Encourage everyone who is not near a bookstore to buy their books from bookshop.org. It takes business away from amazon and supports independent bookstores.

powerful www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...

So what happened to the "law and order" administration? If you want to get something done with this administration are bags of cash now OK?

Good piece by Gary Kasparov on how Putin used control of the media to cement authoritarian control. www.rsn.org/001/i-saw-ho... Some of this story is told in my film, "Citizen K." The similarities to this moment are eerie.

It was very telling that for three days, none of the major TV anchors would have me on air one-on-one to talk about my firing from the Washington Post over Charlie Kirk. The first offers were from Black media, independent media, Substackers, and podcasters.

“The Bibi Files” to be released in theaters - initially on 50 screens - in Japan.

So what is ABC News going to do? Is Bob Iger going to come out for freedom of the press? Are anchors going to run their copy by the White House? Are those questions being asked? Are people ready to resign? Trump has said he will use fcc to prevent criticism of him.

This is so messed up.

For JD Vance, humor basically consists of having a laugh over the murder of fishermen in the Caribbean and over the firing of a comedian who dared to cross him and Trump. This is known as moral depravity, not humor.

See @thelever.bsky.social for more on this. Using the threat of business sanctions to suppress speech. It is about speech, of course, but it is really about money. But then, as the Supreme Court insists: "money is speech."

A totalitarian movement must never achieve its goals, as that would eliminate the need for the movement itself. Even in victory, new enemies must be created in order to justify further cruelty and domination.

If you want to understand what is going on in the US right now, I suggest watching "Citizen K." www.amazon.com/Citizen-K-Mi... It's about how Putin consolidated his power by controlling the oligarchs.

In this administration, it's always the grift.

The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.

Just so I'm clear: TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft. TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism. Free speech, everyone.

Brainworm says what now?

Now that was good cross.

I have spoken directly to teachers from Missouri and Iowa who have been placed on administrative leave for not mourning the death of CK “correctly.”

These people are just terminally online. They've convinced themselves that a conservative podcaster with a niche college audience was somehow a universally known and widely loved figure. Most folks at the Emmys probably only learned about Kirk when their kids explained who South Park was mocking.

Ignorance is strength! - 1984

Destroying western civilization in order to save it.

The era of Fee Speech.

One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.

Bari Weiss is only interested in her "side." Her comment is predictably myopic and without rigor.

my favorite robert redford story is that mike nichols considered him for dustin hoffman's part in THE GRADUATE. during their conversation nichols asked redford something like, "have you ever struck out with a girl?" and redford's response was basically, "i don't understand the question"

Beautiful and poignant deep cut.

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This is so sad. What a good man was Robert Redford. I admired him from afar, then got to work with him a bit and was even more impressed. Requiescat in pace. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

I’m sorry, but I spent 15 years with DC police as a reserve. This national guardsman thinks he’s going to call DC Police and have the individual arrested for playing a soundtrack song from Star Wars while walking down the street? Get the fuck out of here. These guys need some more education.

The Washington Post is now a moral flounder, planted flat at the bottom of the ethical ocean.

He wants this moment to be the REichstag fire.

agree

yes on all three.!

“cast” and crew of “Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong,” a lovely film honoring the people who clean the waste water of Portland ME. (Camden film fest)

How much worse can this get? The boat was turning around - no imminent threat - it didn't have the fuel to get to the US, and the administration can't give us evidence of who or what was on the boat. Murder. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

This is Roberts!

You have to ask: for someone who says he cares so much about the future of humanity, what difference does it make what color people are?

It's money! The DEM leadership gets big bucks from people who don't appreciate the populism of Mamdani. They don't give a shit about the voters; just the funders. And the DEM leadership wonders why Trump is in office.

I agree with @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social dems must shut down the govt. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio... a general strike might also be nice.

Good for Rand Paul. He breaks free of the cult to call out Vance and Trump for their extrajudicial killing, aka murder.

More news breaking at Bounces about Donald Trump's visit to the US Open men's final. The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or protests from the crowd to Trump's appearance. Read more here: www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...

Please read this from an IDF soldier. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

Blowing that boat up was murder. It's not even a close call.

This is very accurate

Trump just ordered soldiers to commit murder. Hello Congress? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...

Do I have this right? Marco Rubio just promoted the fact that Trump ordered some unidentified people killed, without any demonstrated legal authority. Just a hunch that the boat posed an “immediate threat” to the US. Is this the start of a lawless killing spree? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/u...

Ohio - rise up! End corruption in your state by getting rid of the gerrymander.

This is a good checklist for GOP politicians and those who believe that they still have principles. "Twenty Things Republicans Once Opposed But Now Support or Accept" open.substack.com/pub/executiv...

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