Settled three prewars at my tree farm
@agroforest.bsky.social
Retired lawyer. Roadie. Cat colony guardian. Turning a Christmas tree farm in the Driftless Area into a food forest.
Josh Marshall says we can't put the genie back in the bottle, but maybe ostracism, prosecution, and incarceration would be a start?
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rough...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rough...
Rough Seas Abroad Under Trump II
I’ve written a number of times over the years about the fact...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Josh Marshall says we can't put the genie back in the bottle, but maybe ostracism, prosecution, and incarceration would be a start?
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rough...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rough...
I hate to think of myself as someone who would lustily cheer this guy being strapped to a guillotine
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I hate to think of myself as someone who would lustily cheer this guy being strapped to a guillotine
The best sentence I read this week:
The president is fully checked out because he’s old, enfeebled, and his brain is slowly turning into pasta e fagioli. newrepublic.com/post/204003/...
The president is fully checked out because he’s old, enfeebled, and his brain is slowly turning into pasta e fagioli. newrepublic.com/post/204003/...
Hey, Does Anyone Want to Talk About Donald Trump’s Infirmities?
He’s clearly slipping, mentally and physically, but the political press suddenly finds it less newsworthy that we have a woefully aging president.
newrepublic.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The best sentence I read this week:
The president is fully checked out because he’s old, enfeebled, and his brain is slowly turning into pasta e fagioli. newrepublic.com/post/204003/...
The president is fully checked out because he’s old, enfeebled, and his brain is slowly turning into pasta e fagioli. newrepublic.com/post/204003/...
Republicans crater the economy, part eleventy-billion.
A new poll by Politico shows that 46% of Americans surveyed say that the cost of living is the “worst they can remember it being”. What’s more, 37% of Trump voters share that view. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
A new poll by Politico shows that 46% of Americans surveyed say that the cost of living is the “worst they can remember it being”. What’s more, 37% of Trump voters share that view. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Top Democrat calls Navy admiral briefing about ‘double-tap’ strike on vessels ‘one of the most troubling things I’ve seen’– live
Adm Frank Bradley spoke to lawmakers in a private session on the suspected drug boats; Jim Hines tells CNN the briefing was troubling but Bradley confirmed there was not a ‘kill them all’ order
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Republicans crater the economy, part eleventy-billion.
A new poll by Politico shows that 46% of Americans surveyed say that the cost of living is the “worst they can remember it being”. What’s more, 37% of Trump voters share that view. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
A new poll by Politico shows that 46% of Americans surveyed say that the cost of living is the “worst they can remember it being”. What’s more, 37% of Trump voters share that view. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Come for a dose of climate optimism, stay for Katherine Hayhoe's fantastic cats: heated.world/p/al-gores-c...
Al Gore's case for optimism
Gore talks to HEATED about COP30, the Gates memo, and why he thinks billionaires should face far more scrutiny in the climate fight.
heated.world
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Come for a dose of climate optimism, stay for Katherine Hayhoe's fantastic cats: heated.world/p/al-gores-c...
Krugman is no fan of Hasset:
"[B]asically everyone understands that Hassett is an ideological DEI hire. That is, his career has depended not on getting things right but on displaying unswerving loyalty to conservative causes"
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/eggs-gas-a...
"[B]asically everyone understands that Hassett is an ideological DEI hire. That is, his career has depended not on getting things right but on displaying unswerving loyalty to conservative causes"
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/eggs-gas-a...
Eggs, Lies and Gasoline
The unbearable lightweightness of being Kevin Hassett
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Krugman is no fan of Hasset:
"[B]asically everyone understands that Hassett is an ideological DEI hire. That is, his career has depended not on getting things right but on displaying unswerving loyalty to conservative causes"
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/eggs-gas-a...
"[B]asically everyone understands that Hassett is an ideological DEI hire. That is, his career has depended not on getting things right but on displaying unswerving loyalty to conservative causes"
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/eggs-gas-a...
Misspelled "certainty" “There is a possibility that the U.S. will betray Ukraine on the issue of territory without clarity on security guarantees,” Macron said, according to Spiegel, adding there was “a great danger” for Zelenskyy.
“We cannot leave Ukraine and Volodymyr alone with these guys.” www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Macron warned US could ‘betray’ Ukraine in leaked leaders’ call, Spiegel reports
According to a transcript obtained by the German outlet, Europe rallied around Volodymyr Zelenskyy and sharply criticized Washington.
www.politico.eu
December 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Misspelled "certainty" “There is a possibility that the U.S. will betray Ukraine on the issue of territory without clarity on security guarantees,” Macron said, according to Spiegel, adding there was “a great danger” for Zelenskyy.
Ford CEO on Trump slashing CAFE standards is why you should absolutely, positively, shun Ford:
“Today is a victory for common sense and affordability… We believe that people should be able to make a choice,” Farley said.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12...
Fuck Ford
“Today is a victory for common sense and affordability… We believe that people should be able to make a choice,” Farley said.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12...
