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In light of Tulsi’s recent ridiculous claims, a friend just posted this old explainer from 6 years ago about the scope of the Russia investigation that I’d completely forgotten about! 😂 youtu.be/o-CCxLmkn-w?...

Let’s put this to bed.

Yeah

I'm not going to repost any of the insane antisemitic conspiracy bullshit that grok is spewing today, but it highlights how absolutely essentially is that we not let LLMs become a form of epistemic grounding for our society.

A f*cking sniper. Pathetic. What an absolute circus of cruelty. We might as well light our tax dollars on fire, at least it would provide some warmth.

Peter Navarro is to economic policy what RFK Jr. is to public health policy.

Make America Healthy Again is off to a great start!

But “we’re broke”, right? We can’t afford health care, housing, education, etc right? A budget is a moral document. 🇺🇸

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.

The more people understand that the better. Though I think we are past the point of return

“We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.” - E.O. Wilson. Today: a Paleolith President, institutions unable to restrain him, and AI techbros who see themselves as our new Gods. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Nothing says "flawless and effective" like misspelling "effective."

they're having a hard time hiding their boredom

We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Sound familiar?

I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

I’m glad this made the Times.

Typical #BrokenTimes. May or may not. Who knows. We haven’t read it. And why you should not. Pitch that @nytpitchbot.bsky.social. Maybe @ericlipton.nytimes.com can write the article.

Excited to see my LLM CLI tool used by Sean Heelan to help identify a remote zeroday vulnerability in the Linux kernel! simonwillison.net/2025/May/24/...

While what’s happening in the country reminds horror movie, it escapes my mind how SILLY are these idiots. The speedrun dictatorship program is speedrun because of that.

Thanks, Obama! Oh wait.... He's not president. Thanks Musk and Orange Mango!

The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is Robin Hood in reverse: it takes from the poor to give to the rich.SNAP (used to be Food Stamps…which Tabby and I used back in 1972) is gone. Medicare is going.

"US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents separated some families... In one case, CBP separated an extended family from Afghanistan, sending one woman to Panama, keeping her husband and brother in the US, and sending the woman’s sister, brother-in-law, and 14-month-old nephew to Costa Rica."

But Joe Biden is old

Never forget h/t @mjfree.bsky.social for his daily J6 reminder

NEW — The WH has removed transcripts of Trump's remarks from its website, saying it will now just post videos. The one left is Trump's inaugural address. Vance's office continues to send out transcripts www.nbcnews.com/politics/don... by Peter Nicholas, Megan Shannon, @megan-lebowitz.bsky.social

I keep seeing news stories claiming Elon Musk is going to step back from being co-president or head of DOGE or whatever he’s calling himself. That’s just crisis comms and wishful thinking on the part of Republican insiders. Musk was in Saudi Arabia with Trump last week. He hasn’t gone anywhere.

Far-right-extremist Rep. John McGuire (R-VA05) flat-out admits he doesn't believe in upholding the US constitution. Of course, the guy's an insurrectionist who never should have been seated, per the 14th amendment, section 3, so... bluevirginia.us/2025/05/sund...

Rightfully, the cuts to Medicaid (over 10M people will lose their health care) and the tax cuts for the rich have been the story of the disastrous Republican budget bill. But I read the whole thing. And there are some hidden rats in there you need to know about. 1/ A quick🧵

So much for the 25h performance @booker.senate.gov @corybooker.com Pathetic

www.thedailybeast.com/kid-rocks-re...

Thus might work for people without Atlantic subs www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

AOC, talking Medicaid cuts — after Rep. Weber chides her for addressing the camera: “.. There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen. .. They deserve. To see. What is happening. Here.” @aoc.bsky.social

Are we all just going to ignore how Trump helped pen a nearly $100 billion trade deal between Boeing and Qatar after accepting a $400 million 747-8 “palace of the skies” as a gift from the royal family? Smells fishy.

This is bleak reading

If Trump can lie about tattoos to justify a death camp, he can lie about you. Due process sets us apart from dictatorships—and he's shredding it.

Well this didn’t age well

This is getting a fair amount of scorn, and I’d say it deserves it. The hidden premise is that “corruption” requires the specific proof that the Supreme Court has decided (controversially) is required for certain very specific federal criminal statutes. /1

Happy tariff capitulation day to all who celebrate.