Bizarre Conspiracies: USAID Edition

People are weird.

TGI Tabs

Bad Leadership on Display

Trump’s response to the Kirk assassination is to try and further divide us.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosts a teleconference with NFL players Aaron Jones and Elijah Higgins during their visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Kuwait from the Pentagon, April 2, 2025. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosts a teleconference with NFL players Aaron Jones and Elijah Higgins during their visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Kuwait from the Pentagon, April 2, 2025.

Reports Suggest Pentagon Shifting Focus To Domestic Defense

Another day, another step closer towards military policing in the US.

War Department Redux

A potentially costly rebrand and strange bedfellows.

Reactionary Christian Nationalism on Display

A window into White Christian Nationalism (as endorsed by Pete Hegseth!).

Space Waste?

Nuclear reactors to the moon!

Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Canceled

The end of an era.

Newsom Flirts with a CA Gerrymandering Plan

Tit-for-tat is maybe good power politics, but is any of this good for democracy?

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Congressional Republicans Always Cave

They may whine and bluster, but Trump always gets their votes.

In Front of Our Noses: “Shylocks”

Trump uses an antisemitic slur.

Senate Passes BBB. Will House Go Along?

They’re talking a big game now, but they’ll likely bend a knee. Again.

Big Beautiful Bill in Trouble?

Senate Republicans are balking at several measures, but fixing those would make passage in the House impossible.

Tabby Tuesday

Iran Votes to Close Strait of Hormuz

What? Retaliation from Iran?

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Where Americans Get Their News

The information bubble is real.

In Front of Our Noses: Defying the Courts

Administrative “errors.”

Loyalty Tests For Government Hiring

It was inevitable.

Trump Lashes Out At Federalist Society

Will no one rid me of these meddlesome judges?

More Attacks on International Students

This time: Chinese students.

Who Wants International Students?

Clearly not the Trump administration.

Tabby Wednesday

President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary of Commerce Scott Bessent, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz in the Oval Office, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary of Commerce Scott Bessent, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz in the Oval Office, Wednesday, April 30, 2025.

Michael Waltz Out as National Security Advisor [But in as UN Ambassador!]

A major reshuffling of the foreign policy team 100 days into the administration.

We’re Deporting US Citizens, Including Children

Apparently, this is who we are now.

Monday Tabs

SunTabs

SaturTabs

3,900.28 Points in Two Days

If this is American greatest, I prefer it when things were “going to hell.”

‘The Economic Version of the Iraq War’

We are about to find out the degree to which trade wars are good and easy to win.

Did Somebody Say “Dunce”?

The ineptitude is staggering.

Tabby Monday

TGI Tabs!

Democrats Cave

They don’t want to give Trump what he wants, so they’re giving him what he wants.

USAID Ordered to Destroy Its Records

Salting the earth and breaking the law.

DOGEing It Out

Is the DOGE now on a leash?

Mid-Week Tabs