The University Democrats at UT-Austin, a longstanding student group, has been told that no guests, candidates, or speakers can speak at their meetings unless the administration approves them. Submitted speakers' lists have been ignored or summarily denied. Please HMU if you know a good 1A attorney

As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended. It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.

Sen. Chris Murphy: "We are quickly turning into a banana republic. POTUS is employing the full power of the federal government—the FCC, the DOJ—in order to punish, lock up, take down off the air all of his political enemies. This is what happens in Iran, Cuba, and China."

lol www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

This is it right fucking here

entire press has gotten bullied into treating charlie kirk as if he was one of the most important americans alive and not a modestly popular podcaster

to put an even finer point on it: the percentage of U.S. adults who say they “strongly disapprove” of Trump‘s job as president (about 46-50% of adults) is significantly higher than the percent of adults who voted for him (about 32% of adults)

genuinely believe that a large number of political, economic and media elites do not realize that nearly half the voting public did not vote for trump

Historians, community leaders, activists and Philadelphians gathered Saturday at The President’s House, located at 6th and Market streets, to oppose potential changes to the historic site’s exhibit on slavery during George Washington’s presidency. whyy.org/articles/sla...

25% of Drs in US are foreign grads. Many are on an H1B visa. This will hit health systems hard especially rural hospitals and hospitals in underserved areas that sponsor these visas through waiver programs. The old cost was about 5000$ a year. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

RIP U.S. innovation. Between gutting the H-1B program, purging US scientists from civil service, slashing research grants, and disappearing international students off the streets, our government has made a conscious decision to kill America's roll as a global leader in science and innovation.

Update on Maine-Canada border crossings - August saw 115,000 fewer people crossing at ports of entry compared to 2024, a 28% decline. That takes the total reduction in crossings to 560,000 since February. #mepolitics

Walz: This is North Korea style stuff. And it's being done because this is a weak, thin skinned man who's failing as a president. All of the things he promised are not happening. It's a it's our most cherished freedom to point out very clearly, this is a terrible president

Instead of the angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human? On behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all the children, parents and innocents who fall victim to senseless gun violence.

NEWS: A person is in custody after allegedly firing a gunshot at the home of Democratic state Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel, a state lawmaker in Illinois. There are no reported injuries.

Didn’t Aaron Sorkin have a short-lived show about a SNL-type show and at some point Stephen Webber plays a network exec who decides to stand up to the administration on an FCC issue? Sorkin always did have realism issues.

Fallon being the last man standing is such an indictment of Fallon

Happy Constitution Day, everyone!

Justice Sotomayor for a unanimous Court just a year ago in NRA v. Vuollo: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

This is what infuriates me with the Right's attacks on higher ed: they are profoundly anti-student. They hold young people in contempt. They assume students mindlessly swallow anything they're told, that they cannot think for themselves. They couldn't be more wrong about what we and our students do.

I suppose I could support on a plan to "save healthcare" but none of these come close to that, everything Dems have proposed is a one-year band-aid that vanishes after the midterms and thus helps the GOP consolidate power to do more damage. It's nonsensical, it's exactly what GOP leadership needs.

⚡️ Russian oppositioner Navalny killed 'by poisoning' in 2024, widow cites Western labs. Yulia Navalnaya said Alexei Navalny's team managed to secure biological samples of her deceased husband and transport them abroad.

My sister was quoted on @rachelmaddowarmy.bsky.social last night! SO PROUD of how she has been speaking out for truth (and cancer research!)

Spare a thought for Bob Woodward today So much of his identity is wrapped up in having been played by Robert Redford

Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵

And no SCOTUS nominee had ever behaved the way Kavanaugh did at his confirmation hearings. He got the job anyway. Norms can only be self enforcing, and these aren’t any more.

This is so embarrassing

Patel is saying the Epstein victims who have publicly said they were trafficked to other men are liars and are not "credible." Dems should file articles of impeachment against Patel tomorrow based on defaming those victims.

This is the DOJ report on far-right extremism and violence that the current administration does not want you to know about. Be sure to spread this as far and as wide as possible. web.archive.org/web/20250911...

The highest spikes here are due largely to Trump's tantrum that Bolsonaro got prosecuted.

Are you mad about Rolling Stone firing @sepinwall.bsky.social? Top 5 reasons to subscribe to my bro's newsletter. 1. You love reading Alan (& it'll be the only place you can!) 2. You want Alan to be able to keep writing 3. FUCK ROLLING STONE 4. Because I said so 5. My niblings need to eat! 🙏

A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.

I know nothing about Rolling Stone and its management, but Alan Sepinwall is the smartest, hardest working TV critic working today. His work has elevated the medium. I don't watch a show without checking to see what he thought of it, before or after.

Spare a thought for Bob Woodward today So much of his identity is wrapped up in having been played by Robert Redford

The hostility and disdain Patel shows towards Senator Hirono is gross. It's almost as if he's putting on a show for viewer #1.

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JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.

I think the whole country should just take a time out and watch Robert Redford movies for a while.

I think the whole country should just take a time out and watch Robert Redford movies for a while.

NEW: 77% of Americans say the US political system needs major changes or complete reform. Those who say the same about their country Nigeria 91% Brazil 87% S Korea 86% Greece 83% Kenya 80% France 74% UK 58% Germany 48% Canada 47% Sweden 29% www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

To be clear - Trump gave UAE access to chips despite national security concerns China would get them and dominate A.I — to put billions in his & Witkoff’s own pockets. Selling out our country. Why don’t Republicans care? Where are all the Hunter hunters? www.mediaite.com/media/news/n...

NEWS: By vaccinating babies at birth, the U.S. nearly eradicated hepatitis-B in children. Kennedy's vaccine advisory panel is expected this week to recommend delaying the shot, opening a window for kids to be infected. Exclusive by @jackie-fortier.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

The same man seeking to complete a railroad merger that would turn his rail company into a coast-to-coast $250 billion behemoth has also been advising Trump on National Guard deployments The billionaires are laughing at us as they wield a level of influence that would make Rockefeller blush

The American model

TBF, John Major had the great advantage of running against Neil Kinnock in 1992.

Just take a moment. The whole thing is a scam. They are terrible at governing. Terrible. And all the noise is to distract from their fundamental incompetence in governance.

They have told us they want to overrule NYT v. Sullivan for years now. That is what this is trying to do: to change US law to make it illegal to criticize the President of the United States.