LA is building a new $1.5 billion freeway into LAX.

The very same airport where we just spent $2 billion on the people mover — actually, more like $3 billion, plus another $900 million if you count Metro's investment in the LAX station; so let's just say $4 billion — to make cars go away

Mayor Eric Adams endorses Andrew Cuomo, whom he called “a liar and a snake.”

Now he says: “Brothers fight…But when families are attacked brothers come together.”

COLLINS: If the government reopened tonight, would Republicans have a plan to address the Obamacare subsidies?

MIKE JOHNSON: Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. We do. We have proposals. Yeah. We can have that ready immediately.

RAJU: You said yesterday you were still trying to get the details of this $230m Trump wants from the DOJ. Now that you've had some time, are you ok with taxpayers potentially being on the hook for that kind of money?

MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not trying to dodge. I haven't had time to get the details

A lot of centrist commentators who genuinely got worked up about the unforgivably insulting nature of "cling to guns and religion" or "basket of deplorables" are weirdly silent about Trump portraying himself as literally shitting on American cities

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

Portland No Kings protest from above. This is a very very small fraction of the overall group. @portlandmercury.com

Still thinking about Shohei Ohtani and his dog Decoy.

(This may go on for a long time.)

Q: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

Mike Johnson: "The last time I checked, Americans have more freedom right now to express themselves and speak their minds after Republicans took over ... it is the Republicans who restored your right to share and speak your mind."

JD Vance downplayed a leaked group chat of young GOP leaders saying “I love Hitler,” referring to rape as “epic,” & calling Black people “Monkeys” and “watermelon people”:

“Grow up! Don’t focus on what kids say in group chats…That’s what kids do.”

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"