OLIVER: “In Russia, when Putin rose to power, TV satirists were among his first targets… Putin was driven to madness by how he was mocked on a puppet show… the lesson is it’s not safe to let one show slide because there are currently others.”

If you’re in the Eastern District of Virginia and you get a jury summons, maybe don’t sit this one out. You could end up on a Jim Comey or Tish James case.

No immigrant has ever sacked me, or cut my wages, or offshored my job, or closed my hospital, or stopped my mum's disability benefits, or crashed the economy. Those things were all done by white English men who went to Oxford and wore a nice suit.

I just signed a new law requiring lenders to offer mortgage payment pauses to Californians whose homes were damaged by the LA fires. These survivors deserve grace as they rebuild from this tragedy — without damage to their credit, late fees, or threats of foreclosure.

Virginians are voting right now. When they see their ballot, they’re looking for the candidate who will put them first. I’m running for Governor to lower costs, strengthen our schools, and keep our communities safe. My focus is clear — it's Virginia.

One of the biggest mistakes in American history was the lack of a Civil War equivalent of the Nuremberg trials

Good options: *BBC News / BBC World Service *Deutsche Welle (DW News) *France 24 *Al Jazeera *The Associated Press (although U.S.-based...it operates globally and is widely regarded as a fact/reporting wire service more than opinion.) *Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty *CBC News (Canada)

Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate. I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man. Never change your last name.

"I have spent the last few weeks addressing and preparing for a military invasion by the President of the United States. No, I’m not a soldier or a foreign adversary. I’m the Governor of Illinois"

The poll also asked respondents whether Trump has “gone beyond" his authority as president. Sixty-two percent of respondents said that Trump had, compared to just 34% who said the same about former President Joe Biden. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

NYT at the Kirk memorial: "Kyle Rittenhouse, who was embraced by the right after fatally shooting two people during protests in Wisconsin in 2020, posed for photos."

If everyone that cancels Disney would take that PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED AMOUNT and send it to @pbs.org that would be a WIN/WIN!! Krasnov hates #PBS too!! 😀

Where the fuck is Speaker Jeffries hair on fire to stop the Health Insurance premiums that will literally kill Americans? Everyday we should see the podium screaming laying this on Republicans. Strong worded letters fuck that. If you do not have the stomach for it move on and let's get a new leader.

Networks—especially ABC, Disney, Hulu, and CBS—need to hear this: you’re standing on the wrong side of history, bending the knee to authoritarianism before the fight even begins, even though the law’s on your side. You’re losing viewers. We’re not going to stand w/you when you’re not standing w/us!

Raskin: "He wants to condition the public to the idea that it's completely legitimate for the president not only to be ordering prosecutions of particular people over the objections of prosecutors, but he wants to condition the public to accepting the idea he can do that in public, openly."

It’s heartening to hear many principled voices argue that those in office should wield political power in a way that they would be happy to have it wielded when they’re not in power. But it’s worth saying this clearly: the current administration is not acting as if it intends to be out of power.

GO #CA!

This should be what we are focusing on today, instead of the current administration’s fuckery. I want silliness, not fascism.

Cambodia and Armenia woke up not knowing they’ve been fighting each other According to the president, Armenia has also been fighting Albania and Aberbaijan - not to confuse with Azerbaijan

Disney has lost nearly $4 Billion in three days from combined stock price collapse and cancelled subscriptions.

Dying of sepsis UNNECESSARILY in Texas. Votes have consequences. ⬇️⬇️

Immigrants do all the hard jobs you don’t want to do. Harvest your crops, care for your elderly and clean your houses. Maybe you should get them to bring down the government if you won’t?

Deport Tom Homan to Brazil. They know how to handle corrupt politicians there.

"What are Democratic politicians DOING?!?!" 🤪😜 Democratic politicians are running up the street, calling out in English & Spanish. "Go inside! Don't open your door!" 😇😇💪🏻💪🏻

He allegedly accepted the money ***in cash*** "On Sept. 20, 2024, with hidden cameras recording the scene at a meeting spot in Texas, Homan accepted $50,000 in bills, according to an internal summary of the case and sources."

Talarico is clearly a very talented candidate. Texas is a huge uphill struggle still...but 2026 is going to be a rough year for the gop, they're having trouble with their nomination process...idk. it's a long shot, but not an impossibility. 1

A press release to beg people to stop criticizing Trump and DHS & ICE agents who are attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping people off the streets, operating concentration camps where members of Congress are not allowed in, and rendering people to foreign lands they've never been to 🤔

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.

The USDA is ending the annual report on hunger in America, two months after slashing SNAP benefits. They don't care if Americans starve, as long as it's in silence.

So "gangsta" to accept a paper bag full of money! Old school corruption just like an Edward G Robinson movie! ⬇️⬇️

TV tonight: an essential record of the Covid contracts scandal

Gavin Newsom: "I'll be signing a bill, the first in the nation, saying enough to ICE, unmask. What are you afraid of? You're going to go out and you're going to do enforcement? Provide an ID.Tell us what agency you represent."

disney adults showing up like the end of avengers endgame

Right wing crazies want me arrested because they know I won't back down. Too bad.

Media execs have fallen prey to a propaganda and harassment campaign that has completely divorced them from what people actually want right now. Both their insular information environments (group chats, podcasts) and ambient noise (Twitter reactionaries) have put them in a very stupid bubble.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics postponed the release of a key annual report that is central to future inflation data. I’m sure it’s because the numbers are really, really good.

Community Unites to Drive Out ICE GOONS ✊

While we were busy dealing with the rightwing hissy fit over a third rate influencer being shot by one of their own Nepal had a Gen Z led revolution and overthrew their corrupt government installing the first female Prime Minister. We will talk about this on the show tomorrow among other things.

Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash. Pam Bondi knew. Kash Patel knew. Emil Bove knew. And they made the investigation go away. A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.

One thing to understand about most “Disney Adults” is that the parks have only gotten more expensive and crowded while offering less ever since they reopened in 2020 so it doesn’t take that much more to make people stop going. And the theme park forums are rightfully pissed about Kimmel

According to Tom Homan, for the crime Tom Homan allegedly committed, Tom Homan should have his citizenship stripped away and be renditioned to a foreign prison without receiving due process in the courts. Sorry, Tom Homan, but those are Tom Homan's rules.

Disney is facing $4 billion in losses so far over Jimmy Kimmel's suspension as the boycott keeps growing. Thoughts and prayers.

There’s no hiding the political retaliation and weaponization. It’s all out in the open.

One time, the Missouri Ethics Committee investigated me over a $30 donation…

currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter

"Dictator Chic" ⬇️

"Dictator Chic" ⬇️

Today the Oversight Committee sat down with Alex Acosta. What we heard only confirmed what we already knew: he cut a sweetheart deal for Epstein, silenced victims, and let a predator walk free.

It is shocking how much the USA has lost in 9 months.