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My latest in @thebulwark.com
"Focusing on the harmlessness of the target obscures the deeper issue: Why was this weapon employed without the discipline that governs every legitimate use of force in the military?"
@markhertling.bsky.social on the El Paso balloon incident: lnk.thebulwark.com/4659MsH
@markhertling.bsky.social on the El Paso balloon incident: lnk.thebulwark.com/4659MsH
The El Paso Balloon Incident Could Have Been a Disaster
Shooting experimental lasers next to a major airport without telling anyone—what could go wrong?
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
My latest in @thebulwark.com
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Getting so small he'll soon rename it The Washington Postcard
For those of you keeping score at home, the actual cut to the Post newsroom was 45%, not the widely reported one third. Remaining journalists are a bit over 400, down from around 1100 four years ago and 580 when Bezos bought the place.
February 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Getting so small he'll soon rename it The Washington Postcard
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It’s going to be rich as the full extent of Trump’s cruelty spending spree hits the national debt to see Republicans suddenly discover we can’t afford things again.
February 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
It’s going to be rich as the full extent of Trump’s cruelty spending spree hits the national debt to see Republicans suddenly discover we can’t afford things again.
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That’s actually exactly what ICE is doing
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 13, 2026 at 2:51 PM
That’s actually exactly what ICE is doing
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Mom: "Son, why won't you eat your vegetables?"
Me: "ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THE DOW JONES JUST HIT 50,000 WHY AREN"T WE TALKING ABOUT THAT?"
Me: "ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THE DOW JONES JUST HIT 50,000 WHY AREN"T WE TALKING ABOUT THAT?"
February 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Mom: "Son, why won't you eat your vegetables?"
Me: "ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THE DOW JONES JUST HIT 50,000 WHY AREN"T WE TALKING ABOUT THAT?"
Me: "ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THE DOW JONES JUST HIT 50,000 WHY AREN"T WE TALKING ABOUT THAT?"
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This is NOT working for Pam Bondi today..... I swear to god this White House is so far removed from the people in the country it's wild
February 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
This is NOT working for Pam Bondi today..... I swear to god this White House is so far removed from the people in the country it's wild
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The flu and pneumonia kill over 45,000 people a year. Moderna developed a new mRNA flu vaccine for people 50 and older--who are most at risk. Prasad, unilaterally, against the recommendation of experts within the agency, denied Moderna's appplication. www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application
The rejection is the latest instance of Vinay Prasad overruling career FDA scientists to place vaccines under harsher scrutiny.
www.statnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
The flu and pneumonia kill over 45,000 people a year. Moderna developed a new mRNA flu vaccine for people 50 and older--who are most at risk. Prasad, unilaterally, against the recommendation of experts within the agency, denied Moderna's appplication. www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
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This is what KILLS me about the endless whinging about moderation or blaming land acknowledgments or whatever. Voters do not give a shit either way about any of that. They’re not following it. But this, this they would care about! but Dems don’t even try to tell this story. It’s insane!
political malpractice that this chart hasnt been seared into the brains of every single american through advertising and social media
We now have data from Trump's first full year in office. Let's review the performance of Trump and the two parties since 1989 and a new age of globalization began.
However you cut the data Trump continues to have worst jobs record of last six Presidents. 1/
However you cut the data Trump continues to have worst jobs record of last six Presidents. 1/
February 11, 2026 at 3:53 PM
This is what KILLS me about the endless whinging about moderation or blaming land acknowledgments or whatever. Voters do not give a shit either way about any of that. They’re not following it. But this, this they would care about! but Dems don’t even try to tell this story. It’s insane!
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Good blow by blow thread of the testimony yesterday ICYMI
Todd Lyons, Trump's ICE chief, is testifying this morning in a House hearing.
Lyons will say in his opening remarks that ICE is somehow the victim of ICE's reign of terror and violence in Minnesota, not the immigrants too traumatized to go outside or the American citizens ICE/CBP have killed.
Lyons will say in his opening remarks that ICE is somehow the victim of ICE's reign of terror and violence in Minnesota, not the immigrants too traumatized to go outside or the American citizens ICE/CBP have killed.
February 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Good blow by blow thread of the testimony yesterday ICYMI
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wow -- Bondi throws a fit in response to Nadler's question about how many of Epstein's co-conspirators, if any, she's investigating, aggressively pointing at him and yelling. The hearing then devolves into chaos and Raskin and Bondi start yelling at each other.
February 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
wow -- Bondi throws a fit in response to Nadler's question about how many of Epstein's co-conspirators, if any, she's investigating, aggressively pointing at him and yelling. The hearing then devolves into chaos and Raskin and Bondi start yelling at each other.
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what the fuck is she talking about
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
what the fuck is she talking about
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There is no world in which such agreement is legal. Pretty much anyone in the IRS who was involved with it when they first did it either resigned, or was fired for refusing to cooperate.
IRS and DHS in April agreed to share info to help detail suspected undocumented immigrants.
That data sharing began in Aug.
In Nov, a judge said the whole process was illegal.
