President Donald Trump told a packed stadium of mourners, “America loved Charlie Kirk.” Interspersed in his remarks, the president aimed insults at what he called “radical left lunatics,” promoted his anti-crime campaign and teased an announcement about autism. Read more from @statesnewsroom.com

I for one am not at all worried that the most powerful people on earth have optimized my society and my brain to be ultra-reliant on the misery machine we keep in our pockets.

Reminder that this is what still exists in the world

I am retreating to the Idaho mountains until Sunday. Don’t let it all burn down before then ✌🏻

I’ve been reporting on influencers for more than seven years now and today I had an academic decline to do an interview about them for the first time out of fear of government retaliation.

A program in Flint, MI, gave $1,500 to any/all pregnant people and $500/month for the first year of their infant’s life. Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.

There is no domestic terror statute with which to designate antifa a terror group. Want to know abt antifa? Preorder my book here www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Cat...

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ROVE: “.. Using Charlie’s murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/they...

UPDATE: We now have a photo of the real Cory Zukatis, the homeless man found hanging from a tree in Vicksburg, Mississippi. There's also heartbreaking reporting from The Vicksburg Post: Zukatis was recently devastated after authorities took his dog from him and carried it to the pound. 1/3

lowering the temperature check: “She’s a nasty human being. She hates her country. She hates our country so much she doesn’t have to be here,” Nancy Mace said of Ilhan Omar. "Fuck her." www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-...

Journalism

Same, but I felt that way months before today

"Pregnant patients in at least four Northeast Georgia counties will now be transferred to other facilities, such as St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens, which is over an hour from Lavonia by car."

NEW: Ex-CDC director Susan Monarez said today in a Senate hearing that RFK Jr. is planning childhood vaccine changes in September.

Companies stop being weird and creepy challenge

Tucker Carlson: "Any attempt to impose hate speech laws in this country...is a denial of the humanity of American citizens and cannot be allowed under any circumstances. That's got to be the red line. Because when they can do that, what can't they do?"

Maybe they’re just being inclusive of people who have difficulty speaking

Hey man, what

The unity is coming in the form of "both sides" thinking the text messages are fake for various reasons

What's your ADHD coping method while writing something brain intensive? Mine is changing locations every two hours

11/ The Readers Note on this one… x.com/loganclarkha...

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BREAKING: The DOJ has SUED Maine and Oregon for refusing to hand over their full, unredacted voter registration lists. As more states push back against federal overreach in their elections, the DOJ is now suing to force access to sensitive voter data.

"We will absolutely target you" is a fun thing to hear the attorney general of the United States say out loud

I repeat: This is WILDLY illegal. Trump is just outright, explicitly, egregiously ignoring the law. The fact that NONE of these words in the Times post say so is a failure of journalism.

It seems that the only trans person known to be in the orbit of this horrific Kirk assassination saga expressed shock and horror, and immediately cooperated fully with law enforcement.

I want to stress that NONE of the the photos you've seen labeled on social media as being of Cory Zukatis are of the Cory Zukatis who died yesterday in Mississippi. One is of a Florida man with the same name. The other is of a 17-year-old boy who was killed in a shooting in Mississippi last month.

The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is allowed to access patient health information as part of its investigation into the Washington University Transgender Center, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. #moleg #mogov

matt walsh is now going after bondi for misstating the law

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RIP GOAT Be like Robert. Support badass journalism.

92% of Americans say it's very or somewhat important that the media in the US can report the news without government censorship. www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

NEWS --> Geoff Duncan, who's running for Georgia gov as a Dem after defying Trump's 2020 steal, tells me he'll oppose Trump sending National Guard into Atlanta or elsewhere. He also condemns ICE raids and criticizes Trump for targeting liberal groups. Our interview: newrepublic.com/article/2005...

If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky

The CR just released includes an "additional $30 million for the U.S. Marshals Service, which is responsible for the safety of federal judges and courthouses, as well as $28 million “for the protection of the Supreme Court Justices," our @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports

House CR text is out -- appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

The Washington Post was the paper of my teen dreams -- whose courage helped convince me to chose a life in journalism. Monday's firing of the Post's moral beacon, Karen Attiah, proved that a newsroom I'd believed in is now dead to me Why I finally ditched the Post www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

"Outlets like FOX News have essentially pulled the entire media landscape to the right, telling these incredibly skewed stories so fast and so furiously." -- Robert Redford in *2003*

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“The firing and suspension of multiple journalists after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk should alarm anyone who cares about free speech...PEN America stands with journalists who have been targeted and calls on media organizations to resist political pressure." pen.org/press-releas...

A decline in international travel has hit border communities in the U.S. from New York to Washington. North Dakota estimated Canadian visitors spent about $14.4 million less in the first half of the year compared with last year, as the number of personal vehicles crossing the border declined by 30%.

Meanwhile...there are a lot of farmers out there becoming increasingly desperate in this situation.

Breaking News: President Trump said the U.S. military had again used lethal force against a Venezuelan boat he said was moving drugs to the U.S., killing three people in international waters. It's the second strike this month against a vessel from Venezuela.

Yeah that's right! I hope you feel this one in your pocketbook, Zuck. You'll think twice next time, I'm certain of it

Sunday was at a gathering with a bunch of "normal people" (who 1-don't work in political media and 2-are not extremely online) and when I told them I was having a "weird week" they were like "🙂 why? 🙂" Touching grass would be a great activity for everybody today.

"To them, murder is the ultimate act of trolling, and they want to be remembered for it." Deeply cursed but also incredibly accurate sentence for our modern age.

SCOOP: Over 200 contractors who work on improving Google’s AI products, including Gemini and AI Overviews, have been laid off, sources tell WIRED. It’s the latest development in a conflict over pay and alleged poor working conditions.