By an entire parsec, the Trump administration has undertaken the most illegal set of budget actions in history. This is why we desperately need guardrails to restrain and go after budget malfeasance from the White House.

And ice cream. Nothing says *we have a solution to everything wrong in the world^ like a good sundae.

He definitely nails *sultry* on Cats. And Jerry always made better studio albums than the GD as a whole. I fell down a “Garcia Live” rabbit hole after I realized they were all out on YouTube music a few months ago. Lots of repetition (as expected) but lots of treats too.

Testing for "approval" in electorate when there is no correlation between which policies people favor/oppose and which become law reveals you have zero theory of change. You do not want to defeat this bill.

6. Force opposition into defense and therefore negation that has them repeat OUR messaging. When we use accurate, clear, pull no punches messaging, it throws the opposition off and they commit our usual sin of repeating our message in order to deny it. See their disavowal of "gestapo."

Donald is *his authentic self* - no matter how loathsome that self is, some people are attracted to that.

When you talk to moderates, they’ll say the party needs to be more moderate. And when you don’t talk to progressives, it’s not surprising that that’s “everyone”. Suffice to say, has not been my favorite Bulwark hire.

Anyway read my post about enemies lists, deep lore, and Darren Beattie and comment if you like it 🤗. (Ghost version on my site)

open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...

That’s the answer my mind keeps coming up with too. He’s the most sadistic and evil of the minions at his core so it all **waves hands** fits his MO.

He’s still got some not so great shit in his background regarding priests who raped children. But I concur, thankfully he’s not an Opus Dei weirdo.

Man that’s some weak shit. Donald literally has 2 go to replies these days:
1. I don’t know them.
2. I don’t know anything about <insert latest self-inflicted crisis here>.

Seriously, who the ever living fuck is actually running America right now?!?!?

In the long line of women who’ve prostrated themselves on the altar of MAGA, she is indisputably the absolute grossest. Sarah and Kayleigh were pretty fucking gross, but, man, I need to get my hands on whatever drugs enable this woman to exist in a reality so opposed to, ummm, reality.

“We don’t want terrorists in America”…. that don’t espouse OUR viewpoint. Those terrorists are just fine.