it contained a reasoned argument for the current load of incoherent nonsense coming from the Dept of "War" and the Broken Roomba?
The "peace through strength" ending didn't ring any bells?
You seriously thought that passed muster? That it contained a reasoned argument for the current load of incoherent nonsense coming from the Dept of "War" and the Broken Roomba?
The "peace through strength" ending didn't ring any bells?
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Hey, @foreignaffairs.com, just read Robert O'Brien's latest.
You seriously thought that passed muster? That it contained a reasoned argument for the current load of incoherent nonsense coming from the Dept of "War" and the Broken Roomba?
The "peace through strength" ending didn't ring any bells?
You seriously thought that passed muster? That it contained a reasoned argument for the current load of incoherent nonsense coming from the Dept of "War" and the Broken Roomba?
The "peace through strength" ending didn't ring any bells?
At the Dr’s… There’s a lot of signs saying “No cell phones in the waiting room” Every single person, including me, is glued to their phone! 😛😐
October 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
At the Dr’s… There’s a lot of signs saying “No cell phones in the waiting room” Every single person, including me, is glued to their phone! 😛😐
Republicans wish this whole Epstein thing would "just go away".
Meanwhile...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Meanwhile...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the King’s brother
In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Republicans wish this whole Epstein thing would "just go away".
Meanwhile...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Meanwhile...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A letter to Tim Cook re ICEBlock.
(h/t to John Gruber:https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/10/07/hodges-cook-iceblock)
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
(h/t to John Gruber:https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/10/07/hodges-cook-iceblock)
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
My Email to Tim Cook
It's once again time for Apple's CEO to deliver action as lofty as his language
substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A letter to Tim Cook re ICEBlock.
(h/t to John Gruber:https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/10/07/hodges-cook-iceblock)
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
(h/t to John Gruber:https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/10/07/hodges-cook-iceblock)
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
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Here you go. Something to make you smile.
October 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Here you go. Something to make you smile.
This fella has the best refutation of that inane “we’re not a democracy, we’re a constitutional republic” nonsense I’ve ever heard!
youtube.com/watch?v=tXqr...
youtube.com/watch?v=tXqr...
On the Absurdity of “We are not a Democracy, We’re a Constitutional Republic”
YouTube video by Robert Arnold
youtube.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This fella has the best refutation of that inane “we’re not a democracy, we’re a constitutional republic” nonsense I’ve ever heard!
youtube.com/watch?v=tXqr...
youtube.com/watch?v=tXqr...
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“All this is distracting from the question not asked at the Sunday shows yesterday: Why Trump’s team walked out of their meeting with Putin looking like they had seen death.”
August 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
“All this is distracting from the question not asked at the Sunday shows yesterday: Why Trump’s team walked out of their meeting with Putin looking like they had seen death.”
DOGE got rid of the people working to help the autonomous vehicle industry. An office, "The Biden administration launched [...] specifically to help the AV industry overcome regulatory hurdles."
St Elmo really thought DOGE through, right? (No, he really didn't.)
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
St Elmo really thought DOGE through, right? (No, he really didn't.)
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Driverless cars hit a regulator gap
www.politico.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
DOGE got rid of the people working to help the autonomous vehicle industry. An office, "The Biden administration launched [...] specifically to help the AV industry overcome regulatory hurdles."
St Elmo really thought DOGE through, right? (No, he really didn't.)
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
St Elmo really thought DOGE through, right? (No, he really didn't.)
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Amazon… they need a new slogan for the sides of their trucks… “We promise and fail to deliver!” It might not be to their liking, but it’s accurate!
August 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Amazon… they need a new slogan for the sides of their trucks… “We promise and fail to deliver!” It might not be to their liking, but it’s accurate!
Sounds exactly right!
Don Bongino desperately misses the attention that comes with being an online shitposter and is bored to death having a real job. If he resigns, that's why.
July 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Sounds exactly right!
So WW3 is starting quite well, I see. And by “quite well”, I mean, “Jeez, can someone please get a kindergarten teacher involved? We, the world, needs someone to get all these toddlers to nap time!”
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Iran delivered ‘heavy slap to US’s face’, says Khamenei as he threatens further attacks on American bases – Middle East crisis live
In his first comments since the ceasefire, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the US ‘gained no achievement’ when it joined the war with Israel against Tehran
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
So WW3 is starting quite well, I see. And by “quite well”, I mean, “Jeez, can someone please get a kindergarten teacher involved? We, the world, needs someone to get all these toddlers to nap time!”
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...