Miles Taylor: With the Comey indictment, #Trump commits an impeachable offense The criminal conduct is worse than his previous impeachments. #impeach #jamescomey #law #constitution […]

Timothy Snyder: #hegseth puts us all at risk. Why put all the American commanders in one room? "There is no practical reason to do this: he has easier and more secure ways to communicate with the commanders. And there are obvious risks: the entire armed forces of the United States, spread […]

@Bongolian Many thanks for bringing this up! However, I'd like to point out that the article says "died." Navalny was *murdered* by Putin. To anyone who wants to dispute this claim: how many 47 years old people do you know who died suddenly on their own (without an accident or terminal illness […]

Jessica Flores: Detained immigrants #protest over conditions inside newly opened #California City #ice facility "Detained immigrants at the newly opened detention center in California City (Kern County) described the facility’s conditions as inhumane, saying many people do not have access to […]

Stephen Council: SF tech giant #salesforce hit with 14 lawsuits in rapid succession. The headache over hackers' data theft comes despite Salesforce's repeated claims of innocence #Hacking #sanfrancisco https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/salesforce-14-lawsuits-rapid-succession-21067565.php

Miles Taylor: Why are you staring at the table? A dead Russian dissident has words for all of us, on the eve of #Trump charging his critics with crimes. #AlexeiNavalny #US #Russia #Politics #lies #law https://www.treason.io/p/read-why-are-you-staring-at-the-table

At least 16 detainees have died in ICE custody this year. A planned rally today in NYC will protest detainee conditions. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social has the story. prospect.org/justice/2025...

Jennifer Rubin: Even if protests don’t hit 3.5%, the #resistance can topple Trump. An all-hands-on-deck moment "You might have heard of the so-called 3.5% rule. Developed by Erica Chenoweth and colleagues at Harvard, it postulates that 'no government has withstood a challenge of 3.5% of their […]

🇺🇸 “Politicized” #Science and Attacks on #PublicHealth - Negative Impacts for Health and health workers #RFKJr says his job “is to eliminate politics from science,” but his actions are the opposite Writes @joeamon.bsky.social in @hhrjournal.bsky.social www.hhrjournal.org/2025/09/18/p...

"He wants you to pay. He's acting in the interests of the health companies and the big pharmaceutical companies, but he's certainly not acting in your interests." Nigel Farage and the NHS.👇 https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/09/24/farage-and-the-nhs/

Tom Malinowski: #Trump and his regime are not invulnerable. They taunt us from a place seemingly above the law to make us feel helpless and demoralized. But #democrats can act now to hold them accountable. #thecontrarian #autocracy #bribery #Corruption #law #magnitsky #crime […]

Roger McNamee: #AI investors are in for a rude awakening. There is a huge gap between investment and revenue from #llms. Investors wrongly assume everyone will be a winner #investment https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/24/ai-investors-llms

Rachel Leingang: The Democratic superlawyer #Trump can’t silence: ‘We are in the break-glass moment of American history’. Marc Elias has long defended high-profile #democrats and election law, resisting Trump’s crackdown on his opponents. #marcelias #Democracy #law @democracydocket […]

I learn new law on Bluesky every day. For instance today I learn that I don’t know the federal law of attempt.

Dara Kass, MD: The chilling effect of politicizing #tylenol. Unfounded political rhetoric about medicine can literally kill people. #Trump #rfk #medicine #Politics #thecontrarian https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-chilling-effect-of-politicizing

Meredith Blake: Tyrants Have Always Targeted Comedians for Making Political Jokes Long before Jimmy Kimmel or Stephen Colbert, there was Werner Finck and Robert Dorsay #jimmykimmel #stephencolbert #Trump #comedy #Putin #goebbels #tyranny #autocracy #freepress #Media […]

Chicago Tribune photographer Stacey Wescott describes capturing viral image from recent #ice #protest "During an ensuing melee after gas was deployed, Wescott made a photograph of former Marine Curtis Evans carrying an American flag amid a cloud of gas in the middle of the confrontation." […]

