One reason I think so many people are being fired merely for quoting what Kirk actually said is that, based on what I've read, many of his followers were in social media silos where they never heard those things. Showing full picture risks Trump admin being able to capitalize on this politically

These are the actions of a regime that baldly does not care about optics vis-a-vis the broad public and knows that it will face no meaningful check from any other branch of government. Abducting firefighters mid-wildfire looks terrible. It would poll poorly. Not a single voter is asking for this.

This past week, the Chinese learned

1) exactly where Trump's pain points are;

2) how much to squeeze them before he flinches;

and

3) how little America's partners and allies want to help this president.

Highly useful information.

It's a careful, well-reasoned opinion that rightly describes the exclusion of AP as retaliatory, viewpoint-based, and unconstitutional. And it reaffirms that viewpoint discrimination is off-limits even in nonpublic forums. An important opinion, especially right now.

It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.

We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.

When Trump shook John Roberts’s hand on the House floor and said “Thank you, I won’t forget it” Roberts knew exactly what he meant. And he continues to act to benefit the autocrat.

This hasn't gotten enough attention.

Very effective questioning by Rep. @crow.house.gov in span of 3 mins

1. exposes how Hegseth endangered servicemembers' lives

2. shows that a scandal upon the scandal is the failure to take responsibility

Crow is a U.S. Army veteran (Bronze Star Medal)

A study of eight AI search engines found they provided incorrect citations of news articles in 60%+ of queries; Grok 3 answered 94% of the queries incorrectly (Columbia Journalism Review)

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Read @jamellebouie.net this morning on the big picture constitutional problems with DOGE: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...

This.

Russell Vought is the architect of Project 2025, the force cutting NIH funding. But it's thanks to NIH-funded research that Vought’s daughter had access to some treatments.

“We’re extremely grateful to live in a nation that leads the way on medical innovation,” Vought's then-wife wrote in 2021.

President Trump's move to pardon nearly all of the 1,600 rioters charged with storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 would effectively undo years of efforts by federal investigators to seek accountability for the mob assault on the peaceful transfer of power after Trump's loss in the 2020 election.

As @premthakker.bsky.social just said to me on Slack, this Trump second speech, unscripted, to the overflow hall of supporters, ranting about Pelosi, Milley, and Cheney is the REAL speech. It's the REAL him. A petty, paranoid, insecure man, obsessed with grievances and his 'enemies.'

1/ I'm old enough to remember--and to have worked on--cases where newspapers vigorously defended themselves against defamation cases instead of folding before the defendant was even deposed apnews.com/article/abc-...

So far, the emerging Trump team includes at least 5 billionaires, 8 major donors, 9 lobbyists, 11 Fox contributors and 17 people associated with the America First Policy Institute or Project 2025. @karenyourish.bsky.social @lazarogamio.bsky.social Ashley Wu www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Looks like this could be it for Hegseth. Allegations of drunkenness & sexual assault are one thing, but disloyalty to Big Brother is next order of magnitude important.

A frustrating thing for me right now is the media narrative that RFK Jr is just an “anti-vaxxer” when he has said so many crazy things about other stuff over the years. We compiled 10 nutty clips on various topics, which still barely scratches the surface. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...