Meghan McCarthy

We have a president who virtually never thinks rationally, logically, or even in sequential steps. Nor can he fully comprehend causes and effects. His base of knowledge on virtually all subjects relating to governance and economics and world affairs is minimal. (1/2)

Crypto billionaire Justin Sun got his White House VIP tour. It was one of the perks promised to the top buyers of Trump's memecoin, and nobody spent more millions than Sun to secure the privilege.

Yes, we got a tip when the $TRUMP whales (biggest buyers of his crypto) were going to show up Friday at the White House for their VIP tour and The NYT was there. We had a list with their names. So we knew who they were. But they did not want to chat. I still tried...

Trump is doing this right now btw

Trump defying a 9-0 Supreme Court decision is the reason I say "if we still have free and fair elections in the United States" when I talk about 2026 midterms.

The Trump Administration Is Sticking to Its Gulag Plan in Defiance of the Supreme Court Trump is now brazenly defying the Supreme Court.

Days later, Trump has revealed the full scope of the scheme: Summary deportations of U.S. citizens to a Salvadoran prison where they have no constitutional rights or hope of return.

If SCOTUS doesn't stand up for Abrego Garcia now, it will effectively approve this plan. slate.com/news-and-pol...

We've heard concerning things about the Social Security Administration lately, so I decided to check for myself.

SSA says Wednesday is the best day to call, so I called then.

Their system told me there would be a two-hour wait time, told me to call back, and then just hung up.

Uh...

If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders Opinion | Even a rogue marshal’s service is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law.

I suggest you read this by Professor Noll. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...

'This town is not for them.' Residents react to white Christian nationalists moving to Tennessee By Phil Williams Click here for updates on this story    GAINESBORO, Tennessee (WTVF) -- As word spread across Jackson County, a

There’s also the Christian nationalist version of this too

krdo.com/news/2024/11...

Maybe everyone who lives in a ‘special economic zone’ should have to appear before their local tech lord and swear oaths of fealty and then those local lords could in turn deliver their own oaths to an overlord, and promise to raise armies to support him when he calls his banners…

as dhs secretary, kristi noem now gets to kill dogs on an industrial scale

Really worth watching this. Rep. Bill Keating is clearly feeling a little out of his depth here—not quite sure what to say, not quite sure how to react—but he sees work that needs doing, sees a stand that needs taking, and so he just does it. He just does it. Right on.

I don’t understand why the president is allowed to spout nonsense about colonizing another country and the 25th amendment isn’t being invoked in addition to all the other horrors this is insane. It’s absolutely insane. It isn’t funny or even weird.

Will Dems Pick Up Their Sword? (Ed.Note: I go into a lot of detail below. The bottom line...

What Mike Johnson is calling a "clean CR", i.e., funding bill, is really an Elon licensing deal, free 6 months to keep up his wilding spree which has already gutted the VA, slashd social security, cancer cure research and more. Johnson needs Ds help to pass it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/will-...

A vivid illustration from @pbump.com of Trump's singular ability to reshape reality. Republican voters' views of Zelenskyy dropped almost 40 points *overnight* after Trump called him a "dictator" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

The number of protests that are gonna happen in the coming months just because it’s finally getting warm outside is going to be nuts

I have this problem too, but I know it’s because I’m the one that allows the dog to sniff everything instead of actually walking.

this is where i am at. there is going to be an election... and trump/musk are going to try very hard to rig or circumvent it. we need to be preparing now to win and enforce those election results.

Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions

"Despite multiple attacks by the eagle, the goose remained unbowed. The raptor, defeated, flew off."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

What flag will Martha-Ann Alito unfurl today? What flag denounces feeding malnourished babies and fighting tuberculosis? What flag demands we yield to Will to Power?

by all means, keep moving

Opinion | Here’s the real threat to ‘personal liberties and free markets’ The rapidly spreading authoritarianism coming from this administration threatens all of our freedoms.

I don't know what Jeff Bezos means by "personal liberties and free markets." But I do know this: The biggest threat to personal liberties and free markets in America today is Donald Trump. My @postopinions.bsky.social column on this week's trauma at the Post. wapo.st/3DaSKxX

This is unconscionable. It’s also defeat-able with unity & time. Firms that took on pro bono Gitmo cases were lambasted in yrs after 9/11, incl by bush admin. Not many yrs later, those firms were where every law student wanted to work. Eye 👏 on 👏 ball. Authoritarianism is the worst firm biz model.