Why does ICE need 10x budget increase? Trump on deportingcitizens: "We also have a lot of bad people that have been here for a long time ... many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too, if you want to know the truth. So maybe that'll be the next job."

There problem with being a Pragmatic Problem Solver is that every extremist hates you www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

Any boomer who doesn’t score 20 on this isn’t.

Big fat 0 for me

@tbtimesrays.bsky.social day games at Steinbrenner field are ridiculous. Why not avoid them entirely?

A teenager has been given the keys to the most powerful car in the world, and he’s spinning donuts in traffic.

Only the best people!

Soundtrack of the Resistance?

Cautious optimism here, despite the buried lede headline

If republican senators are voting for nominees who are clearly unqualified for office because they feel threatened by violence, but not the judiciary who are protected by federal agents, and Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI Director, will federal judges lose their impartiality in a similar manner?

Public enemy: “We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected,” Russell Vought, who is tapped by Mr. Trump to lead the Office of Management and Budget, has said. “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains.”

Don’t hate, it’s self destructive.

A major part of beauty is self esteem

Why are Republicans using Putin’s talking points? This study helps explain.

Sardines in olive oil with a teaspoon of Cholula. 😎

Rhode Island is beautiful

This is an important theme for democrats to remember going forward. Extreme positions, regardless of how just, will fail on a national scale. Compromise to achieve consensus.

Grilled salmon and mashed sweet potato is a magical combination.

It appears that trump’s trial balloon nominees are all as impressive as turds floating in the punch bowl.