The Jimmy Kimmel affair showed how media giants can gerrymander the airwaves

NEW: Trump falsely suggested today that rank-and-file FBI agents fomented the Jan. 6 attack that a mob of his supporters unleashed on the Capitol, leaning into conspiracy theories as he accuses a second FBI director of committing crimes w/ @iriesentner.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

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Oregon governor says Trump is abusing his authority by ordering troops to Portland, a city that is "just fine."

Trump Is Setting the National Parks Up to Fail Workers say the real crisis is happening behind the scenes. www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on. www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...

Every single one of these clips was taken today in downtown Portland. Portland doesn’t want or need a federal takeover. If Trump insists on sending federal “resources” he can start with funding health care, bridges, affordable housing, and wildfire protection to name a few.

Trump directs defense secretary to deploy troops to Portland The lawlessness is in the White House & cabinet, not Portland & other great American cities!

Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order Following the law is woke 🙄

Wealthy TV producer holding potentially damaging Trump tapes 'in a vault in Idaho'

Dems: He’s seeking retribution. Trump: I’m seeking retribution. WaPo: Some see this as retribution.

👍 Muskovia delenda est!

Appallingly, right now officials at the highest levels of the US state are concocting pretexts for investigations and agency actions against groups engaged in lawful political advocacy, all to destroy civil society and facilitate authoritarianism. New piece on this: newrepublic.com/article/2009...

Sometimes Ukrainians don’t even have to do anything. In Russia, things just catch fire on their own. For example, in the Smolensk region, 18 fuel wagons derailed — a freight train collided with a heavy truck at a railway crossing. Burning quite nicely.

A single Ukrainian drone can destroy a BMP infantry vehicle. Killing a tank requires multiple coordinated drone strikes. So Russia started converting tanks into heavily armored troop transports. No guns, just survival. euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/25/t...

Is this greatness? Disgusting, appalling, sickening, shameful behavior

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley said Trump wants to “induce a violent incident” in Portland. ”Let us not grant him that," he said, urging Portlanders “not to take the bait.” www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.

Why Trump is blowing up boats off Venezuela | If You're Listening

⬇️👀Epstein files

‼️ Zelenskyy warns of military response if drones from Hungary enter Ukraine again

Taking after her family, the teen has been using her White House connection to sell merch.

The blackout is over: "Nexstar today announced that 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' will return to the company’s owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network beginning tonight." Sinclair folded earlier this afternoon.

This is an infuriating and shameful scandal. The Roberts Court is condoning Trump’s law breaking, again, pure and simple. There is no serious path forward for democratic government without Supreme Court reform.

JUST NOW AT THE UN…

A Tarrant County, TX resident who has worked as an election judge criticized the county’s move to cut more than 100 polling sites. “You’re not saving money,” she said. “You’re sacrificing democracy to save a buck.” With @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org

On Kremlin TV tonight, analysts discuss the catastrophically bad performance of Russian troops on the ground in Ukraine and place the blame squarely on Lt Gen Ben Hodges (USA retd). They suggest that he must urgently be assassinated by poisoning just like Sergei Skripal.

'Time to stop': Trump vows Israel will not annex West Bank Question now is what TACO Don is willing to do to stop Bibi… 😒

Trump's TikTok deal payment criticized as 'shakedown scheme' by experts

The UK announces mandatory digital ID plans

Let’s spell this out. Trump fired a qualified U.S. attorney who refused to do his bidding and installed his own personal lawyer to punish a perceived opponent. Justice needs to follow the law, not politics. This is an attack on the rule of law. Full stop.

'Escalatorgate': Trump accuses UN of ‘triple sabotage’ • FRANCE 24 English The whole world giving us side-eye 😬🙄🤦‍♂️

Donald Trump Suspects Triple Sabotage at the UN @maryltrump.bsky.social having entirely too much fun destroying her dear uncle

One fascinating wrinkle in this story is that the guy who taught Orban to go after Soros was Arthur Finkelstein, a gay Jewish political advisor who also worked for Netanyahu. He was a key GOP strategist from Goldwater through Reagan. truestoryaward.org/story/230

The donors list makes it look like a Cathedral of the Military Industrial Complex, but I'm going with Temple of Grift *sigh*

Months after the Department of Government Efficiency's attack on the federal government began, WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as DOGE tore through their offices.

Denmark said the drones are part of a suspected hybrid attack by a professional actor. NATO's already on edge from recent Russian actions.

Reuters reports Chinese specialists are regularly visiting Russia to jointly develop military drones, including at sanctioned facilities. Over the past year, they repeatedly traveled to the Izhevsk-based “Kupol” plant and supplied it with strike and reconnaissance UAVs via a Russian intermediary.

Russia's estimated losses in Ukraine as of day 1310 of its all-out war, according to the Ukrainian Army's General Staff.

Former NATO Chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen: "The most efficient and least expensive way to guarantee the security of #Ukraine would be to grant Ukraine membership in NATO.We should never,ever discuss NATO membership with Putin.It's not his business. It’s a decision to be taken between Ukraine&NATO

Inside Russia's Moldova influence operation | Break the Fake Apparently, we (NATO) are invading Moldova now? News to NATO lol

Denmark airport closes due to drones, two days after incursions in Copenhagen and Oslo

Odds on an announcement of Trump Tower Ankara or Trump Tower Istanbul in the coming months? 😒 *sigh*

Last night, Ukraine shot down a Russian Su-34 bomber over Zaporizhzhia, the country's Air Force says. The jet was bombing the city with guided bombs — part of four straight days of Russian airstrikes that damaged homes and killed civilians. euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/25/u...

Schumer's leadership is increasingly toxic among Senate candidates 😒

You know, for, uh… quantum liquidity… something we all very much need!

Not exactly awesome now, but yea... next year is gonna be something else *sigh*

More war crimes. Human shields are explicitly prohibited in the Geneva Conventions (as were the blatant murders of her civilian family members)

For Ukrainians living through the bloodiest land war in Europe since World War II, the message they hope Europe hears is that other countries are under threat, too — and that closer cooperation with Ukraine can protect them.

Jimmy Kimmel's return drew 6.3 million viewers last night -- triple his typical audience. Even more impressive is he drew this while Nexstar and Sinclair preempted the episode, representing 23% of US households. Kimmel's monologue has also garnered 26 million views. www.cnbc.com/2025/09/24/j...