A. Boettger

He was a local legend here in Louisville. As a Michigan fan he also held a special place in my heart after the Purdue, and Ohio St game in 2018.

Dave Matthews has company in bridge related pooptastrophes

Les Wexner's attorney intervened here after Wexner disclosed that—apparently at Jeffrey Epstein’s suggestion—he had hired “a lady who had run the US Embassy in Rome” as his house manager.

This is potentially significant because the US Embassy in Rome serves as a locus for intelligence operations.

person holding up a speaker playing “killing in the name of” as we march against ICE in minneapolis

still unclear to me how the species made it this far

The level of anger normal Minnesota people have at their elected representatives is palpable. It's not about party, but the perceived failure of local/state electeds to do anything of substance to protect residents who pay their taxes and get left facing off alone against masked, armed men.

The new embroidered icons include: A Minnesota flag, for the announced drawdown of ICE from the state A poison dart frog, for the investigation into the death of Alexei Navalny A suitcase, for the shutdown impacting DHS, including TSA A toilet for RFK's unhinged insistence that he doesn't need to worry about germs because he used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats An alien in a spaceship for Barack Obama's comments on a podcast, talking maybe jokingly about how he believes aliens are real even though he hasn't seen any evidence A rainbow, marking the death of Civil Rights leader Jesse Jackson A crayon for the children's drawings and letters that federal officers destroyed at the Dilley concentration camp in Texas, following a ProPublica expose

Forgot to post this yesterday.

Week 7 of my stitch-the-news daily news diary included:

A Minnesota flag
A poison dart frog
A suitcase
A toilet
An alien in a spaceship
A rainbow
A crayon
A gold medal (starting Week 8)

Donald Trump illegally stole $1700 from you is a gift midterm message.

I received some hope today:

Person I know said “he was embarrassed he ever voted for Trump”

He mentioned ICE operations and Epstein files as reasons why.

Would have been real easy for me to take a piss on him, and feel vindicated.

But empathy and grace are better suited for this situation.

The US Attorney that covers the area in Maine where John Roberts has a vacation home

New GDP data falls far short, shows 2025 ended with weak economic growth In the first year of Trump’s second term, economic growth fell to a nine-year low, and domestic job growth fell to a 16-year low. It’s worth asking why.

As Trump rambles on about how “dead” the economy was, remember:

2024, under Biden: 1.45 million jobs
2025, under Trump: 181,000 jobs

2024, under Biden: 2.8% GDP growth
2025, under Trump: 2.2% GDP growth

The question for the White House is simple: Why did things get worse after Trump returned?

Ah, now we’re guiding tariff revenue LOWER. No more “$300 billion, $600 billion,” etc. 🤡

i needed some comedy back in my politics and mgp’s lobbying to be able to kill corolla-sized sea lions is that

Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court.

Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business.

As well as everyone else who stepped up.

I understand why Ohio Democrats want to bang on affordability despite zero chance of controlling the State Legislature or Supreme Court after November.

But we should just call the other side pedophiles, from Leslie Wexner to Wesley Dingus, and call it a day.

How's that Nancy Guthrie investigation going

Burt Macklin time

Forecasters expect PCE inflation (core and headline) was 0.37% in December (4.5% annualized rate).

This would push up the core PCE index to 3.0% over 12 months, the highest since February 2025

Headline PCE is estimated at 2.9%, the highest since March 2024

Give Julie the retroactive Pulitzer she deserved

Everyone else: now we have to buy the expensive racks FFS.

I have really come to believe that we'd be in a much better place right now if we had put Nixon away in a dingy cell for the rest of his natural life, instead of the slap on the wrist for being naughty that he actually received.

TEXAS — man with two guns, openly brandishing one, arrested for harassing protesting kids.

(A commenter says word is he was released, we have not confirmed)

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DU9Pm7S...

Have fun, buddy

Greg Bluestein on SEB taking over elections in Fulton County: It's a five-member state election board, and the three-member majority is very MAGA, very pro-Trump. And two of those three have told me that this is this idea is very much on their radar.

Since you guys seemed to appreciate this, here’s a video of the pups enjoying Nazgûl’s unscheduled participation in the cross country skiing event.

JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.

Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 · 1h BREAKING NEWS: U.S. District Court Judge Laura Provinzino has just found a government atty in CIVIL CONTEMPT of COURT for violations of her orders in a habeas case. Attorney cited is Matthew Isihara, a JAG atty from Dept. of War assisting in local US Attorney office @FOX9 (1/) Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 · 1h Judge Provinzino had ordered a detained immigrant held by ICE in El Paso, TX be released in Minnesota with all of his identification papers. ICE released the man in TX with none of his papers, forcing his attorney to find him a shelter for the night & flight back to MN (2/)

Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 · 57m Judge said she is imposing CIVIL CONTEMPT "to force the government to comply with her court order" to immediately return immigrant's papers. Gov't attorney Matthew Isihara is responsible for $500 daily fine, every day the man does not have his papers starting tomorrow. (3/3) Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 · 47m CONTEMPT FINDING: Matthew Isihara apologized for allowing the order in this habeas case to "fall through the cracks." Blamed situation on case overload & significant understaffing in US Attorney's office. Says he has picked up nearly 130 habeas cases in just last month. @FOX9

1. DHS surges 3,000 officers to Minneapolis without doing anywhere near enough prep first.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.

Brutal news: Texas Tech announces JT Toppin tore his ACL and is out for the rest of the season.