PRESIDENT TRUMP, IF YOU HAVE TIME TO MEET WITH PUTIN IN ALASKA, YOU HAVE TIME TO MEET WITH DEMOCRATIC LEADERS IN WASHINGTON. COME TO THE TABLE & NEGOTIATE! SHOW YOUR SKILLS & FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROTECT AMERICANS’ HEALTHCARE & KEEP GOVERNMENT OPEN. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION, SIR!

Here we go: www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...

Literally the authoritarian playbook: 1. Call your opponents terrorists. 2. Deploy state power against them. There's nothing subtle or confusing or complex about what's happening. The *outcome* is uncertain but the authoritarianism is right out in the open.

This would be marginally more credible if the Court treated the current President like they treated the last one

Pete the ex-minor-Fox-personality does not write history. History will write his epitaph and it will be ugly.

America is bailing out Argentina, while Argentine farmers sell soybeans to China instead of American farmers, thereby bankrupting them, which is why America also have to bail out American farmers. If this is considered winning, I fear what losing looks like.

Haven't the Palestinians suffered enough?

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned yesterday that a "hybrid war" has started in Europe after waves of drones shut down Danish airspace this week.

Over 14,000 physicians currently practicing in the United States, concentrated in underserved Midwestern+Southern states, are currently working on H-1B visas. This is the high-skill visa program, lifeblood for critical sectors, that the US Administration is sledgehammering. doi.org/10.1007/s116...

As per usual: no mention of political violence against Democrats. The armed man near Kavanaugh’s house who turned himself in becomes an “assassination attempt” while the actual assassination of Melissa Hortman not mentioned. Attacks on ICE facilities are political violence but not attacks on CDC.

By the way, it’s axiomatic that the DOJ won’t reveal the name of someone under investigation, because they may prove innocent and it would harm their reputation. Here that’s actually part of the bounty and motivation for Trump— Dirty them up not withstanding no basis to charge

Republicans want you working til you die. #mtpol

He hates American citizens. There is no other conclusion to make. He hates 99% of America and wants to punish it, even if they voted for him. He just wants their votes, he doesn’t care if they get hurt.

I spoke extensively with the Crimson reporter. She understood the strength of the evidence, and it shows. Odds ratios can be eye-glazing, but let's just say that when 2.5 million kids are studied, and it's still not possible to detect added risk from taking acetaminophen...there's no added risk.

Is this supposed to be a threat? They did this exact thing while the government was open

Well, well, well… Suddenly the fact they teed up to announce findings (from studies that have need debated for several years) “by September” makes a lot more sense. So kind of FDA to oblige, also.

I can deal with the malevolence: there are are historical parallels to elucidate matters, and works of art and culture to help process them. It’s the stupidity with which I can’t cope.

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

Why did THE ASPEN INSTITUTE just remove "...Free, just and equitable society" from their mission statement? The left is their previous mission statement. The right is what they have now. This is shameful and pathetic caving to Trump and MAGA. Shameful.

Let me make this very clear: Being sarcastic about sexual assault while also anti science, and scaring pregnant people into not appropriately treating their pain while simultaneously belittling the lives of autistic people is really a full encapsulation of this administration.

Losing daylight is a good marker of our obligation to stay engaged as citizens of our democracy. Form a watch group, write comments, and find a way to engage with the decisions being made on the way our energy is used in Montana. The power of our voice matters! open.substack.com/pub/monicatr...

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

If you're not totally aware of how bots try to sway minds, here's a good example.

The White House may call it deregulation, but in reality, it's replacing written rules with unwritten rules. (Rule 1: "Don't upset the President.") It's swapping transparent, tested rules for secret, shifting ones. One set serves the public interest, the other reflects the President's whims.

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion. Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

95 Democrats chose to honor the man who said all of this, and this is just the appetizer. Ask them, "Why?" Ask them why your lives don't matter to them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I just don’t understand. How could Shapiro be so delusional that he could write a whole book thinking anyone mistakes MAGA for “lions”? And why does anyone take him seriously?

Overcrowded cells. Unsanitary conditions. Limited access to food and water. These are the conditions that ICE has created at 26 Federal Plaza, which eleven elected officials sought to expose. Instead, they were arrested. They must be released right now — and inspectors let in.

It's devastating that someone like this has been put in a position of important responsibility for our public health. People will suffer and die for his bizarre beliefs. open.substack.com/pub/importan...

Good moment to remember that US foreign policy is also being reoriented to enable foreign censors and authoritarian propaganda around the world www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press

Respectfully disagree: 1) in fact it is unusual for a democracy w/ this level of GDP to turn authoritarian & so quickly; 2) the weakness of both institutions (congress & courts) and individuals (Schumer etc) is shocking. Would take less than 10 people in congress or 2 SC justices to stop all this.

How did Dr. Monarez go from being “a public health expert with unimpeachable scientific credentials” who had the “full confidence” of Secretary Kennedy into being a “liar” and “untrustworthy” in less than a month? She refused to rubber stamp his anti-vaccine recommendations.

This is a disgusting, horrifying weaponization of the courts to continue the administration’s persecution of Mahmoud Khalil for free speech

This is state-sponsored media shit. Absolutely, shocking, insane dictator overreach

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

If you take what a 9-0 Court said in Vullo seriously, it seems clear to me that Kimmel has not just a plausible jawboning claim but a strong one on the basis of Carr's threats. (Always read Genevieve Lakier 👇)

Some killings you're allowed to joke about.

This is fascism. We're in it, folks.

It’s been clear for months that this administration is ten times the threat to the First Amendment that “wokeism” ever was. If this doesn’t wake the fuck up all the comedy podcast bros, nothing will.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Louder for those in the back: It is hard to keep track of all the lies about the speech you’re protecting while simultaneously running an authoritarian state.

So if indeed Tyler Robinson's roommate/lover is transgender then Nancy Mace will congratulate them as a hero for working with the FBI, right? Right?

Are there any eclipses coming that we could totally blow her mind with?