This is ahistorical. The Church Committee, for example, was incredibly successful in gutting the CIA in 1975, which had led to the catastrophic intelligence failures of 1979 (among others) and arguably the agency still hasn't recovered.

/taps the sign again

Chris Christie pouring a bag of M&Ms into an even larger bag of M&Ms, 2016

I bet the spittle is flying up there tonight.

Swinging Woman United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940

Nepolian Boneyparty Groom Minnesota, County Marriages, 1853-1983

Mary E. Cups Mother Of Bride Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016

The Guardian published photos of so-called "journalists" killed in Gaza. I found 14 listed by the Committee to Protect Journalists as members of Al-Aqsa TV, a US-designated terrorist group that the US says "recruits children to become suicide bombers." This is who the Guardian is mourning.

I don't see the problem here.

J. Michael Straczynski was apparently hired as a story consultant for Jake and the Fatman after he pitched the idea of a show that let William Conrad sit down for most scenes. The unofficial tagline: "Jake and the Fatman: He can't act, he can't walk, together they fight crime"

Tariffs are mostly taxes on Americans. Trade deficit is getting worse. I guess those are historic results.

I've been watching the TV version of In the Heat of the Night recently. It's amazing how much differently the show treats race relations compared to media today. The interactions seem so much more...normal. This was a deliberate choice by the producers. latimes.com/archives/la-xp…

Let me tell you, Mr. Dalio is so courageous for this. So few among our affluent classes are willing to talk about how our Democracy is in Danger (TM).

Jake Walker Varad Mehta I'd watched episodes on TV for years but finally watched the whole series online last year. Great show. I miss that America.

This is performative silliness. This will not make any antivaxxers or skeptics reconsider their positions. The stories of 9 parents who didn't vaccinate their children, suffered the consequences, & regret it would do more to persuade them than 9 former CDC directors.

For most of my life, the proposition "this country's gone to hell since the damn 1980s" would unquestionably mark the utterer as a Democrat

His message (which is appalling) aside, does anyone else think Pritzker has lost a bit of weight here?