interesting that these people — and fellow travelers like bari weiss — insist on large, expensive security details. they are status markers, i suppose.

Walked into the bodega like this yesterday. Guy on line ahead of me is shooting the shit with bodega man. Bodega man waves me up. Chatty guy turns and goes “Damn!! Okay Brooke Shields!! Like damn!! You know who Brooke Shields is? Honestly don’t worry about it she got nothin on you” thank you sir

It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.

remember when centrists would call you an insane person if you said jeff bezos ownership is going to run the washington post into the ground

How the fuck is Corey Lewandowski in any position to fire a Coast Guard pilot?

What is his title?

What is his job?

What is his official position in the US government?

If you are Kristi Noem’s boyfriend you get to fire Coast Guard officers?

When the chisel meets the wood, an artistic feast transcending time and space unfolds!

i think most (not all) of the "you must vote for Newsom" people are just Newsom supporters who want him to win because they like him and his policies, not because they have high minded ideas about harm reduction.

"The first person to be executed for treason in the US was not a spy or someone who sold secrets to a foreign government. It was not a Confederate general who took up arms against his government. It was an abolitionist named John Brown." from @nhannahjones.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. on Theo Von's podcast:

"I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats."

if someone can come up with working adversarial garment that fucks with smart glasses, to almost any extent, I will not only buy it myself but promote it religiously

ideally something that does lasting damage, but even compromising certain functions is better than nothing

who is working on this??

Unconfirmed political hack Corey Lewandowski gets to make policy decisions at a massive federal agency as well as hiring and firing key personnel because he’s having an affair with Kristi Noem. Allegedly, since they continue to deny it even though everyone knows it.

The community note is the icing on the cake.

AOC: "I think we have to recognize that we are in a new day and in a new time. But that does not mean that the majority of Americans are ready to walk away from a rules-based order, and that we're ready to walk away from our commitment to democracy."