Last night Punaise and I had a discussion about the Pretenders. There are not a lot of bands that have to be seen live, but Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders are one of them. If they get anywhere near you, go see them, they are that good.

Here is a really good sample. Get past the drum solo, because this performance…

Given his long history of apologizing for Russia, Matt Taibbi is a terrible choice to explain the back story behind Twitter's (stupid) decision to prevent a shoddy NY Post story on "Hunter Biden's" "laptop" from going viral. He's an even worse choice to complain about the takedown of leaked Hunter Biden dick pics.

In the same way that Oath Keeper prosecutors never obtained evidence about what transpired in a key phone call, Proud Boy prosecutors appear not to have evidence about a key meeting on January 5 where Joe Biggs and Ethan Nordean finalized a plan.

At his dinner with Trump, neo-Nazi Nick Feuntes tied support for Trump's reelection to greater support to January 6 participants. Shortly thereafter, Trump taped a video for a neo-Nazi tied organization celebrating those who attacked the Capitol.

We can look at aspects of society groups of people push back at to see the outlines of power.