Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping at Target, Amazon, and Home Depot during the holiday weekend over their support for Trump's authoritarian policies. I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/

The Dallas Express, a right wing "news" website that routinely quotes groups that were secretly funded by the website's publisher Monty Bennett, has been given a White House press pass under the "new media" program that also includes folks like Russian-funded podcaster Tim Pool.

Today’s xkcd made me cry. In a good way. xkcd.com/3172/

Mark Kelly: "The message he sent a couple days ago was he declared that loyalty to the Constitution is now punishable by death. Those are serious words coming from the president. He's trying to intimidate us. But I'm not going to be intimidated."

These many great legal scholars had tears in their eyes, called Donald "Sir," and disappeared as the sun rose over the White House.

It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own

Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA." This is what's happening in epidemiology.

This. This is precisely why I requested an independent investigation into the excessive use of force by Trump's agents in Chicago. Read some of this stuff Trump's agents are doing and how DHS is lying about it to mislead the public. It's harrowing.

U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

Ugh. The two worst teams continue to stay in this race. #TAR #TheAmazingRace

SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend. Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.

I admire that Donald Trump doesn't drink or do drugs, so you know when he sucks off a guy named Bubba it's for love.

AKA they won't release the files on an active investigation, so everyone voting to release them gets credit for voting the right way without actually risking anything.

Welcome to the loophole.

“Roberts has been embedding white-dominant authoritarianism into the country’s source code for two decades. It’s impossible to imagine today’s crisis without the Roberts court having first undermined the foundations of our democracy.” This all on the leader of the MAGA #scotus ↘️

If I were a shrewd political operative, I'd burn Trump. He is an old man with dementia, failing numbers, cut him loose and claim, "Trump was a Democrat in the 80s & 90s, catering to perverse liberal elites, and we're the party that punishes pedophiles--even the highest ranking member of the GOP!"

This Commanders-Dolphins game might actually be the worst football game I've ever seen. It's a good thing Madrid fans are used to long stretches of nothing with low scores.

Oh man, there is going to be ketchup all over the White House tomorrow morning! #snl #saturdaynightlive

So Stephen Colbert's show *does* get cancelled because he didn't flatter Trump. And Megyn R. Kelly's show *doesn't* get cancelled because she tried to dismiss & normalize pedophilia. That's the morally topsy-turvy country we are currently living in.

Seriously? That's not a threat as much as an expression of outrage at a prominent RW talking face supporting pedophilia, but yet actual fucking Nazis are allowed to salute on this platform and others are allowed promote the death penalty for people for simply being simply homeless.

Megyn Kelly has a 15-year-old child living in her house. Perhaps, Child Protective Services is due to make a call.

WHAT! Did you know that guy is diabetic? He never mentioned it. #TheAmazingRace

I don't think it gets mentioned enough that Bovino is a member of the civil service. He is not a political appointee. Yet he still engages in constant open partisanship while in uniform and with a DHS flag behind him.

First of all, a 15-year-old is not "barely legal." The age of consent in Florida is 18. So sexual behavior with a 15-year-old is rape. Megyn Kelly is VILE trash for saying otherwise. And Megyn Kelly is confessing to having insider information about what Jeffrey Epstein was up to but stayed silent.

Seven former members of the FCC are petitioning the agency to repeal its policy prohibiting broadcasters from distorting the news, arguing that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has improperly wielded it to counter material critical of President Trump.

You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters

In *2015* NYT reporter Landon Thomas Jr. had emails from Epstein alleging he had dirt on Donald--photos and accounts of him canoodling with and ogling young girls. Given all that's transpired in the last decade, it seems like journalistic malpractice that we're only seeing this now.

just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:

I quit smoking 8 years ago; the only time I miss it is Irene, Veterans Day and Memorial Day when I watch war movies/TV series. #veteransday

This looks awfully intentional.

Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain? MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.

I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave. It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.

This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.

Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

in any case it is wild that voters just sent a huge message and a bunch of senate democrats are all, “it doesn’t look like anything to me”

Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

I think about this every day and the deBa'athification that happened in Iraq following Hussein's ouster.

Welp, that’s the Senate side of the shutdown over, it seems.

It's s good thing the Seahawks have a 23-point lead because they're playing like they're going to give up 3 more unanswered touchdowns. #seahawks #gohawks

That was fucking embarrassing. Stupid mistakes, and just like that the season is over. #huskies

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

This is by my count the 22nd Trump administration emergency request that has been granted by SCOTUS since January. One of the themes running through them is that the court seems to assume that any lower court decision that blocks a Trump policy is irreparable harm to the government.

Privatize! Privatize! Privatize! These nominees really miss the actual point of the organizations they are nominated to run and are focused solely on selling off publicly-owned services and research to private organizations as as quickly as possible.

Here is something interesting: when Musk took over DOGE, he launched a DOGE_ai bot on Twitter. That bot has now been suspended for violating Twitter's rules and all content hidden. #doge #twitter #x #musk #ai #bot

This is an extremely important piece of research into modern disinformation and the shaping of global political messaging with an oversized megaphone and his thumb on the scale.

"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week." This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.

900! #ALLCAPS