Your Trump secret police in action: Barbara Gomes Marques went with her US citizen husband and lawyer on to a green card appointment in downtown LA where she was tricked into walking down a hallway away from them, was snatched by ICE and never came back. Whereabouts unknown.

In a new Paul Myers Overshare I discuss my secret music career and then overshare one of my recent lo-fi home demos. open.substack.com/pub/pulmyear...

The MAGA GOP is so unpopular that they’re criminalizing dissent and declaring war on half the country, and have shut down the government (which will cause more economic suffering) because the Dems refused to let Americans lose their already pitiful health care subsidies. Oh, and Epstein Files when?

All roads lead back to Russia with this regime.

Seems important that the Speaker of the House does not even try to dispute that the president is unwell.

JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY by Paul Myers (@pulmyears.bsky.social) is out NEXT WEEK! 🫢📖 ✨ “An insight into the man, John Candy was a revelation to be enjoyed." —Laraine Newman, original cast member of Saturday Night Live Out October 7th, order a copy here: houseofanansi.com/products/joh...

The interview with @pulmyears.bsky.social on his upcoming John Candy bio is particularly good stuff. Look forward to that one immensely.

We released the first set of dates for my JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY book tour. I’d love to see you all out there at some of these shows and I hope I get to sign your books. houseofanansi.com/pages/john-c...

THIS WEEK ON THE RECORD STORE DAY PODCAST! TODD RUNDGREN @thetoddrundgren.bsky.social returns, this time as the Keynote Speaker at RSD Summer Camp 2025 in New Orleans, introduced by RSD's Carrie Colliton. The Record Store Day Podcast, Wherever you get your podcasts or: bit.ly/RSDPODCAST

I am one of the regular people whose healthcare premiums will increase due to the Republicans lack of empathy for the working poor. I resent every last one of these jackals.

It’s heeeeeere! @pulmyears.bsky.social

Barbara Gomes Marques is documentary filmmaker who risks imminent deportation to Brazil. Loud voices in the film community could be especially helpful right now.

Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation after being detained by ICE for over 100 days. His crime? Livestreaming a “No Kings” protest. If you were outraged about Jimmy Kimmel, you should be more outraged about Guevara. It’s time to #FreeMario now!

More than 100 writers, journalists, and scholars call for the immediate release of Mario Guevara, the only journalist detained in the U.S. today for doing his job—and now facing imminent deportation. Share the letter and join the call to #FreeMario: pen.org/press-releas...

Mike Johnson cancels votes, locks doors to U.S. House as he has refuses bipartisan negotiations to keep the gov't open

Vance literally joked about murdering fishermen bsky.app/profile/atru...

While going through text messages from Kaleb—insert an image of Charlie Brown saying “sigh” here—I found this, from about a year ago. The point he was making applies to all of us.

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

THIS WEEK ON THE RECORD STORE DAY PODCAST! TODD RUNDGREN @thetoddrundgren.bsky.social returns, this time as the Keynote Speaker at RSD Summer Camp 2025 in New Orleans, introduced by RSD's Carrie Colliton. The Record Store Day Podcast, Wherever you get your podcasts or: bit.ly/RSDPODCAST

Apropos of nothing a full page ad from the Onion

Media and Dems are still getting this badly wrong: Trump is deeply unpopular! Recent approval numbers: 38-54 (Quinnipiac) 39-60 (AP) 40-56 (Gallup) 41-58 (Reuters) 39-56 (Economist) On the pod, @lakshya.splitticket.org explains these numbers brilliantly. Listen: newrepublic.com/article/2010...

On this day in 2021, @pulmyears.bsky.social made his Toronto Mike'd debut. We talked about him growing up in Scarborough with his brothers Mike and Peter, The Gravelberrys, Barenaked Ladies, Kids in the Hall, and more. Paul returns (in person) soon! www.torontomike.com/2021/09/paul...