Jonathan V. Last: #Autism, #maha, and the Face of God. One part junk science, two parts incompetent government, and with a dash of blasphemy, for seasoning. #rfk #tylenol #christian https://www.thebulwark.com/p/autism-maha-and-the-face-of-god

Margaux Bauerlein: African American #quilts honored in the Bay Area: ‘The tie that binds us to our ancestors’ #Art #History #africanamericans #black #museum #berkeley #California https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/berkeley-african-american-quilts-20398052.php

Ann Telnaes: Thug at the #un. #Trump gives an embarrassing, self-aggrandizing speech at the United Nations #Cartoon #autocracy https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/thug-at-the-un

Dharna Noor: #ice targeted me for organizing, says farm worker who left #US for #Mexico. Alfredo Juarez Zeferino spent a harrowing few months in Ice jail – and, under threat of #deportation, chose to leave #immigration #labor #Union […]

Sadly, it's shocking nowadays when a #billionaire donates money to non-profits when there's no obvious personal benefit to themselves. Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $70m to #hbcus. The gift, one of Scott’s largest single donations, will help #uncf build a $370m pooled endowment for its […]

One can see quite a lot of psychological projection and damage from reading this article: "Pedo Guy" "My dad will have a carefully thought-out plan of evil. He will plan evil." Spreading his sperm willy-nilly. Edward Helmore: Elon Musk’s father accused of sexually abusing his children and […]

Jennifer Rubin: Words & Phrases We Can Do Without: ‘Liberal #Hollywood’? More like ‘Craven Entertainment Corporations’ "The myth that Hollywood is a bastion of leftism dies hard. Contrary to the right-wing cliché, a social, political, and economic dichotomy has existed for years. Regardless of […]

Following Kimmel Suspension, Attorney General Bonta Stands Up for Free Speech, Urges FCC Chairman Carr to Uphold First Amendment https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/following-kimmel-suspension-attorney-general-bonta-stands-free-speech-urges-fcc

Mimi Rocah: #Trump has crossed the reddest line. If a president can use the power of the Justice Department for his political and personal ends, no one is safe. #autocracy #doj #pambondi https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-has-crossed-the-reddest-line

Erwin Chemerinsky: tRump's direct attack on free speech. We all should be concerned by the pattern emerging from the administration on our fundamental rights. #thecontrarian #Trump #law #FreeSpeech #autocracy #abc #Disney #jimmykimmel #Meta #Facebook #paramount […]

Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush: #Trump is Wielding “Religious Liberty” As A Weapon. Religious Americans Must Have the Courage to Push Back. #thecontrarian #Religion #ChristianNationalism #christianity #interfaith https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-is-wielding-religious-liberty

Shalise Manza Young: Josh Johnson is the new appointment viewing. The comedian, part storyteller and part philosopher, uses his own experiences to delve into #History, #Politics, and pop culture. @thepoliticalcat @ksmokeycormier #thecontrarian #joshjohnson #comedy #popculture #philosophy […]

He continues to be invaluable. Via Marc Elias: Disney paid $16 million to Trump to settle a bogus lawsuit involving George Stephanopoulos. Disney fired Terry Moran for calling Stephen Miller a “world-class hater.” Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel. That Disney has walked back one of those after […]

Elaine Lin: How a Chinese pirate’s son muddled Taiwanese identity. In 1661, the first Chinese general seized #Taiwan, replacing its inhabitants with his army’s descendants. Now, his legacy is used to support the Chinese unification narrative. #History #irredentism #China […]

Jennifer Rubin: The Constitutional Crisis is All Around us. What we can all do #Trump #Democracy #autocracy #constitution https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-constitutional-crisis-is-all

Extray! Extray! Read all about it! “Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime” …on the grounds that “in their public appearances they displayed a lack of any positive attitude toward National Socialism and therewith caused grave annoyance in public […]

