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The highest quality video of the moon was just released… this is so beautiful.

trump's proposed 2027 budget. defense up $440.9 billion. most everything else — health, housing, education, labor, agriculture — cut.

"You need to understand that Sam can never be trusted." "He is a sociopath. He would do anything." - Aaron Swartz on Altman, shortly before he took his own life

I wrote part of a chapter in a book (more than 10 years ago) on nuke strategy about why nuclear attacks on regional enemies like NK and Iran were a lot harder than anyone thinks. amazon.com/No-Use-Nationa…

This is quite something

Host: Donald Trump is now asking taxpayers to be on the hook for renovations to the executive residence to the tune of $377 million. That is according to the new White House budget request for next year. It marks a more than 800% increase from last year.

Caine wanted to keep it secret because you don't send hundreds of men to rescue a single downed pilot. Trump, being an impulsive, sundowning, moron, blurted it out because he thinks it makes him sound strong and manly to go play in the desert with hundreds of his toy soldiers.

"China has taken the unusual step of reserving swaths of offshore airspace without explanation for a period of 40 days, issuing alerts similar to those used to warn aviation authorities of Chinese military exercises, which typically last no more than a few days." The Iran war has effectively killed conventional U.S. deterrence in Asia so its just a question of how China wants to go about things at this point. wsj.com/world/china/ch…

Latest piece in @TheAtlantic . What we are seeing from the US strategically, diplomatically and militarily in the war against Iran is probably making it clear to China that the US lack the ability to effectively fight a war in the Western Pacific. US shortcomings are glaring. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/…

@AJamesMcCarthy Milo is King of The Tent $6.99 down, 0% mortgage, 0% PMI

IMPORTANT UPDATE Gregory is a homeowner

“This isn’t left and right anymore, this is big versus little,” says @osbornforne. “We have to look at the people who spend billions of dollars in our elections trying to keep the people that they want in power.” nytimes.com/2026/04/04/us/…

"Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell" -- Jake Tapper reads Trump's Truth Social post on air

The Trump administration is going to great lengths to hide the damage of this war - to U.S. bases, facilities, and the wider region. But they'll expect you to pay for it.

This is the part that keeps getting buried under the raw numbers. Hegseth spent months pressuring Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to remove four decorated colonels from the one-star promotion list. Two Black men. Two women. Driscoll refused, because their records demanded it. So Hegseth pulled their names himself… which legal experts say he likely had no authority to do. The defense secretary is supposed to approve or reject the entire list, precisely to prevent this kind of targeted discrimination. Then Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George - the Army’s top officer - asked to meet with Hegseth to discuss the blocked promotions. Hegseth refused to meet. Refused to discuss his decisions at all. Then he fired George. Whose term wasn’t supposed to end until September 2027. Nine U.S. officials across all four branches confirmed the NBC reporting. “There is not a single service that has been immune,” one said. The officers’ attributes being cited for removal include past support for Covid vaccine mandates… and association with Mark Milley. The Pentagon’s response to every outlet that asked: “fake news.” They didn’t dispute a single name.

Someone in the US Government was powerful enough to approve Jeffrey Epstein for the Visa Waiver Program so he could fly new rape victims into the country without notice. If the Press can figure out who did it, we will have good evidence to who is behind the Epstein Cover Up

After all these years, David Sedaris's "chicken salad or shit with broken glass" analogy for American elections remains unbeaten. And, you know, chicken salad can be pretty mediocre, even bad. It's just not shit with broken glass in it, and pretending it is makes you look insane.

Adding another reason to the list of why I won’t buy ‘smart’ appliances.

Grocery prices are expected to continue to increase & drive millions into global hunger from this war The war with Iran is skyrocketing food prices, pushing millions into acute hunger as the war drags on Rising energy, shipping and fertilizer costs are already making an impact

The eaglets are coming. Congrats to Jackie & Shadow! Happy Easter everybirdie! youtube.com/live/B4-L2nfGc…