Charles King

neither the story or the study examines what happens if the pre-merger promises are complete bullshit and the deal ends like most of them do: higher prices and thousands of layoffs to pay off debt

Excellent thread.

Expect Bari Weiss to resume her Reign of Mendacity after that one hour is up: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/b...

The struggle is real

Trump threatened to nuke Iran during the same press event where he called a woman reporter "baby" and a "bitch" and we'll all just supposed to continue on tomorrow as though any of this insanity is normal or acceptable

Friends — We are witnessing what happens to a person who is consumed with the need to dominate but cannot. Trump's looming failure in Iran is not just a serious geopolitical defeat for the United States; it’s a personal crisis. Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-blow-up

Thinking again about how Mackenzie Scott has given away $19 billion of her $38b and still seen her net worth increase, these are some weird little pissbabies

I'm a bit of a broken record on this, but usurping the power of the purse isn't just one constitutional violation among all the many others. It is, uniquely and singularly, the death of constitutional government altogether. Game over, end of story, you now live in an autocracy.

Trump Invites Victims Of Jeffrey Epstein Investigation As SOTU Guests

Abolish ICE and fire all agents is the moderate position.

In case you missed it, a Republican in *checks notes* … Texas — who Trump endorsed — just underperformed Trump by 30 points and lost a special election. The panic is going to be delicious.

Just a reminder that both Ilhan Omar and Maxwell Frost have been attacked this week. No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media. Now imagine if this were done to Republicans. The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.

What he said

if Tom "Cava Bag" Homan is your emergency crisis comms guy, you're fucked

Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.

FBI agent: "I did not go to law school, go to Quantico and work counterterrorism operations overseas to be doing traffic control for arrest-a-brown-person day" FBI agent 2: "I was working an undercover operation on a neo-Nazi group with a long history of criminal activity... they'd have to close"

www.technewsworld.com/story/jeff-c...

So the scales fell from Denmark's eyes in a matter of weeks, and Trump supporters are still fooled after ten years.

What does everyone do with their leftover mince? We make excessively cheesy enchiladas because cheese fixes everything. Eyes were way bigger than belly on this one! We managed a third 😂 #food #foodsky #enchiladas #cook #cooking #salad #mexican

The misrule of my country is now so hideous and profound that I am running out of things for which I am as an American rightly proud: Baseball, barbecue, Broadway musicals, African-American music, peanut butter cups & a walk on the streets of any diverse, pluralistic metropolis. Wish I was joking.

Wait. You've conflated ICE with law enforcement. It is not policing. It is thuggery and fascism. I am entirely content to see ICE defunded and abolished in full. Like yesterday. That has zero to do with the means by which we reform actual policing in America, or fail to.

Excellent, informative thread.

Excellent and accurate thread. Not surprisingly.

Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

The right wing is not dumb. The right wing is not inept. The right wing is not weak. The asset they chose as their orange king is not making any of these decisions. He never has. He is a puppet. This movement is so much deeper than him. We need to deal with reality. Their strength is increasing.

Five years ago.

Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession

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Lmao that is an exceptional way to get around all the little executive order land mines they Adams tried to plant

WHO GIVES A DAMN? It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts. Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.

Right, this line Vance used was a very common line used by segregationists. Here's Rep. Mendel Rivers (D-SC) reacting to the Brown decision, which he said "would bring mongrelization of the Caucasian race. He added that he for one won't apologize for being a white man."

I dunno, JD--you're kinda making it so I do

Putting a power parched non journalist — who has zero experience in investigative reporting — in charge of real reporters usually ends like this: ‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

the failure to prosecute Trump for seeking to overturn the election is one of the greatest and most consequential bag fumbles in the history of American politics

It’s been a particularly heavy start to Hanukkah this year. May the memories of those who were killed be a blessing. May we keep in our minds the suffering of those injured. And may we share our prayers with their families and the Jewish community in Australia.

Apropos to a post I'm not going to quote: no, you are not fucking obliged to battle the fucking right on fucking social media, or go to where they are. Why make yourself miserable shouting at bots (who don't care) or trolls (who get off on your misery). Make your fucking social media enjoyable, FFS.

Rob Reiner directed some of the most beloved movies of all time, including Stand By Me, This is Spinal Tap, and The Princess Bride. His production company also made movies like The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise and Michael Clayton. The film industry has lost one of its titans.