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"If the main pillar of the system is living a lie, then it is not surprising that the fundamental threat to it is living the truth."

-- Václav Havel, "The Power of the Powerless"
Really good column
The East Wing Obscenity

This piece is on the free side of the paywall, and I have to admit that writing it made me more sad than I could have imagined. The ugly destruction isn’t just to a building, but to memory, history, and American grace.

open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
The East Wing Obscenity
Trump's Ballroom Is a Tumor On The People's House
open.substack.com
Reposted
The New York Times writes 21 paragraphs about the Warner Brothers sale without a single mention of the fact that this company has a 25 year history of disastrous mergers (AOL, AT&T, Time Warner, Discovery) resulting in endless layoffs and price hikes and shittier product
Warner Bros. Discovery Says It Is Considering a Sale
www.nytimes.com
How about:
Administration says, “the Navy just can’t do interdiction, which the Coast Guard does every day.“
switch to Firefox - private, secure, friendly, not a processing hog. Also Mozilla VPN.
The East Wing is traditionally the domain of the First Lady. Mrs. Trump does not seem perturbed by its (illegal) demolition.
A country's leader promoted a crypto scam?
THROW THE RASCAL OUT!!!
Think he'll return the money to all the MAGAs who contributed to his defense fund?
Because a jury of his peers found him guilty of 34 felonies, that's why.
Reposted
A decade into this, and my jaw still dropped.
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
Also on the nose: That side of the WH faces the Capitol.
Maybe the next president can take over Mar-a-Lago by eminent domain and build a wind farm.
"Surrender, why doncha?" is a hell of a strategy for the American president to urge on a democracy fighting for its life.
Calling your fundraiser a golf "classic" is the naming equivalent of pasting polystyrene gold filigree all over the Oval Office.
Pam Bondi and Marco Rubio: the defense attorneys' fun couple of 2025.
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
Bezos's news outlet offering me a FREE new browser.
What could go wrong?
"Trump’s belligerent repetition of Putin’s rhetoric on Friday dashed hopes among many of Ukraine’s European allies that he could be convinced to increase support to Kyiv."

So giving in is the Art of the Deal. Fits with the bankruptcies.

Coward bullies gonna coward bully
"today the skies are calm, the guns are silent, the sirens are still, and the sun rises on a holy land that is finally at peace, a land and a region that will live, God willing, in peace for all eternity." - Donald J. Trump, Oct 13, 2025

Six days later:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/w...
Israel Strikes Gaza and Temporarily Halts Aid, Saying Hamas Broke Truce
www.nytimes.com
Reminder that coffee is already up 22%, the highest YOY increase in 28 years.
My 4-year-old grandson thought this was hilarious. Which goes to show you.
Got to admit, the Dollar Store Halloween costume crown is spot on.
A little light reading while waiting for the Concord Massachusetts #NoKings rally to start
TOMAHAWKS!
[Putin call]
NO TOMAHAWKS!
SANCTIONS!
[Putin call]
IN TWO WEEKS!!!