Ben Adler

What Zohran Mamdani's favorite rappers shows about his politics usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

'It's not true': Trump's reasons for Iran attacks questioned usatoday.com/story/news/pol… via @fran_chambers @mcollinsNEWS

US immigration officials picked up a blind Rohingya refugee last week in Buffalo, NY. Then, realizing they had no basis to deport him, they released him five miles from his home. He needed a walking stick and died trying to make his way back to his house: investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/bli…

Fetterman’s poll numbers are now in Sinema territory: sunk too deep with his party to win a primary, artificially inflated by Republicans who’d never actually vote for him, trapped in a negative-partisanship era that makes an independent bid implausible. His seat is up in 2028.

Greg Bovino is engaging in some interesting exchanges on this platform.

Vice President Vance’s office deleted this tweet that broke with administration policy in its acknowledgment of the Armenian Genocide. 1/

DC people, I'm gonna be there this weekend. Holla atcha boy

Tried asking Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, whether it’s appropriate for ICE to enter homes without a judicial warrant. “Ask a constitutional lawyer,” he said. “I'm a farmer.”

Alex Pretti broke rib in confrontation with federal agents a week before death, sources say: cnn.com/2026/01/27/us/…

Remember Hot Girls for Cuomo? The influencer who founded it, @emilyaustin, was appointed by @NassauExec and NY governor candidate Bruce Blakeman to serve on the Nassau County Bridge Authority (1/2)

I've been doing this for 25 years. I can probably count on one hand the number of times the editorial boards of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and New York Post have all agreed on an issue.

@RichAzzopardi @jaymart222 Thanks! That’s a funny but apt analogy

@jaymart222 @badler Jay is right about the salt. You shovel feet of snow like you eat an elephant, one bite at a time. We’ve done a few shovels today. A bit demoralizing when the snow keeps falling but better than feet all at once.

What’s the best practice shovel now and again tomorrow? Shovel now then salt? Just wait til it’s all done and do it tomorrow?

“Why would he bring a gun to a protest?” from the same people who send out Christmas cards that look like this:

“The phone, not the gun, is the weapon the administration fears.” — @jonathanchait theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/…

NEW: Frank Carone, a longtime adviser and friend to @ericadamsfornyc who grew a lobbying/consulting firm after leaving City Hall, is the focus of a federal corruption investigation. W/ @WRashbaum @mrothfeld @npfandos @danarubinstein nytimes.com/2026/01/24/nyr…

To be clear about what this depicts: An immigration officer threw a woman onto the ground. Alex Pretti, a registered nurse on scene as a legal observer, is filming and goes to help the woman up. He is then pepper sprayed and thrown to the ground for no discernible reason. Many officer surround and assault him; one removes his firearm, which police say appears to have been legally registered. They then execute him with a hail of bullets. They are, objectively speaking, both cowards and criminals, while Pretti is what we teach people an American ought to be.

Drop Site obtained harrowing footage of the latest killing which appears to be from the perspective of the woman in pink filming from the sidewalk

How a former FBI employee described Kash Patel's demands for a work trip to the UK. Via the @nytimes

I know this is obvious but if you missed it, Trump has appointed himself lifetime leader of the world -- technically Chairman of the Board of Peace. Term never expires.