Schrodinger’s Democracy

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.

This strikes me as pretty bad

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

Dems must say: No troops, or no shutdown deal | Will Bunch Newsletter Plus, billionaire saved by Penn wants to wreck it.

Will Bunch is a national treasure -

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Someone saying "Let's do the fucking news" is the ultimate sign that person has never, ever worked in a real newsroom (the fantasyland of the NYT Opinion section doesn't count)

MTG BREAKS RANKS: “When the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE”

Marge posts she is open to working out a healthcare deal for “Americans only.”

Reality setting in as Dems hammer away!

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

A fascinating, cleansing, humorous thread -

This is encouraging. Californians understood the assignment. We got loud and spread the word on Prop 50. This is a fight against Republican anti-democratic tactics, but we still have to vote.

Get those ballots in, early voting has started. We’re going to pass Prop 50.

There is another word I am thinking at this moment - it starts with "chicken"

You are right - my mathing was bad - that gives some comfort since I do not think Trump can hold out that long

It popped into my head that they may be delaying the 25th until March 2026 in order to get Vance past the 22 month rule -

The CNN anchor did not explain how he verified that it was the president — not any of his aides — who authored the written responses to his questions. He also did not explain whether he’d made any effort to speak with the president by phone, something that has become commonplace for reporters covering the second Trump administration because Trump has maintained use of his personal mobile phone since returning to the presidency and frequently uses it to contact reporters directly. The president’s purported text message exchange with Tapper was also unusual because Trump is not known to be a frequent user of his phone’s text message capacity. He also famously eschews email and other written forms of communication and during his first term he openly complained when attorneys working for his administration took notes during meetings. Trump’s unconventional use of text-based communications to purportedly respond to Tapper comes as questions continue to swirl about the state of his health

Jake Tapper did a whole interview with Trump by text message? Which means he can't actually confirm it was him. And now everyone's asking even more than before very reasonable questions about the wannabe dictator's health.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

How China waged an infowar against U.S. interests in the Philippines The Chinese embassy in Manila hired a marketing firm that ran fake social media accounts praising China, undermining the Philippines’ security alliance with the U.S., and criticizing Western COVID vaccines, Reuters found.

Meanwhile, the USA is locking up citizens

www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Ah, America! Home of the brave!

Fascism came to the USA in the 1920s - KKK, Sons of Italy - etc - but were small 'fringe' groups - now it has metastasized into, arguably, the entire GOP-voting/supporting population.

More has happened, it is worse, and it will get worse.

They only feared them when. they convinced them they were coming for them.

That they are coming for others ... is part of their plan.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

ADL has missed the entire "Leopards Eating Faces" meme.

This.
Is.
Brilliant.

"... in this country" - for the record, Joy Reid was born in Brooklyn.

Well, did she even say thank you?

Every predator movie is about how the prey must turn the tables and become the hunter.

In a time dominated by predators, there’s a lesson there.

I just listened to an On The Media podcast where the guest made the most salient point: Cruelty is not the poiont; the point is silence - fearing to speak up.

I am reminded of my grandfather's lesson of the persistence of ants getting to a food source - drop a brick in the path and they just go around it.

Research shows:
More H-1Bs → more patents
Fewer H-1Bs → more offshoring

Your choice, America.