Pete Arethas

“To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.” - Declaration of Independence, 1776

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Jack Ohman, Tribune Content Agency

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: MeidasTouch obtained NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN photos and videos revealing devastating damage to U.S. bases from Trump's Iran war. Troops and military families describe being abandoned by their own government. “It’s so much worse than people realize.”

Impressive. Most impressive.

Stunned that the @nytimes.com thought that this was a good idea. Their paper folded to Trump and no one has told them. Have I missed their in-depth stories on the president sleeping in nearly every Oval Office press gathering and sporting event? The brace he’s wearing from a possible stroke?

Fantastic news! @seancasten.bsky.social

🧵🧵🧵 I was going to write a simple sentence about the madness of the moment, but I got distracted by the U.S. president’s complaint that he was screwed out of the Nobel Peace Prize after bombing multiple countries, and then he bolstered his case with a plan to execute a guy in a wheelchair and ...

If you heard that a President’s son’s ex-GF was shaking down citizens in exchange for access and direct help for their business / tax liability what country would you think I’m talking about? It should shame us all, regardless of party that this is an American story. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Some morning musings on AI. We need to stop talking about this as technology issue. It's an ethics & law enforcement issue. Thread:

Lucan Way and I have been writing about competitive authoritarianism for more than 25 years. We never thought we'd write this piece. www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/com...

A lasting legacy of polio is the fact that Nordstrom will, to this day, sell you two different-sized shoes for the price of one. This was done to differentiate themselves in the marketplace to serve the large population of polio survivors with different sized limbs/feet (incl possibly Mrs Nordstrom)

In response to Thomas Massie's actions to force a vote on the impeachment of Pete Hegseth... Mike Johnson has cancelled all remaining votes between today and the November election. You can't make this stuff up.

I’d wager my $5,000 DOGE check, on the president’s son’s prediction market, that a $5,000 election bribery check won’t be delivered (by the post office the president wants to defund) before the president tries to overturn an election again.

Cassian Andor wore it better

So these knuckleheads follow up an incredible Rahm Emanuel interview with this crap? Trump’s “science agenda”? Fauci’s “damage”? Cmon VC tech bros. Return to reality. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Run, Rahn, run. Impressive interview. Plus a huge bonus. David Sacks is NOT on it podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

If you’re looking to self-start a recession, increase inflation and increase unemployment then stifling trade with your #2 trading partner will help.

So let me get this straight. Our executive branch has so many leaks and so few ethics we have insiders GAMBLING on US soldiers going into war and potentially dying?

No worries. She just controls EVERYTHING POTUS sees, reads, posts apparently. More powerful than the actual Chief of Staff. Why vet her? Totally fine to have some random potentially compromised person so close to POTUS.

Remember when we had a Securities and Exchange Commission? Wasn’t their mission to “protect investors, maintain fair markets and facilitate capital formation”? Did they go out of business?

The market price for gas at the pump is rising WHILE the admin manipulates supply. Completely unnecessary geopolitical/economic risk. Gas prices are in jeopardy of skyrocketing too. The key word is (or was) “strategic” reserves and they’re at their lowest in 43 yrs finance.yahoo.com/energy/artic...

Oops. Good thing China won’t read this.

1776: King George “has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.” 2026: How dare these subjects vote against our MAGA king.

JUSTIN SUN: ".. “I never expected this to happen to me. .. I thought surely these people would not do what they did with such a public profile attached." @nymag.com #WLFI nymag.com/intelligence...

So does MAGA cheer or attack the Capitol if our birthright citizen score the game winning goal?

Happy Independence Day from Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. #250

Declaration of Independence signers: 56 States: 50 Fox hosts: 2 Attendees at “Trumpapalooza”: 0

Pontifex maximus preaches a homily directed to Pete Hegseth and his ilk

The Trump admin wants to purge America of its undesirables. And for those Trump can’t deport, he hopes to simply hide away. On the new DOJ memo authorizing states to forcibly institutionalize more disabled Americans, rather than fund services that allow them to stay in their homes:

Not a bad team www.82-0.com

Matt Davies, Newsday

Bessent clarifies the design of the new Trump banknote

Washington Post satellite imagery analysis finds Iran strikes on US installations far more accurate and effective than disclosed; US bases unprepared for drones. "The amount of destruction is far larger than what has been publicly acknowledged by the U.S. government or previously reported."

Whether it’s James Comey taking a photo of seashells or Jeffrey Epstein and friends raping teenagers on a private island, there has been plenty of concerning seaside conduct for law enforcement to sort through.

I’m Team Pope. Chicago is Team Pope. America is Team Pope. Our allies are Team Pope.

Amazing.

Stopped by the No Kings Rally while on a college visit at the University of Illinois. Over 4,000 people according to organizers … just hours before their Illini’s Elite Eight game. So impressed. Champaign Illinois #NoKings

Nobody should be on Twitter except this guy, much like the DOOM protagonist

This is difficult to watch. But watch it.

Time to dust off the word: STAGFLATION We haven't used in 45 years. www.cnbc.com/2026/03/08/s...

Well done. Thanks, Congressman.

Is this bad? It sounds bad. A 43 yr record increase in 'oil'. Is demand for this 'oil' still inelastic. So to drive an auto we still have to buy it or pay the high switching costs to an electric car. One would think this could lead to inflation or a recession. www.cnbc.com/2026/03/06/i...

Arrested by ICE. Detained by ICE. Injured by ICE. Video becomes public. (She is autistic and now also has shoulder injuries and a brain injury from her arrest and captivity.) Invited to State of the Union. Dragged out and arrested for standing up. America 2026.

The Trump Administration is hiding documents from the Epstein Files that contain accusations against Donald Trump. This is a cover-up. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

CHATTANOOGA: “DO Y’ALL HAVE A WARRANT? What’s the suspicion of crime, they’re brown?” ICE trespasses on private property as they conduct their racial profiling terror campaign. An ex ICE lawyer just testified they are trained to disregard the law. Full: www.facebook.com/share/r/1CPF...