Skullduggery done dirt cheap

The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.

I've been re-watching, "The Wire," so you can imagine how hysterical this is too me. #ItsAllAboutTheCorners

Are you still talking about the BIGGEST political scandal of all-time EPSTEIN & how the president of the United States is connected to the most notorious child-sex-trafficker ever AND is covering up his own involvement???!!! Good. #RememberTheUnderageVICTIMS 💔

1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely. Here's why.

Trump on roof (h/t @helenkennedy.bsky.social)

Rural areas in the US are unsafe, because they reflect the repellent values of the conservatives who live there.

the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that

Do you remember the horrific abduction in Worcester, MA where protestors clashed with ICE as they ripped a woman away from her family? The horror continues. The woman’s 13 and 17 year old daughters were placed in foster care. They are now both missing. 1/ www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/31/m...

Arctic environments are entering dangerous feedback loops that accelerate the climate crisis.

The most corrupt White House in history. Here is an account of what people are paying, directly to a PAC called MAGA Inc, in order to meet the president, get pardons, change policy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...

Piss off the oligarchs: Discover your media blind spots! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ezt...

"To say that the president is making drastic policy changes to cure a problem that only exists in his imagination…that sounds like you’re shilling for Dems when it’s just reporting the flat truth." Check out this exchange w/ @pkrugman.bsky.social on media failure: newrepublic.com/article/1985...

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.

the republican party is a criminal conspiracy against the american republic

Emil Bove has been confirmed to a lifetime federal judgeship on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals

I describe what KINDS of political pressure can be brought to bear to disrupt Trump's cover-up and prevent a Maxwell pardon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fcv...

Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller, Kirsti Noem, Joseph Mazzara, Emil Bove, Drew Sargent, and everyone else involved in planning, executing, and obstructing justice around the CECOT imprisonments are responsible for Andry's torture and rape. Each bears a share of the blame. Don't ever let them forget it.

I keep referring people back to this because it keeps coming up. People ask me how long things this regime does will be allowed or tolerated and I keep asking “by whom”? Dad is not getting home later. The most charitable view of SCOTUS is that they have decided to be hands-off…. /1

John Roberts Subjects America's School Children to the Whims of a Wrestling Promoter www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/15/j...

new from me!

They finally caught the son of a bitch

Democratic senators need to stop pretending that GOP senators are their “good friends across the aisle” and realize many of them are just lying sociopaths who are actively fanning the flames of violence against them.

Today’s @sun-sentinel.com front page.

Two Bedouin Palestinians were invited to talk about their plight to U.S. Jewish and Christian congregations. But when they arrived in San Francisco on Wednesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection revoked their visas and put them on a plane home. religionnews.com/2025/06/13/a...

Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows reut.rs/3ZvxVoY

Everything was fine until Trump decided to unleash violent raids w/o grounds in elementary schools, shopping areas, & peaceful public spaces. ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation. Let’s start there.

New: MEDICARE is now on the table Senate Republicans are discussing ways to cut Medicare "waste, fraud and abuse" in the mega-bill And Trump has blessed that pursuit, they say. They're eager to find more savings to placate hardliners. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Why Is Tom Homan Going Full Fidel? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-i...

Leah Litman on the potential Supreme Court “Hunger Games for liberal constitutional democracy”

The press continues to credulously report that Elon Musk is "leaving" the White House. The first rule of writing about Musk: His words are meaningless. There are 20 years of Musk's broken promises. Be skeptical, folks. www.salon.com/2025/05/30/e...

The Trump administration has revoked permission for a 4-year-old Mexican girl who receives lifesaving medical care from a California hospital to stay in the country, attorneys for the family said on Wednesday.

Reup: As Trump Seeks New Ways to Defund Harvard, Elon Musk Continues to Blow Shit Up www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/28/a...

Of 14,777 unique articles on the NYT's homepage over the 310 days from 1/1/24 to Election Day, 293 articles–almost one a day–focused on Biden’s age compared with just 27 articles focused on Project 2025, a ratio of 10.9 to one mediabiasdetector.seas.upenn.edu/blog/new-yor...

Some stats on Ronald Acuña Jr.'s home run: 115.5 MPH off the bat 467 feet 1 EPIC moment

I realize posting this here is preaching to the choir. But after the Grok White Genocide thing & Ye essentially launching an exclusive Neo Nazi single on the platform... I felt motivated to write about X and how bizarre it is that so many people (news outlets, celebrities, politicians) use it

Congratulations @katiehonan.bsky.social on writing the best piece of predictive science fiction of all time

“The physician looked at her and said: “Idaho is not a safe place to be pregnant right now.” Then, as the devastating truth sank in, he added: “If you were my daughter, I’d have told you not to get pregnant in this state.””

When will this media reckoning come? I’m thinking never. New from me https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/17/trump-biden-election-media-coverage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I just can't get over the "may not happen this year" kicker. A very prominent journalist saying that serially dishonest Republican assertions of moderation should be treated by the media as being literally unfalsifiable www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/05/at-s...

The GOP's big attack on Medicaid is coming. So I remind you: Medicaid is the glue that holds America together. If you're sick, aging, disabled, and/or poor—as we are all likely to be at some time—Medicaid is your best and often only hope. So of course, the GOP is going at it to fluff the richest.

SCOOP: ICE tried to raid Chang Chang restaurant in Dupont (Washington, D.C.) but the manager ran then off.

Much fairer to say he's the greatest American popularizer of Nazism since Henry Ford and the greatest ever since Adolf Hitler.

A break from my regularly scheduled political and legal posting to express some gratitude. This week, my 18 month old daughter had to have open heart surgery. 💔 As you might imagine, this was utterly terrifying. 1/

i am tired of being told i must coddle these people. no! they are willfully ignorant! and their standard bearer, RFK, is a monstrous narcissist who is indifferent to death and suffering.