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Trump bombing a country, declaring a ceasefire, then awarding himself a peace prize for it is peak MAGA.

Trump deploys his powerful “Vladimir, pwease stop” tactic in the Middle East.

Trump is furious at Israel this morning for bombing Iran after his cease fire was announced, and says he’s “not happy with Israel” and they “don’t know what the fuck they’re doing.”

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Actually, I’m pretty sure he meant “seize Fire” — Fire being the name of a stripper he saw once back in the day that rebuffed his advances

Abbott is one of the most evil fucks in the country. I hope he enjoys Hell when he's gone.

When normal voters are hurt by policies/politicians they supported, I think we should give them grace. Many are disconnected from politics, don't have bandwidth to research proposals that demagogues hawk. But this woman is a US lawmaker. Take some damn responsibility for the lives you've put at risk

On the plus side, these guys excel at disinformation. They’re the best, Jerry. The best!

trump falsely claimed throughout his campaign that biden's fema couldn't afford to help north carolina hurricane victims because the money was spent on immigration

It can be told! DEAD BUT DREAMING OF ELECTRIC SHEEP coming summer 2026. Imagine the Coen Brothers, PK Dick, and Mary Shelley wrote a road SF/horror novel? This is why I write novels and not pitches. Thank you, Stephen, Inkwell, and William Morrow.

SCOTUS majority not deigning to give *any* reasons for staying the injunction of the district court - in the highest-possible stakes context & where the executive branch has acted appallingly - evincing real contempt for both district courts & the rule of law

With money from FEMA!

Maybe reputable news agencies shouldn't report Trump's assertions about international developments as fact until they are independently confirmed by other parties.

The one silver lining of the Roberts Court is that it will destroy the credibility of the Supreme Court to such an extent that liberals can no longer believe that it will be our salvation.

We're getting very close to an *actual* WAR IS PEACE Fox news banner.

I’m trying to imagine the reaction - from the media and our pundit class - if a top ally of Joe Biden had attacked the Jewish identity of a Republican candidate. But Islamophobia is normalized in this country.

Domestic terrorist Chaya Raichik is endorsing Andrew Cuomo.

It’s a rare thing when a movie trailer doesn’t spoil the entire thing and in fact makes you want to see it RIGHT EFFING NOW. Kudos to the marketing team for this one.

DON’T GIVE MIKE JOHNSON ANY IDEAS

His body will lie in state at the Memphis airport for three days, then be delivered to its final resting place via Columbia, MO; Trenton, NJ; Springfield, MA; Charleston, SC; Bakersfield, CA; Trenton again for some reason; and will then register as "out for delivery" indefinitely.

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Well played.

Excellent — the show’s great

lol what happened here

Watching A MINECRAFT MOVIE and it’s a lot of fun. Jack Black is unhinged Jack Black.

This article is going to turn me into the Joker. Literary style is not a puzzle you solve to get a little information treat 😩😩😩

Rubio on CBS: "This wasn't a regime change move." Vance on ABC: "Well, first of all, we don't want to achieve regime change." Vance on NBC: "our view has been very clear that we don't want a regime change." Trump, not waiting even 24 hours to undercut and humiliate them:

jesus.

A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.

Congress, Now More Than Ever, We Need Your Cowardice

Nothing like a personalized email to show you really care!

Had a blast at ThrillerFest, as always. Now on the train home, which is a good time to catch up on writing.

Incredible how Cuomo is absolutely DWARFING everyone else in money and spend and yet it’s still close enough that they’re pulling these stops out. They’re scared.

We were very happy to give this scoop to @marisakabas.bsky.social's The Handbasket because it is important to support independent journalists who are doing the hard work at this time. Giving this story to Marisa also guarantees it will be in The Washington Post verbatim exactly 48 hours later.

Worse than I thought

Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.

And just like that, the ‘No New Wars’ people are all-in on a new war. Proving yet again that they really believe in nothing other than what one man tells them to believe today. Which could be different tomorrow. The very definition of a cult.

Pretty much this

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

While bombing Iran is bad for Trump’s poll numbers, starting a war and creating chaos is good for Trump as an authoritarian. Authoritarians exploit chaos to claim emergency powers, deploy the military domestically, and undermine free and fair elections. These attacks must be viewed from this lens.

The logic is pretty obvious here. Presidents can’t declare war so anything the president does without Congress can’t be a war. It’s not an assessment of what’s happening; it’s an excuse.

It is obscene.

There’s Always A Tweet

hey panera can we have the lemonade that kills us again

On Hannity tonight, Fox News’ National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports that it’s not clear whether the U.S. was able to destroy Iran’s nuclear site at Isfahan—despite Trump’s claim that all three sites have been “completely and totally obliterated.”

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

somebody should draw up articles of impeachment over this immediately. I don’t think it’ll happen because we’re too worried about a rally-round-the-flag effect that won’t happen and it’d be a coalition splitter for that reason. but it should

Pretty sure America just went to war because nobody liked Donald Trump's military parade.