On my iPhone, you can click the power button five times fast and it will lock and require a passcode.

This is great. *And* I appreciate that Balls & Strikes has an official thematic tag for “Deranged Freaks” :)

The past week really mattered in a way that I’m not sure has been totally processed yet

It's terrible that Trump ousted Erik Siebert bc he won't charge Tish James w/fraud when there's no evidence she engaged in fraud. But HOW he did it may lead it to backfire, just like the Eric Adams quid pro quo. www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/20/t...

We do not talk about Mrs. Amelia Robinson enough, imo Via Kellie Carter Jackson, “Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence”

I really want to know how many Black and brown friends this guy has and talks to on a regular basis 'cause ain't no way he's on day 4 of telling Black people online that it's good actually for the FBI to come to your house. This legit sound like an opp. My guess, by the way, is zero.

“I await P.S. Brook’s reply.”

This morning's front page @chicagotribune.com. Photo by @staceywescott.bsky.social

Many media outlets hid the full truth of Trump -- his background in organized crime, his Epstein ties -- out of fear, only to be obliterated by him in the end. Had they not self-censored then, they might not be state-censored now. When you hide the truth, you face the consequences.

it is absolutely fair to say that hakeem jeffries has, in the last year, shown more support for charlie kirk's life work than he has for the democratic nominee for mayor in his city, the largest city in the country

The fact that Charlie Kirk was viewed as some kind of a Titan of free speech and debate shows a bizarre trend where it somehow became acceptable for adult non student conservatives to invade college campuses and talk about why women and black people shouldn’t have basic civil liberties

Keep in mind that this is taken from a Disney production, one that just this week won an Emmy. It may sound vaguely apropos. youtu.be/KYnE2Mxayco?...

i don't trust anybody who never had to put back a grocery or two bc you couldn't afford it

As corrupt and appalling as the ouster of this career prosecutor for refusing to prosecute Trump's enemies truly is, I strongly encourage folks to also understand this as evidence that Trump's authoritarian designs are facing serious institutional resistance:

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Speaking as a reproductive health reporter who covered these referenda endlessly and talked to MANY voters in Kansas, Missouri, and Ohio: Abortion rights are MORE popular than Democrats. They MAKE Democrats popular. Why would Democrats run away from one of the few policies that works for them

NYT today on Hegseth's Pentagon censorship move: “Seth Stern, director of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation, said that the government is legally prohibited from requiring journalists to surrender their right to investigate the government in exchange for access or credentials

They’re going to fire a US attorney because they couldn’t find evidence for a crime that was manufactured by the administration? Banana republic shit

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

He was in ICE detention for more than 100 days. He met his newborn child under ICE supervision. What an insanething to say.

i think that if the FCC threatened to revoke ABC’s license unless it replaced Jimmy Kimmel with Kevin Hart to diversify the network, Ilya Shapiro would be able to identify the issue here

“Ok, so I can’t make jewelry, but I’m great at disarming an alarm system and smashing glass cases”

I know this case is crazy because the judge stayed up all night to hold DOJ's feet to the fire, but as a parent with young(ish) kids, I'm also thinking about how miserable the process must have been for these kids staying up all night, confused, likely scared and overwhelmed.

Difference between a husky and border collie... 👀😅🤣 #dog #dogday #bluesky

Periodic reminder I was tortured in childhood over autism and that’s what RFK Jr is trying to usher back in

9 Former CDC Directors who were all qualified for their posts are warning that deranged chaos agent RFK Jr is a danger to public health. I’d say he’s actively destroying public health and committing murder on a daily basis with his destructive monstrous agenda.

Chicago Labor Day Rally! #LaborDay

Labor Day LIVE: "Workers Over Billionaires": Nationwide Protests Erupt as Union Leaders Rally Across Chicago www.youtube.com/live/LYiIfjC...

This is why pretending he is going to be president is folly--he is not the right person for the moment.

But, it's got electrolytes?

The 'S' in Harry S. Truman does not stand for anything. His parents could not agree on a middle name at birth, so they gave him the middle initial 'S.' Become ungovernable.

SARAH PALIN: "There are going to be death panels!" RFK JR: "Technically, it's just me."

“There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you are unwilling to resolve.” -Miroslav Volf (Our VPOTUS #JDPogue is an disingenuous a$$hole.)

every day we get numerous pieces about "what the left needs to do" or "what the left is doing wrong" or "what the left should focus on" and my brothers in bullshit, the left can't even get a major newspaper column

Mike Johnson makes clear that when Congress returns next week he's going to work tirelessly to cover up the Epstein files

How it started How it’s going @SenJoniErnst edition

It’s time to take serious action at the State Capitol to address gun violence.

They’re traumatizing kids.

Jared Leto is an important example of why it’s important to separate the art from the artist because, in doing so, it gives you the chance to hate him twice as much

I think one of the things people misunderstand about being anti-ChatGPT and related products is that they are being forced into institutions and other products and services in ways that affect all of our lives whether they work or *not* and we will all have to deal with the consequences

And here come all the “AI artists” or, more accurately, “typers.”

BREAKING: Sen. Joni Ernst not running for re-election.

Joni Ernst won't run for re-election to the U.S. Senate in Iowa. Iowa, you have another assignment. Elect the Democrat in 2026. Don't give your vote to GOP cult members anymore. Never forget she didn't hesitate to abandon you. The GOP does not care about you.

You know when you cross the border of a state with bans on fireworks to one that is fine with kids blowing off their fingers you immediately see a glut of firework stores? I have to think the Canadian border is going to be the same way, but w places offering cheap Covid, flu and penicillin shots.

Another morning to say that I will not vote for Gavin Newsom when he inevitably runs for president. If you want my vote, you should make sure to nominate someone who isn't a transphobe.

I miss the old brand #CDC

When Laura Ingraham was a student at Dartmouth, she attended a meeting of the Gay Student Union and wrote down the names of the attendees, which she then published in the student newspaper. This was a time when it was very dangerous to be outed as gay. She is a dispicable, vile person.

They literally refused to do a Monet exchange!

My brother sent me this

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