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I wish I enjoyed doing anything as much as trump loves trying to crash the economy for no reason. He just loves doing it. Can’t get enough of it. He’s thriving www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

so much for Freedom and Democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

Trump Republicanism in action. www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...

When is someone going to address the President's Adderall addiction. www.addictioncenter.com/stimulants/a...

New Jersey teenager charged with arson in Pinelands wildfire reut.rs/4lLCOna

Abrego Garcia & MS-13. What do we know? The allegation seems to stem from double hearsay in a document authored by a later suspended detective. By me, in @lawfare . www.lawfaremedia.org/article/abre...

Thank you Harvard! ALL other universities need to take note! Harvard Refuses To Give In To Trump Administration Demands www.huffpost.com/entry/harvar...

#booksky Interesting trend in covers. (all good books too)

@studentsdemand.bsky.social pushed for a bill to restrict access to semi-automatic guns. “The purpose of these devices,” students write, “is to kill as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time.”On Thursday, CO Gov. Jared Polis signed it into law. Read more here ⤵️

@jonvhickey.bsky.social’s TBR includes work by Katie Kitamura, Denis Johnson, Kyle Edwards, and more!

Glad the Times is focusing on this. This is the throughline with most of DOGE. Beyond firing tons of people, playing culture warrior, the throughline everywhere is getting access to data and building cross-govt systems to link it together. data is power.

2,500-Year-Old Dagger Found by Metal Detectorists Could Be Evidence of a ‘Solar Cult’ https://twp.ai/4imVok

#Trumpslump

The public still deserves to know the full extent of the damage DOGE has wrought — with or without Elon Musk at the helm. americanoversight.org/doge-suffers...

if you want to bring back the prosperity* and security of mid-century american life then you need high rates of unionization, a generous social insurance state, and widespread, freely available education. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Thank you, internet.

You would think a singular moron, obsessed with grievance and incapable of ever admitting error, would not be enough to destroy what was just three month ago the healthiest economy on the face of the Earth. But no, the Republican Party, replete with devoted submorons, still has his back.

'Path of lawlessness': Reagan-appointed judge buries Trump DOJ in scathing ruling https://twp.ai/4imIyt

My favorite so far! #handsoff

Trump filed a brief w/SCOTUS to fight the return of the person they kidnapped & imprisoned in El Salvador, even though they admit it was an error. When will they start tossing us out of helicopters?

Elon Musk targeted FEMA. Storm-battered communities are paying a price.

The incompetence of this administration is staggering.

'Born of fire, carved by ice, finessed with wind, water and snow, the massif is a terrain shaped by what Nan Shepherd—in this slender masterpiece about the region—calls “the elementals”' Robert Macfarlane on The Living Mountain, writing in @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/robert-macfa...

Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...

We discussed this a lot when trump insisted he declassified all the shit he stole with his mind.

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Seed and tuber collections are really, really, REALLY important. A short thread 🧵 1/5 🧪 #plantscience

In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Small press; much-loved book.

“During Trump’s first term, some elected Republicans stood against him; now, the idea of opposing Trump is virtually unthinkable.” @gabbybellot.bsky.social on the terminal emptiness of the GOP.

The Ongoing Vandalism of Our Government

More than 60 stillbirths occur in the U.S. every day, but 1 in 4 are likely preventable. Our new documentary, premiering tomorrow at 8 p.m. ET, follows the stories of three moms fighting to make changes so others don’t have to experience tragic loss. ▶️ Watch the trailer:

WIRED: “It’s a heist — real federal auditors are horrified by DOGE… DOGE has posted some of its ‘findings’ on its website, many of which have been revealed to be errors.” www.wired.com/story/federa...

This is not rocket science, Dems. Identify the victims of Trumpism, give them a voice, and get their stories told.

Ah, he never disappoints.

@chuckschumer.com COLLABORATOR!!!!!!!!!!! In another time, that was the word for TRAITOR. If you vote to collaborate or cooperate, or appease the GOP and Trump, you have betrayed democracy. Do you actually thing they are going to thank you?

@padilla.senate.gov In the strongest terms possible, Schumer's vote on cloture shows cooperation with a party that wants to end our democracy. There should be no talk of cooperation or appeasement. What is the Democratic strategy?

Trump keeps repeating this lie about federal employees not showing up to work. @propublica.org and others have thoroughly debunked:

just read and currently reading #booksky #books

'None of this is about saving money': GOPer reveals why Musk wants a government shutdown

Doug Ford: "It's not even the Republicans I speak to. Behind closed doors, all of them are saying, 'This is crazy, what's he doing.' CEOs of the largest Fortune 500 companies are telling him, 'This does not work. Protectionism doesn't work.'"

Reminder that in 2 weeks(!) When the Moon Hits Your Eye is out(!!) and also I am doing a US tour(!!!) with stops in Columbus, Louisville, Knoxville, St. Louis, Saratoga Springs, Decatur, Concord, Austin, Brookline and Harrisburg. Come see me! Details at the link. us.macmillan.com/tours/john-s...

Trump last week at Joint Address: We ended the last admin's insane electric vehicle mandate. [Americans stop buying Teslas] Trump this week: Why won't you people buy Tesla's electric vehicles?? Ideally POTUS & the world's most incompetent person are two different people. Simply not the case here.

So the MAGA voters in Appalachia, deep South, Midwest, et al, are ok with these people cutting their jobs? . www.wired.com/story/doge-g...