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That bombshell Wall Street Journal piece on Elon Musk’s creepy “legion” of children and his bizarre procreation fetish is the strongest sign yet that the White House is trying to get rid of him.

Eighty-five days in, and we’ve officially entered Phase Two of the second Trump presidency. Here’s what that means, by @dgraham.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/jonm...

They should be more concerned

I have updated my Roku and added it to my new TV and soundbar. Mood:

The administration's demands were so nakedly totalitarian I think they had little choice.

I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

It's worth reading the full list of Trump admin demands on Harvard. Some are ridiculous, e.g. reduce the power of jr. faculty! But most are chilling & antithetical to what a university is--basically they want to install commissar audit committees to oversee everything www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I.e., Affirmative action for MAGA

What on earth is going on with Shatner’s mustache here?

Where we are as a country

She’s just a folksy woman of the people. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...

I have to believe at this point that Alito and Thomas are pleased that things are finally happening the way they've always wanted them to

I agree. Slo-mo, ongoing, with an administration engaged in frog-boiling

“In every relationship, there’s one person who loads the dishwasher like a Scandinavian architect, and one who loads it like a raccoon on meth.”

Note to fellow journos: If only one "economist" agrees w Trump tariffs—as evidenced by fact that this particular "economist" is now being interviewed and cited everywhere as only "expert" willing to publicly defend them—consider confirming that he's actually an "economist." Check CVs, for example.