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The end & the beginning: Resurrection & Annunciation at the second level of Grünewald's astonishing Isenheim Altarpiece, 1515. Today is his day.
"'Mark my words, it’s only going to get worse,' [Conway] added." www.yahoo.com/news/george-...
"'One of the things about people like Trump [...] is they like to accuse people of what they themselves are trying to do,' he continued. 'You’ve heard it said about Trump many times, every accusation is a confession.' "'Deep down, he’s a destructive force. Deep down, he wants to destroy,' he said.
"Conway...boiled it down to what he called the president-elect’s malignant narcissism, which means he is 'inherently destructive.' "'People like Trump, malignant narcissists, actually do, subconsciously or consciously, seek to destroy,' said Conway, a longtime critic of the incoming POTUS. ...
As I said to Wolf Blitzer … {checks notes} … *9 days* after the election: "Conservative attorney George Conway on Thursday suggested that some of Donald Trump’s most controversial Cabinet picks were ones you’d make 'if you were actively trying to do harm to the country, to destroy the country.' ...
And when they say *they* are protecting the country from the people who want to destroy it, they are engaging in pure psychological projection.
Some view it as hyperbole; others don't even know what the words mean. But it's all textbook. Textbook history, textbook political science, textbook psychology, textbook social psychology. Elementary stuff, not obscure. And it's happening in real time, right before our eyes.
One thing that's particularly maddening about what's happening today—beyond that it's happening—is that when people talk about how we are moving toward authoritarianism, toward fascism, by a collection of narcissistic sociopaths, many Americans' eyes glaze over.
2/2 Born on this day 1748, in Paris, Jacques-Louis David. Here in 1791. Always painting from the center of France's turbulent history.
2/2 Man in a hat, another fascinating painting by Jacques-Louis David.
Marat. Murdered in his bathtub in July 1793 by Charlotte Corday. Immortalized by Jacques-Louis David. Go to Brussels & see this masterpiece!
New Weather West post on extreme (and likely record-breaking) western Canada and PacNW ridge/heat event, the likely subsequent wildfire outbreak, and the (modest) spillover of this heat into CA (including some potential surprises). #CAwx #CAwx #ORwx #WAwx
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Nope, immigration enforcement is civil law enforcement, not criminal law enforcement (prosecutions). And yes, the inability to sue federal law enforcement to the same extent as state and local law enforcement is a big problem. Look up “Bivens.”
Stephen Manning, this guy’s lawyer, is one of the best in the country. It’s very good news that he’s taken this case.
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And be sure when you take a pic of it and post it to social media that you don’t confess to doing it yourself. It’s never “I did this” or “Look what I did.” It’s always “SOMEONE did this” or “Look what SOMEONE did.”
Lawfare’s next public service fellow: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/u...
Remember, folks, it is a CRIME to draw with sidewalk chalk on the streets and sidewalks of Washington DC so when you do it be sure to invoke your Fifth Amendment right to remain silent if asked about it. #ChalkCrime
It’s time folks for some #SidewalkChalk civil disobedience. Grab some chalk, go outside with your kids, and draw, write, sketch, vent, play hopscotch. This shit has gone too far. #ChalkCrime
First it's chalk, then a sandwich. I fear this will escalate to Jello.
Charles Borges, the chief data officer at the Social Security Administration, resigned Friday — days after filing a whistleblower complaint alleging DOGE employees had uploaded a copy of the entire country's Social Security information to a "vulnerable cloud environment”
The sheer cruelty with which ICE officers operate on a daily basis—these masked officers have gone out of their way to NOT be IDed as law enforcement—demonstrate it is an organization that cannot be allowed to exist in a democracy.
It's going to be a barn burner of a livestream – don't miss it!
Wrap up his Big Macs in these papers and he might notice
Where is Trump’s attention to this matter?
Watch. If you claim one of these to get a vaccine, they’ll use it later as a preexisting condition to crank up your health premium or kick you off your plan.
ANGRY @jvl.bsky.social took to @thebulwark.com today: "Trump is waging war against the American government. When he’s done, he’ll use his government to wage war against Americans." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cdc-th...
