A modern politician by this point would have someone heading up a crisis management team, and a team leader setting out a unified strategy who is laser-focused on executing. I get that Wolff is saying that no one wants to be “responsible” but it’s baffling to me that Trump (or someone who needs his political stock to remain high) hasn’t at least brought in someone outside the admin to handle this. Trump used to be surrounded by fixers–is he so hobbled that no one is willing to take this on?

BJ Trump

Fixed now, thanks.

She went to J. and she got the D.

I’d have thought that Vance liked a bit more “cushion for the pushin’” than that. Guess he’ll take what he can get. Which in this case is Charlie Kirk’s professional widow.

The ruling which states that SCOTUS itself is the final arbiter of what constitutes an “official act.” So if (lol) there’s ever a non-GOP president again, SCOTUS has the ability to take away Presidential Immunity whenever asked to rule on a relevant case. A neat trick that everyone seemed to forget during the Biden admin.

Archive.ph link.

Can I borrow your armored division? I got a few… errands to run.

Bad for Trump, but also bad for Putin’s Russia, who still relies heavily on oil sales to fund the government, and fossil fuels for their energy needs.

As long as he’s able to speak, even if it’s in tongues or babytalk, his sycophants and hangers-on will claim he’s firing on all cylinders.

Ghost archive of a New York Times piece on Russell T. Vought.

Bet his staff keep showing him Battle of Toronto footage and telling him it’s Portland (or LA, or Memphis, or Chicago, or wherever Donnie wants to send his toy soldiers today).

A preview of Pickled Pete’s speech: