The ultimate victim of Woke Politics.

A wave of firings followed the Kirk murder. My own feelings of outrage over each story have given way to a broader takeaway: The arbitrary power of employers over their employees' private lives is the problem, and the solution is for workers to take that power back. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

A couple weeks ago Trump saw a Fox News story using footage from 2020 and, assuming it was live footage (as one does), went nuts. In this admin, no one is willing to push back on even the craziest of Trump’s delusions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk

So jealous. 💚

(7/8) Together with the OBBBA, this fiscal switch of lower income tax revenues, higher tariff revenues, and spending cuts targeting poorer Americans will leave most Americans with lower after-tax incomes.

Hard pass, everyone.

NEW: GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care. By @savmargaret.bsky.social

NJ PBS shutting down next summer. “15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.” newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...

I understand how triggering Jeffries can be for progressives. But he's stepping up here. In March, Jeffries got almost the entire Dem caucus to oppose the budget, only to be underbussed by Schumer. Now they're on the same page, preparing to filibuster the CR & fight it out. Give the guy props.

I think we actually do need to hand it to Chuck Schumer for this one. Demanding a meeting with Trump was a pitch-perfect psyops gambit. Trump has to performatively reject the meeting to look strong, but that calls attention to his culpability for the pending shutdown.

I am hereby designating Tinkerbell an ISIS suicide bomber. I have notified TSA to arrest her if she tries to fly past airport security.

cc @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social

The missing kids are not in private schools or being homeschooled. Many children are simply not enrolled anywhere: hechingerreport.org/proof-points... via @jillbarshay.bsky.social

Settling down for the @mikiesherrill.bsky.social vs Ciattarelli gubernatorial debate. Got the 🍕 & 🍿.

The problem, according to Douthat, is that late-night talk shows have become bastions of “hectoring liberalism.” Interesting that he didn’t see a comparable problem with conservative radio talk shows or view the free market as a sufficient solution.

We need to pressure ABC/Disney to reinstate Jimmy Kimmel’s program, cease their political collusion with Trump and his FCC lapdogs, and commit to defending free speech: indivisible.org/government-c... #BoycottDisneyABC

Shit just got real

I agree with this take.

Also, giving off strong Stuart Smalley vibes with notes like “brush off their attacks”. Pretty sure most congressional witnesses do not write attaboy notes to themselves.

Good reminder of what Charlie Kirk stood for in life, so we don't let anyone gaslight us about his legacy in death.

This is a great episode of What Next. It's no secret that the stock market does not equal the economy, but @justinwolfers.bsky.social explores how the stock market can actually thrive because of the corruption that is undermining the fundamentals of our economy.

Don't forget Kukly, the Russian puppet show that Putin had cancelled because it mocked him as an "evil, muttering baby gnome." meduza.io/en/feature/2...

@theonion.com, absolutely owning this weird moment as it has so many others.

I just canceled my Disney+ and Hulu subscription, and cited ABC's decision to censor @jimmykimmel.com as the reason. Will resubscribe when ABC's parent company shows that they are willing to resist Trump's fascist regime #CancelDisney #CancelHulu

“The Department of Education's proposed #PSLF rule is unlawful, it is clearly unauthorized by Congress & it threatens access to critical legal services for millions of low-income and working class people,” said Abby Shafroth @nclc4consumers.bsky.social #ProtectBorrowers www.nclc.org/proposed-rul...

I called my Member of Congress to urge him to vote "no" on honoring Charlie Kirk. You can too. Just dial the House switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for your Member's office.

I urged ABC to bring back @jimmykimmel.com, and you can too. Here's the link: support.abc.com/hc/en-us/req...

now more than ever we need undertapped resources like internet addicted weirdos to step up and show individual normie moms and dads how to set up plex servers behind VPNs

Remarkable how quickly this has changed over the past 24 hours as Dems dig in for confrontation. Somebody advising chuck schumer is taking notes from @joshtpm.bsky.social.

“All the cocaine in existence couldn’t keep their nose out of my business.“ Perfect, no notes. #nolitebastardescarborundorum

We need your help to make October 18 the biggest peaceful protest of the year. Please spread the word, register your local event as soon as you can, and start RSVPing for the local protests to help build momentum: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

I'm trying to give Ezra Klein the benefit of the doubt. I agree that democracy requires dealing with people you find objectionable. But 1) You can't reach a modus vivendi with someone who considers you subhuman; www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

Worth juxtaposing Jamelle‘s point with Ezra Klein’s assessment of Charlie Kirk in his latest column.

And @oliverdarcy.bsky.social has the letter from Washpost HR, firing Karen Attiah, their last Black fulltime columnist. They objected to her comments about “white men” — but it’s clear she’s referring to white men who “espouse violence” beehiiv-publication-files.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/down...

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.

The wake of the Kirk shooting has provided some new information about which media outlets fear Trump and his followers and which do not. WaPo jumped to salute by firing @karenattiah.bsky.social , as did MSNBC by firing Matthew Dowd.

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

This is unhinged, dangerous, and reckless. At this point I don't know how you conclude anything other than that Musk is trying to foment pogroms against immigrants across the west.

Striking how fluent Musk has become in the language of violence. There’s really no pretense here of support for peaceful protest, no fig leaf to distance himself from the riots to come.

Important to know that when conservative policymakers advocate for "viewpoint diversity," this is what they mean.

Some news organizations have dared report the views that made Kirk famous. The hagiographers can’t even mention those views out loud, because they make clear he greatly contributed to the politics of rage, conspiracy, and violence that may have ultimately ended his life.

Unlike many people on this site, I think highly of Ezra Klein. Yet this column is enraging. Kirk was not a champion of dissent against liberal orthodoxy. Is Klein unaware that Kirk created the Professor Watchlist to encourage students to bully and harass their teachers? slate.com/news-and-pol...

The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph: link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...

This is delightful, but also sad. There was a generation of New York oligarchs who understood that working-class New Yorkers had to thrive if they wanted to continue being rich. That generation is gone, and today’s oligarchs have succumbed to Trumpian narcissism.

This seems like a deep insight to me.

This is an incredible interview to watch. Ladapo seems fine with Floridian children dying by the thousands for his solipsistic view of personal ethics.

Finally finished @jesspish.bsky.social’s “The Highest Law in the Land” today. Highly recommend for anyone interested in functioning of 🇺🇸 law enforcement. As Pishko persuasively demonstrates, the sheriff position is structurally unreformable, and must feature early in any serious abolitionist effort.

Just opened the Instagram app and it’s become a hellscape of TikTok-like videos. Is there anyway to switch back to the pre-reels format? I’ve heard about the pivot to video, but I didn’t expect to have it crammed down my throat.

Little known fact: Steve Witkoff also responsible for brokering the Red Wedding and the truce between the Jets and the Sharks.