Brian Heaton

I'm sure data brokers and advertisers pay a lot more for data with a government verified identity attached.

At least it wasn't 8200. We'll be sure it wasn't Unit269 if you're still posting in a couple days.

In Case of Emergency: The Dubious Legality of Trump Allies' Draft EO Conservative activists say that declaring a national emergency would allow Trump to assert sweeping authority over elections. They're wrong.

NEW: Right-wing activists are circulating a draft executive order that purports to give Trump sweeping power over federal elections.

@mollyroberts.bsky.social and I got new details on the activists, lawyers, and conspiracy theorists behind the proposed order:

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/in-c...

Good thing they decommissioned all of the Avenger class minesweepers that were in the Persian Gulf last year. Have no fear! They've now got a couple of LCS in theater with an untested mine countermeasures module. The LCS never have any problems so I'm sure everything is fine. /S

🔥Behold, SXSW 2026 BINGO🔥

Enjoy irresponsibly/spread far and wide

Unless those who protected the rapist end up in prison after losing every penny to paying civil restitution, they aren't facing "consequences." At most they are facing minor temporary inconveniences.

I really hope some MAGAts didn't grab him.

When pondering “lethality,” this quote from Sherman in 1865 comes to mind:

“War means success by any and every means; it is not fighting alone. Bulls do that, and bears, and all beasts, but men attain objects by intellect, and the introduction of physical power, moved upon strategic points."

Gemma looks like a very good big sister.

There is a case to be made for removing cybertruck owners from the gene (and voting) pool.

I'm with you 100% - No way in hell I'm letting a computer drive with me in the vehicle.

I don't think I've ever made dirty rice with a gravy. I'm going to have to try this.

Dirty Rice Modern “news” stories about food are rarely anything but stupid, often painfully so.  Take this example from a week ago: “Boy kibble” is one of the hottest food trends on social media t…

Cooked meat with rice has been a working-class staple in south Louisiana for centuries, where it’s called “dirty rice”. It's not "kibble", it's not a "trend", and it's only "bland" if you intentionally make it that way. maggiemcneill.com/2026/03/09/d...

John Oliver (on right) gestures with his hands as he speaks. On left, a ProPublica headline from December 15, 2025 reads: “Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.” An article excerpt below says: "... turning rows red, yellow or green every few seconds, never asking a single question.”

1/ On yesterday’s @lastweektonight.com about USAID, John Oliver cited several of our investigations.

First up was our reporting about how DOGE operatives had arbitrarily cut aid programs, in some cases by literally clicking through a spreadsheet: propub.li/4cCsSKP

Sounds like a successful grocery trip.

Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

Financial documents compiled by ProPublica reveal a myriad of relationships among Trump and his team that could create conflicts of interest — including ties between appointees and industries their agencies frequently interact with.

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Only Dear Leader is allowed to profit. Anyone else in the administration who profits from grift is taking money right out of his pocket.

This was the first author I ever read who made me think about the way we use language.

“The ships hung in the sky in much the same way bricks don’t.”

Every time orange felon makes a speech, I think about the poetry appreciation chairs.

Did he keep screaming, "STOP RESISTING!" at the figures in the mural?

I haven't read that one. I've added it to my list.

Textbook definition of "Don't threaten me with a good time."

I'm enjoying how fearful he and his inner circle have become about the ramifications of a blue wave in the midterms.

"You have that vacant look in your eyes that says, 'Hold my head to your ear: you will hear the sea!'"

“A number of them clearly said if they had known, they would have vaccinated themselves and their children against measles, but they didn’t realize how bad it was,” --- Thankfully "them" is individuals who "did their own research" rather that public health officials.

Crazy talk! That would be a scientific miracle that would save millions of lives and prevent long-last health impacts worldwide. Surely groups of people wouldn't fail to take advantage of such benefits to protect themselves and their children.

Thompson - Andreotta - Colburn ---- The names we should remember from My Lai. (helicopter crew who intervened and are credited with stopping the masscre)

Anyone who has had any form of LOAC training knows that what they're doing is a violation of the LOAC - regardless of what any memo may say.

I wouldn't trust the current administration to write a lemonade stand security strategy.

The Simon And Garfunkel 'Sounds Of Silence ' album cover except they're being chased by a Cylon from Battlestar Galactica.

Simon And Garfunkel next. #totp

I'm not sure which is worse - that they're dumb enough to say such things or that they know their base is dumb enough to believe them.

Senator Blutarsky. (IYKYK)

Just had this discussion with my dad tonight. His LOAC training was Navy OCS back in the 60s. Mine was Marine boot camp in the 80s. We both remembered it well. I'm sure you do too.

Far too many folks are betraying their oath and dishonoring their uniform.