If the parties were reversed here, we’d currently be blanketed with ads and speeches detailing all the crimes that were later committed by people who assaulted police but were pardoned by the president.

Think Willie Horton, but true, and a much larger scale and, uh, not racist?

Emperor has no clothes but R’s can’t stop praising

Ronald Reagan said it. #NoKings tomorrow 10/18

“Fox News’ Masked Mystery Man: Internet Suspects Frequent Guest Robert J. O’Neill Behind Multiple Disguised Interviews”

I feel like in the 1980’s/90’s this would be a major plot point in a Tom Clancy novel, and the operation would be carried out as an off-book, illegal black op, with various characters trying to cover it up lest they face congressional hearings. Now the President just announces it.

CBS News investigation of Jeffrey Epstein jail video reveals new discrepancies A CBS News investigation found discrepancies between the government's description of the Jeffrey Epstein jail video and what the video shows.

So I've long been at odds with many peers in my take on longtime DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz. I have never thought he was trustworthy.

So it wasn't that surprising to me that CBS had eviscerated the Inspector General report on Epstein's death. www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...

This is … the best local TV political coverage I’ve ever seen

MAGA, where stupidity and ignorance is a virtue.

assassinations, handcuffing a senator at press conference, marines detaining a civilian, and a military parade for the president’s birthday. rough week for democracy.

I feel like Musk could really blow MAGA's collective minds just by continuing to tweet out facts the rest of us have known for years but never penetrated their media bubble.

whoever did the advance work for this Kash Patel interview is about to find themselves with a one-way ticket to Guantanamo

Jk deporting you

This is truly egregious.

On May 13th, someone put $25 million in premium, 10,000x volume, in United Health, $UNH, $300 puts expiring 09/19/2025.

Then news of DOJ investigating for fraud came out.

$UNH dropped, and is down 50% in last month.

This trader is up $80 million.

Unusual.

Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 07/23/2019 2:45:32 PM 062719 CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT AMENDMENT ONE THIS AMENDMENT ONE shall amend that certain Consulting Services Agreement dated June 28, 2018 by and between the Embassy of the State of Qatar (Embassy') and Ballard Partners ("Consultant"). In consideration of the mutual promises set forth herein, the Embassy and Consultant agree to amend the Consulting Services Agreement, as follows: The Term of the Agreement shall commence on July 1. 2019 (the "Effective Date"), ar all expire on COB June 30, 2020, unless earlier terminated in accordance with t! Agreement. 2. Appendix A is amended by adding the following: "Additionally, the Consultant shall provide consulting and advocacy services regarding matters involving anti-human trafficking The following Consultant personnel shall be designated "Key Personnel": Ms. Pam Bondi and Mr. James Rubin. Key Personnel shall be personally and substantially engaged in the delivery of the Services." 3. Appendix B is amended to modify the consulting fee to US $ 115.000 per month. Except as expressly stated herein. nothing in this Amendment One shall alter or amend the terms of the Consulting Services Agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Embassy and Consultant have executed this Agreement by their duly authorized representatives. By Embassy By: BBI Consultant Date: July 17, 2019 .."''"

It’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...

The gift is bad enough on its own, but can we talk about how insane it is to use a foreign-gifted jet as *Air Force One*

Air Force One has a lot of capability that a luxury jet simply doesn’t, and that’s before we even consider the obvious spying/bugging/security concerns.

Just since I left town on Friday:
-Stephen Miller floats suspending habeas corpus
-ICE arrests a mayor under dubious pretext
-DHS threatens to arrest members of Congress
-Qatar gives Trump a $400 million plane he *gets to keep*
-Trump's emissary is negotiating with Russia using Putin's interpreters

i will never get past this. the collapse of the global trade system because one guy does not understand what a trade deficit is.

Tweet from Charlie Spiering @charliespiering: "Photos show Mike Waltz literally checking Signal during the cabinet meeting (via Reuters)" UNderneath is a zoomed in picture of a phone with the chats open. You can see chats with Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Tulsi Gabbard, JD Vance, someone whose last name ends with "cheidt," and a group chat labeled "NSC Scheduling." You can see You can see that JD Vance's chat has a text saying "I have confirmation from my counterpart it's turned off. He is going to be here..."

Honestly this is just incredible content.

Graphic showing two Truth Social posts from Donald Trump, with the first (dated January 29, 2024) boasting about economic success and claiming “THIS IS TRUMP’S STOCK MARKET, and the second (dated April 30, 2025) contradictorily claiming “This is Biden’s Stock Market, not Trump’s” after this morning’s GDP Q1 report shows the economy has contracted under Trump so far.

The Trump Playbook:
 
Take credit for the strong economy he inherited.
Crash that economy with needless tariffs.
Blame others for the mess he made.
Repeat.

marc andreessen wouldn’t last a day in one of my group chats with a head shaped like that

Trump Just Did the Most Corrupt Thing Any President Has Ever Done He’s using the White House to get rich from anonymous investors—and it’s hardly even a news story.

Imagine if Joe Biden, newly in office, had launched a company with Hunter Biden and used his social media to recruit financial backers.

Then promised the most generous among them would earn an invitation to a private dinner with him ... Trump just did that.

Really need journalists to push back on this bullshit. When they say this, just ask them point blank: "Are you saying that because one Latino man committed a murder, another Latino man deserves a life sentence? Do you think all Latino men interchangeable?"

New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.

Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:

—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.

Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

i think people are missing the forest for the trees with this one. RFK Jr wants complete centralized knowledge of every American's health in order to exact control on what medications are allowed and in order to fabricate "evidence" for each and all of his nonsense theories.

Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison did a press conference about how everyone is mad at him and then he tried to leave but the door was locked

Dow Headed for Worst April Since 1932 as Investors Send ‘No Confidence’ Signal Few think administration’s negotiations with trade partners will yield results soon enough to ease the strain

"The S&P 500’s performance since Inauguration Day is now the worst for any president up to this point in data going back to 1928, according to Bespoke Investment Group."
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

This is deranged. Jan. 6 defendants were repped by one of the best public defender offices in the U.S. They were more likely to be released pretrial & got comparatively light sentences. SCOTUS threw out a bunch of convictions, which almost never happens. They got gold-plated due process!

The newsrooms of 21st century America exist in a parallel factual universe where questions are raised and raised again, sometimes prompting concerns, sometimes prompting further questions, but never, ever answers.

RFK Jr.’s lies about autism are disgraceful — and I won't share them to spread misinformation.

He consistently undermines public health and reinforces dangerous myths.

In Illinois, we stand with those with autism, and I’ll keep fighting for inclusion, science, and the truth.