Some MAGA economist tried to get in my face, claiming everything was less expensive under Trump — and I wasn't having any of his bullshit. Here's a clip.

Can't be a true MAGA without being willing to blatantly lie for Trump.

years ago an emmy-winning comedy writer posted this in a DM group and I’ve thought about it literally every day since (anonymized and shared with permission)

Yes, sort of, but "salami tactics" refers to the way Communists after 1945 would infiltrate parliamentary systems by gaining control of key ministries and other positions one "slice" at a time. Today people use it as a generic frog-boil metaphor, but it used to have more precise meaning in E. Eur.

Paging Hunter Biden to the MTG tiny violin phone.

“…day; publicly demanding partisan investigations and prosecutions is something Trump does now.

Still, it marks the latest phase of the virtually unprecedented campaign of intimidation, dirty tricks, and abuses of power that Trump’s government has for months waged in an attempt to…

“For practically any other US president, this episode alone would be the defining chapter of their administration – a historically corrupt and scandalous moment in American history that could bring down an entire government. But for the second Trump presidency, it registers as somehow just another…

A point of this reporting is to underscore how not just wildly scandalous Trump’s wide ranging coverup of the Epstein files is right now, but that his coverup has hit a new level of blatant political corruption and abuse of power.

Genuinely, historically atrocious in ways too many get numb to

The only person whose standard of living has improved during this Trump term is Ghislaine Maxwell.

somehow Trump appears in Epstein's emails more than Epstein himself

New docs show DHS is gathering drivers’ license data in voter fraud crusade Experts worry the Trump administration will use the info to disenfranchise voters.

Scoop from @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social: Docs obtained by @weareoversight.bsky.social show efforts DHS is making to gather drivers' license data from all 50 states in order to weaponize Trump’s false claims of voter fraud. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Big deal.

This is *depraved* -- glamor shots & an exculpatory feature for a woman who shit on the key central tenets of journalism, repeatedly.

NYT is celebrating elite freedom from accountability. Actively celebrating it. You wouldn't put this in a satire, it's too ham-handed!

Law and order.

A headline from the New York Times: Olivia Nuzzi Did It All For Love

The article lede: By Jacob Bernstein Reporting from Los Angeles Nov. 14, 2025 Updated 12:07 p.m. ET Olivia Nuzzi loved him. She loved the politician, even though she was a political reporter and he was then a presidential candidate she had written about. She loved his eyes, "blue as the flame." She loved that "the sight of something as trivial as a rose" could move him to tears. She loved his insatiable appetites and his "particular complications and particular darkness." But she said "I love you" only after he said it first. He called her "Livvy" and wrote her poems. He said he wanted her to have his baby. He promised to take a bullet for her.

what the actual fuck

I like how with the whole “sitting on Epstein files” and “actually the rape victim was the instigator and Matt Gaetz was the real victim” stuff most papers would take a little break. But not the New York Times. They want to repeatedly hammer home just how fucking awful they are.

(Reuters) - Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk temporarily suspended oil exports - equivalent to 2.2 million barrels per day, or 2% of global supply - on Friday after a Ukrainian missile and drone attack.

You'll ignore this, but every time you tweet angrily about crap like that Nuzzi piece you're confirming NYT editors' intuitions/incentivizing more of it. The entire intellectual/journo model here is, "Does this person get people angry? Yes? OK they're provocative/get talked about. Write about her."

A tweet from Carina (@Carina_Amyth) reads: “Megyn’s lawn sign. 🤷‍♀️” Below is an image of a blue political-style yard sign with red and white borders. It says in bold white text: “at least she wasn’t 8” Underneath, smaller text reads: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 2026” The sign stands on a grassy lawn with trees blurred in the background.

They’re calling her Megyn. R Kelly now.

If the NYT told the story of the homeless teenager exploited by Matt Gaetz with even half as much empathy as it tells the story of Olivia Nuzzi, it would be in danger of committing journalism.

This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.

The Megan Kelly Goalpost Removal Company always gets the job done. Call 1 (800) GASLIGHT for your estimate today

Is the Resolute Desk at Mar-a-Lago? Queen Victoria gave the desk to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880.

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Oh no not bill clinton and lawrence summers anyone but those, mr president

a man sitting in front of a window with the words put me in coach below him ALT: a man sitting in front of a window with the words put me in coach below him

God: I need you to spread the Gospel, the Good News of My Son and the promise of eternal life

Me: not sure I am the ideal pick

God: how about spreading the news of Larry Summers being an irredeemable vapid douche

Me:

When a far right pundit on a CNN panel with me ‘joked’ about my beeper going off live on air & then got banned by CNN, Megyn Kelly had him on her show & they both laughed about it.

Yet here is Kelly getting super offended when someone else makes the beeper threat against her. Oh, the hypocrisy.

i have a crazy idea: imagine an economy that doesnt completely implode every 7 years

This is not the same Pulte mentioned in the Epstein emails. This is his grandson.

Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.

1) Ethics officials at Fannie Mae investigate how Bill Pulte got Letitia James mortgage docs
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.

www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

Last Week's Elections Spark Calls To Repeal Women's Right To Vote An insidious thread runs through the movement to repeal the 19th Amendment

Last week's elections showed the power of women voters, who delivered decisive wins for Democrats across the nation. Now, there's a surge in calls to repeal women's right to vote. Could this radical Christian nationalist agenda splinter the MAGA movement or pull them further toward extremism?