A lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study.

The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.

Judge Goodwin: "An anonymous government is no government at all. It cannot be held accountable. A masked agent freely uses force without justifying his actions, and the public cannot name him to challenge his conduct. A regime of secret policing has no place in our society."

Simply, it's a way for the Trump admin to promote those loyal to the regime. Just watch.

JFC he's a fkng idiot.

Allow me to summarise Kavanaugh's dissent: if we pour water on this blazing house fire, it will create some water damage.

Declaring war against Iran won’t stop us from talking about the Epstein files.

We can multitask.

Funny thing is, Trump's tariffs have forced the majority of countries to diversify and strengthen their trade deals with other countries, making them less reliant on the U.S. not just for the time being but in the future. 4D chess my ass.

Let me condense that for you: no kings

The 'national security' framing is pathetic

As the world reels from the president's rant and threats of additional tariff chaos, I'd just like to remind the UK that they recently arrested someone who could probably bring down this entire house of cards with very little incentive.

The first step to dealing with Trumpism is to ignore everything they say and only watch what they do.

Great piece. "People line the streets and laugh and point ... the joke does not require explanation ... the humiliation is intentional and it is public, absorbed by a crowd that understands exactly who he is ..." The WHOLE WORLD sees him for what he is except a large minority of Americans. Sheesh!

It remains astounding how unfaithfully the media covers Trump’s ramblings day to day. We’re a decade into this — and his rambling gets worse — and yet the coverage continues to portray his public appearances as if they’re coherent.

Trump: "I read the paragraphs. I read very well. Great comprehension. I read everything there was to read and I said, 'We can't lose this case.'"

Q: Why couldn't you just work with Congress to come up with a plan?

TRUMP: I don't have to. I have the right to do tariffs and I've always had the right to do tariffs. It's all been approved by Congress, so there's no reason.

Olympic athletes, some of whom are teenagers, are held to a higher level of expected maturity than the most powerful man in the world.

Every time a potential conflict pops up, someone inevitably calls me a war hawk.

No. Not even close. Nobody who has seen the horrors of war should wish for more.

I’ve spent my adult life in this space. Please don’t mistake understanding and analyzing conflict as wanting it to happen.

Come on, he knows he hasn't been.

Kinda weird that the party that controls the House, the Senate, and the White House claims there's rampant voter fraud.

It will, of-course, be a big nothing-burger but sure, it'll distract the mouth-breathers for a bit.

While others stayed silent, Trump wasn’t afraid to speak bluntly about what was happening behind closed doors.

narrative change coming.............

Nailed it.

Immigration Officials Detained 9-Year-Old at MIA En Route to Disney Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, 9, said she "only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family."

9 year old, with a valid tourist visa and hoping to visit Disney, was detained at Miami International Airport and held at the Dilley immigration detention center for four months.

Someone tell DOGE!

Really seems like we should've been working on this "not paying fed taxes" thing a long fucking time ago, huh. No mechanism not to pay the king, right? Literally WHY there's an America. If I'm paying for something and holding up my end of the deal, I imagine I would have a strong case in court.

Lots of sympathy here from Trump for Andrew. Nothing for the survivors. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

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By next week, or perhaps even within 2 weeks, the GOP and right-wing media will be making excuses for pedophilia.

They have been aggressively pushing the "barely legal" and "underage" narrative for a month.

It must go into overdrive to protect Trump.

They'll do it. Just watch.

…and arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

He was never a prince.

For survivors everywhere, Virginia did this for you."