Allan Needell

Getting ready to cross the Memorial Bridge into DC

#NBC Nightly News with Llamas has become a TV National Enquirer. The lead story 20% of the program was repetitive account of the Oklohoma chemical spill. A little later there was scary disease from ticks spreading north. Hardly any hard news. Huntley and Brinkley would be ashamed.

Does anyone know if there's a way in DC to stream ABC network shows outside of Sinclair owned WJLA channel 7? Infinity "On Demand" Networks only seem to include WJLA channels. I know, tomorrow snippets will big internet news

It’s truly depraved for Trump to welcome Vladimir Putin to the US while Putin is actively wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Ukraine. Trump calls this a peace summit but it’s just an opportunity to hang out with one of his dictator buddies. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...

#putin Isn't Putin subject to arrest for war crimes as soon as he steps onto American so? Or has Trump made an unauthorized international pardon?

BBC news is spending big time on Hulk Hogan and the moderator seems that Trump himself wrote that coherent Truth Social. Just imagine how much eyeball bait will be devoted to fake violent gimmicks by Llamas on NBC Nightly News tonight.

So, now coffee merchants and consumers have standing to create a class action lawsuit claiming the national emergency justification for Trump's tariff authority has been illegally misused and must be voided. How long will it take.

Trump on Democrats: "They hate Trump. But I hate them too. I really do. I hate them."

"Trump Says He Hates All Democrats" should be a headline on every news post tomorrow. But it won't be because it's not Biden or Obama saying it.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social The attack on VOA is just another side of MAGA viewing expertise as an existential threat to its power. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/u.... There's a long history of government tapping experts support for soft power.

I asked Microsoft Copilot (take it for what it is) to calculate the cost of the munitions and delivery used for the US operation and it came up with ~$500 million. Any suggestions about hoe we should think about that as we debate Congress and the allocation of fiscal resources?

NO KINGS, but we sure have vassals.

And millions of people accept this as normal and not a sign of a significantly disordered personality.

JD Vance refers to Senator Alex Padilla as “Jose Padilla”

Dating myself, but keep thinking there’s a Kent State feeling in the air—this shit is really real and we’re finally on our own. And brooding question is: what can possibly wind it back? What keeps the fires from raging all summer and longer?

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The analogies to 1933 are always questionable but they still have meaning and this one especially.

I hope @hcrichardson.bsky.social will talk about today's news about the administration's plan for the VOA. Many years ago I wrote about the context of its origins. www.jstor.org/stable/24912....

Trump/Miller have not yet gone so far as to adopt the terms: "Concentration Camp," or worse, "Immigration Final Solution," but isn’t that's what's being analogized here? I wish it were easier to explain why that's over the top.

Actually Fetterman and Shaheen are the only Dems who voted for the CR. The list you use are DEMS who voted not to filibuster. Maybe small point, but if the concern was would Dems be blamed for the shutdown, it matters.

Only Jean Shaheen and Angus King (1 dem and 1 caucusing Ind) actually voted for the terrible CR yesterday. So 8 dems voted to voluntarily forgo the small sliver of power still available to the MAGA cult resistence.

Does anyone believe that the Republicans intend to authorize backpay once a shutdown is resolved?

Can anyone suggest a considered list of 501(C)(3) organizations likely to make direct efforts to mitigate suffering caused by the Trump/GOP USAID fiasco?

Phony intellectual Steve Bannon on ABC This Week tried to apply Thomas Kuhn's 1960s theory of Scientific Revolution "structure"to 21 Century political culture. Is anyone impressed by his erudition? #history

What will it take to foster widespread recognition that the costs of adapting to #climate change and responding to the environmental, economic, and human tragedies it causes are far greater than the costs of addressing the human causes urgently in a sustained and rational manner?

Is there a word limit for Bluesky posts or is there some other reasons that my post does not seem to go thtough?

Democrats will continue to fight for the people of Virginia. Huge win!!! www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Watching today's #Trump news fiasco, I have to wonder if J.D.Vance realizes he will sooner or later have to consider how he can execute a #25Amendment salvation maneuver. I hope he has some former lawstudent colleagues on speed dial.

“Without Prejudice” It can be refiled. If Trump ever leaves office.

Wondering, Does the dismissal of charges preclude future federal charges for the same crimes once DJT is no longer president?