(gift link) more exceptional reporting from Julie K. Brown and the folks at Miami Herald.. "How Jeffrey Epstein sought to infiltrate the justice system" By Julie K. Brown and Claire Healy "Jeffrey Epstein didn’t beat the justice system by accident." www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

(gift link) Journalists slain at record level in 2025, majority by Israel, watchdog says An increasing number of journalists were killed by drones, the Committee to Protect Journalists found. The Israel Defense Forces said it “strongly rejects” the group’s findings.

Trump just attacked a woman reporter for the sixth time in the span of a month.

The tariffs are the greatest abuse of power by a President in our history.

What the US is doing to Europe it is also doing to its one time allies in the Indo-Pacific. There is one rule of action for the US government now. If you are a democracy, you will be abandoned; if you are a dictatorship, you will be praised and supported.

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

These days, it's notable whenever a major media company ignores Trump's pressure and stands with talent. So let's note that Disney has renewed Jimmy Kimmel's contract for another year

Trump and his POS lackeys are trying to double the size of the US Park Police (from ~300 up to 600 in DC) with intent that they'll cooperate with ICE, terrorize local citizens + support the authoritarian whims of his lying, treasonous, serial sexual assaulting ass. (link below)

In case anyone has any confusion on these details still, please note: the current administration does not intend for there to *be* any other contender for that recognition because they don’t intend to relinquish power, ever.

I’m starting to get the sense that it was a bad idea to put a deeply insecure, sexual assaulting Fox News host with a drinking problem and a crusader tattoo who said he was into war crimes in charge of the military.

Right out of the textbooks. Literally "Them."

You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.

This seems not good (no paywall / gift link) wapo.st/3Lpfmyx

The right wing media fog machine obscures the true Republican agenda. It's so terrible that uninformed people think you're making it up. Only building up competing media infrastructure can counteract this.

"Trump was indicted by a federal grand jury in August 2023 on four criminal counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, in a case investigating his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results."

The fact that top Republicans are already fearmongering about, lying about, the No Kings rallies this Saturday, across the US, tells you how worried they are about public pressure and protest against their reactionary, autocratic, anti-American agenda.

Pete Hegseth's Pentagon released another set of requirements for journalists who want to cover defense. It's just as censorship-oriented as the previous one that journalists from all countries and perspectives refused to sign www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

Netanyahu's government, since 2010, propped up Hamas in Gaza to prevent any peace negotiations. It now wants to go back to that arrangement, while occupying half of the Gaza Strip. That's the default scenario.

I find this very touching…& also worrying. Historian @timothysnyder.bsky.social has been an absolutely essential guide to this era. And if he thinks I’m right then we’re in more trouble than we realise

Airports say they won’t play Kristi Noem shutdown video at TSA checkpoints Travelers in Seattle, Phoenix and other cities will not see the video, which blames congressional Democrats for shutdown-related flight disruptions.

I can’t imagine why Vladimir Putin would have interfered in an American election to help Donald Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/b...

The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.

Multiple broadcasters captured the jeers despite the USTA's reported efforts to silence them.

Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/

#FDT DC statehood now! wapo.st/4lkaHdB

(gift link / no paywall) wapo.st/41vEBEr

RIP Malcolm-Jamal Warner 🙏 wapo.st/46XdFAV

Nationwide ‘Good Trouble’ anti-Trump protests pay tribute to John Lewis Thousands of people took to the streets in a national day of action to protest the Trump administration’s policies. gift link (no paywall) wapo.st/4lUdpqG

I have no words. Everyone prepared for the constitutional crisis of the President defying the SCOTUS. The crisis is the SCOTUS being fully aligned with Trump’s vision of presidential power. So here we are.

“‘Many of these people came to work at Federal Programs to defend aspects of our constitutional system,’ said one lawyer who left the unit during Trump's second term. ‘How could they participate in the project of tearing it down?’” www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

gift link (no paywall): wapo.st/4lVg6bK

Trump is not just a serial liar. He's also a serial sexual abuser.

New: DHS tells police to brace for the anti-ICE movement to grow much bigger in threat bulletins last month that lists ordinary behavior, like riding a skateboard or livestreaming, as threatening to law enforcement. By me w/ records by @propertyofthepeople.org:

July 10th, 2025 So long, Old Man! The United States Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, bids thee farewell.

Find new enemies to round up or lose your massive funding is a powerful beaurocratic incentive. Even IF the intent all along wasn't to start rounding up more than just immigrants with "criminal records," this level of funding makes it inevitable.

Given the evidence my investigators have seen, this reeks of a coverup.

MAGA, you thought this guy would release the Epstein files?

A gentle reminder that the VA getting rid of 30,000 people instead of 80,000 people isn’t a win.

it's amusing to me to see Trumpers banging on about Bondi orchestrating an Epstein coverup while refusing to devote an extra thought to who she would be trying to protect

The big pubs are scared of Trump and Elon and more generally Megan McArdle type tsk-tsking. You've got like a hundred fatalities in catastrophic flooding in Texas. The position in charge of liaising/communicating emergencies to locals was vacant because of DOGE. And I'm seeing stories about ...

Gift Article - “Over the past five months, many F.B.I. agents… have been fired, pressured to leave or transferred to lesser roles. Hundreds have resigned on their own, unwilling to follow the demands of the Trump administration.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/o...

Trump spoke of “shylocks,” which is one of the most recognizable antisemitic terms in modern English. Watch who tries to explain this away.

The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.

“We’re getting a message loud and clear from this administration: Climate and environmental research are not welcome in this country”

So let me get this straight… Under Hegseth’s leadership, the Army is rolling out a policy that could kick out Black men for razor bumps—a medical condition that disproportionately affects us. Meanwhile, troops who refused the COVID vaccine? They got waivers. Sympathy. Career protection. 🧵