Patrick McLaughlin

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

Everyone immediately assuming that an attempt on the President is staged is probably not a sign of a healthy democracy.

It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin. Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed. Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!

Just to be clear: Brian Kilmeade *did not* endorse euthanizing homeless people. He advocated MURDERING over 700,000 of them. And on a network that has been *beside itself* over the murder of just one man this week.

So they haven’t caught the guy and you don’t have a ton of leads? Maybe sending all your federal law enforcement agents to help ICE and dismantling the JTTF and firing the head FBI field office for political reasons wasn’t the best idea.

As Unitarian Universalists, we affirm that all people have inherent worth and dignity and should be treated with respect and compassion. We urge Members of Congress to show mercy and compassion and take immediate steps to stop the mass round-ups, detentions, and deportations. bit.ly/DueProcessAll

EPSTEIN Epstein Epstein Epstein Government buying stake in private companies: socialism Epstein Epstein Epstein President having stakes in those companies: corruption Epstein Epstein Epstein Worrying about Cracker Barrel logo instead of governing Epstein Epstein Epstein EPSTEIN

There's an off-the-record clause for convicted sex offenders?

Dems. Wanna get your polling out of the gutter? Stop talking about redrawing house maps in blue states and do it. Go big. Don't match them seat for seat. Blow them out of the water. Then endorse Mamdani. You're welcome. Love, Allison

UUs, you’ll want to block ‪@robinedgar59[.]bsky[.]social (Remove the [ ]s). He’s up to his longstanding lies, obsessive nonsense, and harassment. Don’t engage — it’s *always* been a mistake. Just block him.

NEW: Sec. Noem has now admits "last mile" disaster communications weren't up to par in the Texas catastrophe. But while bodies were still being recovered on Tuesday DHS canceled a $3 million grant focused on improving precisely those kinds of "last mile" comms. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dhs-c...

The people who lost children and other loved ones in the Texas floods are owed honest answers from officials. They should be told why flash flood warnings issued hours earlier were not conveyed to people in the path of the water. They don’t need more prayers from politicians. They need answers.

RT=Endorsement

Because pantswetting is what conservatives do best.

The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it. - Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders. - Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.

Trump’s War. Congress didn’t get consulted (informed leadership at the last moment). Congress didn’t approve going to war. It’s unconstitutional and illegal. It’s Trump’s War .

No rest for the wicked.

Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.

Two for two

Don't let up. Hold their feet to the fire. (DoJ: I do not mean to literally light feet on fire.)

Democrat, Sam Sutton wins special election for NY State Senate in an Orthodox Jewish district of Brooklyn where Trump won 77% of the vote. The person who held the seat previously was a conservative Democrat who caucased with the GOP. Republicans hoped to retain the seat, but Sutton won 67%.

this is what they (the normans) took from you

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

THIS is the most devastating constitutional crisis.

It’s rather obvious that one of the most fundamental things that could be done to improve things in the USA is to substantially increase the minimum wage. To $26+/hr, and then annually adjust it for inflation & productivity. (= buying power of the min wage in 1968). Not the *only* thing, but...

RFK Jr and Statistics:

Maga Cult Slayer Let’s make sure this guy gets slightly more than 10 views. This is a veteran, begging active military members to obey their oath.

He sure did!

Christian Nationalism is antisemitic by definition. That's it. That's the post.

How badly Trump sucked in his first 100 days is a tale of failure well told by Milbank.

Also, a woman was handcuffed at a subway station in NYC (Franklin Ave) when she intervened asking why a delivery man was asked to show work permit by undercover agents. There is a video of that.

Denmark lost soldiers at basically the same rate as the US in Afghanistan. They’re a great ally, and they sent their own sons and daughters to fight and die in solidarity with the United States after 9/11.

From Fox’s Chief National Security reporter. Who can’t seem to get any airtime lately. For some reason.

The founder of Signal releases a response to SignalGate: “There are so many great reasons to be on Signal. Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations.”

If you can “sneak onto” a signal chat, prolly shouldn’t have used signal right?

In any other administration of the past 80 years, the defense secretary and the national security advisor would, following an equivalent scandal, now resign.

Do you know who this is? A civil rights protester? No. It’s C.B. King, a civil rights LAWYER who was clubbed over the head by a local sheriff when King arrived at jail to check on his client - a white civil rights protester.He continued his work & influenced a generation. Lawyers under pressure?

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸

If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.

If Idaho succeeds in mandating that the 10 Commandments are posted in every classroom, what is the educational outcome that they are looking for? Here's a study guide. substack.com/home/post/p-...

America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.