All corporate CEOs should understand: If you agree to attend an event at the White House, you are very likely to be filmed nodding appreciatively at a delusional racist rant. If you're ok with that, go. If not, you probably should stay away.

"the tariffs shelf"?

It should be a resignation-triggering scandal for the person second in line for the presidency to not know anything about anything & to regularly admit that he doesn't follow the news. It should also be an answer that journalists gathered at his press conferences do not accept.

'Franklin The Turtle' Publisher Condemns Pete Hegseth For Turning Beloved Character Into Violent Meme

It needed to be said.

MORE Breaking on MS NOW: Pete Hegseth refused an interview request for the Pentagon Inspector General's investigation into Signalgate, according to two sources who read and were briefed on report.

Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.

The Bubble-Wrapped President Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.

Trump’s rallies always gave him a feel for his base - and a chance to meet local leaders

In the first year of initial term, he did a lot of domestic travel. This October and November: not a single U.S. trip beyond his own clubs www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Heading Toward Midterms, the G.O.P. Continues to Slip

"Heading into Tuesday, Rs had underperformed Trump by an average of 13 points across dozens of state and federal special elections." Same again last night.

As I keep suggesting conventional patterns are kicking in and people's brains are too melted by 2024 to see it:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...

'HIV-free generations': prevention drug rollout brings hope to South Africa.

Taken twice a year, Lenacapavir has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9%

u.afp.com/ShHt

Given the latest revelations, I'm not sure we're making a big enough deal that Trump initially wanted Matt Gaetz for AG.

I think Democrats should talk more about Trump trying to block the "Epstein videos" the "Epstein photos" because I really don't think he's that worried about his name showing up on yet another list, that he can spin. Also, "files" sounds so clerical.

Is Ben Tribbett still posting positive reports on Xitter, @bluevirginia.bsky.social? I deleted that app.

Let’s hope that drop off is amongst Republicans who are demoralized by Winsome’s awfulness.

Name one.

🚨Ed Martin said he planned to use a criminal investigation into James and Schiff to “look at everything else they've been doing.” That’s not how it works. A criminal investigation is not an excuse to pry, harass and threaten people about non-criminal conduct. This is dangerous.

Dershowitz’s letter included a mock-up of a “Vanity Unfair” magazine cover with mock headlines such as “Who was Jack the Ripper? Was it Jeffrey Epstein?” He joked that he had convinced the magazine to change the focus of an article from Epstein to Bill Clinton. Dershowitz, who represented Epstein after his first arrest, said, “It’s been a long time and I don’t recall the content of what I may have written.”

It really hasn't gotten enough attention that, several years before Alan Dershowitz won Jeffrey Epstein a get out of jail free plea deal by denigrating Epstein's victims, he allegedly joked about protecting Epstein by framing Bill Clinton for what Epstein had done.

www.wsj.com/politics/tru...

Oh, yes. We should absolutely all pay more imports from Brazil because Trump feels such brotherhood for coup plotters and other criminals like him.

I think the only fair way to settle this would be an ever escalating “release incriminating evidence against the other person” battle.

With the Big, Beautiful Bill, You Can Now Sponsor a Billionaire of Your Choosing "My fellow Americans: When you pay taxes, which would you rather support? Cancer research, or getting one guy a really big boat?" @petridishes writes:

"My fellow Americans: When you pay taxes, which would you rather support? Cancer research, or getting one guy a really big boat?" @petridishes.bsky.social writes:

Phang: If you were scrolling on social media and saw a dog locked up in the middle of the Everglades—in the sun, in the heat, in the humidity—the outrage would be wild, wouldn’t it?

But then—we’re okay with human beings being treated like that?

Trump theory of international relations: wars are over when he gets bored with them.

Mitch McConnell has a net worth of up to $52 million, and has had high quality government-financed healthcare for decades.

Losing your healthcare, losing your loved ones, losing your life, isn’t something people should be told “get over it.”

Catturd: When Grok first came out - it was awesome - now Grok is just woke fake news that repeats liberal talking points. I know this for a fact because everything Grok says about me is a lie. What a joke Grok has become. Americano: @grok, why do you lie about @catturd2? Grok: I aim to provide accurate, neutral responses based on available data. Claims that I lie about @catturd2 may stem from disagreements with my sourcing, like Media Matters or Rolling Stone, which document his misinformation. I don't have personal biases, but Al training can introduce unintended slants. Some report I censor criticism or push fringe views, while others note l fact-check conservative claims accurately. Bias in Al is complex, and neutrality is tough to achieve. If you have specific examples of lies, please share, and I'll clarify with evidence. Elon Musk: Shame on you, @Grok

Musk is mad at his robot progeny again and has now taken to scolding it over something it wrote in response to Catturd.

“Shame on you, @Grok”

At the very same time Fox is criticizing Gavin Newsom for attending a fundraiser for cancer research, Donald Trump is at his country club in NJ hosting a high-dollar fundraiser for himself with fat-cat mega donors while we are on the brink of war..

Colorful quilt of a nighttime scene with Harriet Tubman in an orange jacket and purple dress carrying a rifle. She is leading other figures who walk behind her.

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

Trump on whether he would call Tim Walz to express condolences after this weekend’s shootings: “So I could be nice and call him, but why waste time?”

I will say it again. We cannot talk about what is happening to young men without talking about what’s being modeled for them. By the president.

During the countless hours of local news coverage yesterday, the anchors went to great lengths to repeat that Boelter was not a "political" person.

I think having a list of 70 Democrats you want to assassinate makes you political, but what do I know.

The killer is consistently described in the press as “a devout Christian who opposed abortion” as if that’s an essential trait of devout Christians.

Many, if not most, “devout” Christians support abortion access.

Melissa Hortman was a Catholic who taught Sunday school.

This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*

Trump's Military Birthday Parade Was a Gross Failure Trump got the expensive military parade he wanted on his birthday, courtesy of Lockheed Martin, Palantir, and American taxpayers.

The spectacle was billed as honoring the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday.

In reality, the event was just one part of the Trump administration’s vast, billion-dollar government effort to make the leader feel good about himself.