Craig Alexander

Trump demands homeless people 'immediately' move out of Washington DC Trump says homeless people must go "far" from the nation's capital, as part of his anti-crime plan, but the mayor pushes back.

Washington DC last year recorded its lowest overall violent crime figures - once carjacking, assault and robberies are incorporated - in 30 years.

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The Fires Next Time I’ve told you a few times of my difficulty launching the DOJ-in-exile...

As the opposition to Trump, we need to make clear that the next time Democrats control the government criminal or unconstitutional action will be reversed and the perpetrators prosecuted. That means you Bondi, Bove, Blanche, & Ed Martin!

Heritage originally sold itself as a wonky policy shop for conservative ideas, but these days it’s more of an affirmative action program for mediocre white guys.

Put “Heritage” on your resume these days and you might as well affix the asterisk we’re all seeing

And Fox News notes Trump’s hypocrisy on DC safety www.foxnews.com/us/trump-adm...

How RFK Jr. Mastered Fake Science—and Screwed Us in the Process He’s Making America Great Again—for lethal pathogens.

RFK stated “we reviewed the science” and “listened to the experts” and as a result cut the mRNA vaccine contracts.

What did he review? Several days after this HHS posted a link to a non-governmental website that lacks peer review--it’s a storage page to which anyone can post!

When the anti-tagging crew taps into its inner color field and ends up tagging.

Is Southern California prepared to avoid a 'Day Zero' water crisis? Is Southern California prepared to avoid a 'Day Zero' water crisis? A look at the solutions that could shape our water future.

"This is going to be an expensive, multi-decade and complicated process," @climatewater.bsky.social says. "They built the state economy around one climate... and they need to go back and invest into the climate that they’re headed towards." www.latimes.com/environment/...

Think Montreal in summer versus early March or NYC in January versus late spring.

In certain seasons (with nice weather), these US cities can be magical.

Opinion | President Midas’ Terrible Touch

If your tastes run to "dictator chic," you're probably a dictator wannabe!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/o...

Nasa astronaut on ISS, caught this sprite over Mexico and the US this morning. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. Source: NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers

Top 8: Chicago (summer); DC (late Sept-Oct); San Francisco (Sept-Nov); Seattle (late Aug-early Sept after peak); Minneapolis (late Aug, bike from lake to lake); Flagstaff (Feb for spring skiing); NYC (April-early June); Madison, WI (July & Aug hang on the Union terrace, sail, kayak to picnic point)

John Durham's Show Trials: A Preview of Coming Attractions - emptywheel One of the ways John Durham tried to salvage his case against Hillary Clinton after obtaining evidence he was chasing Russian spy fabrications was by championing the cause of Russians claiming to be a...

John Durham's Show Trials: A Preview of Coming Attractions

www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/10/j...

I hate Trump.
All his hand gesturing.
The way he mispronounces words.
His constant sniffling.
The way his mouth makes that stupid O.
The sound of his voice.
His lies & bullshit.
His hate & cruelty.
His hostile takeover of America.
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

This is CBS’s total surrender to Big Brother. George Orwell and Edward R. Murrow would weep. We all should. What will we see ABC and NBC do?

Meanwhile on Twitter…

photo of a fox sleeping on a Skylight

you have been visited by the Skylight Napping Fox and will have good fortune for the rest of the week 🤗

You can bet that he's tried to gold-plate his eeny-teeny, wittle junk!

Every day, that demented old man makes the White House look even tackier, having workers glue gold-spray-painted polyurethane bric-a-brac to every available surface.

Who knew it was even possible in the United States to stand out for your vulgarity?

The sycophantic nonsense and lies this amateurish administration constantly churns out to placate this needy, insecure man-child is so shameless.

RFK Jr. cuts $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts, dealing major blow to promising area of research The cuts add to mounting evidence that Kennedy is pursuing an aggressive anti-vaccine agenda.

We need a word for someone who is beyond perverse, sadistic, sociopathic. Blocking mRNA vaccine research means that you or someone you love will die of something you could have avoided or survived. He is intentionally killing people.

There could be at least six legal problems here:

i. Is it murder under the law of [Venezuela][Mexico]? A: Probably yes, but that's not a U.S. law question.

ii. Does it violate the 12,333 assassination ban? A: I can't offhand imagine why it doesn't.

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@charliesavage.bsky.social

“How the Hell To Teach Constitutional Law in 2025: Twenty Questions and No Answers.”
www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/08/how-...

Maleficent (10).

It’s Beginning to Smell a Lot Like Stagflation And it's all about Trumponomics

Krugman on the coming Stagflation.

"There is almost complete consensus among economists that tariffs are inflationary."

And ....

"[T]he only thing holding back a really big economic slowdown has been the boom in data centers and other AI-related investments."

Trump officials aim to divert money meant for buying wilderness land After a plan to sell public land faced bipartisan backlash, the Interior Department appears to be making a bid to halt the expansion of federal public lands.

Another foolish step by the Trumpers. The Land and Water Conservation Fund has been an important Interior Department tool for protecting sensitive lands.

The funniest part of this is that these immature tech bro wankers think they are at the cutting edge, but they are about as cutting edge as Trump--nothing but morbidly obese midgets on stilts.

Look at this if you need a jolt of awe and wonder!

Some Mathematicians Don’t Believe in Infinity Can “finitism” possibly describe the real world?

I prefer my math with infinity included!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

Andy Borowitz on Donald Trump quoting Molly Ivins on Dan Quayle:

“If you put that man’s brain in a bumblebee, 🐝 it would fly backwards.”

But with Trump, the bee would fly upside down and zigzag erratically, vindictively stinging everything in sight and shitting on everyone it deemed disloyal 😵‍💫!!