Double doink off the hands! #GoBirds

Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

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

Federalist Society member Mary M. “Maggie” Cleary is the new acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after the upheaval over the Letitia James investigation, per email obtained by @nbcnews.com. As a line prosecutor, she was investigated over a false allegation she was at Jan. 6.

Pressure mounts on Disney over Kimmel suspension as some boycott calls spread www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

“As is always the case, the FBI needs a federal hook to initiate an investigation,” Brzozowski said. “Here, it appears that they’re acting in an assistance to state authorities’ capacity.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

New: The federal probe of Charlie Kirk’s killing has yet to find a link between Tyler Robinson & LW groups, per 3 sources familiar “Every indication so far is that this was one guy who did one really bad thing because he found Kirk’s ideology personally offensive” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Federal prosecutor tasked with investigating Trump adversary Letitia James resigns under pressure www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

“Previously a voice for the canceled, they are now the ones canceling.” — @henryjgomez.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

“We all see where this is going, correct?” Letterman said. “It’s managed media. And it’s no good, it’s silly, it’s ridiculous…” www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

"Pentagon leaders are considering a new recruiting campaign that would encourage young people to honor the legacy of assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk by joining the military..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

From the last time that Trump targeted Antifa: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

This was after Colbert was canceled. Which was two months ago.

generally speaking, and with the glaring exception of november 2024, the more directly democratic an institution has been, the better it has checked Trump (eg grand and petit juries); the more elite and insular, the less effective (the Senate, the Supreme Court, big business)

I think of “Horse in a Hospital” like thrice a day.

cato institute analysis of murders by political ideology since 1975, excluding 9/11

Charlie Kirk trafficked in conspiracy theories. In death, he became the main character in the ultimate one, spun by the White House. It’s a tactic I imagine Kirk would have approved of. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...

More alarm bells today as USA Pirro's office has now dismissed 11 felony cases over the past month, per Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh: “It sems like one takeaway could be the government is filing these charges and investigating them afterward." www.wusa9.com/article/news...

Gov. Josh Shapiro criticizes 'selective condemnation' of political violence www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Another Jeanine Pirro felony case just crumbled. Prosecutors claimed DC resident Scott Pichon assaulted guardsmen by spitting at them, but moved to withdraw the charge “after reviewing the evidence.” Judge: “The way this is supposed to work is the U.S. Attorney’s Office does its due diligence.”

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Suspect the NYT lawsuit is very different to those brought against TV news networks. The NYT isn't part of a much larger corporate group, and it interacts much less with federal regulators. Their incentives to fight are much stronger (and it's *such* a flimsy lawsuit).

"Sotomayor bemoaned the lack of education about such issues as the rule of law, saying not enough people have a basic understanding of the power of the president and the limits imposed upon that authority by the Constitution." www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

NEW: Bemoaning the lack of civics education, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wonders if Americans know the difference between a president and a king: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Musk’s posts take a dark, inflammatory turn after Charlie Kirk killing www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...

Kash Patel claims that "morale has never been higher" within the FBI.

A ‘Broken’ Trust: F.B.I. Agents Fired by Patel Speak Out www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...

Trump's deportations divert FBI agents off child predator cases @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social: www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Orwell wept.

“The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of ‘corrosive ideology.’”

Exclusive: No evidence of primary residence violation by Fed Gov Lisa Cook, says Michigan official reut.rs/46oyGCX

'We will do it in Charlie's name': Stephen Miller vows vengeance for Kirk's murder www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

“I want people to know that my mom’s medications were taken away and not returned … “They took away my mother’s medicine. I had no way to help her.”

Nory Sontay Ramos and her mother Estela were deported after a routine check-in. Two months later, Estela was buried with Guatemalan and U.S. flags draped over her coffin. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social: www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...

"'Hacks'" star Hannah Einbinder is going viral for her Emmys acceptance speech, in which she criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement, called to 'free Palestine' and gave a shoutout to the Philadelphia Eagles." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

“DMV SAYS WOMAN CAN’T USE HER NAME ‘ISIS’ ON PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATE”

I have a theory - much like how if you live in New York City for long enough you become culturally Jewish in a way, if you hang out online for too long you end up culturally Philadelphian

this is bluesky pandering at the highest level, just shameless behavior by which I mean “go birds”

This is an archived government report that found that “Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists.” It existed yesterday and is gone today.

Creators and online commentators are more anxious than ever about their safety after Charlie Kirk’s killing on Wednesday. Some are wondering whether they should continue to make themselves so accessible.

“One of the more bizarre aspects of Patel’s short speech was how he sought to take credit for this father’s tragic choice.” www.newyorker.com/culture/on-t...

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

the fbi director dining at raos who is writing this season

Kash Patel's dinner plans marked safe www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... @ryanjreilly.com

‘I’ll see you in Valhalla brother, or better yet Rao’s, I finally got a table! Meatballs, baby!’

Need a @hellgatenyc.com story on how Kash Patel got a res at Rao’s

Follow up q: Whose table at Rao's?!

RED MEAT FROM A RED-SAUCE JOINT

NEW: FBI Director Patel was at Rao’s the night of posts about a person in custody in Charlie Kirk’s shooting www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...