Alison Cook

Trump is finding new and ever more creative ways to destroy every ounce of soft power the US has developed over nearly a century. It'd honestly be impressive if it weren't so horrifying.

The thing that's most damning about this from a media ethics standpoint (yes, I know) is that most of the audience and Trump supporters probably wouldn't have noticed the ball cap. But the people at Fox News knew it was a bad look and they made an active potter box decision to run the old footage.

has there been any other photo of Rubio smiling so smilingly since he became Sec of State and adopted a permanent mask of utter depressive obliteration?

Graham is such a freak

One of the funniest things about the conservative idea of American war is that previously we fought too clean and moral, unwilling to fight hard enough. It’s an enduring myth.

But we drenched Vietnam in napalm and agent orange.

We used white phosphorus and torture in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Hi, I’m the CEO of CVS and I’m going to read my entire receipt.

🤡🤡🤡

It is so damning of US news media that so many outlets refuse to just straight up say that Senator Tim Sheehy assaulted an activist.

He did not "help" Capitol police. They did not need his help. He wanted to assault the guy and did. He should resign.

You absolute legend.

Trump’s State of the Union Reminds Us The Republican Party Is Truly Lost More evidence that the Republican Party has been entirely transformed into the party of violence and authoritarianism.

“It is a hallmark of fascist politics that the ruling party becomes a kind of institutionalized gang…with cruelty and brutality as the organizing principles and violent bravado as the main form of political expression.”

www.liberalcurrents.com/trumps-state...

The president of Texas Tech was hired by the Texas Tech Board of Regents. Every regent was appointed by Greg Abbott.

Texas public universities will continue to deteriorate until administrations are made accountable to all their stakeholders, not just to one person with an ideological agenda.

Rare 'planetary parade' will return to the evening sky this week — but you'll have to look at exactly the right time Six planets will shine together in the evening sky on Feb. 28. Here's how to get the best view before they disappear.

perhaps the universe is trying to restart the timeline

Ordering a burrito on an online takeout form with the bewildering option "do not make" selected

Yeah hi I'll have a burrito con carne but please don't make it

The NY Times dutifully reporting that the Supreme Court sided with Trump only 42% of the time and with Biden 54% of the time sort of leaves out the necessary context that Biden was doing normal, completely legal presidential stuff, and Trump was doing insane crimes

cannot express how nice a change it has been since moving to Ghost to see Substack announce some new stupid shit and know that it has absolutely nothing to do with me

There's three votes for anything on the supreme court. If trump said "I'm the god-king of arrakis" he'd get three votes and a lengthy opinion about the long history and tradition of english common law with regards to the spice melange

Revealed: Epstein cultivated relationship with CBP officer, causing US investigation Guardian review of US justice department files reveals Epstein interacted with six CBP officers. The officer investigated denied any knowledge of trafficking underage girls

"We Brooklyn Boys stick together," one CBP supervisor texted Epstein.

"Atta boy", Epstein responded.

In November 2016, Epstein texted the supervisor that another CBP officer had been “nasty”. “I will speak to him!” the supervisor responded. “I will handle it, formally.”

Wow, don’t know what I was looking at

Sickos. 👺👺👺

I’ve been thinking about doing a meta story on this for a while: the second trump administration is so pathetically, world historically psychotic that you likely don’t know what’s happening with his labor department. It’s a constant stream of scandals and excess

Constant.

It is sadly truncated

Wow, back in the era of looong skis. I had a pair like that.

Good lord I hope Eteri never knows peace… “I feel a little ashamed,” Petrosian said, after taking a few minutes to compose herself, “for myself, for the federation, for my coaches and for the spectators that it went this way. I understand that it’s my own fault.” #MilanoCortina2026 #figureskating

Vintage

Smiling so hard I think my face is gonna crack.

I’m sorry, if Alyssa doesn’t get it on skating skills and performance there is no goddess.

Always feels like such a privilege to see Kaori skate. One of my biggest regrets is never having seen her skate live. Can’t imagine the impact of watching her fill up the rink. #FigureSkating

It’s like Liu couldn’t put a blade wrong. This is the dream. Magnificent. #FigureSkating

Holy cats, Alyssa made it look easy‼️ hello, skating skills! #FigueSkating

Yeah it blinked out after a moment. I snorted.