Fetterman isnβt Manchin in WV: this is Sinema in AZ.
05.03.2026 21:02 β π 278 π 23 π¬ 13 π 1Fetterman isnβt Manchin in WV: this is Sinema in AZ.
05.03.2026 21:02 β π 278 π 23 π¬ 13 π 1Fetterman is basically a reactionary now: there is no real effort to explain why Mullin - a buffoon who spent the week insisting we are not at war with Iran - is qualified. Trump nominated Mullin, and thatβs good enough for him.
05.03.2026 21:00 β π 1008 π 196 π¬ 82 π 15Department of Noseland Security
05.03.2026 20:57 β π 188 π 27 π¬ 16 π 1What does this imply for those of us who are not Christian, and who labor under the assumption that we're protected by the First Amendment?
05.03.2026 20:33 β π 720 π 174 π¬ 80 π 22Folks: Kristi Noem was fired immediately after this post.
05.03.2026 19:53 β π 403 π 37 π¬ 12 π 2Started watching "How to Get to Heaven From Belfast" and am 100% certain the words "Derry Girls meets Bad Sisters" were uttered in the pitch meeting
05.03.2026 18:25 β π 186 π 9 π¬ 17 π 1US at one end, Canada at the other
05.03.2026 18:21 β π 176 π 43 π¬ 16 π 4Vaguely recall that a paroled inmate committing a terrible crime was enough of a scandal to undercut the Dukakis campaign. This is objectively worse in term of Trump's responsibility, but will get a fraction of the attention.
05.03.2026 18:19 β π 449 π 166 π¬ 21 π 5One of Trump's genuine lessons - partly prompted by Stephen Miller - is that if he tortured the law long enough, he would get it to say whatever he wanted. So he strategically recruited torturers.
05.03.2026 18:16 β π 85 π 27 π¬ 2 π 2Much of Trump's first term presidency was not a disaster partly because he did not run into big external crises until Covid came along. His second term is a disaster because he is actively creating those crises.
05.03.2026 17:52 β π 220 π 28 π¬ 9 π 1At this point, Cricket's fate seems merciful compared to this
05.03.2026 17:02 β π 1255 π 204 π¬ 29 π 4
New post: Can AI Replace Social Science Researchers? (No. No it can't. Come on, now.)
davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/can-ai-rep...
The effectively treats public office as a property to be inherited or transferred. Hope it becomes enough of an issue to make the race competitive.
05.03.2026 16:56 β π 180 π 36 π¬ 7 π 3
This RAND report puts the RHTP's inability to offset upcoming Medicaid cuts in grim perspective
www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
holy shit
05.03.2026 16:50 β π 26 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0People saying that Lewandowski doesn't have a real position just erasing missionary
05.03.2026 16:38 β π 384 π 39 π¬ 18 π 6FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
05.03.2026 07:15 β π 16028 π 5649 π¬ 493 π 472Noem's such a sycophant that she probably figured saying "it's what the president wanted" would be enough to cow Republican Senators. Which tbf, has not necessarily been a bad assumption in recent years. But at least some of them are still smarter than her.
05.03.2026 15:21 β π 97 π 19 π¬ 3 π 1If human rights are limited to certain groups, they are not really human rights, are they?
05.03.2026 15:05 β π 2320 π 415 π¬ 96 π 12Chart showing lifetime average GDP growth for Brits by year of birth. 20-year-old Brits have experienced an average of 1.4% growth, compared with 2.4% for 75-year-olds
Part of the issue is a lack of growth. A recent study showed that cohorts who experience more GDP growth in their lifetimes are more likely to trust the government and have positive perceptions of their living standards. academic.oup.com/qje/advance-... In Britain, such voters are dying out
05.03.2026 14:58 β π 112 π 38 π¬ 5 π 8weak, low-energy. This is why other Trump Cabinet officials (Bondi, Patel) come to these hearings with online zingers already printed out.
05.03.2026 14:55 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Possibly unpopular opinion: We'd be better off if Trump nominated Stephen Miller as Secretary of DHS. Right now he has all of the power but little of the public responsibility. Part of public accountability is answerability, and it suits Miller to avoid it.
05.03.2026 14:53 β π 220 π 23 π¬ 14 π 0The $220 million contract for the ad campaign was awarded to an LLC which subcontracted with a company run by the husband of former DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin. The ads were filmed in October at Mount Rushmore. Ben Yoho, McLaughlinβs husband, said he made $226,137.17 for his work. Under questioning from Kennedy, Noem said repeatedly that Trump personally approved the controversial ad blitz featuring her in the lead role. This has so angered Trump that Noemβs future at DHS may be at risk, weβre told. Kennedy: βThe president approved ahead of time you spending $220 million running TV ads across the country in which you are featured prominently?β Noem: βYes sir, we went through the legal processes β¦β Kennedy: βDid the president know you were gonna do this?β Noem: βYes.β Kennedy: βHe did?β Noem: βUh huh, yes.β More from Kennedy: βThey were effective in your name recognition. To me it puts the president in a terribly awkward spot.β
Senator Kennedy put Noem in a spot where she either shifted blame to Trump or took it herself. She chose...poorly. punchbowl.news/article/bord...
05.03.2026 14:50 β π 206 π 48 π¬ 7 π 4When Noem is finally fired and they gotta clean those planes
05.03.2026 14:46 β π 187 π 14 π¬ 10 π 1
She should never have been appointed, and has been the worst ever Secretary of DHS.
But if anything will move Trump to fire her, its the visuals of her being pummeled in Congress, including by Republicans.
Looking forward to tuning into CBSNN (or See BSing)
05.03.2026 14:39 β π 60 π 10 π¬ 5 π 0
I profiled Jason Chavez, the Minneapolis city council member who has been embedded in community efforts to combat ICE.
βTo leave your constituents to face off with a racist fascist regime on their own, without having someone that has some powerβ¦I could not let my constituents be out there alone.β
Grok mastering the tax code in ways that humans can't, like finding the little-known CSAM deduction
05.03.2026 14:10 β π 132 π 16 π¬ 9 π 0PEPFAR, the program to stop hundreds of thousands of children and adults from dying of HIV/AIDS, was $6.5 billion a year.
05.03.2026 02:45 β π 2891 π 1064 π¬ 2 π 18
1. Donald Trumpβs rationale for war with Iran keeps shifting because he does not believe his own rationales.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-never-...