John Carlson

"It was a dark and almost certainly illegal escalation of the out-of-control agency’s war on the American people, a portrait of an authoritarian secret police that seems set to model itself on history’s worst fascist enforcers."

This was a great story ☝️

Have a listen!

If we can keep it...

That begins with showing we want to keep it...

A sobering thought from Judge Sullivan: "I fear President Trump believes the American people are so divided that today they will not stand up, fight for, and defend our most precious constitutional values so long as they are lulled into thinking their own personal interests are not affected."

Not just petty, but downright stupid.

And shall "Saving Private Ryan," "Captain Phillips" and "Greyhound" all be deemed unpatriotic, too?

The (cruel) means are ends in themselves.

!!!

RBG is the best!

So RFK Jr. is hostile to religion too? Who would have guessed?!

Pretty compelling characterization.

Ugh. Man, we suck.

This is not what a moral people do. The downside of self-government is that this evil is done in our name.

Has DHS offered a formal reason for why masking is necessary?

The demolition of USAID is unconscionable given these foreseeable effects.

We have traded in American exceptionalism in exchange for becoming exceptionally ugly.

There is something deeply wrong with a country -- with us, "the people" -- when a person has to be personally and immediately affected by cruel misfortunes like this before empathy and reason step in to say, "Enough!"

Love it!

He looks good in that cap. Wow.

I asked a few days ago if any journalists had made this point to Trump in their myriad questions to him about all manner of things. Glad Merz put it out there for the world to see.

"moral squalor"--a term to you by the Trump era

Another excellent explainer by @brieannafrank.bsky.social on the Religion clause cases currently before the court. @micahschwartzman.bsky.social do you know BrieAnna? I will direct her your way if not--she'd very much appreciate it!

Every time folks blame Biden for our situation, just remember we also could have had Nikki Haley as president. Standard conservative policies without all the chaos, corruption, cruelty, autocracy, narcissism, mendacity, moral depravity, and bad faith.

Thanks GOP primary voters.

Congratulations, BrieAnna!

I look forward to reading more of your work.

And this all the more to continue to expect great things from you!

I don't speak Latin or legalese, but I certainly know bad faith when I see it.

So yes, just decide the merits.

So much bad faith right now.

Jackson and other justices see it. Does the chief?

Yeah, I was commenting on the designation of the OSA as a "group."

Which makes us just groupies?

The "group" of Augustinians.

NYT has no idea how much larger that group really is.

Can you imagine someone trying this in the military?

American exceptionalism requires being the good guys. Or at least trying.

Don't worry, he'll make up for it in other places. Like the surgeon general.

How about a national database of narcissists? They pose a much greater danger to our nation.