I guess the grand jury thought it was funny
The American Meteorological Society's formal response to "foundationally flawed" DOE mis/disinformation report on #ClimateChange is excellent & timely. Frankly, I have been more impressed w/@ametsoc.org's ability to effectively meet the moment this year than other scientific professional societies.
Tom Clancy's Kidnapped
According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago. 8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois. And yet Trump is sending troops here.
Whew! Sen. Susan Collins should be “very concerned” She showed up as the main guest at a ribbon-cutting in Searsport, Maine. It backfired. The crowd was not happy to have her: “Shame. Shame. Shame.”
"Everybody else in the entire world ... (is) watching out there, because they understand history, and they're seeing what happened with Franco ... they're seeing what happened with Hitler — this is how it's done. ... It's time for Americans to wake up. This is serious."
Didn't take long to get to this...
He's not even trying to mask his intent.
It's high time for us to consider that we Americans owe our Constitution and democratic heritage far more than our fortunes and sacred honor.
Police state.
If a president wanted to become effectively a dictator, he’d likely: 1. Purge govt of non loyalists 2. Weaponize law against opponents 3. Use military to police opposition strongholds 4. Threaten media, schools, businesses w penalties to get them to heel 5. Change election rules in his favor.
I honestly don't know what I did to deserve this incredible tribute. I can only say I'm honored, flattered, and humbled—and, of course, deeply grateful to everyone who made this accolade possible. I pledge to do my utmost to live up to it. 🙏🏼🤗
“Instead, the FBI enlisted the local police and stormed Bolton’s house at dawn. To send a message. Not to Bolton. But to the rest of us. If you are not nice to President Trump, he will bring the full force of the state down upon your life.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The World Cup and the Olympics sure will be interesting
By some miracle, The Onion is incredibly close to becoming one of the ten biggest print newspapers by circulation in America. It’s because it’s fucking great. I mean, look at this thing.
The Onion has almost 54,000 subscribers in all 50 states and over 50 countries. This week last year, we had zero. It’s been a Herculean task by The Onion staff, designers, and even the printing press in northwest Chicago to pull this off. But people love it, thank god. www.wsj.com/business/med...
Some incredibly good news: One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print. In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast. In short, it’s working. So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.
"But at this moment, this very moment, all of us not only should, but must, rise to our feet and demonstrate to Donald Trump our full support of this American patriot and hero of America’s free press. There will not be another moment.”
"Nicolle is the last person who ‘needs’ our support. She has the unwavering support of millions upon millions of Americans who know that she speaks for them and who want her to speak for them now more than ever.
My Substack post on Donald Trump’s attack on Nicolle Wallace. “I don’t have a doubt in the world that Nicolle Wallace is the one journalist in America today who Donald Trump fears most — and for good reason.
I sent her a response today: Washington state will not be bullied or intimidated by threats and legally baseless accusations.
We mobilized the Army for vagrants? I lived in DC for 10 years and have worked in DC for 25 years, never have I needed the Army to protect me from vagrants around Union Station.
It's #WorldHoneyBeeDay - from a 14th-c. health handbook based on 11th-c. Maintenance of Health by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad.
legit laughing my ass off
There’s no longer any pretense this has anything to do with crime (there are cities or parts of cities in SC and Ohio that have higher crime rates than DC — send the troops there!). This is about establishing a precedent for Trump seizing control of the nation’s capital when he wants to.
just lost $100,000 on a polymarket bet that trump would negotiate a peace deal today with putin. i was sure of it. i can't believe i lost all this money. he wrote the art of the deal.
DC folks, at 800 pm, go outside with some pots and pans, a drum, a trumpet, whatever you got, and make some noise for 5 minutes. Everyone’s doing it.
Jobs of the Secret Service: (1) Protect POTUS, VPOTUS, etc. (2) Protect foreign embassies. (3) Investigating certain financial crimes, particularly involving the currency. And as of today, (4) Prevent drawing on DC streets with chalk.
