Saturday, January 24, 2026
Friday, January 23, 2026
...The Democrats!
I have no patience for the ones who pull shit like this because they are saying, "ha ha fuck you stupid hog voters."
Over the years I've noticed that it really enrages Professional Democrats when the hog voters don't clap along with scripted nonsense like this. They put on the show for you! Clap!
Well fuck you too!Cynically, DeLauro issued blistering statements against ICE, then negotiated the ICE funding deal, then personally voted against it, then celebrated with Republicans after passage. She's 82, represents Yale, and has a primary challenger.
— Ezra Levin ❌👑 (@ezralevin.bsky.social) January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Over the years I've noticed that it really enrages Professional Democrats when the hog voters don't clap along with scripted nonsense like this. They put on the show for you! Clap!
The Best Guy In The Trump Administration
I appreciate Kash Patel just trying to live like an A-List celebrity instead of focusing on destroying American lives.
Senior executive 2: Every May, there’s a Five Eyes conference with the head of every intelligence agency. This year it was in the U.K. Kash Patel is going. In the lead-up to that, his detail starts making crazy requests. He’s got special requirements on everything. And the Brits are getting pissed.
Before the conference, his staff says he’s unhappy because he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events. He wants Premier soccer games. He wants to go jet skiing. He’d like a helicopter tour. Everyone who heard about this was like: Hold on. Is he really going to ask the MI5 director to go jet skiing instead of meeting? The schedule is set, and every Five Eyes partner is doing this. They can’t just say that he’s not participating and instead he wants to go to a Premier soccer game. This is a job, guys.
His staff only cared about three things: what his meals were, when his workouts would be and what his entertainment would be. The biggest plan is how he’s going to get his girlfriend in there so she can go to Windsor Castle. He’s got Nicole Rucker as his assistant, like a true executive concierge. And when she’s not getting the food or the workout she wants, she’ll just start screaming at people, Make it happen!
His staff was briefed multiple times that the Brits were going to want to talk about an F.B.I. position in London that has been pulled. The F.B.I. is arguably their most important partner. MI5 is 5,000 people. The F.B.I. is 38,000. If MI5 ceased to exist, it would be very bad for us. If we cease to exist, it would be an existential threat for them. That person was working on a ton of sensitive stuff, including embassy penetrations and technology, and they want this position back. So Ken McCallum, the MI5 director, goes to Kash Patel at the conference and says: Hey, we really need this position. It’s so important for our mutual benefit. And Kash says: Yep, that person’s going nowhere. She’s absolutely staying. And the Brits rejoice.
Two weeks later, he reverses himself and removes her. The Brits are outraged. Kash will make promises and he will break them, and he doesn’t worry about that.
On that trip, the heads of intelligence for the Five Eyes went to Windsor Castle and met with the king. There was a photo taken of all the Five Eyes people, some of whom are nondisclosed, meaning their affiliation with the British intelligence service isn’t public. The Brits forwarded that picture as a keepsake for the individuals. They prefaced it with, This isn’t to be shared. But Kash has decided he wants to post it on social media. They have people trying to negotiate with the Brits about whether that’s possible. They’re fighting with the director’s office, like: You cannot post this. Do not do that. And they’re arguing, He wants a picture out.
Did Anyone Take The "Invitation" Seriously
For a moment it seemed like some country leaders did, though they might have been faking it, but maybe that moment has passed.
Yes I know some countries have signed up, but...
Yes I know some countries have signed up, but...
Shot, Chaser
The simple explanation for this is Tesla couldn't manage to set up the remote intervention system that Waymo does its best to obscure but not hide entirely, so this is what they do.
Earlier today, Elon Musk announced on X that Tesla had “just started Tesla Robotaxi drives in Austin with no safety monitor in the car.” Tesla’s stock immediately jumped over 4% on the news. Headlines across the financial press celebrated the milestone.It looks less obviously ridiculous than having "driver" in your driverless car, but it is actually more ridiculous of course!
There’s just one problem: it appears to be another game of smoke and mirrors. The Robotaxi cars spotted without “safety monitor” were all being followed by a trailing black Tesla supervising the “driverless” Robotaxi.
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Would You Like To Try That Again, James
Obviously that they're constant shameless liars isn't good, but he did feel some pressure to walk this back a bit.
Speaking at the White House, Vance appeared to try to stymie any efforts by Minnesota prosecutors to pursue a criminal case against the agent.
“The precedent here is very simple. You have a federal law enforcement official engaging in federal law enforcement action – that’s a federal issue. That guy is protected by absolute immunity. He was doing his job,” Vance said, echoing others in the Trump administration. “I’ve never seen anything like that. It would get tossed out by a judge.”
JD Vance: "I didn't say that officers who engaged in wrongdoing would enjoy immunity. That's absurd. What I did say is that when federal law enforcement officers violate the law that's typically something federal officials would look into. We don't want these guys to have kangaroo courts."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 22, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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Breaking the Law
We knew they were misusing the data because there was no proper use for it, but if they are admitting to this then just how bad is it?
After months of denials, the Trump administration has acknowledged in a federal court filing that employees working for Elon Musk’s supposed cost-cutting operation accessed and improperly shared Americans’ sensitive social security data.
The justice department court filing, submitted on Friday in an ongoing lawsuit, reveals that a member of the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) signed a secret data-sharing agreement with an unidentified political advocacy group whose stated aim was to find evidence of voter fraud and overturn election results in certain states.
Metaphors
Good job, James David.
Vance on the economy: "You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) January 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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What's In The IV
Trump's hand bruises aren't from shaking a lot of hands, of course. What do we think is in the IVs that he is hooked up to for extended periods?
But What Do Extreme Violations Of The 4th Amendment Have To Do With The Price Of Eggs
Seems bad (and they know it is bad, which is why they are hiding it).
Even the Newsmax guy can see it...
An internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement document in May shows that ICE told officers and agents they can forcibly enter homes of people subject to deportation without warrants signed by judges.This kind of thing isn't hard to oppose! More than oppose, to center in a campaign in year 250 of our glorious nation!
Even the Newsmax guy can see it...
And They Can Do It To Her Again, Today
And probably will, as retaliation for speaking out.
I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT FOR YOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUU.
I am open to the idea that certain budgetary machinations are above my silly little brain, and that the Dems Know What They Are Doing, but there is an aspect of basic politics which is showing people that you are on their side, that you are at least trying to rescue them, and the leadership in Congress is so bad at this basic, fundamental form of politics.Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS. ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion. This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
— Minnesota House DFL (@mnhousedfl.bsky.social) January 22, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT FOR YOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUU.
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Better
And Jeffries is supposedly coming out against the funding bill which is certainly better than not... but ultimately performance.The people carrying out Trump’s illegal orders think they’re untouchable. They’re not. Trump won’t be in power forever to protect them. Accountability is coming. We will bring them to justice. That’s a promise.
— Rep. Jimmy Gomez (@gomez.house.gov) January 21, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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