It turns out extrajudicial killing of fishermen does not, in fact, deter the flow of drugs. Why am I not surprised this illegal policy isn’t producing the intended result? 🧐

Matthew Hay Brown@matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · last wk.

67 boat strikes 221 people killed EXCLUSIVE: Operation Southern Spear has not reduced the volume, availability, purity or price of cocaine arriving in the U.S., according to an internal DEA assessment and a closed-door Pentagon briefing for senators, and has made enforcement more difficult

I've been seeing a lot of people responding to this with "there ought to be a law," but importantly, we haven't needed a law for this sort of thing because no prior president wanted to be known as a leader who would literally kill people in their hour of need for not voting for him

Seth Masket@smotus.bsky.social · 6d ago

This is honestly one of the most shocking images coming out of this administration and that’s saying something

Really important to note that in no way shape or form did Anthropic’s models in this incident “escape containment,” and not just in the word-policing sort of way. The model stumbled through an open, misconfigured gap. From Anthropic’s incident report:

I call Miller “Cueball Hitler”. I’m entitled to that because I also shave my head. But I’ve never spay painted my head and in my opinion, I’m not a fascist asshole encouraging war crimes. www.thebulwark.com/p/marco-rubi...

Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller, in the Original German

They keep telling you who they are.

thebulwark.com

I think traditional media, even post-internet media, is just dead. There’s a clash between what MSM projects, and how it is perceived.

Natalie Korach@nataliekorach.bsky.social · 7d ago

Scoop: HuffPost staff grilled leadership in a tense all-hands Wednesday, as Byron Allen has yet to address employees about layoffs that eliminated more than 1/3 of BuzzFeed’s workforce "Morale and trust for many folks is in hell," one staffer told me www.status.news/p/buzzfeed-h...

Six years later, ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine have rejoined the chat.

Trump’s is going to be a hotel decorated like an ‘80s Russian brothel.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 7d ago

Designed by Snøhetta and inspired by the 26th president’s love for the American wilderness, the new building is a moving work of architecture that harmonizes with its North Dakota landscape setting. on.wsj.com/4c7JDw4

Trying to make sense of a senseless political party (GOP) is in itself senseless. But those in the opposition shouldn’t stop calling out the corruption, cruelty, and hypocrisy. To stop is to become complacent.

Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · last wk.

We destroyed Irans military then had to go back to fighting the non existent military but had to stop because we were using too many expensive missiles attacking the not-military because we weren’t flying over the country with no military because their non military was still a threat to our planes.

Seriously! 🇷🇺 has been endlessly targeting 🇺🇦 civilians and civilian infrastructure with 🇮🇷-supplied Shahed drones for years! They owe you nothing.

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · last wk.

Did you guys assure no more Shaheds that kill Ukrainians on a daily basis or nah?

New bingo cards will need to be printed, as well as the “drink!” list.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · last wk.

Heckler: Pedophile protector! Trump: He’s a communist!

This is good. Make the *weasel explain his actions. * apologies to actual weasels. Who as far as I know are largely apolitical.

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · last wk.

EXCLUSIVE: Acting AG Todd Blanche has been ordered to appear in chambers & to bring specific unredacted emails & documents. Blanche also has to prove his reasons for the redactions. I explain each section of the order & what I'm still looking out for from the judge. youtu.be/PrtzVnguSAc?...

Maybe he has actually read a book: Cliff’s Notes — Mein Kampf.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump: "When they take something over, it's always dirty. The sidewalks are dirty. The people are -- I hate to say this -- not clean, okay? The curbs are loaded with you know what. The smell is terrible. I mean, I see it happening to cities. Blue cities. They're all blue."

Holy sh** I found a policy I agree with him on!

CNN@cnn.com · last wk.

President Donald Trump on Monday renewed his push to end the nation’s twice-yearly clock changes, urging the Senate to pass Daylight Saving Time legislation. https://cnn.it/4x0ulkU

I’m increasingly convinced that independent journalism is the only way forward. MSM journalism has been compromised beyond repair. Once trusted institutions are now propaganda outlets. Onest is one that I trust.

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · last wk.

MUST READ: Daily Brief: The Iran and Ukraine Wars Converge, Russian Drones Breach NATO and Washington Targets Global Accountability www.onestnetwork.com/daily-brief-...

BREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are.

This a very good ruling/sign.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2w ago

HUGE WIN IN KATIE PHANG’S EPSTEIN FILES LAWSUIT: Judge Emmet Sullivan is making the DOJ prove its case. Todd Blanche must now submit the unredacted Epstein Files documents for in-camera review along with evidence supporting the government’s redactions.

Which would mean there’s nothing worth hiding. Contrast to current admin.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2w ago

JUST IN: Joe Biden drops his effort to block his ghostwriter interview tapes from going to the House Judiciary Committee

Welcome to North Korea in DC.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w ago

Breaking News: President Trump ordered new signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to warn that its depiction of U.S. history, in his view, is “inaccurate.” It was the latest escalation in his dispute with the institution.

I don’t think the Trump administration is actually competent enough to rig an election, but that doesn’t mean they won’t try. Vigilance is important. Vote like democracy is on the line, because it is.

Our country’s founding was pretty much based on the rejection of shit like this from a “mad king.” Our 250th birthday is turning out like a do over. Franklin’s “a republic, if you can keep it” quote has never been more relevant.

Renee DiResta@noupside.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is insane www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Vomit worthy behavior.

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

“.. the Trump administration decided to remove four service members killed this past weekend from the list .. because their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...

JFC… This is settled science. Just more fuel for the return of mostly eradicated diseases. Insanity as policy.

The Volatile Mermaid@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 2w ago

I’m sorry what

Cliff’s Notes were my go to in 8th grade.

NPR@npr.org · 2w ago

English teachers are excited to have a new adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey to use to get students excited about the epic poem. n.pr/4yJOopB

Yikes 😬

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2w ago

The ChatGPT maker said the ‘agent’ escaped a testing environment, gained internet access, stole login credentials and hacked into the start-up Hugging Face by itself, in one of the first public examples of a cyber attack by an AI system acting outside human control. www.ft.com/content/9db7...?

🧵👇

“There’s no problem with the pool. It just turned out to be a wayward Baby Ruth. The president bravely and heroically took a bite of it to prove the point.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Burgum on the reflecting pool: "The repairs that were created by vandalism are underway and the pool is gonna be looking American flag reflecting blue. Thanks to President Trump's leadership ... "

Clearly there needs to be a cabinet-level “Pool Boy” position.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Burgum on the reflecting pool: "The repairs that were created by vandalism are underway and the pool is gonna be looking American flag reflecting blue. Thanks to President Trump's leadership ... "

They’d need rope, chains and dolly to get him out of there if he thought people were cheering him. They weren’t prepared.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Trump on stage with the World Cup Winners

Wikipedia is awesome.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 3w ago

Wow did you guys know the same guy who invented the Jeef Beef also invented the twohorse dumpwagon?

It’s like if you took all the smartest US DoD engineers, unleashed them from beurocracy, red tape, and a broken DoD procurement system. The level of innovation is astounding. A very technical, resistant, and patriotic citizenry rising up and meeting the moment heroically. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦

P. Taylor Goetz@ptgoetz.bsky.social · 3w ago

Ukrainians are some of the best software engineers I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with. I never doubted they’d win this war. Nothing we’ve offered in (painfully reluctantly) aid match the value they have to offer in the knowledge of conducting modern warfare.