Lauren Jenkins

There is no “Over There”. Violence in Minneapolis is political violence in the daily lives of my friends who will not leave a few mile radius — avoiding DC at all costs.

Once again, Rep. Barbara Lee’s lone vote against the AUMF on September 14, 2001 looking incredibly prescient.

How many books does Suzanne Collins have to write before we get the point?

Thank you Vanity Fair for making me, a 40+ year old woman, feel comfortable and beautiful in my own skin and unfilled lips.

Typical America. Ban the fun one but leave "Order 66" in every restaurant.

It came at a time when so much prestige TV was bad people doing bad things. So it was nice to see something harken back to TNG. Unfortunately it was still Seth MacFarlane.

The stupid thing about this timeline is if you want to do research for your dystopian sci-fi novel, there are plenty of blogs like "Five Best Labor Camps in Dubai" to draw inspiration from!!

Good news, based on the recent flyover, F-35s can fly despite Cloudflare outages.

On the distraction attempts, how long will it be between "war with Venezuela" and "actually aliens are real" is what I want to know.

The unregulated industry that coaches veterans to pile on benefits The number of vets receiving 100 percent disability ratings has surged in recent years. For-profit firms, influencers and the VA play a large role in the trend.

Love the bold journalism of this series that says "health care and universal basic income is bad actually" because if you remove the veterans disability benefits aspect of it, the WaPo is essentially on the side of, no, not everyone deserves those things. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Trump is creating two classes of federal workers: Paid and unpaid Within the same agencies, some employees are drawing their salaries during the shutdown, and others are working without pay.

Something just doesn't feel right about a regime trying to maintain loyalty amongst all of its armed employees while letting other essential workers go without paychecks. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Column | The average new-car price hit a record $50,000. Can only the rich buy new? Nearly 1 in 4 car owners owe more on their trade-ins than the vehicle is worth, pushing the national average for upside-down balances to almost $7,000.

What if—hear me out—we made it easier to not own cars in the first place? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Who will be left to cover the troops as the Pentagon limits journalists' access? Smaller publications that cover the Pentagon are likely to be the most affected by a new press policy put into place by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Today I learned that the new owners of @militarydotcom.bsky.social axed @stevenbeynon.bsky.social *while he was on Guard duty*

I am going to burn this whole place down

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Criticizing Charlie Kirk is a fireable offense that incites domestic terrorism. But calling political opponents "the party of hate, evil, and Satan" is proper and good. Got it.

Yeah, fuck you too.

Opinion | E-bikes are an e-menace America’s streets are being swarmed by teens on fast, silent electric bikes, and injuries are rising.

This column deftly identifies e-motos as a serious issue, noting that they are not regulated like e-bikes and are much more dangerous, and yet the headline.... blames e-bikes?? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Remember when the ADL called Elon’s Nazi salute an awkward gesture? Ah, well. I’m sure that worked out for them.

I would like one reporter to ask DHS to define what a "globalist" is or if it just means "Jew"

Let’s open our eyes. This isn’t a functioning democracy any longer when - in the middle of a high stakes funding fight - the President illegally suspends federal projects in states run by Democrats as a way to punish the political opposition.

There is a certain kind of Army officer who, after the excitement of company command, finds his career stalled, and who perhaps leaves the service as a major in the National Guard filled with bitterness and resentment. He may then dream of one day being in a position to make all the superior officers who failed to appreciate his leadership qualities, his insight, his sheer fitness stand to attention and hear him lay down the law about what it is to be an officer, and threaten to fire those who do not meet his standards. In this respect, and this respect only, on that stage Pete Hegseth was living the dream. In all other respects, however, he was ridiculous...

I did not expect this kind of fire from Eliot Cohen, but he has Hegseth absolutely pegged www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

In retrospect, it’s probably a good thing Trump chose a SecDef whose character, knowledge and comportment could only fill a genuine military professional with contempt and loathing.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

“He views the world from the point of view of a not terribly successful major in the National Guard."

The Signal chats are just going to be flying after this.

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

If we're still in our fall of the Republic era, maybe this is Order 66. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

How many days away from this administration calling people "cockroaches" are we, really?

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

Well if John Yoo says Trump can’t, I can only assume this means we in fact can have a war on cars. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...