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With presidents who coup

Senator Mark Kelly Is in the Wrong Job He should be secretary of defense.

Pete Hegseth is right: Mark Kelly shouldn't be a senator.

He should take Hegseth's job and be SECDEF.

I'll be on MSNOW at 4pm to talk more about it.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Hell, at this point I’d settle for improving the crappy and limited gif offerings thru their partnership with Tenor.

This headline in Politico says it all: this is all about Trump's personal gratification and wish to be the star of a big show on the international stage, not about getting a fair or durable agreement.

MAGA influencer Benny Johnson’s job is to have no principles. Business is booming.

"He is the Jesse Watters of the streaming set, someone who has parlayed having absolutely nothing to add to any conversation into a lucrative career as a shill for President Donald Trump."

www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...

How Conservative Judges Turned a Throwaway Line Into a Free Pass For ICE Violence For these judges, the White House not getting its way is a legal crisis that requires immediate intervention.

Three GOP appeals judges swooped in last week to lift a lower court order which told the Trump admin to stop brutalizing protesters, priests, & press in Chicago

I played the connect-the-dots game to see how they justified their decision--it's a hot mess, tbqh!

ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

The problem with this article is they asked too many lawyers and not enough historians.

As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.

At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.

At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.

The movement to destroy liberal democracy is international, and so must be its defense

We’ve become pretty immune to many news stories that would have been shocking in normal times, but this one sets the bar higher once again.

a man in a puffy coat is standing in a doorway while someone holds a box of tissues . ALT: a man in a puffy coat is standing in a doorway while someone holds a box of tissues .

There’s a Seinfeld for everything

The entire Trump administration is defined by ignorance, malice and corruption.

In Georgia, picking wild fruit could cost you $1,000 — unless you go here The Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill offers a rare, legal area to forage for fruits, nuts and herbs. Credits: AJC | Library of Congress | The Conservation Fund

The origin of this law? A Reconstruction-era Black Code to prevent recently freed persons in some counties from gaining any independence from working on white owned plantations.

In Georgia, picking wild fruit could cost you $1,000 — unless you go here

www.ajc.com/video/news/2...

Does a resource exist that lists all Reconstruction era laws that are still in force?

Take pause and consider that Donald Trump was elected president of the United States twice. J.D. Vance was elected a U.S. Senator and is now the vice president.

We are a republic in steep and unrelenting decline. Anyone is viable at this point. Anyone.

Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.

Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Pentagon Investigates Misconduct Allegations Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly The review comes after Kelly, a retired Navy captain, appeared in a video with other lawmakers telling military members not to obey unlawful orders.

Senator Kelly’s remarks in the video are “a 100% accurate representation of what the law says."

“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”

- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal

www.wsj.com/politics/mar...

She got some positive pub for saying that on Chris’s show last week.

Mike Davis is one of the worst of the worst.

I’m from Appalachia. JD Vance doesn’t represent us – he only represents himself | Neema Avashia Hillbilly Elegy perpetuates a stereotyped representation of Appalachia, one in which people like me don’t exist

www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

JD Vance knows nothing about hillbilly values. I should know | Skylar Baker-Jordan We come from the same place, and I see Vance for exactly who he really is

Plenty of evidence available for them, but willful ignorance worked with Trump supporters so Vance and others figured why not keep counting on it

www.independent.co.uk/voices/jd-va...

You’re not wrong.

Wait, it wasn’t these guys, was it?

Islamabad must not have diners.

Poetry.

Final scene of Planet of the Apes. On the beach but instead of the Statue of Liberty, it’s a statue of Trump that lies in ruin.

Relevant?

@radiofreetom.bsky.social had a good thread on that other site about Planet Of The Apes that got some on and off attention. If I’m remembering right, he explained the whole plot line in detail, but clear enough so that anyone could understand it. A true expert analysis.

Ha, I’ve had almost that exact same model for around 20 years. Still use it a lot, makes great popcorn!

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For the record, this dapper Frenchman that went viral last month is 15 years old. The French kicking our ass in style once again.