Feel free to attribute the following to a former OMB General Counsel: The supposed "new legal analysis" is, to use a technical legal term, horseshit. What the law actually says is that when Congress enacts a law ending a lapse, furloughed employees get paid at the earliest date possible. Period.

Yet the “deplorables” and “clings to guns” comments were too divisive and why the Democrats lost. 🙄

Even worse he blames Ds outright. “Breaking the rules”?! Bc Ds obligated to bail out Rs?

Archives errs in releasing too much of Mikie Sherrill's military record to her opponent in governor's race The National Archives admitted a technician had erred in releasing Rep. Mikie Sherill's "entire record."

Shady, shady stuff in #NJGov race.

Someone at Trump's National Archives illegally gave unredacted military records about Mikie Sherrill - including her Social Security Number - to Jack Ciattarelli's campaign.

www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...

‘Based on what I feel’: Trump escalates attack on childhood vaccines Trump promoted long-debunked claims that vaccines can cause autism as he called for changes to the childhood immunization schedule sought by anti-vaccine activists.

Trump’s attack on vaccines yesterday — delivered from the White House — “was the most dangerously irresponsible press conference in the realm of public health in American history” @pauloffit.bsky.social told us.

More on Trump’s false claims with @lenasun.bsky.social

this is the first thing that makes me optimistic

cato institute analysis of murders by political ideology since 1975, excluding 9/11

As an SAT tutor, just shaking my head. I can’t imagine trying to explain this to a student.

At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...

Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Also, no. The Dept of War was something entirely different — it was just the Army. There was a separate Dept of the Navy. (Also, it was never an agency.) The DoD brought together both and added the Air Force and the structure of the Joint Chiefs.

This tweet is wrong in a bunch of ways that matter.

my au pairs were 18-19 (I hosted many au pairs)

Another excellent piece. Helped me articulate why I was so furious listening to The Daily today -- totally elided the abuse of power element of Pulte.

The use of “we” here is so jarring.

Ah! Secrets revealed about process of happies!

Linda, I think maybe the What's Making Us Happy in the email wasn't right? I listened yesterday and read today, and it didn't sound like the same game you recommended.

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

need people to understand that accepting or conceding that he has the authority to do these things is tantamount to giving him the authority, and so your preemptive dooming is actively counterproductive

The Daily today was similarly blind to the real story. How they could do an episode without even mentioning the budget cuts Congress has left the District with, Jan 6 failure to activate Nat Guard,let alone the context nec to fully understand …

Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.

Exclusive: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History removed references to President Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit — an apparent change to its plans to update its collection of artifacts about the historic U.S. proceedings.

Loathsome

I had a simple question: Has President Trump increased has net worth since taking the White House? And if so, by how much?

The answer was more surprising than I anticipated. Simply put, he has more than doubled his net worth in 4 months.

Here's how:

Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.

One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.

They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.

WTAF

Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...

Scariest words in the English language?

This prompted me to check and wow. More important for people to know box office of how to train your dragon.

Exclusive: FEMA staff confused after head said he was unaware of US hurricane season, sources say Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation.

BREAKING: The new head of FEMA told staff he did not know that the United States had a hurricane season.

Yes, I am serious. www.reuters.com/world/us/fem...

Boulder's Jewish Community: "We are saddened and heartbroken to learn that an incendiary device was thrown at walkers at the Run for Their Lives walk on Pearl Street as they were raising awareness for the hostages still held in Gaza."

Maybe @strictscrutiny.bsky.social can popularize the doctrinal name