Yep. Just thinking about what it says about the training and the institutional culture of those guys that you or me and many more know it, that manufacturer and Police Dpt guidelines say it, and then agent Hewson gives that answer *in court* and we have to watch these videos.

Oh, I think Trump has some basic ideas of how insurance works. And cryptos. Enough for his purposes.

And has his personal crypto. Enough for his purposes.

He's also a consummate master about the effect of promises of cash.

It's their voters who have no idea of all that.

Sure. But the Nigeria rant was really something else, even for Trump. And the naps in public. I think he may have been specially unwell these days. Even if, regrettably, it's not enough to really make a substantial difference in the Big Picture.

That meme is 10/10 👍

Yeah, right.

Ah, yes. That, too.

Tear gas while driving, with toddlers? Nah.

Stones of air and sandwiches, those are the truly injuring weapons 🙄

For those interested, last night I wrote about what's in the CR deal for Congress. If you want a slightly more coherent take...

firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/whats-in-t...

4) Senate Dems did get something out of the negotiations w/r/t power of the purse. They protected the legislative branch, notably GAO. But it's something they already had that was under threat, not something they won. Same is true with the RIFs. Same is true with SNAP.

3. Republicans were playing good cop, bad cop, crazy cop.

Good cop: Senate Republicans
Bad cop: House Republicans (Johnson)
Crazy cop: Russ Vought + Trump

Vought's plan was always to use impoundment/rescissions/starving people + firing feds to force Dems to surrender on the power of the purse.

Well, US District Judge Sara Ellis already found that their boss said he was attacked when sprayed with *nothing*, so whith bosses like this go figure.

Well, just another fracking "normal" day in this (oval) office, I guess 🤷‍♂️🫤

As long as not all our brains end up working like his, we're good to go...

🤜🤛

And let us not forget this masterstroke of genius.

Not nearly enough ruzzian tears for my taste. I’d name it 🫡
Federal
Unit for
Countering
Kremlin
Rhetoric
Undermining
Subversive
Schemes and
Incinerating
Aggression

You never know, and I really hope so, too.

But for the moment being, I think they are going to strike Venezuela, inc land targets, and not discarding boots on the ground. 🫤

We'll see 🤞