Hillary Clinton: "Good lord -- the things that have been said about me, the lies that have been propagated. If I had only known I could call up the FCC chair and say, 'Take this person off the air! Off with his head!' You have to laugh about it so you don't cry."

Three people have been shot at a Dallas ICE facility. “Multiple injuries and fatalities”, according to federal authorities. Link when I have it.

Kimmel: "The President of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs. Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he cannot take a joke."

I just read another "Kirk-is-going-to-save-conservatism" take, and I'll be honest, I'm not seeing anything in the polls to suggest as much. If anything, polls have gotten...worse for Republicans?

Since it was founded in 2024, Girls Like Horror has been hosting screenings and other events in a bid to shatter the myth that horror is a male-dominated space. (1/3)

Yesterday's Tylenol press conference was at "inject bleach" levels of insanity, but it also revealed the plan for cancelling the MMR. Here's how I think this is going to go down. open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

This is only getting worse with the school choice movement, by the way. People are being atomized at ever earlier ages.

What on earth?? Waiting to understand what happened here. #DemVoice1 www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

announcing my new think tank, the "people hate inflation, that's like 90% of why harris lost" institute

Pinning this one! I am running for Upper Darby School Board, and every dollar helps! If you can, I'd love your support!

"That's a ridiculous answer" -- Rand Paul tries to MAGA-splain vaccines to the former CDC director

I'm not terribly enthused over a for-profit charter network cancelling classes to protest a mayoral candidate they don't seem to like.

❗️Russians have abandoned the offensive in the Sumy direction, - Zelensky. In general, the enemy tried to attack in 4 directions: Sumy, Zaporizhia, Novopavlivsk and Pokrovsk. The Ukrainian Defense Forces are inflicting significant losses on the Russians.

More local politics posting: Upper Darby is about to enact an earned income tax and the local GOP is crying hysterically over it. Reality is, they managed to accomplish the feat of both underinvesting and overtaxing the township. Remarkable stuff.

The other day I got a voter asking what I'd do to improve reading scores at the schools, and tbh I blew it on the answer because I wasn't expecting the question. But the answer is simple: pay teachers more, build more schools, invest in education. Wish I'd told him that.

I campaigned on the day Kirk was killed; it was a strange vibe, and I got some pushback for doing so. I took the next day off. I think people should keep in mind that local political offices don't benefit much from getting caught up in the hysteria of the national scene.

HOUTHI-AFFILIATED AL-MASIRAH TV SAYS 12 ISRAELI STRIKES TARGETED HODEIDAH PORT'S DOCKS

This is what it looked like from the outside too -- Iran wasn't doing anything that compelled a strike, except that, with Assad gone, Trump in power, and Hezbollah weakened, Israel had an opportunity.

Good roundup, and leads to the shooter probably being self-radicalized, ideologically ill-disciplined, and nihilist, with a lot of right-wing stuff overlapping with a few left ones.

A quick round up of everything thats happened over the weekend with regards to the Kirk shooting aftermath:

Just 6% of U.S. parents say they are "anti-vaccine" and 8%-13% believe RFK Jr.'s false vaccine claims. But larger shares "don't know" enough to reject false claims or have other doubts about childhood vaccines - 26% think the CDC recommends too many shots www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

The Doha Summit will not cobble together a meaningful anti-Israeli coalition, but it will signal to the Trump White House that his GCC partners -- who control America's gas prices -- are worried he's let Israel get out of control.

The dynamic where Kash Patel appears to be on the outs with DOJ and the White House and is trying to salvage his job by leaking tidbits about the Kirk investigation to right-wing media outlets doesn't seem great for obtaining accurate information.

Why did Israel bomb Qatar? And what's next? A quick, blue-sky friendly thread:

I don't know what will break the brainrot that Republicans are just inherently good for the economy, but this is getting close.

"Among those detained were South Korean employees on business travel.... "The raid could raise concerns for South Korean companies that are sending personnel to the US and hiring locally." It comes weeks after Hyundai pledged $26 billion in US investments. Gift link ⬇️ www.wsj.com/us-news/u-s-...

* U.S. SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER SCHUMER SAYS DEMOCRATS 'WILL FORCE VOTES' IN COMING WEEKS TO REVERSE TRUMP IMPORT TARIFFS, CITING FRIDAY JOBS REPORT AS A REASON @reuters.com

Trump *also* oversaw a U.S.-Russia pitched battle at Khasham, Syria, in 2018 that left hundreds dead, and which the media took months to find out about. Neither government has ever wanted to acknowledge the battle.

You know it's bad when the Fox Business comments section is flooded with anti-Trump sentiment.

And until Hamas loses faith in this strategy, they will fight to the last Gazan. Incidentally, this plays right into Bibi's hands, who needs war to keep the far-right from pushing him into even more escalatory policies, like annexing the West Bank.

AKP voters are a bit like this.

The job market continues to slow, and it's pretty dramatic. Keeping our head above water (for now). August jobs growth was only +22k. July revised up +6k to +79k. June was revised down by -27k to -13k. Average jobs growth over the three months = +29k. Unemployment rose a tick to 4.3%

We lost jobs in June for the first time since Covid

“.. a way to clear the field in November’s mayoral election and damage the chances of the Democratic front-runner, Zohran Mamdani ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/n...

I don't know if it's being discussed enough that polls suggest the UK, France, and even *Germany* could tilt far right before the Trump White House is out.

I don't know if Bibi will actually annex the West Bank tomorrow, but I do know he has every reason to make us think he will -- and try to lure his far-right partners across yet another electoral line.

De-radicalizing by deleting Meta.

I stg paying Verizon bills is the absolute most dogshit customer experience I've ever had.

You guys. The Lisa Cook story isn’t about her mortgages. Please please please stop being so credulous.

The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.

Worth noting that the deal has already been finalized and initialed by both sides. It's being held up by a couple thorny obstacles that could still lead to renewed conflict. So if the US manages to get it over the line, it's something, but not what Trump will make it out to be.

Q: Why did you cut snap and health care research? Rep. Flood: We do not have unlimited money in the United States. [Crowd booing]

This is on point. Piling on to say that govt production of information fuels all sorts of endeavors completely unrelated to benefits, including state and local economic development strategies, business siting and diversification, and a host of other societal calculations and decision-making.

This is nominaly for my lay friends and family members, but if you're interested: open.substack.com/pub/ryanbohl...

Reports of rising prices have heated up in last two weeks. $PG $WMT $TGT $HSY @cnbc.com @wsj.com @yahoofinance.com @reuters.com

Starvation, as it turns out, is not a politically viable tactic, even for an Israel that has turned more right-wing. That is not the same as saying they're ready for the war to end. Look to elections next year for that.

Overdue. Targeting Netanyahu has always made the most political and strategic sense to both protect Gazans and secure Israel's own long term interests.

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