Jovial Heist

A partial list of what Bovino does not have to tell a federal judge happened today:
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston

Babe Ruth calling his shot

Here’s another way Trump’s “deal” with China was a disaster.

He negotiated away export controls that his own experts had said were critical to protecting our national security.

China got exactly what it wanted. So much for America First.

Lots of wrong information coming from the Trump administration on SNAP "running out of money November 1" and the SNAP contingency fund.

The truth is:
1) It *can* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.
2) It actually *must* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.

Let's dig in.

Patel's girlfriend performed at Penn State last weekend. A government jet arrived at State College Regional Airport, according to its FAA registration, with an address listing the FBI HQ. The plane then flew to Nashville, where his girlfriend lives.

All on the taxpayer’s dime.
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When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”

call me crazy but i think inviting someone under federal indictment to an interview, peppering them with questions about the indictment that you know they can’t answer until you cause them to leave, then calling it a “Katie Porter moment” is not good journalism

I think the phrase is "paving the road".

Jesus, I legitimately thought it was MTG.

All the pundits and news outlets that bought into these schmucks’ transparent nonsense about antisemitism at the Ivies should reflect for a few minutes on how badly and easily they were played.

No there fucking isn’t.

Under Dem presidents, Dems endlessly debate whether prez dares tout good econ news out of fear of seeming "out of touch." Trump makes up horseshit about creating "record" jobs and media never calls him "out of touch." Let's learn from this.

Exchange on this point:

newrepublic.com/article/2024...

Your periodic reminder that there is a bipartisan bill being advanced that will make it exceedingly easy to avoid paying taxes on profits from crypto, and that many Dems support it.

Hey Tucker Carlson, if a Neo-Nazi is popular enough to platform on your show, why not have on a history teacher with 1.3 million subscribers?

*The NYT listened to and protected a neonazi source to ensure that his (accurate) application was leaked and framed as a scandal

I think Jeet can be pretty dense sometimes but I'm confident this is an attempt at a joke.

You can see how differently the media covers Republicans perfectly in just this post alone

No panicked follow up on his health, no pushback on the batshit 3rd term non-sense.

CNN Boss Ordered Teardown Censorship After West Wing Visit CNN CEO said to be the latest media boss bending the knee before Donald Trump.

CNN chief Mark Thompson reportedly told the cable network’s reporters to ease up on coverage of the demolition of the White House’s East Wing after a visit to the White House.

Pathetic and depressing how dishonest the framing is. The vast majority who oppose this aren’t NIMBYs? This definitionally isn’t our backyard? The problem is he’s tearing down a national symbol on an autocratic whim, building a palace overtop it, naming it for himself, and funding it with bribes.

In a nearly illiterate editorial, WaPo defends Trump's ballroom project, without revealing the fact that the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, is a principal funder of the project. Shameful conduct all around. bsky.app/profile/bgru...

Caan at his best

YouTube video by The Brudi Brothers The Brudi Brothers - Me More Cowboy Than You (Official Audio)

If that's the culture, this is the national anthem: youtu.be/UuHCKs47Ntk?...

I mean he's always been protectionist, this is totally part and parcel of that ideology.

Jesus Christ

"President begins bold new police action in broadening anti-drug campaign".

​BREAKING: Today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum opened all 1.56 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing. These lands are sacred to the Gwich’in Nation, home to irreplaceable wildlife and wilderness, and have never seen industrialization.

Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes

What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

The major takeaway is that he had a fucking totenkopf tattoo. Fortunately he covered it up.

MSNBC: the Trump family's net worth is mostly crypto, they're using it to solicit official acts. Now we'll have Ro Khanna on to discuss the impact of cryptocurrency in politics

AOC could give an MLK-level speech in front of Trump's demolition of the white house and it literally doesn't matter if no one covers it, or covers it like "R's and D's disagree about remodeling of WH". You can't build a message with poisoned media.