I am very much in favor of merit-based hiring and high standards for jobs with life and death implications. Which is why I oppose confirming Pete Hegseth, RFK JR, Tulsi Gabbard, and Kash Patel.

The fact that the Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, is even discussing pilot skin color in a White House press briefing is vile.

Hard to argue with the WSJ editorial page.

There is no such fucking thing as being “too woman” to pilot a helicopter, “too gay” to land a plane or “too black” to be an air traffic controller. There is however, such a thing as being too hateful, too stupid & too sociopathic to be president. And we call that Donald Trump.

not all heroes wear capes

Speaker Mike Johnson is a disgrace.

Who was this reporter? I’d like to buy them a drink. 🥃

I'm going to post this video every day so we NEVER forget what TRUMP did on J6

BASH: I remember a time when Republicans were very careful about the government having access to personal data NOEM: Well, we can't trust the government anymore BASH: You are the government

Secret Service: $7M to $10M. Air Travel and Motorcade: $4M-5M. Stadium Security Upgrades: Additional metal detectors, bomb sweeps, security checkpoints: $2M. Local Law Enforcement: Overtime & personnel: $1M. Trump's Super Bowl attendance: $15 to $20M. Where’s DOGE?

.JD Vance -If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.

Beshear: If they eliminated the Department of Education and its funding, that’s a half billion dollars in meals for our kids that otherwise might go hungry. So, if Elon Musk and Donald Trump do what they say they’re doing, the result are hungry children

During WWII, four brothers from the same Jewish family signed up to fight against the Nazis. Only one of the four brothers survived. His grandson is the current President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Sláva Ukrayíni! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

Finnish journalist Mikko Marttinen has a much simpler explanation for Trump's recent speeches: "Trump, 78, is the most dim-witted president of modern US history, and old age has made him even dumber."

Rupert, like Mitch McConnell, seems to finally be grappling with what they’ve enabled. If only they’d had the character to do what it took when it mattered. Now it’s all too late.

BREAKING: Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who was released from prison last month after Trump pardoned him along with 1,500 other Jan. 6 rioters, has just been arrested by Capitol Police for assaulting a counter-protester.

"I always hesitate to bring my political beliefs into this space. I don’t think my listeners would expect that from me and some of you will find it disappointing: not what you were looking for... " [1 of 2]

"But the recent reversal of our support for the Ukrainian resistance to Putin’s invasion motivates me to cross that line." ~James Taylor [2 of 2] (Photo: Sam Thomas/ LDWW) #JT #JamesTaylor #StandWithUkraine

That’s sooo weird. I thought everything would be so good, we’d forget about the end of democracy.

✈️ Breaking: Trump's "flying palace" Hi, Congress? Dagnes here. Not trying to PoliSciSplain your Constitutionally directed job to you, but this is kinda exactly what the Founders were worried about so.... ? axios.com/newsletters/ax… #axiosam