Analysis | Trump’s top priority in an attorney general is shielding himself from criminal prosecution. He should choose Merrick Garland.

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…

Trump's pick for defense sec spends a chapter of his book excoriating the Geneva Conventions, and the whiny losers -- for starters: Europeans -- who care about them. From Pete Hegseth's book:

The trial of five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior team charged with sexual assault will begin on April 22, 2025. The trial was initially slated to begin in September 2025, but that eight-week slot has been vacated and moved up to the spring. nytimes.com/athletic/59181…

PS if you agree with this you’re an asshole. 🖕

The thing about Trump "joking" about running again in 2028 is that 1) he likes to test the water like this and 2) it happens in an environment where SCOTUS has already shown remarkable flexibility — and could only get more Trumpian. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

This is a disaster for US security & alliances. Of all Trump's decisions so far, might be the worst. Tulsi Gabbard has consistently parroted pro-Putin propaganda. Director of National Intelligence is a critical position for which she has absolutely no experience and skill.

Tulsi Gabbard is a Russian plant (fact, not claim). She is a traitor to the United States of America (fact, not claim). Appointing her the Director of National Intelligence is an act of treason against the United States (fact, not claim). Replace those biceps with 🇷🇺 🇷🇺 🇷🇺

Tulsi Gabbard as DNI - Director of National Intelligence is absolutely insane. She has no experience with the Intelligence Community. In Project 2025 the authors advocate for giving that position more power. I guess we should all learn how to speak Russian now.

Kevin McCarthy on Matt Gaetz: “I'll give you the truth why I'm not speaker. It's because one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old…”

I suspect it won’t take long for conservative legal scholars invent some kind of legal theory to say that the Constitution doesn’t prohibit a third Trump term because the first two weren’t consecutive. And I suspect it won’t take long for SCOTUS to agree.

Brilliant thread ⬇️

* I hadn't seen the Matt Gaetz as attorney general nomination yet when I wrote this. Close tie?

Matt Gaetz pick is so crazy people have forgotten the Tulsi Gabbard pick which was so crazy people had forgotten about the Pete Hegseth pick. Who knows what tomorrow will bring.

Yep. Disinformation enabled Donald Trump’s second term and is a crisis for democracies everywhere bmj.com/content/387/bm… "The playbook involves putting conspiracy theorists at the heart of government and dismantling agencies that support evidence based policy making. Trump

Trump's pick for Sec of Homeland Security, SD Governor Kristi Noem, has been banned by tribal nations from entering all nine reservations in the state. theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Brian is endorsing a guy who is anti-vaccine, is a war crime endorser, who hates women and minorities, who has a white nationalist tattoo, and who hasn’t washed his hands in a decade. Perfect

Here's an emergency 1 on 1 discussion -- and it is an emergency -- on our YouTube channel w/ Norm Ornstein about why Gaetz is singularly terrible and whether and how they may go the recess appointment route for him. youtu.be/DfVe0TFTAuk

Believe victims. E.M. has been so incredibly strong in this process facing the most vile lines of questioning. Things need to change in this sport, in the power dynamics it creates, and in the harm it does to innocent people.

Another great radio show by Dick Altavista featuring many favorites by Armstrong (Wales) Todd Shuster Skydiggers #HollowHorse on CKCU 93.1 FM cod.ckcufm.com/programs/589/7…