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“mar-a-lago face” 💀

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Leo leaning into hating on Vance could make him the most popular pope ever.

Literally and figuratively love this

With the State of the Union on Tuesday, it’s genuinely funny that Brett Kavanaugh now has to decide whether it’s less humiliating for him to go, and show that he’s Trump’s obedient little boy on national TV, or skip it and alienate the MAGA types who are the only people left who sort of respect him

Two best movies of 2025 that I’ve seen: No Other Choice A Little Prayer.

Yes, there is a Biblical argument for what some would call a Greater Israel. No one serious is pushing for it. The State of Israel, even at its largest size after the 6 Day War, has never made any real push for it. Can you find a few loons who talk about it? Sure.

Park Chan-wook is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. Or artists period. I don’t mean like in my lifetime, I mean if u asked me to rank the best directors since the dawn of all filmmaking, I’d put him in the top seven at least, prob higher

Please do not make me sit here and have to defend Mike Huckabee. I really have better things to do with my time.

I read the full quote, which CNN included in the article. I think Huckabee is a buffoon but this headline grossly misleads on what he was saying. Give me a break. He did not suggest Israel should actually take over the Middle East and he noted (correctly) that is not what Israel is trying to do.

I’m for skipping the State of the Union. But if Democrats go, they should walk out en masse the moment Trump praised ICE or mass deportations.

It wasn’t just Sutton. Trump got another appellate vacancy yesterday. —>

Simple Minds’ “Don’t You (Forget About Me) turns 41 this weekend. 🎂 Jim Kerr said, “.. I added the big ‘la, la-la-la-la’ ending because I didn’t have any lyrics. .. I said I’d write some, but [producer] Keith [Forsey] said: 'Over my dead body. We’re keeping that.'"

! Trump’s administration struck a secret deal with Minnesota’s Chief Justice Natalie Hudson. It was followed by chaotic scenes days later as ICE detained folks. www.startribune.com/white-house-...

Gotta be honest it’s Trump’s own fault for nominating her. Look at her. She clearly looks like the staunch Republican in your neighborhood who has a trans daughter and is quietly ok with it and even shopped at Target when they did DEI he had the chance to nominated judge Jeanine in 2024 and did not

Of course Anne Lamott's iconic Bird by Bird is always in the back of my mind when I write, and now we have another miracle of writing guidance by @annelamott.bsky.social and @nealallen.bsky.social. This should be on every writer's books-about-writing shelf! Pre-order below.

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A Rolling Stone investigation found that CDC officials allied with RFK Jr. circumvented critical scientific and ethical safeguards in a rush to fund research that might loan support for sweeping changes to the U.S. vaccination schedule. More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

It’s such a beautiful day out there right now. You would have no idea there was a blizzard looming. I think about how people coped before modern meteorology. You never knew when life threatening weather was coming.

Much better to pleasure your date at a musical.

“Citizens are neither stopping nor impeding the government’s work. They are merely documenting it. And for this affront, the government treats them as adversaries to be controlled, intimidated, arrested, beaten, and occasionally killed.” www.thebulwark.com/p/what-i-saw...

Just landed in Trump's DC. Grabbed a Cava bag just in case.

I guess we should be glad that he doesn’t even pretend not to be a petty little bitch. And yet.

I gotta believe that the Fight Unlawful Conduct and Keep Individuals and Communities Empowered act, which would secure residents’ rights under state law to sue immigration officials for unconstitutional conduct, has a lot to be said for it. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/n...

So far this year, U.S.-domiciled investors have pulled $52 billion out of US equity products — “the most in the first eight weeks of the year since at least 2010.” 😔 @reuters.com #ByeAmerica www.reuters.com/business/buy...

When being royal and having hereditary power comes with more checks and balances than an elected democracy….

“.. I regret suggesting the authors should be disciplined for their research. Indeed, I retract that suggestion,” Hassett’s statement read. “I was upset .. @barrons.com www.barrons.com/articles/kev...

“Bye, America” 😔 @reuters.com www.reuters.com/business/buy...

for the record: No Other Choice…. Insanely good

Leopards Eating People’s Faces party is undefeated!

