Is the economy in stagflation? Technically no… but also, not “no”. Many economists are calling this moment “stagflation lite” (ht @byheatherlong.bsky.social and her excellent article in @washingtonpost.com )

Here is James Comey, refusing to admit that in hindsight he made an obvious terrible mistake leading up to the 2016 election that ultimately set American Democracy on its current course. Would he have done that if the candidate were a man? Comey deserves everything he gets.

Not to be a bitch, but when does Karen Attiah get her job back? Anyone ask Bezos directly?

THE BOROWITZ REPORT: Hugo Chávez Loses Spot in Guinness Book for Most Batshit UN Speech open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

I went to Catholic school, and we even knew the Bible isn’t a history book. Oklahoma just turned indoctrination into state policy: mandating classroom Bibles while pretending amendments 11 - 27 don’t exist. Public schools should teach real history, not change it in order to fit a political agenda.

The government is rounding people up and putting them into camps and nobody is talking about it as political violence Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

“This paper is a wake-up call for people. It shows this is a nationwide problem, and it’s tied to climate change.”

Dear James Comey, You know who I hear is a great lawyer and who has never been charged with a crime? @hillaryclinton.bsky.social... you should call her and see how that one goes. Sincerely, All women who are over your toxic "I did nothing wrong" faux masculinity

Before you ask Google, or Siri, or Alexa, take a moment to think about the data farms that are destroying towns, generating heat, and using all the water. Is it really worth all that to just ask how to make sloppy joes?

In which, @daniellemoodie.bsky.social and I talk about the "white moderates" MLK discussed in his Letters from a Birmingham Jail and how the modern incarnations, in the form of Ezra Klein, Tim Miller, and others, who are carrying on the harmful legacy. thelefthook.substack.com/p/anti-ice-m...

“If you’re fighting for women, you’re fighting for democracy, and if you’re fighting for democracy, you’re fighting for women. They go hand-in-hand.” — @hillaryclinton.bsky.social #CGI2025 @clintonglobal.bsky.social

UPDATE: Fmr. President Bill Clinton: "I'm worried that we're at risk of losing our freedom of speech, and that the weight of the government is being used to restrict expression from journalism to comedy." "It causes societies to fail when their institutions are all discredited."

So first Trump wants to kill the first amendment by having Jimmy cancelled. Now Sinclair/Nexstar is doing his bidding. Find out if they own channels you watch. Make other choices. Bankrupt those tyrants.

I know y'all know how important courts are in this fight against fascism. That's why Repubs are trying to defeat our three Democratic justices in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Vote to retain: ☑️Kevin M. Dougherty ☑️Christine Donohue ☑️David N. Wecht Vote Blue for these democracy defenders!

yeah, but how do they hold up against steel-toed Doc Martens?

I want to hear every single word too. It’s past time WE hear the truth, the whole truth. ❤️❤️

The entire Kimmel monologue last night struck just the right notes. Worth watching the whole thing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTZj...

Support for this research came from #NASA 😎 birdcast.info/migration-to...

Sen. #MarkKelly is right: this shutdown fight isn’t about politics—it’s about people. 👉 Health care premiums are rising. 👉 Rural hospitals could close. 👉 Seniors in nursing homes are at risk. When leaders choose shutdown brinkmanship over lowering health costs, families pay the price.

Comedy always leads, but when Jimmy Kimmel said, Donald Trump can't take a joke, I thought he offered a seminal insight into how the country got here. We're here because a petty but (inexplicably to me) charismatic man seized control of government to exercise his personal need for revenge.

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

The way you can now put a simple idea into an LLM to have it spit out a bunch of words that express roughly the same idea, but with some random shit added to it, probably isn't good for the whole "words have meanings and are chosen on purpose, figure out what that purpose was" angle of text analysis

When the Right lies about the Left, it's called "Free Speech" but when the Left tells the truth about the Right, it's called "Inciting Violence."

Make Corruption a Crime Again!

New from me (and timely!): The Very Definition of Selective and Vindictive Prosecution: No one should be wrongfully prosecuted because a president wants revenge staytuned.substack.com/p/the-very-d...

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.

I've gotta say, IT: WELCOME TO DERRY looks pretty fuckin' awesome youtu.be/oKa6u7LT0qE?...

Helpful hint. To watch Jimmy Kimmel Live! in an area with a Sinclair-owned ABC affiliate, you can use a live TV streaming service like Fubo or Sling TV that offers ABC in your market, stream the next day on Hulu, or stream live on Hulu via Disney+ starting September 24, 2025.

Jimmy Kimmel's Monologue now has 14.3 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube. It would be a shame for you to share it www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

well, shit.

Article in the Globe trying to explain why measles is making a comeback. It’s like the entire world has just stopped trying to move forward with medicine and science and let crackpots and charlatans run the show. The covid anti-vaxxers are the true virus.

We are sensing a theme

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They don’t care about the law because we never enforce it. 90% of the time they know it’s illegal but they do it anyway.

Happy Friendship Month! It’s Wednesday. There are 405 days until the midterm elections. The president craps himself at the UN, a big win in Arizona and a great night for the First Amendment.

CNN: The ratings are in for the first day. 6.26 million viewers on ABC. That was four times Jimmy Kimmel's average. And that's despite the show not even being available in a quarter of all American homes.

Dems should be clear that post 2026 election any political prosecutions ordered by Trump will be investigated, line prosecutors called to testify, and if warranted, impeachment of AG and any other senior DOJ involved. There have to be consequences.

No THOUGHTS No PRAYERS Female senators who voted to keep the Epstein files from being released: Katie Britt AL Lisa Murkowski AK Ashley Moody FL Joni Ernst IA Susan Collins ME Cindy-Hyde Smith MS Deb Fischer NE Shelly Moore Capito WV Cynthia Lummis WY PRAY ON THAT 🙏 Marsha Blackburn TN

Semi-regular reminder that a sane country would have already impeached and removed. But then again a sane country wouldn’t have elected a maniac criminal twice in the first place.

Gross.

Criticizing the enlightened centrist isn’t kicking them out of the so-called tent, it is presenting them with an opportunity to stop eroding the integrity of the tent by tirelessly trying to find commonality with people who want to burn the tent down.

NEW: USDA unfreezes millions in farmer education and research funding days before the money would have expired. The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program has supported thousands of farmers since 1988. Hundreds of farmers as well as lawmakers pressed to release the $$.

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