Why do all these ICE guys look like cosplay Bruce Willis impersonators? I suppose that’s just the kind of person who becomes a Proud Boy / bounty hunter / mercenary paid by the authoriarian ruling class to put down their own citizens.

So that guff about massing troops to war-torn Portland and "authorizing full force" - it seems he didn't run it by the Pentagon at all. "Pentagon officials appeared to be surprised by the Truth Social post and told NBC News they were not aware of any new orders to send troops into Portland."

I am just learning of the untimely passing of writer Kaleb Horton. I only knew him online as a fellow writer and we have messaged a few times in DMs. Still I knew him and his work in several mediums so I am no less stunned to hear he is gone. My condolences to his family and his close friends.

The Justice Department Is Ramping Up Trump’s Election-Rigging Efforts DOJ officials have sued six more states to demand sensitive voter data. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Looks like I’ll also ravaging PORTLAND on November 5, as I will be part of a book talk for JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY, followed by a screening of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, at PAM CUT’s TOMORROW THEATER. This is a ticketed event so please order NOW. tomorrowtheater.org/movies/john-...

If you’ve seen the new Paul Thomas Anderson film I think you realize right away that today’s Supreme Court is run by “Christmas Adventurers” now.

The Trump Fascists Enemies List is a Disgrace. We need a Kimmel level resistance for all of these revenge hits by his weaponized DOJ.

Let's see if he's for overturning LOVING V. VIRGINIA Let's see if his wife Ginni agrees with that one. abcnews.go.com/Politics/jus...

Next, he'll ask them to consider whether he can shoot a guy in broad daylight on fifth avenue

the evidence in favor of the traditional understand of the birthright citizenship clause is so overwhelming that a bunch of conservative legal hacks had to conjure a fake literature int existence to create the appearance of dispute. i expect the court to side with trump, of course.

I see the list of comics all flying to Saudi Arabia for this “festival” and my heart breaks. I feel like I need a shower. I feel like comedy needs a shower.

More noise!!!! www.scrippsnews.com/politics/imm...

I wonder what the over/under is on Supreme Court Justices included in the Epstien files?

How many times did Mike Johnson visit Epstein Island? Is he also protecting himself? Just asking questions.

Returning to a subject I was discussing this morning on X, I think a single video like this does more to radicalize people against ICE than any loaded rhetoric any politician has ever used, and DHS should think very hard about the consequences of supporting this kind of behavior from its agents.

Vaccines are one of the great public health success stories. They’ve saved millions of lives around the world. We cannot allow conspiracy theorists to undermine proven science.

Trump calls for Lisa Monaco, deputy attorney general in the Biden administration, to be fired from Microsoft, where she was hired in June as president of global affairs.

Without ICE there would be no violence. They’re dangerous and we need to get them off our streets.

If he means helping Trump get elected I’m with him.

“Sundowwwwn, ya better take care…”🎶🎶🎶

💖 JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY by Paul Myers (@pulmyears.bsky.social) is out in less than TWO WEEKS! Pre-order a copy from your favourite bookseller here: houseofanansi.com/products/joh...

In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate escalator crimes; and Trump’s vengeful DOJ, who persecute people who hurt his feelings. These are their stories.

Kimmel’s estimated Tuesday viewership (on TV alone) was 6.26 million, but since ABC’s Sinclair & NextStar affiliates censored that number only represents 77% of the possible number. Factoring back in the blacklisting stations, it’s possible that his projected rating would have been 8.13 million.

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

When you hear that Trump and his weaponized DOJ are indicting James Comey, you may be surprised to learn that it’s NOT because of his misleading October 28, 2016 nothing burger announcement that hijacked the Hillary Clinton campaign and cast doubts upon her in the minds of undecided swing voters.

If it helps, I just finished Paul's biography of Todd Rundgren and it was very well written and informative. I will be ordering this.

“Hey you! I hope you pre-ordered my new biography by Paul Myers. You’ll be glad you did.”