The DOJ can't sustain the cases that they bring against protestors -- mostly because the cases are built on lies. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Yes and then all they do is make more humans! It’s awful!

This police chief, at a minimum, needs to be fired immediately.

This is the kind of thing a rich CEO says at the beginning of a science fiction movie to establish for the audience that he is a sociopath and the villain.

Another time to remind everyone that being in the USA illegally is a civil offense, not a felony.

In San Francisco, the heart of the tech universe, they're having a hard time empaneling a jury about Musk's actions when he bought Twitter, because people hate him so much. The quotes are amazing.

Visit the US and receive free government housing! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Any Girl Scout troops in the Twin Cities that need cookie sales?

another one for the many "i'm going to post a psychotic thing AI CEOs say every day until they stop" Tik Tok accounts.

Ugh, my X account just got hacked. And ofc, there's no real customer service/safety left there any more.

This is an IQ test. If you nod along with Sam, you failed it.

Notably (a) this is meaningless in terms of the budget and (b) Republicans don't care about the budget anyway. The sole purpose is to torment highly-skilled career officers because the Trump admin is filled with no-skills dilettantes who resent everyone with expertise and commitment to their work.

Good cause, but nope, no thanks, no to polar plunges.

Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh are a caucus of grievance and resentment that has given license to their political agendas and personal corruption that make a mockery of both legal and judicial ethics.

I’m sorry, you didn’t know about it already?

"Masculinity influencer"? No, Galloway's an attention addict with creepy opinions about others' sex lives; here are receipts--e.g, on men in the delivery room: "disgusting & unnatural” This Masculinity Influencer Is Loud and Wrong About Paternity Leave www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/o...

Well, look at that. Either way, they were gonna rake it in.

A grant request proposed a trial to study whether a birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine had negative effects. 7 current + former CDC employees say that everything about the proposal set off alarm bells: "None of our scientists would touch this...” Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Okay, I'll tell you why. Whether it's the endless newspaper columns, or the eager first-year students at Yale, or the Friday night summary for PBS News, or the Rolodex of every single opinion editor in New York or DC, this man keeps flooding the zone with his shrugging and mindless middleness.

The lazy pseudo-filibuster (send an email and legislation is blocked) has worked to Republicans' benefit >95% of the time for the past 50 years. I hope both parties understand that, if this happens, the Dem base will absolutely demand the "talking filibuster" on everything for the next 50 years.

Trump outwitting the Supreme Court by testing all the laws at once - Trump raises tariffs to 15% on imports from all countries www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Don't fall for stupid. Mail in ballots are a legit way to cast your vote. I know because it's how Republicans won in 2010! A Moment of Clarity youtu.be/-VtkK-3bUNQ

Every time you post about Will Stancil you are increasing the odds that some journalist will write a profile about him.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/b...

Part of the context here is that Bucks County recently elected an anti-ICE sheriff to replace their pro-ICE sheriff. The actions of Quakertown police (which is separate) are best understood as a gang that sees its power to intimidate slipping and so has initiated a violent suppression campaign.

I know this isn’t the point of this @theweekendprime.bsky.social @crampell.bsky.social et al clip, but the guy’s extended tangent about why he thinks trump was a good businessman includes him saying he is aware people will say he got a seven figure head start from his dad… youtu.be/JcdACq02RyQ?...

@dandrezner.bsky.social and I talked about it awhile back podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

No. No, it is not possible.

The establishment legal press corps’s willingness to accept Sarah Isgur’s desperate rebrand as a Thoughtful Legal Pundit media personality remains mystifying and embarrassing

Might be my favorite political comedy in the past 20 years!

Don't tell anyone but I think I like this movie better than "Sinners," which I love.

I wrote about this a while back. (People forget It's a Wonderful Life is really dark!) newrepublic.com/article/1893...

This tracks with Disney’s recent guidance about headwinds at its domestic parks. @forbes.com $DIS www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...

Recorded from Miami (on vacay)!

ICYMI! (Up on SSRN soon & on Scholastica now 🫠🫠🫠)

We cannot and should not host the Olympics. The rest of the world must act in protest.

I'm sure Chuck will send a strongly worded letter and Susan Collins will be concerned.