@JDGeoShack We, the people who follow politics closely can easily forget that most people just ignore it. It's cantankerous, confusing and often ugly. And talking about it can make people angry at you. I think that some of this stuff is causing "how bad it is" to break that containment. It's […]

Coral Murphy Marcos: #ice detainees hold hunger strike at #Louisiana state penitentiary. Nineteen in immigration processing unit striking for access to medical and mental health care, among other demands #immigration #strike […]

Michael Savage: #Meta exposé author faces bankruptcy after ban on criticising company. Sarah Wynn-Williams faces $50,000 fine every time she breaches order banning her from criticising Meta #Facebook #zuckerberg #nda […]

the head of ICE getting filmed accepting $50,000 in what appeared to be cash bribes from undercover agents is the least surprising news ever > "On Sept. 20, 2024, with hidden cameras recording the scene at a meeting spot in Texas, Homan accepted $50,000 in […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

From early on, TikTok has seemed like a shady, and potentially dangerous, operation. If Larry Ellison and his sleazy, Trumpist Silicon Valley compatriots control it, there will be no doubt whatever that it's a shady and dangerous outfit. Propaganda and psyops for the regime. Worst possible outcome.

Timothy Snyder: Youth Protest in #serbia, And some thoughts for America #autocracy #Corruption #US #resistance #Democracy #protest https://snyder.substack.com/p/youth-protest-in-serbia

'Kukly': Putin's version of Jimmy Kimmel. In 2002, #Putin shut down a puppet program. We're joined by fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul to talk about why; the Russian societal capacity for economic suffering; and free speech. #Ukraine #michaelmcfaul #UkraineRussiaWar […]

Randi Weingarten (president of the American Federation of Teachers) & Jennifer Rubin: Public #Education in the face of #Fascism: Randi Weingarten in conversation. “I want people to use my #book (Why Fascists Fear Teachers), to think about all the craziness, the #Censorship, the basically erasing […]

Mary McCord & Jennifer Rubin: The First Amendment and judicial proceedings: Mary McCord in conversation. “The federal government is bound by the First Amendment." #immigration #guatemala #firstamendment #children https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-first-amendment-and-judicial

Jennifer Rubin: An anti-corruption bill, protecting #Healthcare, and the power of service: Senator Andy Kim in conversation. "Look, right now, I mean, just the level of blatant #Corruption and frankly, just profiteering off of the presidency of the power. This is something that is done at an […]

tRump's war on the #Media continues… Maya Yang: #pentagon demands journalists sign pledge not to gather certain information #hegseth #US #military If they don’t agree to limits, including restricting movement within building, Pentagon press passes will be revoked […]

I saw my first Hummer #ev. Is it a sign of the coming #apocalypse? Cognitive dissonance in the #manosphere #cognitivedissonance

Carol Ann Duffy writes ‘bombsite’ #Poem about #tRump’s #UK state visit. Exclusive: Former poet laureate has reader contrasting pomp and ceremony of banquet with ruins left by #War #royalty #king #autocracy #inequality […]

Techbros didn't bribe the regime enough apparently. Lucy Hodgman: ‘Very chaotic’: Tech firms race to bring H-1B workers back to U.S. in a day after abrupt #Trump order https://www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/article/immigration-h1b-visas-trump-21058546.php #Tech #Corruption #h1b

"The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reportedly preparing to categorize #transgender people as 'violent extremists,' a categorization supported by organizations affiliated with Project 2025." They truly want genocide of #trans#transgenderpeople […]

Timothy Snyder: "Show of Force", And the revival of #Democracy "The overall design of tRump’s policy is clear enough: weaken the United States abroad to create an environment friendly to dictators, while using the #american armed forces as an intimidation force to make #dictatorship possible at […]

Adrian Carrasquillo: ‘Dreamers’ Face Their Most Uncertain Moment Yet. As the court fight over #DACA picks up later this month, advocates hope public pushback can protect the Dreamers again. #dhs #immigration #Trump https://www.thebulwark.com/p/dreamers-face-their-most-uncertain-moment-yet