How The New York Times Became the Newspaper That Brought Pencils to a Fascist Takeover.How the Democrats Became the Party That Brings Pencils to a Knife Fight

The beasts are in the Beast together and Putin starts downloading his orders into Trump's tiny brain.

War criminal has landed on US soil to a red carpet.

RT @KathleenHBeach: Say hello to Camille Zapata, the genius behind Gavin Newsom’s social media posts. She leads a team of 3, brilliant peep….

RT @yarotrof: Lavrov showed up in Alaska wearing a USSR sweatshirt. Very reassuring to at least 14 of Russia’s neighbors. .

RT @vjoshuaadams: Wow: hooks, Butler, Said, and Foucault speak across the disciplines of the modern research university more than Plato and….

RT @mehdirhasan: If you're pro this because you believe this is about fighting crime, you're a moron. A dumbass. An idiot like no other.

RT @Kenai61: @jeffjarvis We have a damn unhinged Dictator in the WhiteHouse who is lawlessly destroying America…eroding norms, taking away….

Spot-on review by @profrhodrilewis of Chernow's frustrating Twain, chocked with facts, lacking analysis\. My upcoming cultural history of the Linotype, Hot Type, has more literary examination of Twain's work than this. "Chernow loses the signal while amplifying the noise.".

It gets worse: Rogers rants about the grave danger of a Democratic socialist and strategizes kicking Adams out of the race so the terrible Cuomo might win. And here's the worst of it: Rogers is now a paid adviser to Versant, the cable-cooties spinoff of NBC and MSNBC's owner.

Morning Joe invites Tom Rogers of Newsweek on to slam Mamdani. Why? Who wants to tell them that Newsweek is and has long been a sham? And that Forbes is and has long been a joke? (Know your value indeed.) At least Lemire says Adams & Cuomo are "deeply problematic candidates.".

Lead story in Der Spiegel: JD Vance's brat summer: fishing and grilling in Great Britain.

It's already burning, dear Guardian. Democrats are fighting fire with fire over redistricting – but will democracy burn?.

Blood on their hands.Man fleeing Ice raid outside LA Home Depot hit and killed on freeway.

I wonder whether the symbolism of meeting in Alaska will turn out to be Trump thinking it's a good deal for Russia to buy Crimea and Donetsk for what the US gave Russia (2¢ and acre) and call it the art of the deal. Or he'll try to get Ukraine to buy its own land back.

Joe tries to say this is a partnership between DC and the feds. @Jheil has the gumption to tell Joe it's not a partnership, it's a takeover.

For the third morning this week, Joe quotes unnamed Democrats (the Scarborough equivalent of the people who call Trump "Sir") saying that "if there's not overreach" the fascist takeover of Washington's streets is "just fine."

Thousands Ask Harvard Not to ‘Give in’ and Pay Fine to Trump

"Ambitious"?.How Ambitious Democratic Governors Are Navigating Trump’s Redistricting War

Compare this perspective from history by Putnam and Reeves to the macho, incel BS of Galloway, Peterson, Rogan, et al. Witness Arendt, too; I fear the Trump Jugend recruits feeding ICE. Gift link:.Boy Crisis of 2025, Meet the ‘Boy Problem’ of the 1900s