Yep, you knew by Duffy's defensiveness yesterday at the press conference that it would turn out it was their own fault.
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singer/songwriter/dabbler in watercolors/lapsed journalist
So happy there are still members of the "deep state" working in the FAA to fix the problems...
If the Trump administration got 12.5 billion in the big bill, why isn't that enough to start the process? If you need 50 billion total, that would not all be spent in the first year anyway. 12.5 billion could do a lot.
maybe if our President cared more about whether things work than he does about ballrooms
important in times of crisis to make sure you praise Dear leader and his leadership!
in the words of a Jesse Welles song…when you hire clowns you get a circus
Analysis by Gabe Fleischer: “Democrats Did Not Lose the Hegseth Vote Because of Attendance” “This isn’t a case where the absences changed the outcome. “Even if every sitting House Dem had voted, there were enough Republicans in DC to quash impeachment.“ www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/democrats-...
Hidden behind Jensen Huang's infidelities is rank corruption within the U.S. government.
U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties (Gift Article)
The Commerce Department has approved dozens of Chinese companies to handle Nvidia’s H200 chips, some of which have ties to firms under sanctions over national security.
nytimes.com
How about you, JD Vance? You ready to renounce yet?
Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social · 3d agoA lot of people like to pretend that their faith requires the right-wing identity politics they’ve ventriloquized into it. But in the rare cases they’re forced to choose, they’ll abandon the faith to keep the identity politics.
"C. S. Lewis’s line in The Problem of Pain that “the doors of hell are locked on the inside.” Lewis meant that people choose hell because they prefer their own will and pride. They would rather cling to their grievances and grudges, their self-pity and their enmity, than let them go, even to God."
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 3d agoIn a recent interview, Donald Trump openly owned his hatred, Peter Wehner writes: “More than any other force, even his narcissism, hate seems to drive him. It fuels his posts on Truth Social. It explains his hunger for power. It feeds his obsessions.” theatln.tc/zQgxcKRB 📸: Andrew Harnik / Getty
Posted 12 hrs ago by @jasonkander.bsky.social "Hegseth vastly underestimated how disliked he is by actual service members." #PeteHegseth #Military #Congress IG: jasonkander Jason Kander
another youth pastor, oddly enough, not trans
SFDB@sfdb.bsky.social · 5d agoHow do we stop these people from sneaking across our borders?
What ever happened to all that non-secured Starlink hardware that Musk installed without any authorization in the WH compound and on the OEOB roof, back when he had an office there during his DOGE days?
Karl Bode@karlbode.com · 5d agonumerous White House officials have dodgy Russian proxy software installed on their personal machines, potentially allowing foreign intelligence services and hackers access to sensitive White House systems for far less than the cost of a single cup of coffee:
good morning adhd robbie williams not caring about similarities between his song and olivia rodrigo's was nice, i wasn't familiar with either song so clicked around their youtube videos and i commend olivia for her technique, the wrist flick takes some practice and a loose grip but works much better
TRUMP: “When they had their first meeting there was great disrespect shown to Russia.”🤔 DOUTHAT: “But balancing out — invading vs. disrespecting…” (Russia was never a hoax)
ROSS DOUTHAT: Lots of presidents are remembered with a single line, ... A hundred years from now while you're working out your situation in purgatory what is the line that your presidency is remembered with? Not a bad question, too bad it was cut from the broadcast
Because CBS was sued by Trump and payed him because they didn't air the complete Harris interview, we get this transcript. And it is a doozy... www.cbsnews.com/news/read-th...
Read this thread and understand yet again why Douthat is not a journalist and should not have done this interview for 60 Minutes when there are many actually qualified 60 Minutes correspondents that could have done this interview competently.
Dan Alexander@danalexander21.bsky.social · 6d ago1/ I'll explain exactly how this happened because I'm the person at Forbes who calculates these numbers. This is going to take some unraveling, but here's a spoiler: The president's answer here is nonsense.
Trans kids in sports is not the problem, it is this.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 6d agoWe found several coaches banned by SafeSport who kept working with kids. Following our report about gaps in the child protection system for youth sports, SafeSport will now notify schools and youth leagues if their coaches are sanctioned for abuse.
I expect the billionaires to invest heavily into Third Way and like organizations now that congressional Republicans have lost their juice
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoFOX NEWS: The DSA had a really good night. But Third Way has cautioned against reading too much into that MAMDANI: I'm sure they have 😀
Jacob Soboroff has been covering the immigration beat for years. He knows what he is talking about.
KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞@mary1kathy.bsky.social · 7d ago🚨JUST IN: MSNOW’s Jacob Soboroff just eviscerated Stephen Miller, laying out the horrific details of how he masterminded Trump’s most demented policies. Miller is single-handedly responsible for Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s deaths. I had no idea it’s even worse: @Calltoactivism