Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

President who engaged in housing discrimination as landlord lays off housing discrimination staff

I think it would be a huge public service if major media outlets interviewed people given RIF notices and let them explain in detail what their jobs are so that people can judge for themselves whether these positions are wasteful like Trump and Vought claim or whether they help the country prosper.

That sound you hear is plaintiff lawyers popping champagne corks and DOJ lawyers groaning.

Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.

Why stop there? How about an Oscar, a Tony, and Miss America?

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

"At least 15 government oversight websites were down—and with them, access to watchdog reports and required hotline and whistleblower links—as of Wednesday evening. That's not due to the federal shutdown that began at midnight; it's a deliberate move by the White House." @almsnatalie.bsky.social

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

Paying out $700,000 so a kid can’t read a book titled, “This Book is Gay“ is not a great ROI on censorship, imo.

“To carry out her vision, McMahon has brought on at least 20 political appointees from ultraconservative think tanks and advocacy groups eager to de-emphasize public schools, which have educated students for roughly 200 years.”

The subtle implication that Trump v. U.S. has always been law and that a president's official acts weren't considered prosecutable when Smith started is disgustingly dishonest.

Um, he's antifa. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with a girl who saw Ferris firebomb the 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

This is capitulation. It is not the "Department of War." If CNN concedes on this point, they'll concede on any point.

Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

For one, the federal government cannot constitutionally commandeer state officials to do its bidding.

But more importantly, the president does not see his political opposition as legitimate but rather as a target for a carceral and militaristic state. It is deeply undemocratic and authoritarian.

The uncensored version of this book revealed Jeffrey Epstein's long relationship with Melania, his introduction of Melania to Trump, and Trump (and then Epstein) having intercourse with Melania in the back of a limo. bsky.app/profile/ronf...

This is so dark

The Wall Street Journal reports Trump reassigned federal law enforcement dedicated to stop child sex trafficking to spreading mulch in DC. I wonder why?