Every time Russia gets desperate, articles like this magically appear. They offer no new information or insight, just a recycled attempt to convince you that fear is your default setting. And no, despite being a war analyst, the author doesn’t actually know where his finger is

these fuckers are using kids as hostages to get parents to comply. awful stuff www.nbcboston.com/news/local/i...

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

Reasonable advice from an expert on how useful an example that shooting down of a Russian jet by Turkey is. I guess it's worth mentioning if someone panickily believes *any* downing of a Russian jet leads to WW3, otherwise not so relevant.

Even if the bill doesn’t move further — and even though it totally wouldn’t pass 1A muster — I think it’s still notable as a disturbing sign of where some Republican heads are at right now

Disney reverses course on Kimmel. Lessons: -Trump's anti-Constitutional stances, anti-1A in this case, are unpopular -Popular resistance via expression and spending choices can have an impact -Many corporate leaders are weak, amoral people who'll bow to threats unless they face countervailing ones

Mariupol, mass graves, everything east of the pond is new

Tatiana Maslany posted an image on Instagram “with text overlaid that says “cancel your @disneyplus @hulu @espn subscriptions!” Marisa Tomei, who played Aunt May in Spider-Man movies distributed by Sony & Avengers movies from Disney, reposted a call to “unsubscribe and boycott” Disney platforms.”

I keep getting asked if I’m worried about my job because I often speak up about issues. The answer is no. I’ve learned over the years that if employers want to hire you or if they want to fire you, they can always find a reason. It’s not worth compromising your morals or values for anyone.

By refusing to materially respond to Russia’s repeated incursions into Allied airspace, NATO is inviting tragedy. Unless it faces meaningful consequences for these provocations, Moscow will soon (“accidentally”) move on to actual strikes, perhaps even at civilian targets.

"Taking away a broadcast license has so many legal obstacles and takes so long that the FCC doesn't even try." This is important to understand. The real action is in self-censorship and merger approvals. view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/175...

Dems ought to be telling people now these letters are worth absolutely nothing.

❗️Today, three Russian MiG-31 fighter aircraft entered Estonian airspace without permission and remained there for a total of 12 minutes. MiG-31 headed toward the Estonian capital, Tallinn. The jets circled for about 12 minutes and Italian F-35s were scrambled to repel them.

MAGA ambassador Pete Hoosktra is telling Canada that he doesn't like the term "elbows up." He says it's anti-American. Sorry Pete, your president might be able to fire Jimmy Kimmel but you don't get to tell Canadians how to talk. Elbows up Mother-stucker.

A congressional authorization for the Trump administration’s use of military force against “narcoterrorists” wouldn’t solve the fundamental problems: 1) that military forces is the wrong tool 2) this isn’t a war 2) targets thus far haven’t been lawful www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

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.

An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’ Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'

On Monday, Parliament gave a standing ovation for Charlie Kirk. Not all MPs participated. @jenstden.bsky.social looks at who stood — and who didn't — for the far-right influencer who once called unmarked graves at BC residential schools a "hoax." thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

There’s a through line between the administration’s attempts to control TV content, sending troops into U.S. cities, and blowing up boats in the Caribbean. The President is a reality TV performer who cares deeply about TV coverage and performances on the screen—to include images of US airstrikes.

In Communist Bulgaria in the 1980s, my parents would invite friends over and spend hrs telling political jokes. I wasn’t allowed in the room because they were afraid I’d retell one of the jokes somewhere and get the family in trouble. The US isn’t there yet but still, WTH?! Pay attn and push back!

It was about "protecting women's sports" in the same way gamergate was about "ethics in gaming journalism."

Extraordinarily corrupt. I watched FCC chair Brendan Carr's full interview on Hannity. Carr basically said straight out that coverage of Trump he deems overly hostile can be decreed contrary to the "public interest," and thus grounds for yanking licenses: newrepublic.com/article/2006...

And that is exactly what authoritarianism is! Private individuals and entities independent of the government base their decisions in fear of what the backlash from the autocrat would be. This here👇sounds so so familiar to me.

