Shoutout to Southwest Airlines for requiring ICE to provide judicial warrants — the kind that actually require a judge's signature — before allowing agents to board planes, remove passengers, demand private info. Nothing radical; it's just the 4th amendment in action.

So irritating, especially given that the US has won the war and opened the Strait of Hormuz every month, or even weekly, since we started it...and then restarted it...or ended it...or whatever.

Placing armed federal agents at polling places has been illegal since 1865.

I think the pitchforks will likely be coming out soon:

In addition to the $1.776B slush fund, T was busy with lots of grift news last week:

They can't even come up with their own fresh ideas.

A slow erosion. Maybe too slow. Likely too slow. And behind the scenes, others with more energy and focus are pulling strings. But nonetheless:

via Don Moynihan. Link in comment:

And yet, they love the guy:

Well, this is just lovely: (via Lever Daily)

The world is on fire because of our madman, yet the US stock market is on fire in a positive way. What explains the disconnect? JVL offers a theory: when chaos becomes normalized, it no longer looks like risk. For example, the tariffs:

From America, America:

Meidas has this update on the status of negotiations in Islamabad (perhaps changed by now). I thought the tone was worth maintaining in full:

It's amazing how MAGA are lining up to try to spin the Iran debacle into some kind of art of the deal. The US and, ultimately, the world is worse off because of this war of whim. Consider the 10-point plan: open.substack.com/pub/newrepub...

Seriously, now, the White House/Pentagon is threatening the Pope? And of course, he doesn't bow. Dems should take a lesson from that. Via Parnass

Hi folks. I know lots of folks are talking about the 25th Amendment as something the founders thought would be a response should we ever have a dangerous and declining madman in the presidency. But it's not quite the thing you might think. Here's an explanation of the problem. Link in the comments:

From Paul Krugman. Link to full post in comments:

Amidst all the other challenges to rural healthcare in the US, this is also critical. Foreign doctors and other skilled practitioners have staffed rural hospitals and clinics for many years. If they are not allowed to work, the shortages and impact on care will be significant. Below via Parnass:

You all knew this is where 🎃 and the GOP would suggest the war debt should come from, right? (via Parnass)

Of course it's the point:

I find comparisons interesting; this one came out of the Open Books investigation of Pentagon spending with the details about food, the piano, etc. (But no money for SNAP.) Clip from Lever Daily:

This seems to characterize the current age.

From Politico via Meidas: Nicki Minaj's bot army

If your Fox-watching parents don't seem consumed with Epstein revelations, this might be part of the problem:

Ladies, never doubt your power. I know we have sometimes felt hopeless, but Nick Fuentes is here to remind us of our power. It is us! WE ARE THE POWER! (H/T to Jeff Tiedrich)

I see people celebrating that T's approval numbers are down to 38%. But when I see numbers like that, I just think of that quote from Milton Mayer’s 1955 book, They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45.

Minnesota State House special election results:

Good book. Recommend

As many of us suspected:

I think we are just supposed to say "Oh well, I guess that's it"