Lawrence O'Donnell

If you only have time to read one thoughtful piece about this mess, let it be this one.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social

I wrote about the irony of Platner and his campaign trying to convince journalists, commentators and voters that they had outsmarted the trappings of traditional masculinity, only to come crashing down as a result of it:

We didn’t need a rape accusation to know Graham Platner was unfit

Despite months of red flags, his allies insisted he was the vision of positive masculinity the party needed.

I watched the whole insane thing so you didn’t have to.

It was a 25 minute pitch for one piece of legislation that the Republican Senate refuses to pass.

Included gems like “We are winning big in Iran.”

msnow at 10pm

Why didn’t ICE send these phony “Warning Notices” to all the TV networks and newspapers that have criticized them? Just trying to terrorize people who they think they can scare?

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social

ICE repurposes IG office from monitoring official corruption to policing online criticism of ICE talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

ICE Takes on New Role in Suppressing Online Dissent

‘Warning Notice’ This story has been percolating in local media since last...

Now rated most likely Dem to win a Republican senate seat

The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social

TONIGHT: @roycoopernc.bsky.social joins @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.

Thinking up new demented ways to wildly increase inflation.

The New York Times @nytimes.com

President Trump has said that the United States will charge a 20% fee on cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz, despite his own administration’s position that such fees violate international law. Here's what to know.

Trump’s Plan to Charge a Toll in the Strait of Hormuz: What to Know

President Trump announced a 20 percent fee on cargo through the waterway, despite his own administration’s position that such fees violate international law.