"I'm not saying [the Michigan church shooter] was motivated by his support for Trump or that he's a rightwing terrorist. I'm just saying by the rules established by the right... they're responsible for this shooting in Michigan, per their own logic." - me, today Full show: zeteo.com/p/the-suspec...

Ah, see, Mehdi, this is where you're wrong: *Their* rules apply *only* to the people *they* want to apply them to.

The Michigan church shooter reportedly has a flag on his truck that said "F**k Biden". That means he was probably Pod Save America fan who was frustrated with Biden's decision to run for reelection.

Today I spoke with a neighbor (a reliable Democratic voter) about Prop 50. She was dead set against it, but I was able to change her mind. She didn't understand that Republicans are stealing Democratic Congressional seats across the country. Talk to your friends & tell them to vote YES on Prop50!

The DOGE team was acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time,” former SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek said.

The decision by Eric Adams to suspend his reelection bid is unlikely to slow the upstart candidacy of Zohran Mamdani. He’s polling well ahead of Andrew Cuomo, with five weeks to go before Election Day. Persistent attacks by Trump are only serving to burnish Mamdani's image with New Yorkers.

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

I want to thank all the veterans across this country who have reached out to me in solidarity after the Trump administration illegally leaked my unredacted military file to Jack's campaign ally. You deserve to know that your private information is safe.

Horrifying— Barbara Gomes Marques went with her US citizen husband and lawyer on 9/16 to a green card appointment at USCIS office in downtown LA where she was tricked into walking down a hallway away from them, was snatched by ICE and never came back. She now faces imminent deportation in Louisiana.

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.

"After his release, the 79 year old U.S. citizen was treated at a local hospital for multiple broken ribs, a dislocated elbow..." ktla.com/news/79-year... www.yahoo.com/news/article...

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it? If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say? Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

Too often, we talk about homelessness as if it's natural or inevitable. The truth is that it's a political choice. When then-Gov. Cuomo cut the Advantage program rather than tax his wealthy donors, his decision sent thousands of New York families into shelters.

Same as it ever was.

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

"We are asking the Department of War to deploy to our cities" should be a statement that ends any Governor's political career.

JUST IN: Judge Lamberth has *blocked* a new wave of terminations at Voice of America, offering harsh words for Kari Lake and saying the Trump administration’s conduct in his case would support civil contempt proceedings, if only the plaintiffs had asked. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Mike Johnson is delaying the certification of Adelita Grijalva’s victory in Arizona’s special election last week. This move prevents Democrats from securing the final signature needed to force a House floor vote and release the Epstein files.

Erasing history.

Jessica: The guy who drove up to the Mormon church… was a Trump supporter. He had a Trump-Vance flag in his backyard… When the shoe is on the other foot and you can't demonize the left for this one, they say nothing.

😵‍💫 he wasn’t hired for his competence 🍸

🚨🚨🚨 A man in khaki shorts pulls out a weapon and points it at 2 teenagers. I am an adult and have no idea how horrified these kids must be; how traumatized they must feel. This was posted an hour ago. See the next post for further details. This shit has to be stopped. 1/2

Sure. Left wing terrorism is at an all time high, going from 3% of domestic terror fatalities to 4%. Right wing terrorism on the other hand has dipped to an all time low of 95% So technically, yeah.

In November, I am voting yes on Prop 50 and making sure my friends and family do too. This was legit my commute this morning. If you zoom in, there are buzzards flying overhead. TRUMP • REVENGE • CHAOS • CORRUPTION

Perfect

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka. I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws. Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

No Mr Starmer, the antidote to division is NOT infinite growth on a finite planet: it is removing the root cause of fascism and halting inequality. Trickle down economics has a 50 year record of funneling money to the rich from the poor #TaxWealthNotWages instead. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

UK Govt plan to revitalise high streets. To make it happen Govt needs to: Reduce shop rents Cut energy bills Increase spending power of the bottom 50% Improve real incomes Tackle the challenge of online shopping Improve public transport, car parking Tories failed to level-up. Will Labour succeed?

Deloitte UK’s chief executive receives £700,000 pay rise to £4.9m. Firm has a history of delivering dud audits. Rewards for failure. In common with other LLPs, the firm avoids paying employer national insurance on partners' profit share. Govt silence on fat-cattery. archive.ph/Z1h6H

‘Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe calls for end to ‘fundamentally wrong’ indefinite jail terms in Britain’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.

Join a party that cares for people and planet, not arms manufacturers and gambling companies. join.greenparty.org.uk

Judge Lamberth, a Reagan employee, slams the govt's "disrespect" for his orders. He says contempt proceedings would be warranted, but he doesn't order them because nobody asked for them.

Finding love at 3:55 am

Very cool

Chef’s kiss.

Great to have the Independent with me outside Labour Party Conference! Always great when a journalist sees lots of Labour members & councillors asking for selfies and what the defection process is! 👀 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Got back from Liverpool Labour Conference to the much vibier community event tonight in Chingford and Wood Green! Thanks to the community for showing up - and great to see @zarahsultana.bsky.social and brilliantly hosted by @faizashaheen.bsky.social

”As the new leader of the Green Party @zackpolanski.bsky.social has made clear, the Greens are here to replace Labour. “Here in #Bristol, this poll shows us doing just that. People are crying out for positive change.”

Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends. 90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts. 90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends. Public ownership would make a difference.

What we might refer to as a "Kavanaugh Stop"

Spare us your hypocrisy, Pam.

Republicans would rather shut down the government than help millions of Americans afford health care. This article tells some of their stories, and is a good reminder of what’s at stake.

When Trump calls climate change a "con job," he is representing his fossil fuel billionaire friends, not science.   Climate change is REAL. It is an existential threat to the planet and future generations. We must transform our energy systems away from fossil fuels.