Fuck Ford
Trump wants tiny Japanese-style cars for US even as he cuts mpg goals
Even the first Trump administration had tougher fuel economy targets.
arstechnica.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ford CEO on Trump slashing CAFE standards is why you should absolutely, positively, shun Ford:
“Today is a victory for common sense and affordability… We believe that people should be able to make a choice,” Farley said.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12...
Fuck Ford
“Today is a victory for common sense and affordability… We believe that people should be able to make a choice,” Farley said.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12...
Fuck Ford
Wonkette is incisive, as per: "And at the intersection of dementia and Hitler, Trump went on yet another Hitler dementia rant about Minneapolis and Somalians and Ilhan Omar. www.wonkette.com/p/person-wom...
Person. Woman. Boot. Edge. Edge. Tabs, Thurs., Dec. 4, 2025
The intersection of dementia and Hitler.
www.wonkette.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Wonkette is incisive, as per: "And at the intersection of dementia and Hitler, Trump went on yet another Hitler dementia rant about Minneapolis and Somalians and Ilhan Omar. www.wonkette.com/p/person-wom...
Trump take EPA.
Trump announced that he is repealing federal fuel economy standards, significantly weakening fuel efficiency requirements for new cars and light trucks. It's his latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and the new energy economy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump announced that he is repealing federal fuel economy standards, significantly weakening fuel efficiency requirements for new cars and light trucks. It's his latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and the new energy economy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump says he will repeal Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks
Move marks president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and support for cleaner-running vehicles
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Trump take EPA.
Trump announced that he is repealing federal fuel economy standards, significantly weakening fuel efficiency requirements for new cars and light trucks. It's his latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and the new energy economy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump announced that he is repealing federal fuel economy standards, significantly weakening fuel efficiency requirements for new cars and light trucks. It's his latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and the new energy economy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Bloomberg: "US companies fired employees or otherwise reduced payrolls last month by the most since early 2023, further accelerating a trend of job losses... Unemployment currently sits at 4.4%."
It's good to cover sundowning grandpa's naps, but let's have more coverage of the cratering economy
It's good to cover sundowning grandpa's naps, but let's have more coverage of the cratering economy
December 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Bloomberg: "US companies fired employees or otherwise reduced payrolls last month by the most since early 2023, further accelerating a trend of job losses... Unemployment currently sits at 4.4%."
It's good to cover sundowning grandpa's naps, but let's have more coverage of the cratering economy
It's good to cover sundowning grandpa's naps, but let's have more coverage of the cratering economy
Brad Johnson (@climatebrad.hillheat.com) has noticed Ruben Gallego, of Laken Riley Act and Trump nominee approving fame, has continued furiously tunneling into Shit Mountain. As a long time downtown Phoenix Democrat, I'm disgusted by his Sinemaen turn. hillheat.news/p/ruben-gall...
Ruben Gallego Smells Like Joe Manchin
Climate hawks take Jersey City; Gallego goes Manchin; Jared Isaacman and Lee Beaman take the Capitol
hillheat.news
December 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Brad Johnson (@climatebrad.hillheat.com) has noticed Ruben Gallego, of Laken Riley Act and Trump nominee approving fame, has continued furiously tunneling into Shit Mountain. As a long time downtown Phoenix Democrat, I'm disgusted by his Sinemaen turn. hillheat.news/p/ruben-gall...
Pitchforks now?
"American victims of natural disasters are being abandoned by Trump. That abandonment reflects his personal cruelty and that of those around him, as well as the ideological allegiance to cruelty among the libertarian tech broligarchy." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-to-d...
"American victims of natural disasters are being abandoned by Trump. That abandonment reflects his personal cruelty and that of those around him, as well as the ideological allegiance to cruelty among the libertarian tech broligarchy." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-to-d...
Trump to Disaster Victims: Drop Dead
Sorry, but we don’t help the little people
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Pitchforks now?
"American victims of natural disasters are being abandoned by Trump. That abandonment reflects his personal cruelty and that of those around him, as well as the ideological allegiance to cruelty among the libertarian tech broligarchy." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-to-d...
"American victims of natural disasters are being abandoned by Trump. That abandonment reflects his personal cruelty and that of those around him, as well as the ideological allegiance to cruelty among the libertarian tech broligarchy." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-to-d...
Audrey Robertson is a malevolent imbecile:
Unclear if "Robertson understands the difference between "energy" and "electricity," which seems like an issue. She repeatedly said she "hates" — or even "doesn't believe in," per one source — "clean energy,"
www.gravityisgone.com/a-collective...
Unclear if "Robertson understands the difference between "energy" and "electricity," which seems like an issue. She repeatedly said she "hates" — or even "doesn't believe in," per one source — "clean energy,"
www.gravityisgone.com/a-collective...
'A Collective WTF': National Renewable Energy Laboratory Gets a Trumpian Name Change
NREL employees, many of whom joined the lab specifically to work toward its clean energy mission, are not happy about the oil-soaked leadership's moves.
www.gravityisgone.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Audrey Robertson is a malevolent imbecile:
Unclear if "Robertson understands the difference between "energy" and "electricity," which seems like an issue. She repeatedly said she "hates" — or even "doesn't believe in," per one source — "clean energy,"
www.gravityisgone.com/a-collective...