Exclusive: A Rolling Stone investigation uncovered irregularities in the ethics review of a $1.6 million research grant to examine the effects of a birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine in the African nation of Guinea-Bissau. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Be still, my 90s teenage heart.

if you have some time for weekend digging:

I wish I had this optimism.

Go-Go’s release “Head Over Heels” as a single 42 years ago today. 🎂 “That was the beginning of the end, that album," said Belinda Carlisle. It has a “cheerful melody” — but also “captures the darker side of fame. I had an appreciation for the lyrics then, but not like I do now.”

From aviation-world reporting experience, I know something about planes like the flying yacht/spa/hotel/bistro/737MAX that Noem has ordered for herself, at our expense. Many "real" billionaires would consider this too ostentatious. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

NEW: Big step for Democrats who want to win control of US House Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) signs law which allows for a new Virginia congressional map to be approved by voters in upcoming referendum, with early vote beginning on March 6 and Election Day on April 21

This woman was arrested by police in South Carolina because she cheered on plans for an anti-ICE protest by high school kids. WCSC-TV says she posted: "'Let’s talk about how to make this the BEST,' according to the incident report." www.live5news.com/2026/02/18/s...

* End fact-checking on social media * Stop deplatforming those who promote dangerous misinformation Of the two major parties, only one takes these positions Can journalism stand as neutral before them? www.status.news/p/left-to-th... From @status.news [no paywall on weekends]

The good news is that ICE's stealth plan to get 23 concentration camps up and running before anyone noticed is melting somewhat under the light of public exposure and outrage The bad news... www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...

Maybe a researcher on lying shouldnt wear his beard on half his face like idk JANUS also? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/b...

It will never stop being weird that Drudge Report has for years now just been like the bulwark

A must-read conversation about the realities of concentration camps between two of the best people on here, @andreapitzer.bsky.social and @jamellebouie.net messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...

Read this: @jamellebouie.net and @andreapitzer.bsky.social have been leaders in calling out the inhumanity of Trump's concentration camps. Here they are together: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/o... (Gift link)

The new 15% global tariff: - Trump doubles down on his failed, wildly unpopular economic strategy - Invalidates every trade agreement negotiated over the past year - Will force every R in Congress to go on record while getting challenged in court - Super Mad Kingy 1/ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/b...

Bob Costas has been Remembering Some Dudes uninterrupted for the last 20 minutes on MLB Network. We are so back.

From the Congressional Research Service: "Section 122 provides some contextual evidence that 'balance-of-payments deficits' does not refer to trade deficits." www.congress.gov/crs-product/...

Great stuff here from @cdelawalla.bsky.social.....

Pam Bondi on the Dow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q71X...

“Spending three days on the ground in Minneapolis brought home something that may not be obvious from afar: Minnesota, especially the Twin Cities, has been—and still is—under a paramilitary occupation in which the federal government is at war with the population.” www.thebulwark.com/p/what-i-saw...

Getting more AOC-pilled by the day.

Go, already. Just... go.

“Years of tortured rationalization had created, in the end, a party of hypocrites.”
 @mattbaidc.bsky.social writes about Democrats’ decades-long relationship with Bill Clinton, and why they’re finally filing for divorce www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Lol. The judge assigned the Stonewall Pride flag case — Judge Jennifer Rochon — clerked for Trump’s sister and was general counsel of the Girl Scouts before Biden appointed her to S.D.N.Y. in 2022. Background: www.lawdork.com/i/188298926/...

BRUUUUUUUCE!!!!!!!! (I got tickets!!!!!!!!!!)

Because “emergency” 🙄 www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

I had missed this in the midst of, well, everything else, but, great work from @marisakabas.bsky.social and @rcfp.org!

The Supreme Court decision to invalidate tariffs is no surprise, except for the three dissenting justices whose corruption knows no bounds. The ruling has established for all time the total constitutional faithlessness of the court’s angry men. steveschmidt.substack.com/p/the-unhing...

Did One of the Greatest Movies of 1976 Predict Our Effed-Up Present? 'Network' turns 50 — and somehow feels more shocking, more sobering, and more timely than ever

RenMac:

The State of the Union is that we've all had enough of Trump's bullshit. My latest 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-state-...