The Trump admin is reportedly stonewalling the Government Accountability Office. OMB, HUD, Commerce and the Education Depts have been particularly nonresponsive. That's doesn't sound like an administration focused on ending waste, fraud and abuse... notus.org/donald-trump/gao-s…

Michael Ian Black's piece has one observation that cuts through everything else written about the Epstein files this week. The senior officials who gathered in the Situation Room last July - Vance, Wiles, Blanche, Leavitt, Cheung, Patel - spent hours strategizing about how to protect Trump from the political fallout. They workshopped options. They debated whether to call Tucker Carlson or use DOJ lawyers instead. They reportedly discussed nipples in the White House Situation Room. One official described it as "surreal." What none of them apparently did: ask whether the allegations against their boss had merit. Not once. Not raised. Not even Bongino, who is Black's unlikely near-hero for the piece - Bongino's objection was to the botched rollout, not to the underlying situation that made a rollout necessary. The documentable facts now in the record: Trump flew on Epstein's plane at least eight times after claiming he hadn't. Trump denied writing the birthday letter, then the Wall Street Journal obtained it. Epstein's personal secretary testified to Congress this week that she arranged calls between Trump and Epstein shortly before the 2016 inauguration - after Trump claimed he had cut off contact in 2004. These are not allegations about what happened on Epstein's properties. These are documented lies about a documented relationship. The people in that Situation Room knew the relationship existed. They chose to manage the politics instead of asking the question that the people they serve - the American public - would want answered. Black closes with the names of Epstein's accusers who went public. That's the right place to close.

This aged well…

“But even before we have the details, it is clear that Trump has failed to achieve every one of the goals he put forward for this war of choice, and now he is determined to sign, seal, and deliver America’s capitulation as quickly as possible” theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…

MAGA struggle with both facts & math . Can we get another TDA on this ...

@ViralReelAddict This needs to send Trump to prison while he's still alive. Let him sleep in prison.

Trump had a whole army of pedos storming the Capitol on 1/6.

Still waiting for an answer.

Another good white Christian:

Grace, power, intellect Everything MAGA lacks She’s not just iconic, she’s generational

Donald would hate seeing this ad on his birthday. Too bad! @senecaprojectus is targeting the UFC White House event and the alleged 80,000 attendees with this ad. We will never forget who protected predators, Donald! #AmericaIsWatching Help us make it go viral!

Diana is 18. She serves in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. That alone tells you everything about the courage of Ukrainians 🇺🇦

🚨 BOMBSHELL! Expert Ellen Kountz exposes Trump's massive UFC scam. She confirms he became a shareholder right before signing the White House event deal! The administration is using federal property and taxpayer dollars to completely privatize profits. Total corruption!

“When the lights of ‘The Claw’ rise over the White House grounds on Sunday, and the fighters emerge, I hope you’ll understand what you’re really watching. A President has deluded his people into clapping for their own decline – and for his own delight.” inews.co.uk/news/world/trump…

Robert De Niro walked to that microphone tonight and gave the most Robert De Niro answer possible to the question of what free speech actually looks like in practice. No notes Mr. De Niro. 🤩

Super feelgood post

Additional funds for ICE: $70 billion Cost to end homelessness for nearly 8 years: $70 billion We don’t suffer from a poverty of resources. We suffer from a lack of moral imagination.

Knicks fans helping out sanitation worker in the early hours after the title win

"No matter how many air defense systems Russia deploys, there will always be vulnerabilities.There is no absolute defense in modern warfare The war will continue to return to the territory of the Russian Federation until the aggression against Ukraine ends." - Kyrylo Budanov🇺🇦