Unclear if "Robertson understands the difference between "energy" and "electricity," which seems like an issue. She repeatedly said she "hates" — or even "doesn't believe in," per one source — "clean energy,"
www.gravityisgone.com/a-collective...
Is Iowa's Farm Bureau cancer's best friend?
Farm Bureau brags major nitrate-reducing practices have reduced nitrate loads by 29,328 tons per year, ignoring that current application rates are 38,930 tons per year. So Iowa is 10,000 tons worse off than before FB's fake reduction scheme.
Farm Bureau brags major nitrate-reducing practices have reduced nitrate loads by 29,328 tons per year, ignoring that current application rates are 38,930 tons per year. So Iowa is 10,000 tons worse off than before FB's fake reduction scheme.
December 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Is Iowa's Farm Bureau cancer's best friend?
Farm Bureau brags major nitrate-reducing practices have reduced nitrate loads by 29,328 tons per year, ignoring that current application rates are 38,930 tons per year. So Iowa is 10,000 tons worse off than before FB's fake reduction scheme.
Farm Bureau brags major nitrate-reducing practices have reduced nitrate loads by 29,328 tons per year, ignoring that current application rates are 38,930 tons per year. So Iowa is 10,000 tons worse off than before FB's fake reduction scheme.
Reposted by Settled three prewars at my tree farm
Trump reportedly worried it could drop 150% or even 200% from its peak value
Ooopsie: Melania 'meme coin' value bottoms out as Trump brands collapse. “Digital ‘meme coins’ named for Trump and first lady Melania Trump are down 86% and 99% since inauguration day www.rawstory.com/melania-meme/
Melania 'meme coin' value bottoms out as Trump brands collapse: WSJ
Supporters of Donald Trump, who believed everything he touches turns to gold, are finding out the hard way that investing in the president has turned into a bad bet.According to a Saturday report from...
www.rawstory.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Trump reportedly worried it could drop 150% or even 200% from its peak value
"'Tesla's market capitalization is ridiculously overvalued today and has been for a good long time,' Burry said, adding that CEO Elon Musk's $1 trillion dollar pay package will dilute Tesla stock even further." finance.yahoo.com/news/michael...
Michael Burry says Tesla is 'ridiculously overvalued,' slams Musk pay package
Short seller Michael Burry just took a swipe at another richly valued stock: Tesla.
finance.yahoo.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"'Tesla's market capitalization is ridiculously overvalued today and has been for a good long time,' Burry said, adding that CEO Elon Musk's $1 trillion dollar pay package will dilute Tesla stock even further." finance.yahoo.com/news/michael...
Does anybody really think "tariffs" is a more beautiful word than "groceries"?
Anyway, Dean Baker explains that Trump is crazy/addled/stupid part eleventy-billion: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Anyway, Dean Baker explains that Trump is crazy/addled/stupid part eleventy-billion: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Tariffs and Trump Crazy: It Keeps Getting Worse
The old man is clueless about his signature policy
substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Does anybody really think "tariffs" is a more beautiful word than "groceries"?
Anyway, Dean Baker explains that Trump is crazy/addled/stupid part eleventy-billion: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Anyway, Dean Baker explains that Trump is crazy/addled/stupid part eleventy-billion: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Vote Trump: Because adults don't need gifts
Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays:
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Vote Trump: Because adults don't need gifts
Everyone who drinks water or uses HVAC should beg Chris Jones to run. laurabelin.substack.com/p/we-deserve...
"We deserve better": Why Chris Jones may run for secretary of agriculture
"What farmers do affects everyone"
laurabelin.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Everyone who drinks water or uses HVAC should beg Chris Jones to run. laurabelin.substack.com/p/we-deserve...
Dean Baker taking on terrible (savvy) reporting: "Trump is telling outright lies. Gas is not near $2.00 a gallon anywhere in the country. The price of almost every food item is up over the level when Trump took office, and some like coffee, up by double digits." substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Being Tone-Deaf Is Not the Same as Telling Outright Lies: That Should be Obvious
Trump is pushing lies, Biden may have been impolitic
substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Dean Baker taking on terrible (savvy) reporting: "Trump is telling outright lies. Gas is not near $2.00 a gallon anywhere in the country. The price of almost every food item is up over the level when Trump took office, and some like coffee, up by double digits." substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Josh Marshall calls for Dem senators to change of be purged and I'm so here for it:
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List
Over the last couple days I’ve argued both that the denouement of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Josh Marshall calls for Dem senators to change of be purged and I'm so here for it:
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
Tonight's Aurora Borealis seen from Franklin Township, Wisconsin. It's the first I've ever seen. I mean, I couldn't see it, but my phone could.
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Tonight's Aurora Borealis seen from Franklin Township, Wisconsin. It's the first I've ever seen. I mean, I couldn't see it, but my phone could.