So the Times did a story on this, but not Capital One closing Trump accounts over suspicions of money laundering.
Chuck Grassley Announces the Death of His Beloved Vacuum, Beth (Gift Article)Senator Chuck Grassley mourned his decades-long cleaning companion, writing on social media: “GOOD BYE BETH. U hv been a real workhorse.”www.nytimes.com
Also: the Trump presidency isn't even half over yet, and the maximum alarmists weren't nuts. ICE is operating as a death squad or is at least building up to it. Birthright citizenship nearly died in court. Mass corruption. Iran War. Haitian ethnic cleansing. Concentration camps. It's very bad!
PeterThis line from Ross Douthat’s final NYT column is something you see all the time from the soft-MAGA right. Sure, Trump’s *most* alarmist critics weren’t correct, but that’s basically true of every president. Trump’s *median* critic did in fact predict his presidency pretty accurately.
"doesn't understand the appeal of patina" feels like neat summation of American aesthetics
Occidental Petroleum will begin operating the world’s largest carbon removal facility, Stratos, at the end of 2026. The facility is designed to remove up to 500,000 tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere annually. If it works, that's a time machine that will take us back by ~6 minutes every year.
E&E News: World’s largest carbon removal plant to open at the end of 2026Occidental Petroleum's project in West Texas was supposed to start in late 2024. Scientists say carbon removal is essential to slowing climate change.subscriber.politicopro.com
Not to beat up on Douthat even more, but I'll just say: it has never, in all of post-war American history, been more crystal clear exactly who your enemy should be. Never. If it's not obvious to you, you are morally & intellectually defective.
Nicholas GrossmanIn dishonor of Ross Douthat's last NYT column, I'm breaking my self-imposed ban on reading him—smug bad faith, whiny victimization, and steadfast refusal to let evidence affect opinion—and will screenshot and comment. This is the column if you want to read it yourself (I don't recommend it). 1/x
This by CNN is genuinely reprehensible. Everyone involved should be embarrassed. -The 'new pain' case vs Mamdani is *solely* his religion. -He was in NYC on 9/11, at grade school -Soon after attack GWB himself gave famous speech warning against blaming all Muslims for terrorism -25 yrs later, this.
CNNTwenty-five years after the mayor of New York City became the champion of America's grief and resilience at the time of the 9/11 attacks, families of those killed are split on whether the current mayor should attend the annual remembrance. https://cnn.it/4zkKYdc
the argument against Mamdani attending the 9/11 anniversary, as far as I can tell, is literally just that he’s Muslim, and reposting it is just reporting rank racism
Joe Biden had a bad debate in 2024. Hundreds of news stories about it. Trump has had hundreds of bank accounts closed due to evidence of money laundering. Nary a peep. Why?
Stop making me choose between kidney beans and kidney cancer.
If he was actually "totally exonerated" by the #EPSTEIN_Files as he claims, he'd be selling bound copies of it on "Truth" Social along with his other merch, like his MAGA Bibles, Red Baseball Caps & Golden Sneakers. A vote for Blanche is a vote to continue the coverup at the expense of the victims.
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Indivisible has made their position crystal clear. Primaries is when we fight for the party we want. After that, we all back the winner and fight like hell. 👊 The centrists need to do the same.
Showing up and taking the 5th is not contemptuous, it’s a constitutional right. NOT showing up at all like Jim Jordan didn’t when he was subpoenaed? THAT is contempt.
The Associated PressBREAKING: A Senate committee votes to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions at COVID hearing.
it's fucked that sautéed onions and garlic are not a nutritiously complete meal. have you smelled that shit
The doctor who tried to save lives during Covid is being treated like a villain. The traitors who beat up cops at the Capitol on Jan. 6 are being treated like victims or heroes. It's American madness.
Live updates: Senate committee to vote on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress | CNN PoliticsSen. Rand Paul, a longtime Fauci foe, announced the vote after the retired scientist invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times during a committee hearing last week.www.cnn.com
If It Happens because the president installed an incompetent reality TV star as Transportation Secretary ....
FinTwitterFEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CONFIRMS MARINE ONE WAS BRIEFLY TOO CLOSE TO PASSENGER AIRPLANE - STATEMENT
I’m just glad the tariff refunds are going to help out struggling multibillion dollar companies in these difficult times.
Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
A reminder: If you absolutely cannot boycott Amazon, don’t. But can you make them NOT your default? If every Amazon customer cut their spending by just 10%, Bezos would burst his facelift sutures. This doesn’t have to be an all or nothing.
So Tillis and Cornyn thought the 1.8. Billion dollar slush fun was so bad, that they will be willing to confirm the guy who came up with it. Huh
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.