Jim Bausell

Sailor, wanderer

[Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe]

The irony of Trump calling FIFA to overturn
a red card for Balogun because he knows the U.S. can’t win without Balogun, who only qualifies for the U.S. team because of birthright citizenship, which Trump just tried to overturn.

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Imagine if Obama was directly connected to Epstein, made $2 billion off crypto scams, grifted a $400 million plane form Arab Royals, and started and lost a war with Iran.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

A country’s vitality is deeply tied to the value it affords to human life in every form and condition, acknowledging the dignity endowed upon every human person by virtue of their very existence. The moral greatness of a nation is manifested, above all, in its capacity to support, protect and cherish the lives of all, especially the most vulnerable and those whose worth is questioned.

[Knowledge & History @xKnowledgeBANK]

Czesława Kwoka, a 14‑year‑old Polish girl, was murdered at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp on March 12, 1943. She was killed by an injection of phenol directly into her heart.

Just before her death, she was photographed by fellow prisoner Wilhelm Brasse, who later testified that the SS guard struck her in the face before the photo was taken, the bruise on her lip is visible in the image.

In that haunting portrait, we see the terrified face of a child who did not speak German and had lost her mother only days earlier. Czesława was one of approximately 230,000 children and young people murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

The original black‑and‑white photograph, preserved at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim, was later colorized by Brazilian artist Marina Amaral, who was deeply moved by Czesława’s image and sought to share it with the world in color.

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

China alone now generates more solar than the entire world did 4 years ago.

[Janice Hough @leftcoastbabe]

From the Texas Tribune:

After Mexican officials confirmed case of screwworm in Nov. 2024, USDA, under Joe Biden, closed southern ports of entry to live cattle imports to prevent spread of screwworm into U.S. Move also strained supply of cattle in Texas....
USDA reversed course in Feb 2025, after Trump took office, announcing opening of ports"

[Turnbull @cturnbull1968]

Trump: “I have a contractor that built my pools, did an Olympic pool at my clubs. He can do the reflecting pool for $1.3M in less than 2 weeks.”

*A no bid contract and 6 weeks later, the budget is now $13.4M

Trump: “I don’t know the contractor. Never used them before.”

[Charlie Bilello @charliebilello]

The US consumer sentiment index from the University of Michigan goes back to 1952.

It has never been lower than it is today.

Video: https://t.co/8USvFpWxZN

[Jim Bausell @LegacyCapt]

@gtconway3d @JeffBezos, please provide us with some of the examples of Trump’s good ideas?

[Jim Bausell @LegacyCapt]

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[Costa Kapothanasis @CostaKapo]

“We’re facing the largest supply shortage of lubricating fluids in the modern history of America. Realistic, middle-of-the-road estimates are for our average available supply in this product category to drop by 40%.”

Internal AutoZone Memo

[Charlie Bilello @charliebilello]

13.1% of credit card balances in the US are now 90+ days delinquent, the highest since 2011.

10.3% of student loan balances are now 90+ days delinquent, the highest since 2020.

5.6% of auto loan balances are now 90+ days delinquent, the highest level on record.

[ABC News @ABC]

Grocery prices in the U.S. soared faster in April than any month in nearly four years, driving up the cost of everything from frankfurters to tomatoes to cupcakes, according to government data. https://t.co/Txg9D5599q

[Acyn @Acyn]

PabloReports: Ted Cruz called you a parasite and disparaged your work as a bartender.

AOC: It’s not a secret the disdain Ted Cruz has for people who work working-class jobs. It’s not a secret what he thinks of the waitresses, the line cooks—he thinks we’re less than him. He thinks that because he has a Harvard degree and has never scrubbed a table that it makes him better than someone who has actually had to work for a living.

I think it’s funny that he’s been taking a government paycheck for 23 years but has the audacity to criticize someone who has come from a family that had to work their way up and earn their place here.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

WEISS: Gulf Arab states now cutting bilateral deals with Ukraine and saying to United States, “You guys went to war with Iran, couldn’t protect us from Shahed drones. Guess who can? Ukraine, a country you want to forfeit and sacrifice to the altar of Putin.” It makes no sense.

[Jim Bausell @LegacyCapt]

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[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

Former Mueller prosecutor @AWeissmann_: Paul Manafort, Trump’s 2nd campaign manager, met with a Putin ally—with Trump’s implicit approval—to discuss a deal allowing Russia to annex part of Ukraine.

*Manafort was present at RNC 2024.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

A Republican Sheriff in Florida, Grady Judd, announced the arrest of 266 defendants in a sex trafficking scheme & minced no words. He identified influencer Craig Long, who he said moved in high circles, including with the president, holding up a picture of Long with Trump. https://t.co/NKHXTRFZZC

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

This kind of weird lying is itself a failure of a cognitive test

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

After six months and nearly 1,000 cases, the South Carolina measles outbreak is officially over.

How'd they do it? "Measles vaccinations were the most effective single containment tool."

https://t.co/X6nwGEulc3