Trump learning how the criminal justice system works.

LAW AND ORDER!!!

The defendant is clearly in full panic mode.

A friend mentioned this poem to me last night

poetryfoundation.org/poems/52577/mo…

A gray Maine morning, 52 degrees. This is what oatmeal is for.

Bloodbaths and more: 3 new books about civil wars

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.

nytimes.com/2024/05/19/boo…

REFRAIN

Whiskey, hormones and handguns
People think they’re fun
But mix ‘em up and they’ll mess you up
When all is said and done

Not everyone has oubliee'd it

nytimes.com/2024/05/19/boo…

Good to see the North Atlantic finally sort itself out

ocean.weather.gov/A_sfc_full_oce…

BoSox teetering at .500. Will tmw be the last they see of it this season? Feels like the Malzone/Runnels team of the 1960s to me.

⁦Emily Feng 冯哲芸⁩ says Lai’s “inaugural speech did not stray from an unofficial ‘status quo’ that keeps Taiwan’s sovereign status ambiguous.” But Lai stated clearly that Taiwan is a sovereign independent state. He left no ambiguity. npr.org/2024/05/22/g-s…

Russia continues its savage attacks on Kharkiv this week, striking a busy shopping center, a book publishing house and other civilian targets. We condemn these attacks and commit to holding Russia accountable for its unprovoked war.

tax cuts over every other thing

I'll be speaking at Politics & Prose on Conn. Ave. in DC on June 4th at 7 pm. Here's a link that will tell you the same thing.

politics-prose.com/thomas-ricks

REFRAIN

Whiskey, hormones and handguns
People think they’re fun
But mix ‘em up and they’ll mess you up
When all is said and done

Come on down, June 4 at Politics and Prose on Conn. Ave. in DC

politics-prose.com/thomas-ricks

Cooking the Books #June ! Thomas E. Ricks's Grilled Lobster Rolls, a recipe to complement his mystery #EveryoneKnowButYou ! An FBI agent finds himself in the insular world of a fishing village on the Maine coast where the rules are different—sometimes lethally so. (@Pegasus_Books).

At least they could offer a “Sean Duffy special “

Elon the Musk is a pretty good counter-indicator: Whatever he says, believe the opposite

cointelegraph.com/news/elon-musk…

C'mon down to Portland, Maine, for a fine time on June 11

eventbrite.com/e/everyone-kno…