Agree that this is worth watching, all the way through.
Throwing a sandwich at a cop: REQUIRES 10-PERSON TACTICAL TEAM TO AREEST IN FULL RAID GEAR (even tho subject wanted to turn himself in) Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: “Go home. We love you.”
Was there enough time for the hairspray?
Special Military Operation: Alaska
Even funnier if they scribbled "Jesus saves" on the warhead a la Strangelove
Megachurch Conducts Successful Nuclear Missile Test
Teaser: whose book?
For the grand jury to refuse to indict sandwich guy would indeed be the coldest cut
Beautiful
Patriot Front uses U-Haul and the Gestapo uses Penske.
If the line prosecutor was fired, and there were no FBI agents in the interview, and the only people there were Blanche and Maxwell, WHO is your source and WHY do you consider it credible?
Good for her. She’s an outstanding reporter and the Washington Post is no longer worthy of her work.
The situation at the immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” has gotten so bad that detainees have been on a hunger strike for over ten straight days.
This is just going to be applicable pretty much every day from now on.
Okay, *now you can start to worry about data being manipulated.
Have to say, good point, Joe.
How come the pool never laughs out loud after these statements?
Tsunami update as of 6:45pm PT: A tsunami has been generated, and it was damaging near epicenter. Tsunami Warnings remain in effect for many Pacific Islands (including Hawaii) and SW AK. However, for U.S./Canada West Coast, Watch *has been canceled* & converted to "Advisory."
Update for folks: Following a very large (M 8.7) and relatively shallow undersea subduction zone quake in the West Pacific east of Kamchatka, Russia, there is a considerable threat of a damaging basin-wide #tsunami. For late-breaking details, visit: https://tsunami.gov
Republicans just voted to confirm Emil Bove. Despite whistleblowers confirming he urged them to ignore court orders. Despite it being clear he lied to the Judiciary Committee. And despite the danger he poses to the rule of law. The corruption of the bench continues.
To put Emil Bove’s confirmation into perspective: Former members of judicial appointment committees have rejected nominees for filing their tax returns late Let’s take a look at the non-exhaustive list of Bove’s misconduct—any one of which should be disqualifying:
But that one has... spots! Learning to accept children who are different in this feline family from 18th century Korea on #WorldTigerDay
Max Schmitt in a single scull, 1871. Gorgeous composition by Thomas Eakins of Philadelphia, who was born on this day in 1844.
Justice Kagan cuts to the chase: "By means of [its repeated, unexplained grants of emergency relief to the Trump administration], this Court may facilitate the permanent transfer of authority, piece by piece by piece, from one branch of Government to another."
And that is as ephemeral as the morning dew.
which is secured to them by the Constitution of the United States. Hereafter, the only “power” they will possess is not power at all. It is subservient “power.”
Having surrendered themselves to the President to secure the power that comes from his blessing, they have forever forfeited the only actual power they possessed and would ever have possessed,
when the only power they have and would ever have is secured to them not by the President, but by the Constitution of the United States.
The tragic irony is that these upon whom this precious right has been conferred have surrendered their right to the President in attempt to secure power from him that they know their submission will secure for them,
With every offering of sacrifice to the President, these confirm in the minds of millions upon millions of Americans that the free press is indeed the enemy of the people, as the President has declared them to be.
who has declared them “the enemy of the people” a sacrifice of their precious constitutional right to freedom of the press. A burnt offering to the very person for whom the free press was given its freedom by the Constitution of the United States.
Thus is the Greek tragedy of our times that when the Nation needed the free press more than ever, so many among the free press have chosen to offer unto the President of the United States
Never before in the Nation’s almost 250 year history has America’s present and future depended more on the free press than it does today.
2/2 Embarkation of the Elector Palatine in April 1613. King has left, but event is still watched by adoring crowds on shore, and recorded by Adam Willaerts. He was born on this day in 1577. Hooray!
James I is here at Margate to bid adieu to the Elector Palatine & Princess Elizabeth in 1623. A moving moment immortalized (especially the ships) by Adam Willaerts, whose day is today.
