Brian Boucher

If you look closely, you can see signs of GOP lawmakers fearing the long-term political consequences of paying more attention to Trump's demands than to the voices of their own constituents - or consciences.

really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people

CARTOON OF THE DAY

Ernie Banks, 1970 #Cubs

#Baseball

Is this the country where you want to live? Where people get assaulted (and hospitalized) just for talking?

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Here's a sad statistic: Stevie Ray Vaughan was on the planet for 13,092 days. As of today, it's been exactly 13,092 days since he died. Tomorrow, he will have been gone longer than he was here. Today would have been his 71st birthday. Did you ever see him live?

RIP Stevie Ray!

Anatomy of the Swiss Revolution How Switzerland Engineered Itself into Becoming the World's Greatest Transit Nation

Switzerland is “rich in something vanishingly rare in the rest of the world: common sense. This is most apparent in the way the Swiss get around…a model of sensible, sustainable — and yes, even enjoyable — transit. It’s simply the best transportation system in the world.” Via @taras-grescoe.com

Judit Polgar Wins 6-0 As Global Chess Festival Celebrates 11th Edition GM Judit Polgar, the greatest female chess player of all time, scored a 6-0 clean sweep in a simultaneous display as her Global Chess Festival celebrated its 11th edition.

The legendary Judit Polgar had some close calls as she won 6-0 in the Simul that was one of the highlights of the Judit Polgar Global Chess Festival, a fantastic celebration of chess held each year in Budapest!

Over time, I have kept thinking that GOP policies are soooo bad that people will eventually wake up. Silly me. 65,000 Americans* die every yr due to no/low healthcare, so the billionaires can make more $$. There's NO BOTTOM to MAGA's depravity; if they can hate freely, they're good. * Source: Bernie

2025 Grand Chess Tour Finals Day 6: Caruana Wins 2nd Grand Chess Tour Title GM Fabiano Caruana won the 2025 Grand Chess Tour Finals to earn $150,000, with the runner-up GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave taking the second $100,000 prize.

GM Fabiano Caruana won the #2025 GrandChessTour Finals to earn $150,000, with the runner-up GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave taking the second $100,000 prize.
www.chess.com/news/view/ca...

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Karoline Leavitt is what happens when the ventriloquist dies but the dummy keeps talking.

Karoline Leavitt is what happens when the ventriloquist dies but the dummy keeps talking.

When reality hits.

2025 Grand Chess Tour Finals Day 4: Vachier-Lagrave Survives After 89 Moves Despite the end result, game one of the title match between GMs Fabiano Caruana and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the 2025 Grand Chess Tour Finals was a nearly five-hour-long battle.

Despite the end result of a draw, game one of the title match between GMs Fabiano Caruana and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the 2025 #GrandChessTour Finals was a true, five-hour-long struggle.
www.chess.com/news/view/20...

"To my colleagues in mainstream media: your silence is complicity. Your 'boths-sides-ism' is complicty. Your euphemisms for genocide is complicity."

From my speech accepting the 'Path of Truth' award from Palestinian diaspora group KTH.

Full speech: zeteo.com/p/palestine-...

Magnus Carlsen & Wife Ella Victoria Welcomes First Child GM Magnus Carlsen, perhaps the greatest player to ever play the game, has become a father for the first time. The five-time world champion and his wife Ella Victoria Carlsen has welcomed their first c

The five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen and his wife Ella Victoria Carlsen have welcomed their first child on September 27.
www.chess.com/news/view/ma...

Dave Davies of the Kinks, 1966

I don't believe those numbers.

"...Says the AI, around 2027..."
-Dennis Kokonajlo

Great... will never forget that...

My favorite Peter Sellers scene.

Irony died yesterday

YouTube video by The Contrarian What separates the U.S. from Russia now? Andrew Weissmann on the James Comey indictment

Andrew Weissmann on the James Comey indictment. What separates the U.S. from Russia now? Interview by Atty. Jen Rubin for The Contrarian.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Fa...

Hey Marc...

Appreciate what you do every day!

DOJ has sued 8 states for protecting their citizens' sensitive voter registration data. My law firm has intervened to oppose DOJ's efforts in the first two states -- Maine and Oregon.

Six more to go...