Remember when a possibly less than optimal use of cyber-resources decided a presidential election? Misty water-color memories. Brady Tkachuk, the Ottawa Senators captain and a Team USA gold medalist, said he didn't.
This morning's very interesting discussion of trans issues in Trumpworld inspired me to make some edits to one chapter of The Triumph of Stupidity (getting stronger every day): It has.
This is the end of Donald Trump's interminable SOTU address to Congress, the nation, and the world: Thomas Jefferson drew his last breath. Just a single long human lifespan separates.
Look I get that the SOTU is DC's annual Super Bowl, but have some self-respect people: https://bsky.app/profile/jkarsh.bsky.social/post/3mfnpwpm6atns Check out this masterful makeup job: https://twitter.com/NewsroomJim/status/2026506305150574742 There are some things you can't.
Pam Bondi is close to the top of the list of people in the Trump administration who need to go to prison, although it's a long list, and growing all.
If you want to see tenure being put to good use, read this Veblenesque jeremiad from Johns Hopkins University history professor Francois Furstenberg, about the gross financial recklessness and irresponsibility.
After I made some fun of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for putting his two twentysomething sons in charge of financial behemoth Cantor Fitzgerald, Andrew Gelman and Mark Palko reminded me.
A friend of mine has the bad luck to be vacationing in Puerto Vallarta at the moment, and reports that until about an hour ago the federal police were nowhere.
