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“At the urging of President Trump, Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC) has endorsed Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) after losing his bid in the special primary election on Tuesday to succeed her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC),” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Fry announced the endorsement on Friday, throwing his weight behind Ms. Graham as […]

“Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) blasted President Trump on Thursday for ordering the U.S. Navy to revert to older catapult systems on its aircraft carriers, arguing the change would be costly while questioning Trump’s qualifications to make such a call,” NewsNation reports. Said Kelly: “He’s a marginally failed real estate developer with multiple bankruptcies. He shouldn’t […]

FENIX 701 It took chipping away at it by the The Guardian, the NYT, and others before the WaPo blew...

A follow up to last night’s post on Mike Huckabee, now U.S. Ambassador to Israel. Axios reports that Donald Trump...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving President Donald Trump’s administration at the end of August to spend more time with her family after the birth of her second […]

The post White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is departing her job. Here’s how PolitiFact fact-checked key moments. appeared first on Poynter.

I’ve made the first round of improvements to Micro.blog’s somewhat-complicated Sources page, now called Connections. A few things have been moved around and renamed. Should generally be a little simpler. Probably more to do later!

Ben Carson: We see this irrational hatred for billionaires. How stupid is that?

What if William Hogan redacted the Broadview 6 transcripts to cover up how well-connected right wing extremists ordered the prosecution and Andrew Boutros complied?

The post Sheri Mecklenburg’s Tech Troubles: “It’s on the E drive. It’s on the stick.” appeared first on emptywheel.

I'm still a NYT subscriber, although I don't read it very often, but when there's news I will go there. Anyway, they used to have a 10-article per month gift link rule. I used to ration them, but if by the end of the month I hadn't used them up I'd share links more liberally. A few weeks ago they lifted the limit. I thought that's nice, the NYT found that the web was still useful to spread the news, literally. I thought maybe they had a vision beyond the usual dotcom slop. Not so fast. Your friends can't read the articles unless they become a registered user. I bet they always had that, but this time I read the smaller print. Why can't some company do something just for goodwill and free advertising, without such an obvious business model? Having people think you care counts in the business world. As Marge Gunderson from Fargo would say, "Don't you know that?"

Chris Carter chats with Ars about the film he originally wanted to make—and why it's more relevant than ever.

The People of La Junta for Preservation, a nonprofit founded in 2024 that works to preserve Indigenous sites, and two Indigenous worshippers of Lipan Apache lineage are suing the federal government to stop the highly contentious border barrier construction and surveying activities in Big Bend, the Texas Observer has learned.  The plaintiffs argue that ongoing […]

The post Indigenous Group Sues to Stop Big Bend Border Wall on Religious Grounds appeared first on The Texas Observer.

In perhaps one of the most ironic turns of events we've seen in a while, new court documents have now revealed that Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who certainly was not known for treating young women with decency and respect, actually reported infamous child sex trafficker Je...

Senator Warren questions whether Taylor Farms' influence swayed Trump admin.

US groups release cheaper models after new challenges to their trillion-dollar ambitions.

Tim O’Reilly built a publishing empire that AI is helping to destroy. Yet he loves AI—as long as it’s open source.

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“U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Friday announced the arrest of a suspect who allegedly vandalized the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C. saying in a post on social media that her office filed two felony charges against a woman, with a penalty of ‘up to ten years in prison,'” ABC News reports.

This article is part of Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. In “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” when Indiana...

Pablo Picasso, Half-Length Female Nude, 1906 #artinstituteofchicago #museumarchive

We’ve moved some things around for managing RSS sources. In the sidebar, Sources has been renamed Connections, with two tabs for Sources and Cross-posting. Importing an RSS feed has been moved to Posts → Import.