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I am not so naive, but one did hope that “if he can’t see it, it isn’t happening” would be limited to Trump’s tiny geographic orbit in DC and what he saw through the warping windows of The Beast. But no, whether its climate, people, labor numbers, or hunger, there will be no official seeing-of-it.




I think I remember when it seemed that a president would very likely and quickly get impeached for ordering a murder… but honestly, I’m not sure anymore.



President Scammer.

Mr. Trump is now not only a major crypto dealer; he is also the industry’s top policy maker. So far in his second term, Mr. Trump has leveraged his presidential powers in ways that have benefited the industry — and in some cases his own company — even though he had spent years deriding crypto as a haven for drug dealers and scammers.




I have to hope that enough enthralled by fascism are not fascists

Jason Kottke quotes A.R. Moxon and follows-up with: Yeah, this is basically why I don’t waste time anymore railing against the many hypocrisies of conservatives — they’re not gotchas that you’re catching them in, they’re part of the domination. True, but I have to hope their hypocrisy, as evidence of domination, is revealing to those who are not in fact fascists in their hearts then they realize they will be on the short end of the stick.

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