MIT President Sally Kornbluth’s full letter is worth reading. Strong and succinct.

orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept.

Chance that this guy—who onJan 6 told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, “Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!”—could get a security clearance in normal times:

Zero.

Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...

I post this when the Republicans say that they 100% back the Blue.

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I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.

So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

Kash Patel is an embarrassment to the nation.

I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.

Just so I am keeping everything straight…the government can’t tell you to wear a mask because FREEDOM!!!!, but it can decide you are a “terrorist” and send you to a foreign gulag without due process and throw away the key.

That right?

Also if you’ve been waiting to donate to @lawfare.bsky.social because you want WITAOD merch, maybe now is a good time to bully my editor @benjaminwittes.bsky.social about that!!

(Online bullying is never ok but there’s a narrow exception if you’re bullying my boss into selling WITAOD merch)

Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived in Maryland with his wife and their three children, and has never been charged with any crime.

The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.

We've seen videos like this before, but usually when you see a tearful wife pleading with the kidnappers who have taken her husband, she's not talking to the U.S. president

Opinion | Trump Cannot Win His War on History The assumption that there is a standard, agreed-upon truth about the country’s past is a fantasy; but when declared by a sitting president, it becomes a provocation.

Trump Cannot Win His War on History www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/o...

Pete isn't that good at giving speeches on the international stage but at least Donald knows he will order the US military to fire upon peaceful protestors if he doesn't like their message.

Hegseth team invites far-right activist Jack Posobiec of PizzaGate fame on overseas trip

Elon Musk’s Financial Disclosure Will Not Be Made Public The billionaire, who is serving President Trump as an unpaid “special government employee,” will file a confidential report on his financial interests, according to a White House official.

Surprise, surprise, surprise

Elon Musk’s Financial Disclosure Will Not Be Made Public www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

Trump Muses About a Third Term, Over and Over Again The president’s suggestion that he would seek to stay in office beyond the constitutional limit comes as he has pushed to expand executive authority.

Trump Muses About a Third Term, Over and Over Again www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...

Bottom line: These are real costs associated with conducting research.

Indeed, in part because of the administrative cap, they do not cover the full cost of doing research.

5/n

Lameo

But we were promised...

On top of everything else, these idiots don’t have object permanence. They really believe history will disappear if they cover it up.

Opinion | Kash Patel Is a Warning Shot Senators, take heed.

Kash Patel Is a Warning Shot www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

Simply look at those he assembled...the people he decorates his inauguration with...the billionaires. Little (no!) talk about supporting USDA research to combat bird flu, no talk about high interest credit cards, nothing for the average man/woman in America. 2/2

Any thinking person knew Trump was simply using the populist angle to win votes. His claim to care about egg/grocery/gas prices for anything except to boost his populist cred is laughable. When was the last time Trump purchased groceries? 1/2

Building-sized asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032 The asteroid is unlikely to be cause for concern, but its detection has triggered planetary defence response procedures for the first time

“An asteroid up to 100 metres wide has a 1-in-83 chance of impacting Earth on 22 December 2032. That risk of impact is enough to have triggered global planetary defence response procedures for the first time.”

www.newscientist.com/article/2466...

Let's see the shadow that CNN casts in about a year or two!

Both men likely thought Trump would disappear in shame after Jan. 6th. A failure of imagination.

crazy ass stuff on the border, TikTok, and birthright citizenship, all of which will prompt immediate lawsuits.

He is a madman.

But he is far worse, a profound traitor to the country. The pardons reward violence to people and the Constitution in the service of a treacherous lie on his behalf.

Why did our Justice Department fail us so?