There is a certain symmetry here. When the US had the best performing economy in the developed world in Q4 2024, Scott Bessent insisted it was "terrible." Now that the US economy is experiencing a Black Friday like implosion, he says it's great.

"Antisemitism" in Trump speak means expressing an opinion on virtually any subject with which Trump disagrees, and particularly criticizing Trump's plan to level Gaza, deport its entire population and build a casino and resort there.

For sheer cruelty and craziness, nothing matches the Trump tariffs on southeast Asia, and particularly Cambodia. These are countries that invested heavily in a trade relationship with the US as a counterweight to China. www.ft.com/content/c592...

CBC: Fearing that Donald Trump might take offense to her planned remarks, NYU has cancelled a presentation by former Médecins sans Frontières president Dr Joanne Liu.

JD Vance used his 3-hour long visit to a remote US military base in Greenland to attack other countries, as well. Here's a bit of the passage talking about our coming war against Canada: "They just don't have the cards. There is no way that Canada can win a trade war with the United States."

Rep. Ted Lieu: “You could put pilots at risk… they could have been shot down.”

Trump’s SecDef Pete Hegseth sent war plans to a journalist—a reckless, dangerous breach of national security. And the White House is still downplaying it.

American lives were put in danger. We need accountability.

Trump's Operation Gitmo is an embarrassing failure, as all prisoners are returned after Trump's DHS suddenly figures out that sending them to Cuba is against the law. Total cost to taxpayers for this fiasco is in the hundreds of millions.
Robert Scott Horton

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Esteemed journalist & journalism professor, Robert Scott Horton, was just banned by FB where he had 100s of 1000s of followers. Much content re: current events. Always a worthy read. Give him a follow & welcome him to Bluesky! We are the luckier to have him here: bsky.app/profile/robe...

The Economist has said that the time to be really alarmed is when Donald Trump ignores a court order. Did it just happen? Yes. And judges should stand up to it through whatever resources they have. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

TASS—not the Onion

For the remarkable progress of authoritarianism in America this week, we can give particular thanks to the two recent recipients of the Vidkun Quisling Award, Brad Karp of Paul, Weiss and Katrina Armstrong of Columbia University. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

You will read countless times today that the LA mayor cut the LA Fire Department's budget by $23 million.

That is a lie.

The budget was actually *increased* by $50 million.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo on her conversation earlier with Donald Trump

Hello Blue Sky community! I dropped twitter before the name change and am active on FB under Paine and Suffrage.

The largest tsunamis begin in the ocean’s depths, and one is beginning to swell. My board is waxed, and after the biggest wipeout of my life last Tuesday, I’m ready to paddle out. 🙏🏻

Looking forward to learning how appointing an accused child-sex-trafficker as AG and a suspected Russian asset as DNI will lower the price of eggs

The party that is obsessed with child sex offenders, & is close to a cult that claims child sex offenders run the government, just nominated a guy once investigated for allegedly sex-trafficking a 17 year old girl to be in charge of the country’s legal system.

Beyond parody.

I enter this space a starving wayfarer in need of sustenance. My favorite diner has been overrun by wolves and I seek a crust of bread and a sip of water for my journey.