“David Ellison wants you to believe that he’s just a guy trying to save mainstream media from itself. Never mind that his first network- CBS- is a raging dumpster fire with non-stop controversies, continued examples of meddling in editorial content to make it more Trump friendly…” Great stuff here

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)@newsjennifer.bsky.social · 14h ago

NEW from me: I think this is the perfect time to use Rachel Maddow’s oft-repeated phrase - ‘watch what they do- not what they say.’ Ignore Ellison's PR pitch, but look at what's happening at CBS News including directing reporters to add “facts” that did not exist. open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

The more Hegseth restricts reporters from doing their jobs, the more his officers leak to the press. bsky.app/profile/carl...

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h ago

Three-byline alert: 🚨 “.. The Defense Department’s second in command hastily gathered top military and defense acquisition officials for a meeting Friday night to discuss ways to quickly address a shortfall of U.S. weaponry — after he got an angry phone call ..” www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

how very like him.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2h ago

If you read memoirs of great military leaders, you know that a surefire way to instill loyalty among your troops is to throw your deputy under the bus for your own screwups.

At least 4 journalists are being dragged to court in Newark, NJ, TOMORROW following their arrests while covering protests at Delaney Hall. YOU CAN HELP: Use this form to tell prosecutors they must drop all charges. It takes 1 minute. Supporting democracy has never been this quick, free and easy...

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sleepwalking to disaster.

dell cameron@dell.bsky.social · 1h ago

NEW: OpenAI's rogue agents built their own message board inside an internal package manager and used it to trade exploits, divide up tasks, and coordinate a hacking spree. Hundreds of thousands of messages. Nobody at OpenAI noticed. New details from Black Hat, by @lhn.bsky.social:

the mystery of the disappeared Saluki.

Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · 3h ago

Before; After. Before; After. You tell me.

SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏

absolutely lovely pair of lying prick bookends.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h ago

KUDLOW: Why is it people don't know there's an economic boom? It's not showing up in any of these numbers! How is that possible? TUBERVILLE: Our economy is really good if you look at all the factors

JD Vance calls for Trump to be imprisoned

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h ago

JD Vance: "If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer"

subtext: it's all his fault.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h ago

JD Vance: "The president makes the decisions, and we all try to implement the decisions in accordance with the president's wishes. The president runs this administration. He makes orders."

small point: neither one belongs to the thieving shit.

He doesn’t actually live in Alabama.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h ago

Tuberville: "If we don't straighten out this country's voting and immigration system, we're not gonna make it. It's gonna be over. I'm gonna go back to Alabama and hey, we might build a 30-foot wall around our state."

Back to Alabama from your home in Florida?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h ago

Tuberville: "If we don't straighten out this country's voting and immigration system, we're not gonna make it. It's gonna be over. I'm gonna go back to Alabama and hey, we might build a 30-foot wall around our state."

📌Mike Rogers and Tommy Tuberville live in Florida, and don’t give a shit about the people in the states they pretend to live in, Michigan and Alabama. -Cheers

The MAGA way

My favorite part of this is when Miller compares himself to Trump in 2016. He should totally continue to do that.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · yesterday

Tapper: "There are now three women who have accused you of violent behavior…Are all three of these women who don't know each other lying?" Rep. Max Miller: "Yes…It's all hearsay." Tapper: "It's not hearsay if it is firsthand testimony from women."

MR FIFTH AMENDMENT CHATS SHIT.

Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only)@axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 7h ago

"..we have a war in Iran, and rather than helping the American people we're going to spend all our money on that instead" is the proper translation here #BlueWaveIn90Days

Some signs of wear, working order, aftermarket seat. #TractorCommentary

EASY RATHER TO THINK THEY TURNED A BLIND EYE TO HIS B.S. AND MUNCHHAUSEN-LIKE CLAIMS.

Emma Yeomans@yeomans.bsky.social · 7h ago

Jason Arday resigns. Regardless of everything, hard not to feel like he has been repeatedly failed by serial institutions, which failed to instruct him or guide him into reputable academic work, and traded off his story without checking it.

I love this message for both of them. Keep it up.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12h ago

Max Miller on why he's staying in the race: "When we go back to 2015 and 2016, & people in the media looked at President Trump, & everyone came out with allegations. Dozens of women, dozens of crazy allegations, dozens of nasty criminal misconduct. And you know what he did? He stayed in the fight."

But they seemed like such nice, patriotic, community-minded chaps. (Except the ones currently facing murder, child abuse & assault charges, obviously.)

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · yesterday

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

Apple got a $2.2 billion tariff refund check. Amazon got $600 million.: Walmart got $10 Billion. So basically they got to raise all the prices then cash in?

It’s been 166 days since SCOTUS struck down Trump’s illegal tariff taxes & big corporations are getting their refunds. $2.2 BILLION for Apple, $600 MILLION for Amazon, $300 million for Nike.   When are American families going to see the $1,700 they're owed? Return the money, NOW.

Corporate America got billions of dollars in tariff refunds. Where’s your cut? | CNN Business

Apple got an estimated $2.2 billion tariff refund last quarter. Amazon got $600 million. Nike got $300 million. But American consumers who paid higher prices as President Donald Trump’s tariffs filter...

cnn.com

Just what those migrant kids need: a law firm that, atop its home page, boasts about its expertise in advising “companies on complex environmental, regulatory, and enforcement matters.”

Politico@politico.com · yesterday

26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court

Mike Johnson told Politico that he's standing behind Max Miller despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him. Pro tip: if Mike Johnson is for it, do the opposite.

Authorities say wildfires in eastern Washington state forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in the Spokane area, including patients at its U.S. Veterans Affairs hospital, while destroying hundreds of homes, businesses and other structures.

“Gunwhales” ….. maybe Mr Farage thinks he is a “navel” expert…

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19h ago

Reform UKs plan to use the Royal Navy to intercept migrant boats in the Channel brilliantly taken apart by ... er ... Nigel Farage

the sanctimonious god-bothering hypocrisy of these shits sticks in my craw.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h ago

Good riddance. If he had any honor he would leave now, but Mike Johnson needs his vote so Republican sexual harassers need to stay around. Probably want to keep young female staffers away from him though.

The king of the mountains. Vastly outnumbered this past week by its more diminutive and high altitude cousin, Small Apollo, we were nonetheless treated to some great encounters with Apollo while orchid-hunting in the French Alps on our @mariposanature.bsky.social tour.

It's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.