Dude makes Gaddafi look like Calvin Coolidge

Trump is being very open and public with his corrupt order that AG Pam Bondi prosecute his enemies precisely because he wants potential critics to fear they could be next. Classic authoritarian intimidation. On the pod, @swin24.bsky.social is so illuminating on this: newrepublic.com/article/2007...

RFK Jr. should spend more time trying to figure out the cause of whatever this is.

You really gotta play “victory celebration” over this for full effect

We bought BobIger.ceo for $10.

Reminder: Disney is not just "Disney." Humans run the big company. Some of those human are cowards who don't want to be named. The coward at the top of the heap is Bob Iger, who fashions himself as a leader. Cancel Disney+ and pressure Iger to change course. indivisible.org/statements/i...

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot. one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

Out from the Disney Vault!

We have received many questions about whether it’s safe to sign up for No Kings protests while Trump ramps up his attacks on free speech.

Good news, Maarva's monologue, Nemik's Manifesto, and Mon Mothma's speech are all over the internet. You can literally watch them while you cancel your Disney+/Hulu bundle.

Perfectly said.

Sinclair demanding Kimmel make a donation to TPUSA is some truly wild shit.

Grand juries: The fuck we will Media execs: How high?

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

“Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given.” - Timothy Snyder

the total lack of interest from business and media elites in defending the liberal norms that underpin civil society and like, modern capitalism for that matter has been truly shocking

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr: "There's actions we can take on licensed broadcasters. It's long past the time that...Comcast and Disney say 'We're not gonna run Kimmel anymore...because we licensed broadcasters are running the possibly of fines or licensed revocation from the FCC.'"

I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...

There will always be funding for telling rich people what they want to hear.

Wouldn't you know it, the DOJ just deleted a study showing that most violent extremism in the US comes from the far right. www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

This is like that joke from the office, where literally they’re just talking about targeting speech they hate.

This is beyond outrageous.

One of the greatest tricks MAGA pulled was convincing a lot of everyday voters they were free speech absolutists. Now in power, they're arresting students who criticize Israel, attacking journalists for reporting truth, & pledging to dismantle nonprofits they disagree with. Downright fascist stuff.

at the center of the efforts to destroy civil society in russia, hungary, georgia and elsewhere is the stigmatization, harassment, & criminalization of NGOs. that's what this is about, a full-on assault on democratic debate & freedoms. this is not hyperbole. it's right here.

Rarely does this regime give such a compliment to the folks fighting back. Please work to make this courage contagious: nokings.org

Now that Kirk's killer seems to be caught, maybe the news could spare a moment's attention for the right wing, from the commentariat up to the GOP and president, whose immediate reaction was not mourning, but to seize the opportunity to try to incite violence against groups they hate

It should alarm every American to see the President exploit a tragic shooting to threaten persecution of his political opponents and civil society. This is straight out of the authoritarian playbook — and it’s profoundly un-American.

Another professor in Texas is fired, this time after a selectively edited video of a talk he gave was posted on X, with the bogus claim that he was inciting violence www.texastribune.org/2025/09/10/t...

This man threatened to go to war with Chicago FIVE days ago.

The expectation, from the complicit mainstream media, that every single person on social media hold themselves to a HIGHER standard of respect than the freaking PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES will never cease to amaze me.

We are horrified to learn of the shooting of Charlie Kirk. Political violence has no place in democracy. The foundation of democracy rests on the principle that differences can be debated vigorously, but peacefully, without intimidation or acts of violence.

Historic day for vegetarians. The 7-layer burrito is back at @tacobell.bsky.social.

This kicks ass. Imagine walking around and seeing these up everywhere in shop windows. Imagine folks starting to question why some businesses have them and others don't. This is what building community wide defiance looks like. It's not everything, but it's something. And it's something you can do!

Here’s my write up on the most racist decision to come out of the Supreme Court in a while. The court approved of Trump’s racial profiling of Latinos with Brett Kavanaugh saying being harassed based on the color of your skin is “common sense.” My latest in @thenation

Absolutely fucking horrifying. A greenlight for racial profiling and terrorizing communities. John Roberts and the MAGA majority shredding the constitution to carry Trump's water.

Great to see the developing blue state pushback to Trump/RFK decapitation of CDC and the public health system gaining steam as a national story. From Playbook just now:

“following rumors of his death donald trump held a press conference announcing extrajudicial killings of civilians and plans for a military invasion of an american city” is a perfectly factual headline that could be used to describe what we saw yesterday

House GOP caucus meeting: “Alright everyone, we’re about to release a bunch of already public Epstein docs so we can avoid a vote on releasing all the files, but let’s not tweet anything that makes it too obvious what we’re up to.” “OK Rep. Luna?” “OK REP LUNA???? Rep. Luna:

House GOP caucus meeting: “Alright everyone, we’re about to release a bunch of already public Epstein docs so we can avoid a vote on releasing all the files, but let’s not tweet anything that makes it too obvious what we’re up to.” “OK Rep. Luna?” “OK REP LUNA???? Rep. Luna:

❌👑 October 18 Nokings.org

That’s a cute way of saying illegal.

This is a massive story: After promising not to touch Medicare, Trump is planning to let AI decide whether or not seniors on Medicare can access treatment. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

"Honey, I don't have much time. I've been arrested by ICE and they are sending me to a detainment center. I love you and the kids, I will be OK, please call our attorney" -- John Shin, DACA resident, speaking to his wife last week. She hasn't heard from him since www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...

What an image (J. Scott Applewhite, AP)

UPDATE: Fox News reports that ICE told Kilmar Abrego Garcia they are going to deport him to Uganda on Monday.

Well, you know the streets of DC are truly dangerous if they're letting the president go out at night for a photo op.

Big test for @actblueorg.bsky.social which has rules that strictly forbid this. Way past time to crack down on scam PACs.

Texas Republicans have locked Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier inside the state house chamber and refuse to allow her to leave. They are requiring Democrats to sign “permission slips” and have a police escort in order to leave the chamber, and she refuses to sign it.

The Netanyahu government is starving people to death and the message Steny Hoyer conveyed to them during his visit was “you need better PR.” That wasn’t leaked. Hoyer boasts about it in this AIPAC propaganda video. x.com/aipac/status...