Far more dangerous than Trump, I think, is how quickly the last eight months have pulled back the curtain on America's elites and shown everyone how venal, how cowardly and how utterly mediocre the foundation of our society has been.

When you read what Kimmel actually said and how anodyne it is it makes it even more clear how absolutely in turbo freak out mode the admin is.

You know things are rough when the AAUP's advice on how to use social media is just "set all your accounts to private."

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.

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.

I am amazed at just how inept the Democrats’ congressional leadership is on this moment of crisis. Trump is moving troops into blue cities and declaring war against the left, and these guys are complaining that the GOP Congress is pushing a partisan budget. Jesus Christ, wake the hell up.

I think it’s bad that there are people out there who believe you’re gonna get black bagged for signing up for an Indivisible protest with three million other people. That feels like people are afraid of the regime in a way that both overestimates its power and grants it more power.

New: U.N. experts condemn deadly U.S. military strikes on civilian vessels in the Caribbean: 📣 “International law does not allow governments to simply murder alleged drug traffickers."

This is quickly mushrooming into a real international incident www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

The IDF's wholesale destruction of hospitals & clinics should also be investigated as genocidal, via the intentional imposition of measures - the annihilation of medical care for pregnant folks & mothers - to prevent births within the group. Genocide is committed via structural and direct violence.

Gotta say it’s kinda unsettling being an American citizen in Canada watching the absolute dismantlement of the fundamentals of democracy and seeing some of the same demagoguery and views being expressed up here.

When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school. Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families? My own colleagues are silent.

I would say that the UN report on genocide in the occupied Palestinian territories is important and groundbreaking but anyone who isn't convinced of the facts already seems to me to be incapable of being convinced at any later date

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. 🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

The people who were up in arms when Covid deniers were deplatformed want to shut down an entire social media platform just because.

We're well past the point where if it were a foreign country, US media correspondents would be reporting on it in a way that would get them detained and/or expelled by the regime. This makes it sounds like it's infrastructure week.

It's crazy that so many people in the media seem oblivious of this. Yes, there are plenty of awful things they can do on this front, but the phrases "domestic terrorist" and "domestic terrorist organization" mean literally nothing in any legal sense. It's not a thing that exists in US law.

The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

Charlie Kirk wanted Canada to become the 51st state. I will be calling my MP's office tomorrow to demand a statement on this. If you're pissed off about it like I am, I suggest you do the same. #cdnpoli

A social media user—wrongly accused of posting negatively about Charlie Kirk—was suspended from his job alongside a tidal wave of threatening messages and phone calls, sending his mother and sister fleeing from their home. trib.al/pOclcrP

Look, they do not have the capacity or competence to do this at the scale they want you to fear they do, and your fear is precisely their greatest force multiplier. Everybody who is cowed into silence by their threats allows them a smaller pool to focus on.

Feel free to continue arguing over the shooter's motives, but please understand that *it doesn't matter*. There's a organized political movement that plans to suppress, arrest, or kill its political opposition. It it seeking pretexts. Anything will do. If it's not this, it'll be something else.

New from 404 Media: airlines are selling *5 billion* ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching, per new docs we obtained. ARC is a data broker owned by United, American, Delta, etc. Then sells peoples' travel info to ICE, Secret Service, FBI etc www.404media.co/airlines-sel...

The premeditated killing of people for suspected crimes is illegal under any standard of law. Under international law, this is called an extrajudicial killing. Under U.S. statutes, it's called murder. @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, @bcfinucane.bsky.social and I broke it all down for you here:

Canada's in a real bind. Our current moment requires a massive increase in state capacity *across the board*. But the Carney government (ie, Mark Carney) seems to be ideologically opposed to a greater role for government outside defence. Ideologies die hard, even when reality is banging at the door.

Librarians (and honestly, everyone). Block and/or watch out for this account, which appears to be gathering posts critical of Charlie Kirk/right wing ideology. Note the misspelling of the handle.

White House Officials Vow Vast Crackdown on Liberal Groups www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09... Open authoritarianism. Happening right in front of us.