Trump is lying to you in this post. 1. His legal team elected to have a bench trial. 2. The judge ruled as was expected. The trial now is to decide the penalty he faces not if he is guilty or not. That has already been decided. 3. The judge did not say MAL was worth $18m. He

“If a decades-long project of zero-tolerance for bigotry and bullying can produce such large numbers of bigots and bullies, that project is an utter failure.” Jonah Goldberg

The GOP is no longer a national party. It is a collection of disparate regional parties. In some areas, the party wins by being tied to Trump. In some areas, it loses by being tied to Trump. What wins in pro-Trump areas and what wins in anti-Trump areas are incompatible, which

Audio of Tim Burchett's exchange with Kevin McCarthy recorded by Claudia Grisales, who was interviewing Burchett for NPR when it happened

“.. no wonder that Americans gave Congress an approval rating of 13% last month — its lowest mark since 2017.” Axios #StandYourButtUp axios.com/2023/11/15/con…

Taking a brief, and what should be unnecessary, pause to remind anyone who is confused…Osama Bin Laden was a genocidal terrorist personally responsible for one of the biggest crimes in modern history. Like Hamas, Al Qaeda used antisemitic radical ideology to justify the

Watch Starship’s second integrated flight test x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

As the new Speaker makes reference to the Jan 6th testimonies as “interpretations” let me remind you all of some of the testimonies under oath we all witnessed. These are not interpretations; this is the TRUTH of what happened that day.

Good teachers are so important. reddit.com/r/HumansBeingB…

“.. Walmart’s CEO turned out to be right, there is quite a bit of discount #deflation coming through. Since November 14th, across a range of products, prices have been dropping by an average of 15% ..” - NewEdge Wealth $ADBE

Are these the people with love in thier hearts? I'm having trouble finding them in videos today.

Beautiful, in-depth listen (or read) from "All Things Considered" on the origins of "Swept Away" - from the shipwreck of the Mignonette to The Avett Brothers album of the same name to what the show means for the cast and creative team! ⚓👂 npr.org/2024/01/08/122…

Vanessa Jonah Goldberg That's not accurate. Well over half of the cases that the Trump side did not withdraw itself received evidentiary hearings. Here's a detailed report by prominent conservative judges and Republicans who worked in past admins. lostnotstolen.org

Eight confirmed cases of measles in young children in a growing outbreak in Philadelphia. It’s tragic to see any child suffer from measles given all the public health advances we’ve made in modern times to try and eradicate this horrible, childhood illness inquirer.com/health/philade…

"when it comes to electric cars, the government has a cheating scandal of its own. That scandal, grabbing far fewer headlines, is buried deep in the Federal Register—on page 36,987 of volume 65." wsj.com/articles/the-e…

It appears Elise Stefanik has wiped out her entire press release history, pre-2023. Even links to releases touting her MAGA image sends you to "ERROR." As happens with this 2021 release announcing she replaced Liz Cheney in leadership: stefanik.house.gov/2021/5/congres…

Grotesque and idiotic and a gift to our enemies. Even if what he was saying was true, by “realist” rules it still hurts America to talk this way without getting anything for it. Not clever foreign policy, it’s abject ignorance masquerading as seriousness.

After an extended recess, House Republicans came back for couple weeks, fought with each other, refused to take up anything from the Senate or negotiate with them, didn’t pass a CR or budget, impeached Mayorkas, then took 2 more weeks off to campaign, fundraise, and sell books.

Lest it be drowned out by other headlines: Noting the testimony to Congress over past 24 hour about threats against federal officials Dr. Anthony Fauci cited threats against "Myself, my wife, my three daughters" and "credible death threats that led to the arrests of two

Quick thread (🧵) with 5 things we've learned in the last 18 hours (sometimes for the bazillionth time): 1) Foreign govts will retaliate (often in creative ways to minimize their pain & maximize US/political pain) x.com/scottlincicome…