Tom Nichols

People die in war, captain

One thing that’s always been wild to me is there inability to recognize who the bad guy is. Jessup, Patrick Bateman, Jordan Belfort. These guys consistently idolize the obvious villain.

Texas Representative Tony Gonzales Will Not Seek Re-election Several House members had called for Tony Gonzales to step down after texts emerged showing his pursuit of a staff member who later killed herself.

Rep. Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican accused of coercing a staff member into a sexual relationship before she killed herself, said he would not seek re-election.

Yeah, that's not it.

Ali Velshi and Tom Nichols on "The Last Word" on MSNOW.

"Trump has this thing where he kind of wishes things into being - 'Well, if I just do it, people will support it, Iran will surrender, and things will work out somehow' - but that's not how a war of this size goes." - @radiofreetom.bsky.social

Sorry, Colin - you asked :D

Not to my knowledge.

I don't even want to speculate. But he has asked why we have them if we can't use them.

I doubt she will thrive, have lots of government funds, or be able to carry out an agenda. I suspect she's going to try to get elected to the senate from SD. That would suck, but it's long way off.

TONIGHT: @radiofreetom.bsky.social talks to @velshi.com on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.

Think of it this way. Trump came into office with a “no scalps rule”
Meaning that he wasn’t gonna fire anybody just because the libs and the media wanted them fired. That rule is now being pushed away.

Meaningless.

It's a "loathing sense of pleasure, or pleasurable sense of loathing" for something so bad you can't stop watching it. Like the Brady Bunch musical variety show. Or a Jerry Lewis telethon at 3am.

Negatory, she and everyone I knew used powder, because who has the time

My pal @aheard.bsky.social calls this "Hathos"

Hegseth right now proving that trying to clean up after a stupid briefing by giving another briefing isn't really a good idea

You can take action, @radiofreetom.bsky.social !

"Most airlines state that a passenger over the age of 5 can be removed from a flight for being barefoot. Had I known this, I would have started hitting the call button and complaining a long time ago."

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/05/l...

God, yes. That show, lovely as it was, baked a lot of people's brains about how government works

Also, buy popcorn.

I understand your position.

Is it better if she survived another scandal and she and Corey stayed in?
"This good thing happened but not for the reasons I wish it did" doesn't make it not good.

Without MN, and Corey, and the Love Plane, and a lot of other dumb stuff, she might have survived the PR goof.

The Humiliation of J. D. Vance Trump’s war with Iran shows that, within the administration, the vice president’s opinions matter less and less.

Also good signs:
"The VP was not in MAL w/Trump as he oversaw the attack. The admin released a photo of him running a secondary meeting at the WH, flanked by a can of Diet Mountain Dew and a sullen-looking Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

And she's out, not even an hour later.

Trump is presenting Mullin's appointment as automatic, but he still has to go through Senate confirmation hearings like everyone else. They're usually deferential to their colleagues, but I think this guy for this post in this election year might prompt issues

ASK ABOUT HER PLANS FOR THE AGENCY

ASK HER ABOUT HER FAVORITE PART OF THE JOB

*rubs temples*

Or maybe it's just as it seems: She's a clown who embarrassed the boss one too many times and had to go.

I just find non-stop dooming exhausting, Windy. I'm not offended, I just genuinely am amazed that no news is ever good news.

You’re right. Nothing ever gets better. All things are bad, even the things that are good because secretly they’re really bad.

I’m not saying it expunges the pain or compensates the dead. But that doesn’t mean it’s not an improvement in the political situation.