Can people please do some background reading before musing about the Marines? Tressie McMillam Cottom asks if Platner needed a Totenkopf to be "a real Marine". But the Marine Corps has a tattoo policy that explicitly answers that question - no. Tattoos tied to racism and extremist groups are banned.

Also AI doesn’t need napkins.

no legitimate government strategy exists to eliminate its own population. This horrifying outcome has been the result of specific, violent, and illegal state-sponsored policies,such as genocide, democide, and politicide. These atrocities are considered mass atrocity crimes under international law.

It's going to continue to go down. Agonizingly slowly in social media time. Quickly in political time.

Having a fun text exchange with a helpful human being after my car died

The NFL ruled that the Giants violated concussion protocol during their Thursday night win over the Eagles. Fines handed out:

Team — $200k
Brian Daboll — $100k
RB Cam Skattebo — $15k

NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.

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Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday a decision on whether to pursue the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination comes down to whether he thinks he can meet “both the challenge and the promise of tomorrow” and execute on it.

If Platner is elected after this, all the northerners who say the southerners deserve to die in hurricanes because of racism can shut the fuck up forever. Also, Bernie Sanders can shut the fuck up forever regardless.

“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡

Here we go …

Wow.

Melania is wearing her new jewels to the Ballroom opening.