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Maple syrup is an underrated ice cream flavor/topping.

In case facts still matter

Reason number 999 we must flip the Senate: Pete Hegseth could end up there without ever facing the voters. The very definition of mediocrity failing upward — from the Pentagon straight into the United States Senate.

🚨 NEWS: A federal judge has ruled that the Trump DOJ ILLEGALLY fired prosecutor Maurene Comey, ordering retroactive reinstatement and backpay. The judge ripped the DOJ’s defense as bordering on “frivolous” and rejected its sweeping claims of executive power.

Here is the TLDR of the 9th Circuit hearing: DOJ will lose. It will be either 2-1 or 3-0. It will be on jurisdiction and perhaps on the merits. The argument was a debacle for Trump and the DOJ lawyer who argued it. Watch for details. www.youtube.com/live/EsuYPbm...

He should have worn a tan suit when he said it

Meanwhile, one of the most harmful policy movements in America right now is a property tax revolt that is shifting us away from our most economically efficient tax, all so property owners can have a little more in their pockets next month.

NEW: DOJ just admitted in court that their lawsuit against California is not about outcome determinative issues, it's simply saying that a single non-citizen voting causes the government irreparable harm. That's bananapants.

So Trump’s closing argument is that high gas prices are good because his donors who run oil companies are making bank, Jon Husted has a nice ass but not quite as good as Nicki Minaj’s ass, after 7 months the Reflecting Pool is almost done, and we get a ballroom, arch and helipad.

I hope that a defeat of Flavio Bolsonaro and Darline Graham drives a stake through the heart of nepo-politics, leaving Don Jr. worried and sad.

Attn: USPS changes mean your ballot may not be postmarked the same day you mail it. Don’t wait until Election Day! Deadlines vary by state. Some require ballots to ARRIVE by Election Day, not just be postmarked.

This article is a takedown of housing costs for students near UCs: "landlords are effectively in charge" But there's a surprising thing happening that is making rent go down: GENERAL STRIKE AND ABOLISHING CAPITALISM lol no it's building more housing

That’s why they need anyone from Melania Trump to Kushner

Are we seriously discussing the Cheesecake Factory? A chain restaurant that is running off of nostalgia for pre-2008 consumer decadence? This is the tan suit all over again. Let’s laugh and get back to the fact Trump and Musk are betraying the world for Putin.

Just to be clear... Prop 40 is a ONE-TIME retroactive tax. It applies ONLY to billionaires and would tax just 5% of their wealth — which grew 30% in 2025. California's billionaires would still be worth $2T+ AFTER the tax. The revenue will fund healthcare for millions of Californians. Vote YES.

The response is reality….

More than 200 complaints regarding sexual violence at schools have been filed with the Education Department since the start of Trump’s second term. The department has investigated only 29 of these, finding fault with a school district only once.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving his construction crew to work when an ICE officer shot and killed him in Houston. He wasn’t even the person ICE was looking for. Now Texas voters are leaving their “I Voted” stickers at his memorial. #BlueWaveIn10Days

Good question

NEW: Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town. with @nytimes.com

WSJ's Alex Ward points to obvious logical incoherence in Elon Musk's claims. Keeps making me think of the two WSJ stories on Elon Musk's severe Ketamine addiction.

Larry Kudlow looks like he's about to cry as Trump rants and raves on the phone like a complete lunatic

The Justice Department represents the United States of America, not the president. That’s what White House counsel is for. 

The great Oleksandra Matviichuk is absolutely right to draw attention to the horrible humanitarian crisis in Oleshky. All Putin, Witkoff, and Kushner can do is invert and traduce the meaning of “humanitarianism,” in the best traditions of Russian propaganda.

Putin knows exactly what he’s doing. While Kushner and Witkoff are trying to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin is dangling lucrative business opportunities in front of them at the same time they are pushing for a deal more favorable to Russia.

Ramaswamy may have pulled his horrible ad featuring Amy Acton's mother, but it doesn’t erase that he publicly punished Acton for the horrible cards she was dealt, which is parents who provided an unsafe, unstable home. His moral compass does not exist and he’s unfit to lead Ohio.

There it is. Elon Musk admits it. “That loophole was closed last week.” In a deranged post on X, Musk openly acknowledges that SpaceX recently restricted Ukraine’s ability to use Starlink.

In a world where you can be anything, be a person who votes in midterm elections! 💚🙏✊

I know that everyone is focused on Trump's attacks in California and Alaska. My team is fighting in court in both places. But understand the fight for free and fair elections is much broader. Elias Law Group is currently litigating 92 voting and election cases in 42 states plus DC.

Every eligible voter deserves to have their ballot counted. Election security requires reliable evidence and lawful procedures. Threatening election workers does not make an inaccurate list accurate. Please stay engaged, track your ballot, and don’t let intimidation stop you from voting!

These are allegations, not 20,000 confirmed cases of illegal voting. California officials have already identified serious problems with the federal list. A preliminary Los Angeles County review found canceled registrations, people with no voting history, and records identifying people as U.S.-born.

On Friday, the Justice Department sent letters to 57 CA counties, following an earlier demand to Los Angeles County. Officials were given 48 hours to commit to working with federal agencies to review lists of suspected noncitizens. DOJ wants ballots set aside until citizenship can be verified.

Attn California voters: The Trump administration is escalating its pressure on local election officials demanding cooperation with a federal citizenship review and threatening potential legal consequences.

this is total gobbledygook? the process to decide who should be certified as the winner is the election, and there is no federal law that says the courts get to decide who that is.

Trump wants a “little” war with Iran. But Iran gets a vote, too. With oil at $117, missile defenses depleted, and Iran threatening massive retaliation, Brett Erickson explains why this could spiral out of control.

I would change Chinese restaurants because of this.

we shouldn't rule out "Ro Kanna is insider trading, but incredibly bad at it"

"Ro Kanna trades a lot of stocks, but maybe it's fine because it doesn't seem like he's trading on insider information" is a perfect Ro Kanna pendulum sort of sentence

In the coming century, there will be very few people who have seen a coral reef or a glacier.

“We absolutely avoided getting into political controversy with the museum,” said Vice Mayor Rick DeGolia, who co-led the museum’s planning” JFC Check out what then Mayor DeGolia said when Atherton was suing Caltrain to block electrification - wasting millions thru delays:

Welcome to a country where insider financing and a century of anti-urban development fear mongering has led to artificial scarcity.

Tiny homes are like if an apartment were not walkable and worse, can’t believe these never take off as a product.

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This should be the cause of soul-searching for every California state politician.

Bill Clinton: "I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace's bathroom"

these people are shameless!

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