CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

incredible that the oldest scam in the book — “look away from the greed and poor leadership that destroy your chance to make a career, it is the [blanks] that stole your job!” — still works

Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!” The Economist, one year ago:

To bring peace you have to show a willingness to fight. On Putin, Ukraine, and the futility of peace negotiations with a lying psychopath. Full ramble: gregolear.substack.com/p/ramble-on-... PS Misspoke...said Balkans meant Baltics.

The fact that partisan gerrymandering is allowed is anti-democracy.

Evergreen

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

"A tumor won’t up & leave because 2/3s of the Senate says so. A cancer won’t stop metastasizing because it loses Pennsylvania and Michigan and Wisconsin. No: the tumor keeps growing until it is excised. The cancer keeps spreading until it’s stopped with chemotherapy—or until the host body dies."

you don't need me to tell you this but ... VOTE big day out there

Women across the US are facing criminal charges for miscarrying—this is what "fetal personhood" looks like.

I hear from informed sources that these #NoKings rallies are more than twice as big as last time, making them easily the largest protests in US history. Thanks to everyone and especially organizers.

Rebecca Rothman, a community and arts advocate, encourages attendees to engage with their elected officials during a "No Kings" protest in Birmingham, Ala., on Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Andi Rice for Alabama Reflector)

One of the best signs so far and those huddled masses that we're fighting for. No Kings

Rage Against the Machine. The Minorikeys. Finale of #NoKings, Kingston NY. Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me

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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Sickening behavior by this agent. The fact that Mayor Adams has rolled out the red carpet for ICE is a stain on our city.

If any investors wants to let Nexstar Media Group know their concerns about the media company refusing to air Jimmy Kimmel, here are their IR contacts. www.nexstar.tv/investor-rel... $NXST

As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended. It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.

I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

In which I do not compare them to Nazis...but make it very easy for you to do so, if you so chose. Me, I'm staying out of it.

On Wednesday, Brian Kilmeade went on national television and called for homeless people to be killed by lethal injection. "Just kill 'em," he said. There hasn't been one word about it in The New York Times or The Washington Post or USA Today.

“No Kings” unveils a big new Trump protest on October 18 to respond to Trump’s authoritarian escalations. “You don't occupy cities just because it's fun. This is all ratcheting up.” Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

This is a paragraph Brett Kavanaugh wrote on his little computer and then sent out into the world:

This is the same court that just said you can't use race at all in college admissions. It was always about white supremacy.

Where is all this tariff revenue going? Where is the corresponding announcement for lower taxes? Is anyone asking? $360 billion is equal to 17% of all income taxes paid by Americans in 2022. Shouldn't our tax burden be lowered by 17%? Are they just stealing it?

Expecting Democrats to remain neutral and be the voice of democratic balance while Republicans are openly bragging about blowing up congressional maps with shameless gerrymandering is pretty damn absurd. If the GOP wants this fight, we should be ruthless in finishing it.

1/ Courtrooms are where our futures are taking shape, but not all of the important decisions make headlines. And even when they do, the headlines don't tell you everything you need to know. So I write about the cases for you in my newsletter, Civil Discourse. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

OMG folks! Espstein fever has gripped DC!

Jamie Lee Curtis on The Late Show cancellation. “They’re trying to silence us. That won’t work…we’ll just get louder”

NEWS: Trump's cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid clear Congress House gives final passage by a vote of 216-213. The Senate passed it yesterday 51-48. With Republican votes only. Democrats all voted NO. This now goes to Trump for his signature. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it" @hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000 www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

“…he presented his Texas ID, Social Security card and a wallet-sized birth certificate. The agents refused to believe he was a citizen and took him into custody. “I told them we had rights and asked to make a phone call. But they told us, 'You don't have rights to anything'," Galicia told the paper”

He sold vaccine cards and injected kids with saline so they thought they were vaccinated. There are no rules anymore

If you don’t live in California, you might be unaware of all the ICE mayhem. Here’s just part of the @latimes.com front page right now

A local water utility told data center developers in Alabama it could not provide the 2 million gallons of water per day they've requested without "significant upgrades." Full story: insideclimatenews.org/news/1207202...

ICYMI: New title and cover for last night's episode with the great @jennifertaub.com...

On Aug 1, tariff rates are scheduled to rise to historic highs. average tariffs on women’s clothing will rise to 48 percent, wine to 20 percent, and toys to nearly 50 percent. taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/too-m...

I'm not gonna lie, y'all: even nearly a decade into this, it still feels surreal that a sitting POTUS can do one long, bizarre stream-of-consciousness ramble about whatever silly shit happens to pop into his head on national television, and political media still shrug their shoulders + write it up.

Fox HQ are in midtown Manhattan.

Residents of the historically Black Shiloh Community in Alabama have faced repeated flooding following the expansion and elevation of Highway 84. Now they're bringing their fight for environmental justice to federal court. Full story from @insideclimatenews.org: insideclimatenews.org/news/0807202...

Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.

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What a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing, Charlotte.

#Baltimore Mayor #BrandonScott invested in 42 summer youth camps, 29 literacy programs, extended the rec center hours to 11 p.m, planned block parties, opened the pools for safe fun, & opened several schools up for summer classes. Crime is down 62%. 🔥🔥 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

If you are in WILLIAMSON COUNTY (north of Austin): The San Gabriel has flooded and the Georgetown Animal Shelter has been evacuated to the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter. They need people to drop by and pick up animals to foster for a couple of days.

“Congress” didn’t pass this murder budget. Republicans did it. Republicans did it without a single Democratic vote in the House, without a single Democratic vote in the Senate. Be precise and give, uh, credit where credit is due