King of Make Believe

Photo of the CDC memorial honoring employees who gave their lives in the service of public health. The memorial features a curved, perforated metal surface with a raised CDC logo in the center. Attached nameplates include ‘Diane Berry Caves,’ ‘George Flowers,’ ‘Roger Dublingon,’ and ‘Officer David Rose.’ In the background, a dark wall displays the inscription: ‘In Honor of Those Employees of CDC Who Gave Their Lives in the Service of the Public’s Health.’

Officer David Rose, 33, a former Marine and DeKalb County officer, has been added to CDC’s memorial plaque, honoring those who gave their lives in service of public health. He died protecting our CDC campus, staff, and contractors during a 2025 act of domestic terrorism fueled by misinformation.

Schatz: We don’t know for sure, but the likely bombing of an elementary school with one of our Tomahawk missiles is not a one-off mistake. It is the result of a change in policy so that the United States has way looser rules of engagement — way more tolerance for civilian harm.

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

For months, we warned DOGE's access to Americans' private data was ripe for abuse. And here it is:

A former DOGE employee stole the Social Security numbers & personal info of over 500 MILLION Americans.

Musk, Trump, & their DOGE lackies must be made to answer for this, NOW.

After slashing federal jobs, Trump administration ramps up hiring The hiring push is unfolding under new rules designed to give the White House greater influence over the government’s 2 million-person civilian workforce.

“We probably have some skills that we now need to hire back, quite frankly,” Scott Kupor, the head of the Office of Personnel Management, said in an interview with The Washington Post.
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The war makes it more urgent for journalists to call out Trump’s derangement | Press Watch The commander-in-chief is unfit for duty.

"The man solely responsible is an unstable, self-contradictory, wildly narcissistic liar who shouldn’t be in charge of anything.

But that’s the point. That’s the story right there. Tell it."

The war makes it more urgent for journalists to call out Trump’s derangement | Press Watch The commander-in-chief is unfit for duty.

I've been struggling with how to express my dismay at the war coverage by our top newsrooms, and how it dances around the central fact that Trump is deranged and unfit to command. I finally wrote something. Please read it. presswatchers.org/2026/03/the-...

This, from CNN.com, is very good. Every news organization should be asking and answering that question. And then they should ask the next question: Shouldn’t that disqualify him from being commander-in-chief? www.cnn.com/2026/03/10/p...

Is there anyone left to rise up after tens of thousands were murdered following the last time an American told them to rise up?

Trump wants a war on cartels. Mexico's president says he should start by combatting guns and addiction After President Trump announced a military coalition to fight cartels and mocked Mexico's refusal to allow operations there, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the U.S. should address drug demand and stop illegal arms trafficking.

Trump wants a war on cartels. Mexico's president says he should start by combatting guns and addiction

And covered it up

And lied about it

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes Supreme Court emergency rulings During a public forum, Jackson and conservative Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh offered differing views of President Trump’s wins before the high court.

“What is happening now is the administration is making new policy, but then insisting that the new policy take effect immediately before a challenge about its lawfulness is determined,” Jackson said. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Despite Using Iranian Meddling to Justify War, Trump Axes Election Defenses It's hypocritical for the President to pretend to care about foreign actors influencing US elections, writes Paul M. Barrett.

Trump is signaling that he's going to try to use his fascist war against Iran to justify restrictions on elections in the U.S. I explain in this new piece for Tech Policy Press (spoiler alert: I draw on Tim Snyder and Marc Elias to make the case -- it's scary). www.techpolicy.press/despite-usin...

President Trump will go down in history as Netanyahu’s idiot stooge who started a war of choice in the Mideast and slaughtered 168 schoolgirls with a cruise missile on the very first day.

And then lied to us and refused to take responsibility.

Has Trump made America great yet?

‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict

“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.”

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The WSJ calls it “the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s.” ⛽️

@wsj.com
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"They looked forward to speaking again soon" must be doing a lot of work.

Especially when the "shield" sounds like a mile-high prophylactic.

Is it bad if a shield is full of holes

Former staff show how Trump acted to upend EPA's mission and "make America sicker" Their new report details relaxed restrictions on dangerous chemicals in food, consumer products, water and air.

Trump's EPA relaxed restrictions on dangerous chemicals in food, consumer products, water and air

He lies when it rains,
He lies about Spain.
He lies at night,
He lies mid flight.
He lies every afternoon,
He lies when he drops his spoon.
He lies sitting in a chair,
He lies while coloring his hair.
He lies about an economy on the skids,
He even lies about dead school kids.👇

Occasionally conspiracy theories turn out to be true.

Reminder: Epstein’s former BFF Donald Trump was president when he died in federal custody. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

Cryptic Emails and No Strings Attached. How MacKenzie Scott Gives Away Billions. The injections of cash, which arrive without warning, have led to bolstered finances, scholarships, jobs—and sometimes even more money.

MacKenzie Scott’s more than $26 billion in charitable gifts have arrived without warning and have led to bolstered finances, scholarships and jobs.

Occasionally conspiracy theories turn out to be true.

Reminder: Epstein’s former BFF Donald Trump was president when he died in federal custody. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

Rapid heating of the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet - Nature This paper reports 8-µm photometric observations of the planet HD 80606b during a 30-hour interval bracketing the periastron passage of its extremely eccentric 111.4 day orbit. As the planet received ...

It’s pretty damned neat that we can watch in real time as an extrasolar planet heats up by thousands of degrees as it swings in close to its parent star.

Anyway, Trump keeps trying to cut NASA’s budget and Congress keeps funding the agency. Good times.

Trump: "A lot of our people were walking around without legs"

NEW from me: Ketamine, Prostitution and Money: Here Are The Details of a Secret DEA Probe of Jeffrey Epstein

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Brent Crude over $90. When it hits $100 MAGA GOP's will light their hair on fire