Defense secretary openly states that a pro-Trump billionaire taking over a news network (following regulatory help from the administration) will result in coverage more favorable for the administration.
“When the Great Seal of the U.S. was finalized in 1782, it contained what the Founding Father’s held as the country’s most esteemed values. The eagle holds 13 arrows in its left talon and an olive branch in its right, its head turned toward the branch—the side which the eagle preferred to err on.”
Too much to keep track of, but don't sleep on AG Bondi's new proposed rule that would let DOJ lawyers avoid key ethics checks that prohibit lying to court. Ratcheting up the assault on courts & the reality-based world at the same time. Mine in today's NYT. (Gift Link)
To say nothing of the insult involved imposing this condition when Robert Bowers killed 11 in the Tree of Life shooting because he believed Jews were behind the great replacement conspiracy theory. You protect a place of worship because it is used by people under threat in your care, full stop.
#FridayMotivation
Did we ever find out what the military was doing in Ecuador? I am sure its fine
He's right. There is no history of air power alone defeating a nation. For regime change, or even to dismantle their nuclear assets, we're going to have to put boots on the ground against a nation of 90 million people.
It's tens of thousands of dead Americans or this war is shit.
This war is shit.
What Hegseth means by ‘patriotic press’ is any media eager to share Trump propaganda as opposed to actual journalists seeking truth and reporting it without fear or favor. If you want the facts about this war, it’s critical to rely on fact based sources, not state media like fox, sinclair, etc
"Saul" shows us the start of a new grape vine pruning block that has yet to be touched in Madera CA. "With large sections needing to be pruned, we are constantly moving and rushing to cover as much ground so we can earn enough to pay our bills.We earn 31 cents/plant." #WeFeedYou
designs for the obverse of a dollar coin featuring Trump, via https://www.usmint.gov/news/media-kit/semiq-dollar-coin
You know what we're not griping about enough? That Donald Trump's face is going to be on U.S. currency—on $1 coins—later this year. This will be the first time a living president has appeared solo on a coin, and one of the very few times a living individual has ever been on U.S. coinage.
tired: harassing athletes for not covering the spread
wired: harassing journalists for not making things up
I just checked my ID and I'm not "Mr Exxon"
"The US" doesn't make money off higher oil prices. Multinational corporations do.
The DMZ between South and North Korea is "open for transit" too, by this measure.
When the next Secretary of Defense under a Democratic President says at a press conference that Fox News is fake news and the sooner George Soros takes over Fox News the better, and Hannity & everyone else on the MAGA right scream, I’ll just laugh.
A Minneapolis woman who opposed ICE woke up to a drone outside her second floor bedroom window. A man delivering groceries to a suburban distro house for mutual aid recorded a drone hovering above the house. Whose drones and why? (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
I’ve got to think we’re already in a recession.
the “counterterrorism director” Seb Gorka and the country’s top cop Kash have things to answer for (and no, I am not saying they should crack down harder on anything; I’m saying they’re just skating when the gop would definitely be screeching in bad faith that a Dem equivalent is not protecting us.
The impact of war goes far beyond the battlefield; we should all grieve for their families and loved ones today. 2/2
Heartbroken to learn of the loss of 4 U.S. service members after a mid-air accident over Iraq.
I'm grateful for the diligent work for our search and rescue personnel and hoping for a quick recovery of the remaining two service members. 1/2
Especially when you bomb a school full of children.
One $16k NEH grant at a research library can change the life of a scholar forever while adding to our shared knowledge of history and culture. These depositions will drive me mad
As a guy who spent over a year negotiating / cajoling / fighting with MA utilities to create standard interconnection rules for non-utility power - this is a really big deal. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
NATO air defenses intercepted a missile fired from Iran and entering Turkey’s airspace on Friday, the Turkish defense ministry said. It was the third such interception of an Iranian missile over Turkey in 10 days.
"we didn't plan for them actually fighting back" is such a stupid bully approach to the whole thing
It's wild to see members of the Trump administration tell the press what to print, what headlines to choose, and who should run the newsrooms. Absolutely wild.
It is pretty remarkable how little the press is remarking on the Trump administration's constant, harping, scraping desire to specifically remake the press.
There's nothing normal about a Secretary of Defense talking like this. Also, nothing like giving away the game about what they did with the CNN merger.
Reminder: You can watch the DOGE bro depos on YouTube!
(I’ve seen a lot of clips compiled by news orgs, but some of them don’t link to the full videos.)
The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection effort as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principles: more aggression, less accountability.
i think that it is plainly obvious that we should bankrupt Palantir on day one by cutting all of its contracts and declaring it a supply chain risk.
