@michaelmechanic
Mother Jones editor; author of "Jackpot," an "entertaining and eviscerating" (Jane Mayer) book on America's wealth insanity (readjackpot.com); piano player turned punk rock drummer turned old-time fiddler; dad of Gen Zers; gardener; curmudgeon about town.
Blumenthal after getting briefed on Iran: "We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish any of the potential objectives here. There's also the specter of active Russian aid to Iran putting in danger American lives ... China also may be assisting Iran"
Rand Paul: "As far as reasons for the war, there have been many different ones floated, but none have been very convincing... we were told their nuclear weapons were obliterated, and now we're told their nuclear weapons are just moments away from being a bomb. I don't think the arguments are valid."
BREAKING: As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the war with Iran, according to sources familiar—far higher than the Pentagon’s publicly disclosed figure of just 8 seriously wounded troops. The true toll of this war is already far worse than the public has been told. (Reuters)
Elizabeth Warren: "I am a hard no on a supplemental. This is not a war the American people want us to engage in. This is not a war that makes us safer ... No. No more money. The only thing Congress has the power to do is to stop actions like this through the power of the purse."
Without a clinical trial!
FDA is allowed to do this with rare diseases, I gather, but their priorities sure are telling.
That Steinway grand came out of my taxes and I therefore demand access!
We used financial records included in this trove of data to report on Blanche owning at least $159K in crypto assets when he shut down investigations into crypto companies.
Check it out 👇
I may just have to go play one of his sonatas now.
Him too!!!
MAGA Congressman Andy Ogles posted this days after a violent Islamophobic protest occurred at the home of Zohran Mamdani-NYC’s first Muslim mayor
That same day GOP gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Blakeman marched with a radio host who called Mamdani a “Radical Islam cockroach”
GOP racism is boundless
Look, our kids should know who Elvis is, and Joe Strummer, Leadbelly, NWA, and Kendrick Lamar. It's all about good parenting.
I appreciate a good cat loaf
ah, so it is!
I think, whenever journalists request and print a comment from the Trump administration, they should put an asterisk on it noting that Trump's spokespeople are inherently untrustworthy.
Crude oil prices, showing a very sharp increase in the last day, from around 65 to 101 dollars per barrel..
Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy.
This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis.
44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.
It is in this administration
What on earth is he talking about?
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: A 14-year-old alleged Trump physically and sexually assaulted her in Epstein docs that, for some reason, the administration appears to be withholding.
BREAKING: Kevin Kiley (R-CA) is SWITCHING PARTIES. Effective immediately, he is leaving the Republican party to become an Independent. This complicates Mike Johnson’s slim majority. www.cbsnews.com/news/kevin-k...
"This is chemical warfare," writes @billmckibben.bsky.social
A dark and killing cloud over Tehran
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
And they went apeshit over Hunter Biden allegedly trying to profit off his dad's name. How quaint.
"The government wants people to think that everything is improving, that there is nothing to worry about, but this is not true...The need to test the water and soil and food and people’s health in Fukushima is ongoing, and even more dangers, from the delayed effects of radiation, lie ahead.”
I've always thought right along these lines, despite my lack of religious upbringing—about all the so-called Christians who support policies that hurt the poor and rig everything in favor of the rich.
This family doesn't even bother to hide its self-dealing and corruption. It just straight up profits off the policies of an administration daddy controls. One day, historians will look back and shake their heads, like how did America let this happen?
Just another normal morning where the President of the United States shares completely false claims from a conspiracy theory site. I’ve confirmed with election officials in Maricopa County that this is 100% BS.
“I wish I could say how cavalier, obtuse and hopeless Secretary Hegseth is at leading the Pentagon. I can’t even muster the words to describe his self-adulation, matched only in scope by his apparent moral depravity.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump openly lies about the bombed girls school. As Americans we make mistakes in war but they are unintentional and we own them.
Trump blaming Iran is no different than what Putin does when he blames Ukraine for attacks Russia clearly does.
We’ve become accepting of pure lies
What. the. actual. fuck.
