Lawyer: You don't regret that people might have lost income?
Cavanaugh (DOGE): No, I think it was more important to reduce the federal deficit from two trillion dollars to close to zero.
Lawyer: Did you reduce the federal deficit?
Cavanaugh: No, we didn't.
“This is a plot to interfere with the will of voters and undermine both the rule of law and public confidence in our elections.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
“‘The persecution is the point,’ said Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat and the only transgender member of the Legislature, who received the [Kansas Dept of Revenue] notice on Wednesday.” To underscore that: a Kansas state legislator is among those whose driver’s license will be voided. (🎁 link:)
the art team outdid themselves with the illustration for this piece exploring the Kash Patel FBI extended universe
that makes me so happy!
I watched the State of the Union and all you got was this, on Mike Johnson gazing rapturously as Trump ranted about fountains of blood
no, probably for the best!
in honor of a certain surgeon general nominee’s hearing today, here is the story of (among other things) the time I tried to take her advice about milk www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
composing this mediocre skeet reminded me that there’s a jaunty 3D animated Animal Farm inching ineluctably toward us and I have not had the amount of coffee yet that would leave me emotionally ready to face that reality
say that to Boxer from Animal Farm’s face I dare you
this must be the most descriptions of blood gushing in any state of the union address by a wide margin
In this story as in many others from
this speech, Trump is lingering on long descriptions of physical pain, injury, disease, or death.
Trump on Democrats: "The only way they can get elected is to cheat. And we're gonna stop it. We have to stop it."
Trump now demanding that Democrats restore DHS funding in order to have the feds clear the snow on the east coast after this week’s blizzard.
personally if I were sitting behind a man proclaiming that my entire job was meaningless and my power was as dust in his eyes I would not smile and clap and nod and stand but that is one of many ways Mike Johnson and I are different
But the GOP side didn't immediately jump to applaud
ah we have arrived at tariffs, apparently the font of every blessing
Trump again claimed he brought in $18T in foreign investment in the US. No idea where that number comes from -- BEA hasn't released FDI data for 2025 yet -- but it seems pretty implausible. For context that more than half the size of the ENTIRE US economy (~$31T)
if inflation is down why is Trump bestowing the presidential medal of freedom on the men’s hockey team goalie
standing oflation
if inflation is down then why is literally every line receiving a standing ovation
*first year
“a transformation like no one has seen before… a turnaround for the ages” -Trump describing his first term, more accurately than he may intend
well I’m watching this and my husband is helping the four year-old and her crew of stuffed pigs travel through distant galaxies in the Enterprise before bed and it’s very clear who is winning this evening
I understand why chatbot cheating happens but every time I read about it I want to gently remind everyone that the point of schoolwork is not for the submission to exist. Teachers are not just greedy for more essays or solved equations. The point is to do the work WITH YOUR OWN BRAIN, FOR LEARNING.
