Ed Bott
@edbott.com
Tech journalist and author. Lifelong antifascist. Opinions are all my own but feel free to borrow. If you need to get in touch, there's a contact form on my website.
I'm just going to keep screaming this until I'm hoarse, but until Trump the norm -- for 50 years -- was that sitting presidents had their taxes audited by the IRS and released to the public to show they were clean. But Trump refused repeatedly, and sued when his return was leaked, and now ... this
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d agoFLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.
The president of the United States is a depraved sociopathic narcissist. But you already knew that
Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 3d agoThis New York Times article, which ran a week before Christmas last year, didn’t get the attention it deserved. It detailed Trump and Epstein's predatory behavior toward women – “a game of ego and dominance” in which “female bodies were currency.” Here’s a gift link and a thread. 1/6🧵
Goddammit Kevin these are all the illegitimate children of Jim Traficante.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d agoThere are a lot of Ohio Republicans in the news right now and it can get confusing. I'm here to help.
The 2026 Pulitzer is now awarded. No more calls.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 3d agoA frozen kielbasa going through a garbage disposal.
"I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it."
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d agoWTF
My brain froze for a full 10 minutes after I read this.
Mike Godwin@mnemonic.bsky.social · 3d agoPluto is what happens when the Solar System revokes birthright citizenship.
Update: We had a direct flight that was going to leave at 7:55 and get in at 10:45. It was canceled. Our new flight is leaving at 5:30 and going to ATL, where we will sit for six hours until our flight to JFK takes off at 1:30AM. Uuuuuuuugh.
Ed Bott@edbott.com · 3d agoHey, NYC friends, how's the weather? We are supposed to be flying to JFK tonight and have already had two flights canceled and our rescheduled flight is set to arrive at 1:30AM. Apparently the thunderstorms are very bad?
Hey, NYC friends, how's the weather? We are supposed to be flying to JFK tonight and have already had two flights canceled and our rescheduled flight is set to arrive at 1:30AM. Apparently the thunderstorms are very bad?
We got headlines about Joe Biden having Parkinsons and being mentally unfit in the big papers for months. One of Trump's own buddies gets on TV and says The President is crazy and doesn't know what he's saying sometimes and has impulse control and it won't move the needle
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoSen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."
Fwiw, I put Sarah Matthews in the vanishingly small camp of: is actually genuine about her turnaround and regret about working for him and trying to do something about it beyond just advancing a post-trump media career. The category is small. But fwiw if you’re trying to separate grifters from not
Timothy McBride@mcbridetd.bsky.social · 3d agoThis is a very smart and sane, brutal take on POTUS47 from the smart Sarah Matthews, who used to work for POTUS45.
Ex Trump Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews: "Advisors were telling him he lost. I think Trump has always been a broken man, but losing in 2020 fair & square to Biden permanently broke his brain… He's the weakest, most thin-skinned baby of all time."
I love this. Every blue state should be doing everything in its power to max out the vote.
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 4d agoVirginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced Friday that she has restored voting rights for 66,085 people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to vote due to past felony convictions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Wakanda had gone to great lengths to keep its existence a secret and the USDA just put it on main.
US government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner
Officials say it was an error to add the fictional nation from Black Panther to the list.
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a slight tangent but let me tell you who reparented me into middle-aged womanhood: Jessica Fletcher. Jessica never plays in anybody’s face about if she likes them or not. She lets folks know. I aspire. If I don’t mess with you; you will know.
The head of lettuce would also probably be able to get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich, unlike Pirro.
Mitchell Epner@mitchellepner.bsky.social · 4d agoI would love to see a video of when POTUS was informed that the case against Davey Hearn was dropped because USAO admitted that the Reflecting Pool liner falling apart was the result of installer error, not sabotage. I now have Pirro on “head of lettuce” watch. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Thinking about stiffing the contractor has briefly taken precedence over the vengeance campaign
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 5d ago“Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation.” A major concession from President Trump’s team after he repeatedly claimed the problem was caused by vandals. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Like the hypocrisy and the open corruption, the naked, brazen lying is itself aspiring authoritarianism. They aren't lying to cover anything up. They're saying, "We know we're lying. You know we're lying. And we know you know we're lying. And there's nothing you can do about it."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.BASH: But it peeled off. Why did that happen? BURGUM: It didn't peel off. There was vandalism. There was box cutters. There have been 7 arrests. BASH: There are photographs of people cutting a 350 foot gash in the reflecting pool? BURGUM: Dana, I'm not sure why you keep questioning it
Only Trump can give us scandal after scandal after scandal that manage to be both outrageous abuse of power and hilariously stupid and inept.
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d agoFLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
That feeling when you hand over the last chapter to your publisher after six months of writing.
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
She’s right, of course, about all of this.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 5d agoKamala Harris: I know this is going to be controversial coming from me in particular, we need to revisit the electoral college. We need to revisit the point of expanding the court. We need to revisit, if they so want, statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C.
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People Are Starting to Worry About Whether Kevin Warsh is a Credible Fed Chair
Trump’s new Federal Reserve Board Chair Kevin Warsh took two missteps in...
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