Trump to Zelenskyy: "During the war you can't have elections? So let me just see -- three and a half years from me, if we happen to be in a way with somebody, no more elections. That's good."

The world somehow collectively agreed that we would just pretend Trump's closure of Venezuelan airspace did not happen.

When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”

May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.

"We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll [drive a literal bulldozer through the east wing], creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out."

Such a characteristic dynamic, righties saying the protests were "funded by Soros" and lefties responding with fact checks & empirical observations. Ships passing in the night.

What the righties want to say is: the left is fundamentally illegitimate. That, to them, is the core truth.

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.

Hey Donald, you know how you could really annoy Elon? Bring back USAID and double their budget!

Joni Ernst, at her town hall last night.

When the crowd said people will die due to Medicaid and SNAP cuts, she said: "well we all are going to die." 🫠🫠🫠🫠

Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.

NEW: GOP lawmakers are preparing reconciliation bill with $90-175 BILLION in new funding for immigration enforcement.

ICE's entire annual budget is ~$9 billion.

Inside the Trump administration's plan for the real mass deportation campaign: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com

NPR cites a Democratic House Oversight aide who says the committee now has “multiple verifiable reports” of DOGE effectively taking sensitive government data out of secure databases for unknown purposes

www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.

Really wish a reporter had asked trump very early on in signalgate "when did you greenlight the yemen strike?" The response (which I assume would have resembled the response to the lithuania q) might have confirmed that steven miller is the acting commander in chief

I have been hearing from people that they have been having issues accessing their Social Security accounts. INSTEAD of going to a branch which may be hundreds or 1Ks+ of miles away from you, call your members of Congress. They have constituent services that will help you regain access. Please share!

Public service immigration lawyer here: Download evidence of past PSLF certifications on your studentaid.gov account NOW. I received an email from DOE this morning saying there's been a change in one of my PSLF submissions, but when I login no changes are reflected. Still time to download your data.

Leader of the Proud Boys Enrique Tarrio has joined teams with Ivan Raiklin (who the Atlantic named "Secretary of Retribution) and is chasing and taunting two of the officers his group assaulted on Jan 6. x.com/IvanRaiklin/...

As we learn that DOGE accidentally fired the DOE employees who keep track of our nuclear weapons, I'm reminiscing about Gary Tan explaining to us normies that we simply can't comprehend the scale and speed of what "High IQ People" can do.