Now in recent weeks, IRS discovered that it violated its own internal process (that a judge already said was illegal).
That data sharing began in Aug.
In Nov, a judge said the whole process was illegal.
Now in recent weeks, IRS discovered that it violated its own internal process (that a judge already said was illegal).
February 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
There is no world in which such agreement is legal. Pretty much anyone in the IRS who was involved with it when they first did it either resigned, or was fired for refusing to cooperate.
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Huh, this woman does NOT appear to want to answer the question about how many of the perpetrators in this major women and child sex trafficking ring her department is investigating
wow -- Bondi throws a fit in response to Nadler's question about how many of Epstein's co-conspirators, if any, she's investigating, aggressively pointing at him and yelling. The hearing then devolves into chaos and Raskin and Bondi start yelling at each other.
February 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Huh, this woman does NOT appear to want to answer the question about how many of the perpetrators in this major women and child sex trafficking ring her department is investigating
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Rep. Raskin: “You ignored the law and even with over 100,000 employees at your disposal, you acted with some mixture of staggering incompetence, cold indifference, and jaded cruelty towards more than 1,000 victims raped, abused, and trafficked. This performance screams cover-up.”
February 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Rep. Raskin: “You ignored the law and even with over 100,000 employees at your disposal, you acted with some mixture of staggering incompetence, cold indifference, and jaded cruelty towards more than 1,000 victims raped, abused, and trafficked. This performance screams cover-up.”
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it's a math problem, which does not have selfhood
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
it's a math problem, which does not have selfhood
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I have heard of a no bill but zero votes is new to me
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
None of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump administration’s pitch on why they should indict Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I have heard of a no bill but zero votes is new to me
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Non-lawyers: I cannot express just how abnormal it is for the DOJ to get no-billed repeatedly on these cases. Like tripping on a single blade of grass.
I have heard of a no bill but zero votes is new to me
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
February 11, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Non-lawyers: I cannot express just how abnormal it is for the DOJ to get no-billed repeatedly on these cases. Like tripping on a single blade of grass.
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Apropos of nothing much, a reminder that Nixon’s Attorney General served 19 months in prison.
February 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Apropos of nothing much, a reminder that Nixon’s Attorney General served 19 months in prison.
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A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.
February 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.
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I love that Kid Rock's point here is that he wasn't lip syncing... he just had another guy there who sang half the song for him while he caught his breath.
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I love that Kid Rock's point here is that he wasn't lip syncing... he just had another guy there who sang half the song for him while he caught his breath.
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The odds of Howard Lutnick leaving the Trump administration are surging on Polymarket.
February 10, 2026 at 8:25 PM
The odds of Howard Lutnick leaving the Trump administration are surging on Polymarket.
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"I serve in the Navy as a war gamer. The most critical part of my job is identifying institutional failures. Trust is one of the most critical and, in this sense, the media is losing ground." 1/
theconversation.com/journalism-m...
theconversation.com/journalism-m...
Journalism may be too slow to remain credible once events are filtered through social media
Responsible journalists verify and fact-check information. That can create a lag, leading the audience to believe they’re not just slow but wrong.
theconversation.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:24 PM
"I serve in the Navy as a war gamer. The most critical part of my job is identifying institutional failures. Trust is one of the most critical and, in this sense, the media is losing ground." 1/
theconversation.com/journalism-m...
theconversation.com/journalism-m...
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Jimmy Lai’s sentencing tells me this: democracy is dead in Hong Kong, and I escaped just in time | Nathan Law
Jimmy Lai’s sentencing tells me this: democracy is dead in Hong Kong, and I escaped just in time | Nathan Law
Who will speak out for values and rights and my fellow democracy activist now that opposition has been silenced in Hong Kong? I say Britain should, says activist Nathan Law
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Jimmy Lai’s sentencing tells me this: democracy is dead in Hong Kong, and I escaped just in time | Nathan Law
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Watching with the sound off it's kind of incredible that she can whip up this much faux outrage over literally yesterday's news.
Megyn Kelly just shouting “FOOTBALL IS OURS” at Piers Morgan about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is the perfect example of this moment in time. Put it in a time capsule and send it out into space.
February 9, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Watching with the sound off it's kind of incredible that she can whip up this much faux outrage over literally yesterday's news.
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"How money drives Russia’s sabotage campaign in Europe.
Money, not ideology, recruits disposable agents. Europe’s response must reflect this" www.euractiv.com/opinion/how-...
Money, not ideology, recruits disposable agents. Europe’s response must reflect this" www.euractiv.com/opinion/how-...
How money drives Russia’s sabotage campaign in Europe | Euractiv
Money, not ideology, recruits disposable agents. Europe’s response must reflect this
www.euractiv.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:58 AM
"How money drives Russia’s sabotage campaign in Europe.
Money, not ideology, recruits disposable agents. Europe’s response must reflect this" www.euractiv.com/opinion/how-...
Money, not ideology, recruits disposable agents. Europe’s response must reflect this" www.euractiv.com/opinion/how-...