Trump has eased into some steady riffing at this point in the speech

👀 Oh man, Trump says “I think we found an answer to autism, how about that? Autism.” Says RFK Jr. will have a big announcement.

Vance says Charlie Kirk would tell him to “be honest” and not do a “fake kumbaya moment.” Talking about evil still walking the earth and putting on the body armor of god to get back to work (mostly verbatim there but not a direct quote).

Chants of “President Vance” at the Kirk memorial as JD comes up to speak

Kirk’s TPUSA and Musk’s America PAC effectively merged operations for voter turnout in 2024. Both Kirk & Elon were doing the campaign a huge favor there — saving them a lot of money

Btw Stephen Miller started his speech at Charlie Kirk’s service by saying we need to “achieve victory in his name.” His name being Kirk’s, not God’s.

Don Jr’s remarks so far are a bit of a departure, in terms of the frequency with which he refers to scripture & religion in general

To quote @gunnerblog.bsky.social… I miss Kai Havertz

A tacit threat to re-invade Afghanistan, this time in writing. Just another casual Saturday in Trump 2.0

Damn @carolleonnig.bsky.social with a barn burner of a scoop www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Coming up after the commercial break to talk about this story on MSNBC www.wired.com/story/inside...

Lol I cannot believe this is what Manchester United has to offer in 2025. What a crop

Feels very 2012 to see all of these people on TikTok talking about how we’re all gonna die from a comet on Sept. 24th. Anyone else remember being alive for the Mayan calendar?

Flipped on this Crystal Palace - West Ham game right in time to see an absolute banger from a guy I’ve never heard of. That’s the real TV value proposition for the prem

A punt-plus plus

Donald Trump's cronies are buying TikTok ... unless they aren't! The Chinese government certainly isn't saying anything, and is taking as many words as possible to not say it. @zeyiyang.bsky.social and @jakelahut.writes.news have you covered on all the confusing developments

On the TikTok deal conundrum, w/ @zeyiyang.bsky.social now on @wired.com www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Sooooo is China gonna say anything about this supposed TikTok deal? Inquiring minds would like to know

We might be pretty fucked, with regard to media literacy in this nation of ours

This might be one of the funniest things I've read in a while

Apple News+ provides access to a wide range of publications for a price not much higher than it would cost to subscribe to some included sources (e.g., the New Yorker) alone.

John Moolenaar, chairman of the China Select Committee in the House, says in the same breath on CNBC: - China will still control the TikTok algorithm in the new deal - he doesn’t like it - “I believe we can have Americans designing an algorithm that suits our needs.” - Trump is a great negotiator

Coming up again on MSNBC here at the top of the hour

One of the weird things I’ve been wondering since starting this job is which college class best prepared me to cover this administration in 2025. It’s a close tie between con law and an art history class about this German concept called the Gesamtkunstverk, or “total work of art.”

Who’s taking their kids in Brooklyn to the Atlantic Ave Chuck E Cheese? And why do I have a feeling it’s the same Park Slope parents who send their kids to Prospect Park noodle combat summer camp

Starting a couple of months back, I started noticing more reply emails from the White House under a generic press account. Not even a flack preemptively declaring something on background attributed to XYZ official before we agreed to anything.

we wrote about this WH tactic recently. they’re asking journalists for expert source names and then using them to look up political donations in FEC records to try to discredit those sources as biased. www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...

I can tell this site needs more sports knowers because everyone's been yelling about canceling Disney+ and Hulu all day and I literally haven't seen anyone yelling about canceling the new ESPN app, which was just rolled out and the success of which is existential for ESPN.

Coming up now on MSNBC

Abu Tiffany!

"Kirk’s killing has highlighted a truth most creators already knew: Their visibility puts them at risk, but their livelihoods depend on them staying visible." From @makenakelly.bsky.social

The future of the American economy:

I covered the protests in London against Trump for @wired.com. Protesters aren't convinced by the AI deal from US tech giants: They want to know what the UK is giving them in exchange for up to $45bn in investment and where the power for data centers will come from www.wired.com/story/climat...

Trump insists Putin will end the war in Ukraine if the price of oil just comes down a little more. Not kidding.

I have asked the WH press shop what the president means when he says the United States is getting "a fee-plus" just for orchestrating the TikTok deal

MTG's boyfriend just asked Keir Starmer if he would label Antifa a terrorist organization in the UK..

Trump calls mass deportations "a very hard chore" in his joint presser with Starmer over in Aylesbury

"There is a pendulum swing toward something approaching cancel culture and actual, government-backed censorship on big social media platforms." @jakelahut.writes.news

Excellent newsletter from @jakelahut.writes.news here. www.wired.com/story/inside...

Keir Starmer’s unique speaking cadence and forced sincerity are off the charts at this appearance with Trump

Worth noting on Kimmel: There’s a reason why people in local TV news privately refer to Nexstar as “death star”

Coming up on MSNBC after the next commercial break

Melania Trump has a separate schedule from the president today, per the WH press pool

It’s a packed Thursday with @waytooearly.bsky.social: ☀️ Justin Sink ☕️ Alice Ollstein 🌞 @courtenaybrown.bsky.social 🌅 @jakelahut.writes.news If you’re up, tell us why— reply here or email [email protected]. #waytooearly

My 2028 spidey senses are tingling. Pritzker just said Whitmer in Michigan is an example of how working with Trump can come back and bite you, pointing to JD’s threat to send in the Nat’l Guard (MSNBC, Jen Psaki)

Carr seriously used the term “progressive foie gras” on Hannity

I’m sorry, waterboarding?? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...

Gill, a Dartmouth grad and major Elon stan

NEW: 20 US politicians now say Israel is committing genocide. First Jewish members to do so— Bernie Sanders: "The intent is clear. The conclusion is inescapable: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza." Becca Balint: "…the trauma of the Holocaust serves as a reminder of the power of speaking out."

[clears throat] @wired.com was talking about this scenario facing the Trump admin weeks ago — subscribe to Inner Loop www.wired.com/story/its-th...