David Rand

NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...

A trillion is one followed by twelve zeros

@jaredcarrabis.bsky.social must listen to Tyler on the Off the Pike podcast. Dude finds unreal ways to butcher the english language

Q:  "Republicans are calling on you to apologize for that post. Is that something you're going to do?" Trump: "No, I didn't make a mistake. I mean, I look at a lot of thousands of things and I looked at the beginning of it. It was fine…It was a take off on the Lion King."

A new study from the Kiel Institute finds that Americans have paid 96% of the costs of Trump's tariffs. They titled the report "America's Own Goal." www.kielinstitut.de/publications...

@chadfinn.bsky.social Kyle Long is a natural on the CBS desk. He should have a permanent spot. Matt Ryan was fine, but Kyle is an improvement.

@billsimmons.bsky.social Just watched the last episode of Celtics City. Sitting on my couch by myself with tears running down my face. You hit all the emotions. Really well done.

Empathy is the highest of human values. The reason narcissists rebel against it is that, since other people aren't real to them, they are incapable of relating to any system of ethics or morals that would restrain them from getting what they want.

Even bad football games are great to watch when it's snowing.