In Front of Our Noses: Another Democratic Official Arrested

The pattern of attempted intimidation continues.

Minnesota Speaker Emerita and Husband Assassinated

A state Representative and his wife have also been shot and are in the hospital.

Defending and Downplaying the Padilla Incident

Force to create compliance should not be supported or excused. And yet…

TGIF Tabs

In Front of Our Noses: Noem’s Liberation Promises

The authoritarian rhetoric continues.

US Senator Taken to Ground and Handcuffed [Updated]

The crime: trying to ask DHS Secretary Noem a question at a press conference in a federal building.

Trump And Miller At Functional Odds On Immigration Policy [Updated: Or maybe not]

The challenges and harms of meeting campaign promises.

Sec Def Peter Hegseth Jokes About Afghanistan Allies

Spoiler alert: the joke wasn’t funny

In Front of Our Noses: Politicizing the Military

Trump’s speech at Fort Bragg.

YouGov Poll on National Guard Deployment to LA

One poll, to be sure, but not one in Trump’s favor.

Tabby Tuesday

A Pattern of Turning Away Members of Congress is Emerging Amid Concerns of Detention Facility Conditions

Like in NJ, ICE rejects a Representative from seeing a facility in CA.

Some Random Tweets And Thoughts On The LA Protests

There’s always a tweet

A Reminder about “Proof”

The curious case of the finger tattoos.

In Front of Our Noses: Additional Trump-Musk Thoughts

It says a lot about the Trump era.

Joni Ernst and the Ongoing Devolution of the GOP

One for the pantheon of utterly terrible public non-apology “apologies.”

In Front of our Noses: Dictatorial Claims

Keeping a running list of examples of the dishonesty, unreality, poor governance, and authoritarianism of the Trump administration.

In Front of Our Noses: Lies about Balancing the Budget

More from the annals of unrealty.

Musk Has Left the Building

Is the worst of the idiocy over?

A Big Bad Mess

The GOP budget bill.

Noem Can’t Define “Habeas Corpus”

That’s a problem, given her job and all.

SunTabs

The Case of the Afrikaners

What it tells us about race and the Trump administration.

Shipless

Don’t worry! Trade wars are good and are easy to win.

Authoritarian Intimidation

Arresting Newark Mayor Baraka is clearly a signal.

Supreme Court Allows Trump Transgender Ban to Proceed

They’ve reversed a lower court ruling. For now.

Unserious and More than a Little Authoritarian

Imagery and the White House Twitter account.

PSA: How to Avoid Being a Hack

Check yourself before you wreck yourself.

Hooray for Scarcity?

Trump’s weird rhetoric on trade.

On Bill Maher and Normalizing Trump

Being nice at dinner is easy.

Lying in the Service of Human Rights Abuse

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

A False and Immoral Catch-22

It is one helluva a catch

What Will Be The Impact Of The Pause That Wasn’t?

Be prepared for a rocky day and potentially more changes to “the plan”

[Updating] President Trump Kinda Pauses(?) Implementation of Non-China Tariffs

Or they maybe happening at 10%… Who knows?! Clearly not the White House.

Fox And Friends Has Fallen!

Things have to be bad when they actually start to speak the truth to the President

American Wealth

The illogical of MAGA.

Different Forms of Trump Apologist Copium

Remember Trump cannot fail, he can only be failed!

3,900.28 Points in Two Days

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

X/itter Truth Bomb Of The Day

This one should come with a warning label (especially as it cuts both ways)

Strong Jobs Report For March*

* – but the tariffs didn’t start until April 2

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The Problem With “What About The Workers?!”

A response to an argument based on feels not facts

X/itter Reacts To The Tariffs

It’s like tab clearing, but for those with no attention spa… squirrel!

Some Tariff Related Content

Spoiler alert: This is going to be a disaster