This press conference has been so much about demanding money that I'm beginning to wonder if this whole business was a scam to rob the country of even more wealth.

Sean Duffy is going to give an update on FEMA?

My memory was telling me that there was important context I needed to consider about today's problems. Ah right. www.techtimes.com/articles/309...

SpaceX Is Appointed to Help the FAA Revamp Its Air Traffic Control After Washington Air Disaster

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is now stepping in to help the FAA revamp its air traffic control system.

techtimes.com

Exceptionalism is a cancer.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 22h ago

Rubio: “Our history is better than anybody else's. “The American story is exceptional. It's extraordinary.”

I really think as a society we need to clearly draw the through line - you have to be stupid to be racist - if you put racists in charge they will do stupid shit - you put racists in charge and they are stupid and that’s why you can’t fly anywhere and cant email and fresh produce is poisonous now

At the Federalist Society, Marco Rubio delivers a rousing defense peroration for Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu and against The Hague prosecutors bringing charges against them. If they can prosecute Putin and Netanyahu, then they can prosecute Trump and Hegseth, too, he argues.

‘We’re not the United Nations’: Rubio blasts global elite in speech

With Republicans seeing him as a possible 2028 contender, Rubio delivered a combative defense of Trump’s agenda to the Federalist Society.

politico.com

Why is Markwayne out doing this. Isn't this a job for the guy from the Real World? Is he too busy travel blogging?

Exactly! Didn't know who he was, but saw his name as he's talking on MSNOW and then I remembered this: bsky.app/profile/doct...

Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they)@doctorvive.bsky.social · 4d ago

Adam Jentleson of Searchlight Institute recommended in his Ezra Klein interview today that Democrats embrace spanking children as a "a very powerful signal" that connects with voters "on a values basis." I didn't think I could dislike the man any more than I already did, but lo!

Stop trying to make Adam Jentleson happen, MSNOW. In no way is he someone who has a worthwhile opinion on Dem strategy.

So I know I already shared this review by @bobchipman.bsky.social, but oh my Christ, this evisceration of the film, including revealing something utterly morally reprehensible done to the story, has to be believed. His voice only goes that Boston when he's righteously angry, and rightly so here!

Review - EBENEZER (2026)

YouTube video by Bob Chipman

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[jensen huang in the secret council meetings last week] fine. i will be the fall guy for the global ai bubble. i will be your sin eater. but in return i want a news story every day about how i am an unstoppable fuck machine

“Why do Democrats deserve to be led by someone who voted against their most popular and effective mayor in a generation?” is a question I would venmo a reporter $800 to ask schumer

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2d ago

Choose your fighter

Team Van Hollen.

At this rate they might have to start making graphics cards for normal people again.

Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · 2d ago

The most expensive shag in the history of humanity.

Absolutely unacceptable to have Jeffries strong-arming newly elected House members to support him as Speaker - or "making his life hell" and making sure he doesn't get reelected in 2 years. This is corrupt misuse of power- which is WHY Jeffries should not be Speaker www.youtube.com/shorts/aZD6Z...

Incoming Congressman Don Leonard, who flipped a red seat blue in Ohio, posted a video describing his

YouTube video by Dina Sayegh Doll

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To non-American ears, the guy sounds like a terrifying maniac, rather than someone maintaining the respectful peace.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

wow -- CNN broadcast footage of an Arlington guard yelling at a group with Pete Hegseth to "MAINTAIN SILENCE ... PAY RESPECT!" after someone in his entourage started laughing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

What better way to honour Veterans than to ensure that Pete Hegseth remains in place to create even more dead and wounded ones.

Emine Yücel@emineirmakyucel.bsky.social · 4d ago

Here is another. Nancy Pelosi explaining why she missed the vote:

I'm sure Hakeem Jeffries will take responsibility for the inability of his caucus to be at their place of work at important moments. He's certainly been taking credit for a great many things this week.

Today we remember, and commit ourselves to work for peace.

Ukraine captures first Indonesian prisoner of war amid surge in Russian recruitment

Ukraine captures first Indonesian prisoner of war amid surge in Russian recruitment

Capture of man from Java follows reports that hundreds are being recruited from the south-east Asian country as Moscow seeks to boost its war effort Ukraine says it has captured its first Indonesian prisoner of war, amid what it says is a spike in recruitment by Russia from the south-east Asian nation. The 49-year-old man from Java was taken to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region to take part in a Russian assault, but managed to reach Ukrainian-held territory after the group came under drone attack, according to Ukraine’s state-run I Want to Live project. He was then captured by the Ukrainians. Continue reading...

theguardian.com

Noted bike lane opponent Jessica Schumer is a shill for OpenAI? My "your position on bike lanes are a canary in the coal mine of your other poltiics" theory strikes again.

Revolving Door Project@revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 6d ago

As Chuck Schumer fights to remain leader of the Senate Democrats, his daughter remains a top lobbyist for OpenAI.

Schumer and Jeffries taking credit for the victories of candidates they opposed.

This presumably means he was spying on the UK, or else the US authorities would have taken care of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Senior US soldier arrested by UK counter-terror police

The 41-year-old was arrested on suspicion of offences under the National Security Act which relate to Russia, police say.

bbc.co.uk

‘Excuse me, I need to talk to you about the crucial importance of teatime.’

I like Lawrence O'Donnell but he is so painfully devoted to maintaining the status quo in the Democratic party. Whether it be Biden, or Schumer, or Jeffries.

Articles of Impeachment being read on the House floor against the Secretary of Defense, and MSNOW cuts away.

Blinken needs to be brought to justice for direct complicity in the genocide. It really is that simple.

mf is a walking talking "stop being poor" meme

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d ago

DOUTHAT: Your net worth went up by $3 billion TRUMP: So did everyone’s DOUTHAT: My net worth did not go up by $3 billion TRUMP: You should’ve owned stock. I have a lot of money. Far more than I ever thought I’d have

XCOM warned us about Stephen Miller. Be careful. He can jump.

Senior Israeli police figures are now stating that they understand that Netanyahu and other senior Likud figures are plotting a coup d'état along the lines of what Trump did on Jan 6, 2021 in response to the issuance of a mandate for the formation of a new government to Gen Gabi Eisenkot