Chris ( @cside3.bsky.social )

Geographer. Raver. Paramecium.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

ZETEO: “A Marine who served with Graham Platner in Iraq and got matching tattoos: ‘No, we did not purposely get hateful fucking shit because we’re racist people. We got matching tattoos because we were in our 20s, drunk in Croatia, and that’s it.’” https://t.co/CRtF3EC3KR

[Not That JD @jdfromthe504]

Nothing to see here just typical New Orleans Politics.

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[Ta-Nehisi Quotes @steady_drumbeat]

Platner wrote a ton about his political beliefs on Reddit. He didn’t think it’d be read. He was a woke BLM guy who talked about the struggles of LGBT marines & got into arguments with Holocaust revisionists. There is no Nazi on earth who would talk like this. It’s dispositive.

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

Let's walk through what actually happened here, in order.

DOGE cut the USAID program specifically designed to prevent screwworm from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. DOGE cut USDA's animal disease control and prevention funding. That funding had supported more than 180 outbreak investigations in 22 countries and capacity-building in more than 160 laboratories. The screwworm monitoring and response program that watched the border for exactly this parasite - cut.

Then screwworm showed up in Texas cattle. Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared a disaster for Zavala and Uvalde counties this week.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins went on CNBC this morning and blamed the Biden administration, 17 months out of office.

Her specific words: "obviously not much had been done to push back."

The program that was supposed to push back existed. DOGE eliminated it in March 2025. Rollins has been Agriculture Secretary since February 13, 2025. The cuts happened on her watch.

Beef prices are already high. Ranchers in south Texas are now dealing with a flesh-eating parasite that was eradicated in this country in the 1960s - eradicated, specifically, using the sterile fly program her department defunded.

The flies existed. The program existed. The budget existed.

Until it didn't.

[Steve Morris @stevemorris__]

They expect us to believe these results and not ask questions 🙄

[The Green Dragon Tavern @greendragonhq]

Graham Platner got a tattoo as a young adult, not understanding the meaning of it, and had it removed once he was told.

An honest mistake, and an appropriate response. That’s why Democrats still support him.

Donald Trump was found liable for rape. He was caught bragging about sexually assaulting women. He has been accused of rape 35+ times going back decades. He was close friends with one of the most prolific pedophiles ever.

That was not disqualifying for MAGA, why would Platner’s tattoo be disqualifying for Democrats?

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) faked a phone call for roughly 90 seconds after being asked about Speaker Mike Johnson’s comments regarding potential Social Security cuts. The phone's screen remained visible, with his cheek inadvertently tapping different parts of the display.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Susan Collins 30 years ago: “I’ve pledged that if I’m elected I will only serve two terms. 12 years is long enough to be in public service.”

[Sarah McBride @SarahEMcBride]

thoughts and prayers

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) faked a phone call for roughly 90 seconds after being asked about Speaker Mike Johnson’s comments regarding potential Social Security cuts.

The phone's screen remained visible, with his cheek inadvertently tapping different parts of the display.

[Rogue POTUS Staff @RoguePOTUSStaff]

The constitution of Iowa requires that a person be a resident of the state for at least two years prior before they can be elected as Governor.

This leaves Democrat Rob Sand as the only eligible candidate on the ballot.

[Ed Whelan @EdWhelanEPPC]

In a two-way race in 2024, Donald Trump got 26.5% of the vote in City of Los Angeles. In a three-way race in 2026, Spencer Pratt has 26.7% of the vote. I'm not sure what the mystery is that demands a conspiratorial explanation.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Scott Pelley responds to Trump saying he doesn’t care about the country: “I’ve never worn the uniform, but I’ve been in combat for this country. In Afghanistan, and Iraq, Kuwait. Been shot at. Spent nights in foxholes filling up with water in the desert. I’m not aware that the president has ever done any of those things for his country. You become a journalist because you love the First Amendment, you love the country. While all the other descriptions the president used about me might be applicable, not that one”

[Niall Stanage @NiallStanage]

This is a devastating interview.

Scott Pelley tells the NYT that Bari Weiss directly put a “thumb on the scale” for Trump over the killing of Renee Good.

Here’s his explanation of exactly what happened.

[Chris ( @cside3.bsky.social ) @cside3]

Great show last night! #nola #lucydarling #carisahendrix

[Chris ( @cside3.bsky.social ) @cside3]

@JustinWolfers Mindwalk. https://t.co/da714mbfmL

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@ThatEricAlper

[LACAG.org @LacagOrg]

Cleo Fields, Jeff Landry, and your tax dollars.

Cleo has a 30 year pattern you need to know about.

1997: FBI video catches Fields accepting $25,000 cash from Edwin Edwards, the governor later convicted of federal racketeering, who tells Fields to make sure “everyone is careful how that’s handed out.” Fields is never charged but quietly does not seek reelection.

He spends the next 28 years bouncing between the state Senate and private practice, amassing an estimated $38 million net worth on a government salary that never exceeded $20K as a state senator.

January 2024: Landry takes office as governor. Cameron Henry becomes Senate President. Fields is immediately handed the chairmanship of Senate and Governmental Affairs, one of the most powerful committee seats in the legislature because the chair controls which bills get scheduled. Fields had quietly supported Landry over Shawn Wilson in the gubernatorial race, helping Landry win the primary. That chairmanship put Fields in direct control of the redistricting process, where he helped draw his own congressional district.

November 2024: Fields wins that congressional seat.

2025: His first year in Congress, Louisiana’s Republican legislature appropriates $500,000 to the Louisiana Leadership Institute, Fields’ personal nonprofit. Then Fields is caught buying up to $300,000 in Oracle stock days before Trump’s TikTok executive order made Oracle’s role public. Fields sits on the House Financial Services Committee overseeing capital markets. No charges filed.

2026: Landry signs SB 121 eliminating Fields’ district entirely. Same session, the legislature passes two enrolled bills sending an additional $1.1 million to Fields’ nonprofit. Rep. Jack McFarland chaired the Appropriations Committee that produced HB 1 and authored HB 312. The HB 312 line item contains zero purpose language. Just the name and the number.

While this money was moving, the Louisiana Leadership Institute broke ground on a $3 million amphitheater.

Total state funding across two sessions: $1.6 million to a sitting congressman’s personal nonprofit.

This is the uniparty taking care of itself, protecting itself, and operating like a business, and we are the ones funding it.

#lalege #lagov

[Frank Conniff @FrankConniff]

Soon:

“I’m Scott Baio.”
“I’m Patricia Heaton.”
“I’m Kevin Sorbo.”
“I’m Roseanne Barr.”
“I’m Andrew Tate. Those stories, plus Tony Hinchcliffe, tonight on 60 Minutes.”

[Potato Kmish @potatokmish]

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