Daniel Mintz

As with too much policy, it’s not a plan. It’s an idea. And a bad one at that. A plan would imply someone had thought through the implementation details

And as long as all states get two senators, there’ll be no reason to stop. Sooooo, abolish the Senate

Trump in a beige v-neck merino sweater and beige chinos.

Donald Trump Jr. wearing a USA flag sport coat. The jacket tag has been left on the sleeve.

Brendan Carr and Benny Johnson. Both wearing blue suits with tan shoes. Carr's suit is mid-blue. He has paired it with blonde shoes. Johnson is wearing a navy suit with walnut colored shoes.

Matt Braynard wearing a navy suit with a white French cuff shirt and gold colored tie. He has a giant Windsor knot and a metal sports watch.

Some of the crimes I've seen in Washington DC:

— Beige sweater with beige chinos
— Jacket sleeve tag left on
— Tan shoes with navy suits
— Giant Windsor knots (triple felony with the metal sports watch paired with dark suit and French cuffs)

Just arrive in DC tonight. 5 LEOs standing outside Union Station. Two with FBI vests on. Two MPD. One with no ID and masked. While chatting up other law enforcement

Did he look like a chode? Yes. Yes he did

Having just accompanied my mom through her last days, aided by extraordinary palliative care, I’m so so grateful for Dying for Sex. What a profound, beautiful meditation on what it means to live and to die a good death.

Strongly recommend checking out Joni Mitchell at Newport. She’s done something similar, embracing what her voice can do now and showing profound artistry with it.

Speed limit convention is utterly bizarre. Are there other laws where we’re like “this is the suggestion but we’ve all agreed to ignore it and that’s not illegal”?

"'you can just talk to the computer' is being a little underestimated by AI skeptics, and 'this one technology can do literally every single thing' is being wildly overestimated by AI boosters" is maybe a better formulation

The city had already had tons of trouble processing benefits for existing programs. Piling on new programs with differing thresholds just increases administrative burden and the time tax on poor families

A new low from Mothership Strategies. Confuse folks about their Social Security. Truly despicable. Read @adambonica.bsky.social's rundown on how awful they truly are: data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mother...

YouTube video by Comedy Corner Dave Chappelle | The Old Baby-On-The-Conner Trick #shorts

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I assume someone has used that most cromulent of words...cromulent

Define “in full service”

This is real? That is a bizarro slogan

ICE is hiring. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking for highly motivated, morally indifferent individuals to join our team. Open positions include: * Senior Goon Racism Enforcement Officer Unmarked Van Driver (Part-Time) Experience with children a plus usajobs.gov SPOILER: this is from the print version of THE ONION

ICE bought a full-page newspaper ad as part of its recruitment effort

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.

“My analysis of the network's FEC disbursements reveals that, at most, $11 million of the $678 million raised from individuals has made its way to candidates, campaigns, or the national party committees.” open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...

Living above a subway line makes it so much harder to distinguish earthquakes from loud trains

The article literally says she can be heard “hyperventilating” which is, ya know, the opposite of what Fentanyl actually does to you

Yesterday, we learned that Elon Musk spent $55 million to defeat her.

Today, we cheered as Judge Susan Crawford took her oath—and became Justice Susan Crawford.

Congratulations!

Did not remember the part in The Emperor’s New Clothes where the emperor fires the kid

These are the Groups you’ve been warned about

That tracking shot as they enter the dance at the gym is a masterpiece

Did you make aioli? Takes 5 minutes and sends that meal truly over the top

Even if you cannot cook for beans, Trader Joe’s and/or Costco frozen meals would set you back $4 per, at most. Lunch and dinner 7 days a week that’s less that $60. And you have variety!

Feels like the only entities that could solve this are ActBlue or the SMS backbone providers

I’d like to see Bill Ackman get his ass handed to him by her

My "Israel Is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza"op-ed has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my op-ed.

Despite my insistence that we wrestle according to traditional Greco-Roman rules, my opponent keeps hitting the ref with a folding chair. Whatever should I do?

FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response | CNN Politics The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.

Head of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue branch resigns.
He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...

There’s a weird funhouse mirror aspect to the 2 problems:

1. Decisions on a 20-year time horizon with no feedback loop could have consequences in 200 years

2. Decisions over the last 200 years with enormous runaway positive feedback with consequences in the next 20 years

Which to worry about? 🤔