Shannon McClure Roberts

Las Vegas

Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.

Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.

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Pink is the only answer here

It was always and will always be about their hate.

Just like restrictions on women. On the LGTBQ+ community. On People of Color. On the Educated. On children

Really don’t get how people don’t see the disappearing messages thing as the biggest part of the story. IT IS THE BIGGEST PART OF THE STORY.

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

Travel to the US is expected to slide by 5%, contributing to a $64 billion shortfall for the travel industry, according to Tourism Economics which had originally forecast a 9% increase in foreign travel, but revised its estimate to reflect “polarizing Trump Administration policies and rhetoric.”

Murphy: "If we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone. I don't think we have a year to save American democracy. I think the way the president is acting ... puts out democracy at immediate risk."

My Open Letter to Elon Musk From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.

I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.

I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.

Photo of Trump sitting behind the Oval Office desk, with Elon Musk fielding questions from reporters while his 4-year-old son stands beside him.

Musk totally humiliated Trump during their joint Oval Office press conference. Musk brought along his 4-year-old son — making Trump look like the kid’s babysitter — disrespectfully wore a T-shirt and baseball cap, and even interrupted Trump.

It’s clear who’s really in control, and it ain’t Trump.

This piece is spot on. Musk’s pivot to “dadfluencer” isn’t about fatherhood—it’s about optics. A man who abandoned multiple children suddenly rebrands as a doting dad when the cameras are rolling? Care as PR, not practice. 🧵

There are literally not enough journalists employed in the US to cover the bad shit that is happening right now. We are now going to experience the social consequences of a weakened news industry--which are the same as the benefits of a weakened news industry, to those who weakened it.

This is a good response from Justin Trudeau, IMO. But it is strange and unsettling and ominous to hear a Canadian prime minister say something other than an unequivocal "yes" to the question of whether the United States is an ally.

Is anyone awake? @booker.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @insidewithpsaki.msnbc.com

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

YouTube video by Washington National Cathedral 1.21.25 Homily by The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde

Can you imagine the courage it took to preach this message directly to the president? This is what a follower of Jesus looks like. (Partial transcript below.)

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Horrifying.

No one “accidentally” Nazi salutes.

Not once.
Sure as shit not twice.

Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed

My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.

To whom are you beholden?

I rarely bring it up anymore (IDK why, it feels weird to promote??) but feels sadly/newly relevant again: If you're thinking about running for office, I wrote a book for you. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Run-fo...