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💬 Viewpoint: Terminating grants related to #HIV prevention jeopardizes decades of progress and risks increased morbidity and mortality from preventable new HIV infections. ja.ma/4mptTqA

Trump trying to send a DM to Pam Bondi but actually posting it on TruthSocial instead raises new questions about Joe Biden's mental acuity.

Usually at memorial services they are referred to as “mourners”. But this isn’t about mourning, evidently it’s a political event.

The “party of free speech” is now classifying any political speech they don’t like as either hate speech worthy of being fired or death threats to be criminally investigated.

I’m happy to see people posting that this isn’t like Target or Washington Post. I’ve held my tongue, mostly, but gratified to see folks going beyond knee-jerking and now calling out Nextar, Sinclair, and their advertisers. www.facebook.com/share/r/1EzQ...

Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedians have certainly said things about me that I found offensive, even outrageous. It never crossed my mind to call up the networks and say, "Hey, get rid of this guy." Because that's not how America works. play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...

Gift article “As cities across the country follow New York’s lead, I am gravely worried about what this system enables, and the effect on what the Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis termed our most valued right: the “right to be let alone.”” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

It's the guns.

“President Trump demanded on Saturday that his attorney general move quickly to prosecute figures he considers his enemies, the latest blow to the Justice Department’s tradition of independence.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Update:

Iran to suspend all cooperation with the IAEA. - State TV

“The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered scientists in at least one of its research offices to immediately pause almost all efforts to publish research…” 🧪 apple.news/ACD_M6hZNTrO... www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Trump is shutting down the war on cancer.

Some real Nobel Peace Prize stuff right here 👇

“During an appearance Monday on The Sean Hannity Show, Miller and Hannity asserted that the messages amounted to “terroristic threats.”” apple.news/AjVuhi62ARfC...

No. Use water only. This is bad advice

Use only water or fresh air on tear gas or pepper spray. No milk, vinegar, antacids, urine, etc. and especially not in eye. Thank me later, An actual expert

Fixed it for you @reuters.com

"When she saw them again, they chased her, knocked her to the ground, and repeatedly assaulted her," the Renton Police Department said in a statement. "During the assault, the victim says the suspects made homophobic remarks to her." abcnews.go.com/amp/US/4-arr...

Join me in supporting Kluwe.

“Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists, including 227 events that took more than 520 lives,” the study states”…far-left extremists committed 42 ideologically motivated attacks that took 78 lives.”

“Mooney said costs at his company, which makes shoes in countries including China, Mexico, India and Indonesia, are up about 15% to 20% on average for like items this year. Footwear Unlimited so far has largely shared the costs with its factories.” www.wsj.com/articles/sho...

Unpopular opinion: Obama is finally getting up off the couch and taking post-presidential responsibility. I get it. He did his eight years. He doesn’t owe us yet even more. He worked so we have ACA. But still. It’s past time. 🇺🇸

In the midsts of trade negotiations with Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Trump has declined to approve a more than $400m “more lethal” military aid package to Taiwan. The decision may still be reversed. -WaPo

Federal officers took 11 Democratic officials into custody inside a federal building in Lower Manhattan after the group demanded entry to Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding cells where migrants were being detained.

44

Good to see 44 come out from his silence.

Y’all gonna resubscribe if it comes back? “While no return date has been set, Disney is monitoring the situation and sees a path to the show potentially returning in the next several days, according to a person familiar with the situation.” www.wsj.com/business/med...

When the government moves to punish those who say things that are offensive to the feelings of the government, that is a crystal clear violation of First Amendment protections. Anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is asking you to give up your own First Amendment protections.

Kudos to @npr.org for playing the quote from Jimmy Kimmel that caused over 200 Nexstar stations to pull his show from their ABC affiliated networks. Usually stuff that gets you thrown off the air isn’t playable without censoring. NPR isn’t afraid of having its funding cut.

All the networks are looking for an excuse. “Analyst: Network Late-Night Talk Shows Became Unprofitable in 2023 (Updated)” latenighter.com/features/ana...

Let’s see, this week I’m boycotting ABC, ESPN, and Ben and Jerry. And previously CBS, and the CDC. Maybe next time, just show up and vote, OK? (But her emails!)

It’s the guns. “Today’s act of violence is unacceptable and has no place in our society. There has been a sharp increase in violent acts being committed in our communities. We must move beyond these senseless acts that have far-reaching impacts.” www.ydr.com/story/news/l...

lol all the folks canceling Disney+ Here’s your challenge: boycott ESPN. OH WAIT

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.

I wouldn't want one of these on my street. Border Patrol plans to install surveillance tower in Rochester, but won't say where.

“Rubio says State Department has denied visas to people ‘celebrating’ Kirk’s murder” www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/p...

Booker not taking it.

Probably murder, legally speaking.

"The only question is why I have stayed with them for this long." Will Bunch puts the Washington Post behind him. www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

Rest in Peace

It is absolutely insane to me that we're having a debate over whether or not the rightwing deploys violent rhetoric within days of a Fox News personality calling for homeless people to be killed by lethal injection. There is no excuse for this obliviousness. It's unacceptable.

The UK says it will send RAF Typhoon fighter jets to contribute to NATO’s new Eastern Sentry operation. They’ll join several other aircraft and a warship on the mission. x.com/defencehq/st...

Nobel Peace Prize.

Whoa, I feel old.

Reporter: Do you think you will start with strikes on mainland Venezuela? Trump: Well, we’ll see what happens

Ominous thread from US Senator

Thread.

NEWS: Gov. Kathy Hochul has endorsed Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor "We’ve had our disagreements. But in our conversations, I heard a leader who shares my commitment to a New York where children can grow up safe in their neighborhoods and where opportunity is within reach for every family."