The D.C. Universe

Someone recently said something like “Elon may own this place, but it’s still ours.” A nice sentiment. But I’m pretty sure it is in fact his. One man single-handedly destroyed the best website ever created. Dare to dream, kids. Anyway. I’m not leaving. But I’m not not leaving.

The costs of striking Iran are real. But so is the nuclear threat. Iran entered 2026 with enough uranium for 10 nuclear bombs. Before the June strikes, it was days away from enriching enough for 1 bomb—a level far beyond plausible civilian needs. Operation Epic Fury is working. We are systematically dismantling Iran’s war machine: missiles, drones, air defenses, navy, nuclear sites, defense industry, proxy networks, central command. In under 3 weeks, the supreme leader is dead, his successor wounded, and Iranian ballistic missile and drone launches are down 90%+. Iran is losing capacity faster than it can create chaos. "War is never clean. But the strategy—the actual strategy, measured in degraded capabilities rather than cable news cycles—is working." Excellent article. aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/…

@SBF_FTX @realDonaldTrump @rsalame7926 @JuanOrlandoH As a Democrat, I think @realDonaldTrump should pardon @SBF_FTX. By pardoning Sam, who gave MILLIONS to Joe Biden and may well have PERSONALLY cost Trump the election in 2020, Trump would be sending a message of peace: “There will be NO consequences if you work with my enemies.”

13) Biden's lawfare machine tried to silence the truth. Because the truth is that they were playing politics, not justice. Same story with @realDonaldTrump; with @rsalame7926; with me; with @JuanOrlandoH; and with so many others.

1) Rule No. 1 of Biden's political lawfare: Don't let them present evidence. x.com/rsalame7926/st…

They snuck in one black guy, but otherwise a diverse coalition of whites; old, really old, moderately attractive, goths, HGH users and those who enjoy staring at eclipses.

Bryce Harper contract midpoint check-in: 2019: ❌ (Nationals: 🏆) 2020: ❌ 2021: ❌ 2022: ❌ 2023: ❌ 2024: ❌ 2025: ❌ 2026: 2027: 2028: 2029: 2030: 2031:

@matt_terl This week’s content warning was a little more on-point. I see they also went back and fixed last week’s episode. I wonder if someone who had a job at HBO this time one week ago no longer does.

@matt_terl That’s amazing. But yeah, if they intended this a gag, I think they would have gone in the opposite direction and been like “TVMA: Smoking, Lots of Penises.”

@ericfingerhut If Amy Grant can get in, is it really that much of an exclusive club?

Sylvester Stallone is a totally legit choice for the Kennedy Center Honors. Huge movie star throughout the 80s and 90s. Had an iconic movie character with Rocky. But Kiss? Their claim to fame is they wore makeup on their faces. They basically had two hit songs.

@Beerbullets @MAGAVoice Buddy, the parliamentarian can’t add things to a bill. And Democrats didn’t add this. So who does that leave?

@MAGAVoice I don't like this part, of the bill which seems like it was added by the parliamentarian or some Democrat. From what i am seeing it was added in the Senate and this could be harmful to the gambling industry

BREAKING 🚨 President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill just ADVANCED in the House now 219-213 MASSIE ACTUALLY FLIPPED TO A ‘YES’ The Final Step… The Floor Vote is next 🔥

@charliemassie Hindsight is great! But I’m not losing any sleep over this one. Like I said eight years ago, if I’m going to kick myself for not investing in Bitcoin, it’s when I could’ve thrown a hundred bucks in on a lark and be worth nine figures right now, not when it would’ve cost $16,500.

@dcuniverse Just accidentally found this old Convo 🥲

@charliemassie If it were 2010, and they were eight cents each, I might just do that. But $16,500 is a little out of my price range.

@matt_terl Kept an eye out for this. I’m pretty sure it was the tub of Ben’s chili you can get in grocery stores.

Ok here is my John Feinstein thread. It's gonna be long. I saw someone praise him yesterday by saying he never made it about himself, which struck me as just about exactly wrong. He ALWAYS made it about himself. It's who he was, at least as long as I knew him

@BrendanDarr Right?

Episode 4. What THE fuck.

One episode through Paradise. The premise is amazing. The acting is probably better. The twist? Perfection.

@CBSScottWhite Every team may be able to afford him, but how many have a realistic shot at signing him? Five or six, max? With the Dodgers being overwhelming favorites? If anything, seems like this gives other teams a chance to get deals done while the Dodgers, Padres, etc are frozen in place.

Literally every team can afford him. I don't know how you build a pitching staff until you're sure you're out.

So this is going to be one of those slow-developing offseasons, eh?

I’ve never been to Nashville and now it looks like I’ll have an excuse to finally go.

“Soto’s bounced around because…the Nationals weren’t interested in signing him to a long-term deal”

Somewhere, a Democratic staffer who has access to the report is struggling with the ethics of leaking it to reporters. Meanwhile, if this were a damning report about a Dem congressman being a sex offender, Fox News, Charlie Kirk and Elon would already have copies.

November 2024: No one is taking vaccines away. We just want to let people make informed decisions. June 2025: Some vaccines are being banned. But just the bad ones. November 2025: HHS has determined that getting a Covid vaccine is worse for you than getting Covid. As such…

The one unqualified success of Trump’s first term was the Covid vaccine rollout, so yeah, why not take a sledgehammer to that part of his legacy?