Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

#NoKings Boston

Boston, join us for No Kings tomorrow. Turn out, cradle of liberty! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

This guy really knows what he is doing. Best natural campaigner in a long time.

Remember the thousands of "guy in a diner" stories about "economic anxiety" as the main force behind MAGA-ism?

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples? HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

Yes, please.

Oh, for Pete’s sakes.

So here's my Diane Keaton story: 30 years ago I volunteered to wait tables at a charity gala in Santa Monica led by comedian Bob Saget. It was a big fundraiser for scleroderma, a terrible disease that his own sister had died of. A lot of his fellow comedians and stars turned out.

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Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.

Dude who handed Bush/Cheney the 2000 election, then voted to trash voting rights and campaign finance laws, tut-tuts about overreach by any one branch of the government and decries “vulgarity” in public life. All as he flogs his big-bucks memoir. How awful. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Heh.

Harming the weakest and most vulnerable: the Trump touch. In a just world he, Musk, and the DOGE team would be tried for murder.

Sherpas now using colorful toddler walking ropes to lead large groups up Mount Everest.

My last 45 years as a Democrat, in a nutshell.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u... Terrific, inspiring story about people fighting to make the grade to join the Army — which really needs them. A win-win result that features all the people Pete Hegseth despises.

As noted in the comments, this kind if breach should (and would) get any normal soldier or government worker fired and possibly jailed. Also, of course, these guys continue to illegally use Signal to avoid leaving a government record… and Congress cares not.

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session. Want to know why? Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out. Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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Unbelievable.

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

This sounds terrific.

Secretary of State Rubio recalls all ambassadors to Washington for 2-hour talk on salad fork etiquette.

Strong thread here. Hegseth, like so many of Trump's cabinet, is driven by some weird resentment of truth and honesty.

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The open corruption of the Department of Justice into a tool of dishonest oppression against people who have crossed Trump isn't just on Trump or his minions. It's on every Republican in the Senate, in the House, and on the Supreme Court.

Terrific!

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Penalty seems fair.

For people who know Korea, which seems to exclude everyone in MAGA, it was hard to imagine how this could get worse after Trump's "get over the comfort women" crack to ROK leader But then it got a million times worse. Korea is modern, innovative, a real tech power, strategic, *proud.* Now an enemy

Political violence is evil, killing people is evil, a country with more guns in it than people is broken, and what the government is saying about political violence right now being a primarily leftwing phenomenon is factually, statistically untrue. They are using this moment to rewrite history.

Desperate Kash Patel Asks Shooter’s Family If They Can Solve Any Other Cases

We saw Spinal Tap 2 last night, and with all huge respect for the creators, it's a misfire. We didn't expect lightning to strike twice, but hoped for at least some big laughs. Alas!

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Good day to remind people that we wouldn't have this Supreme Court if it weren't for Mitch McConnell deciding that no Justices can be considered during an election year and then deciding that Justices can be confirmed one month before an election. McConnell's evil directly enabled Tr*mp's evil.

They think you're stupid.

God bless yuh, guv. Right on the money!

Some numbers: -Most Americans are women. -Via the Census, about 60 million Americans are in a household that includes a daughter. -Every American, or human being, should be appalled and disgusted by this. It would take only 4 GOP Senators, or 6 to 7 Representatives, to save the country.

This court is broken. The six GOP members are low-grade, corrupt hacks. Every ruling is to help “their” team win, nothing is decided honestly or on merit. Expand the court, impeach them, whatever it takes.

Sometimes @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social is just chatty, but here he hits it square on the head. And he’s right: Democrats should not vote for business as usual. Dont go along quietly. Don’t vote to fund ICE, bullying, and Donald Trump’s corrupt regime. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

After 30 years online, I finally found it: The very last story I’d ever click on.

@jfallows.bsky.social has been great on this very strange approach by the @nytimes.com. Grateful for his steady gaze on this.

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Ha ha ha

This times one million. Him decreeing something doesn’t make it so.

"Otherwise, these are the actions of hypocrites and cowards who have traded justice for terrorists for revenge against the weak." Agree with @jfallows.bsky.social, a powerful read.