Befuddled & Bemused

“A DOJ job — a lifetime goal for countless lawyers until the past year — has become a job where embarrassing errors, at best, are regularly making it into court filings and where a constant question is whether a judge is going to threaten you with contempt …”

I just want to make sure everyone knows Mayo Clinic has a therapy miniature horse named Blue Sky

Miller's plan, he argues, uses government force with the aim of 1) reshaping the USA's ethnic composition by 2) coercing the departure of many persons whose right to remain would be upheld if fairly adjudicated in court. Further.... /2

Every Element of Stephen Miller's Immigration Agenda Is Designed for Ethnic Cleansing He is effectively engaging in regime change to demographically purify America

When my colleague David Bier at a Senate hearing yesterday defended his statement that DHS has promoted ethnic cleansing, some conservatives reacted with anger. But Stephen Miller's deportation plan does indeed fit the description of ethnic cleansing, argues Kyle Varner at @theunpopulist.net. /1

best overarching theory of this administration I've yet seen

Twelve year-olds.

this will not affect his cultists' view of Trump as so very big and strong

Trump Defends Wearing Fruit Hat, Samba Dancing During Dignified Transfer https://theonion.com/trump-defends-wearing-fruit-hat-samba-dancing-during-dignified-transfer/

Two things here.

One, you don't sit there and whine about media coverage and headlines if things are going well.

Two, the administration is just outright saying that they fully expect Ellison to use CNN to be a Trumpist propaganda organ.

Dark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate Progressive House candidate Kat Abughazaleh told MS NOW the secretive campaign is “filled with false and defamatory claims.”

EXCLUSIVE: A dark money group is offering influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate @katmabu.bsky.social

www.ms.now/news/kat-abu...

tired: harassing athletes for not covering the spread
wired: harassing journalists for not making things up

I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves The hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE.

I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...

The political culture of the contemporary GOP is indistinguishable from that of the school shooter community

I don’t think unconditional surrender is imminent.

a while back a guy I knew was trying to justify having gone to Curtis Yarvin's wedding, and his girlfriend said "Don't you find him thrillingly contrarian' and I said 'That's how boring people excuse being racist'

This is in fact the normal way that we identifiable Jews live

This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast.

They’ll play this in museums in future.

(🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)

huh...if only someone had warned them

I keep seeing people ask about the 25th Amendment.

Guys. His entire Cabinet is walking around in shoes that don’t fit because they’re scared to take them off.

The 25th is never happening.

Watch this clip.

Professors will recognize this kid as the student who didn't do the reading but still has very strong opinions about how it's all "bullshit," except this time he's not the callow student who's going to fail your course, he's the reviewer who's going to cancel your grant.

To summarize, Trump has offered asylum to Iran’s women’s soccer team and death to its men’s.

“Don’t know shit about your enemy. Assume he is a stupid baby.”

—Sun Tzu

Close the Straits? Who could have predicted that?

After reading the article, posts & quotes, I can conclude that the sports gambling, excessive mortgages, & trucks (with bigger payments than my house) add up to the same irresponsibility that led us to have a reality show host as a president: Low consequences & lots of enablers for bad decisions.

Joe Biden is putting a bunch of retreads in his Cabinet. That's a massive relief. Our View: President-elect Biden picks a White House team that will have to undo the floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall havoc Donald Trump's leaving behind.

Almost like it helps to have people who know how to do the thing they're hired to do. Last line of an editorial I wrote, published 6 days before Biden succeeded Trump in 2021: "There will be a time for fresh faces. Now is not that time." cc @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Trump Surprised To Find He's At War in Iran Once his not-even-half-baked plan failed to materialize in Iran, it’s clear that there’s no Plan B.

Donald Trump is surprised at how poorly the Iran War is going — but the news media is covering all of this uncertainty and sham-handedness as if it’s all part and parcel of a normal conflict. Every article needs to start leading with: Trump is lost at sea.
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-surp...

US economy expanded at sluggish 0.7% in fourth quarter, government says, downgrading first estimate The U.S. economy, hobbled by last fall’s 43-day government shutdown, advanced at a sluggish 0.7% annual rate from October through December, the Commerce Department reported Friday in a big downgrade o...

Biden and Democrats GDP their last quarter was 2.4

Trump and Republicans GDP last quarter was .7
less than 1/3

So much winning

Trump and Republicans have failed with everything. And they're probably lying about the .7 apnews.com/article/econ...

Trump’s war in Iran marks the culmination of his imperial presidency | Mohamad Bazzi The path to this reckless war was paved by the collapse of accountability in Washington

Trump’s war in Iran marks the culmination of his imperial presidency | Mohamad Bazzi

How RFK, Jr.’s controversial beliefs are shaping Americans’ health How Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s ideas about public health—from vaccines to seed oils—are shaping Americans’ health

Did a story on what RFK Jr. believes and how it ties into what some are describing as "soft eugenics." We also interviewed @bethmariem.bsky.social who did a piece last year digging into his beliefs. You can listen here or wherever you get your podcasts

So you believe in collective guilt and punishment of all Jews the world over based on the actions of Israel?

Congratulations - you align perfectly with Likud and Netanyahu's views of why genocide against Palestinians is acceptable.