JR Thatcher

China’s financial regulator advised its largest lenders to temporarily suspend new loans to five private refineries recently sanctioned by the US over their ties to Iranian oil bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Dorohedoro is so underrated.

“Be…sure…to…drink…your…ovaltine…”

Sen. Collins says she has “an essential tremor, which I have had throughout the entire time I have served in the United States Senate. This benign condition, which affects approximately 1 in 20 people over the age of 40, does not interfere at all with my ability to do my job. The tremor is occasionally inconvenient, and sometimes the subject of cruel comments online, but it does not hinder my ability to work and, as I said, is something that I have lived with for decades.”

Haven’t seen a positive review of this book, even from sympathetic critics. Understandable. It’s a rambling mess; Kendi completely outmatched by the topic.

“The story isn’t the story, the story is that the story is being covered and who it’s being covered by” The Bulwark Guide to Journalism

So it turns out the Palisade fire was probably a left-wing terrorist attack carried out by a Luigi Mangione fan who told investigators his motive in the form of a hypothetical where if someone were to have started the fires it would be out of “resentment for the rich”

"Two people familiar with the case said the search was related to an investigation opened during the Biden administration that has continued, examining possible corruption and bribery related to marijuana dispensary businesses." nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/…

That’s probably gonna be a DLC

New: President Donald Trump flexed his grip on the GOP base in Indiana on Tuesday, vanquishing a majority of the Republican state senators who had dared cross him on redistricting. It was a show of force in the year’s first major test of Trump’s power over the GOP. Trump aligned groups dumped millions against the eight GOP lawmakers who blocked his effort to gerrymander the state. And on Tuesday night, at least five lost reelection. politico.com/news/2026/05/0…

I can try to pretend I have an issue with the death penalty but I just really don't.

What life is like as a high earning young American who didn’t get depressed by doomerism & kept working hard

Tucker Carlson Denies Ever Hearing Of This Tucker Carlson Fellow buff.ly/osozxQm

Some of the Ethan Klein lawsuit filings are hilarious The Reddit mods who didn’t want their identities revealed filed a declaration in support of their motion to quash in which one of them claimed that if his name became public he would be prevented from being able to work ever again and he might lose the support of his family What in the holy mother of ever loving fuck did you do in your capacity as a moderator for an anti-Ethan Klein drama subreddit that could possibly result in your family and friends abandoning you? Are you the guy who called CPS and sent skulls to Ethan’s house?

Crystal Ball House rating changes following Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signing new map into law. Current ratings take both VA & FL into account (awaiting legal action in both). Topline now 213 at least Leans D, 208 at least Leans R, 14 Toss-ups. Same as it was before FL/VA

Went to buy my dream car at the Porsche dealership today. I offered to pay 50% in cash and 50% in stock. The sales associate went to get the manager who asked me to leave.

Happy Veterans Day to your grandfather who served in the German army in World War II is insane. You don’t have to post everything.

ahhhhh I'm Ryan Cohen and I'm on CNBC and the journalists are asking me questions while I'm on CNBC ahhhhhh

Building trades do support building stuff

Game menus used to have so much aura