TL;DR Thoughtful Jimmy Kimmel opening monologue on return to ABC diverts badly needed attention from “stark, raving mad” Donald Trump opening monologue on return to UN.

Considering advice from Junkie in Chief/HHS Sec. RFK Jr.? "Studies have shown some deterioration of the brain’s white matter due to heroin use, which may affect decision-making abilities, the ability to regulate behavior, and responses to stressful situations." nida.nih.gov/publications...

"It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument." —William Gibbs McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury (1913–18), California senator (1933–38)

It was the first open-river swim there in nearly a century, the result of decades of work addressing pollution.  By Leigh GiangrecoMore than 250 swimmers jumped into the Chicago River on Sunday...

Sounds like the segregationists in Connecticut are having a grand ole time “While waiting for the police to arrive, the old Karen’s friend said, ‘You’re not the minority anymore.'” www.blackenterprise.com/alex-okeefe-...

Former counselor to RFK Jr’s predecessor:

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This is an excellent explanation of right-wing incoherence.

Hey Brendan "we can do this the easy way or the hard way" Carr: Last year in National Rifle Association v. Vullo, the Supreme Court unanimously reaffirmed this fundamental principle of our constitutional republic:

And so it goes.

All Notice Trump Is Failing America

9-0 SCOTUS ruling from last year: “Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.”

It’s MAGA that is seceding, not us. They are seceding from - the modern world of science and fact - from the global order America imagined and built after WWII - from the West - from our democracy, rule of law and Constitutional order We are staying true to America. They are betraying it.

I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... Of all the many companies Unilever owns, it’s a safe bet that the one most susceptible to a boycott—by its own most loyal customers—is Ben & Jerry’s. It was nice while it lasted. And good on Jerry Greenfield: Principle over purse.

What's the bigger fraud: that there's such a thing as western civilization, or that Stephen Miller could possibly save it?

This Horst Wessel stuff is big scary.

When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school. Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families? My own colleagues are silent.

Fired for writing this?How far we have fallen. “I wish I had hope for gun control and that I could believe ‘political violence has no place in this country’. But we live in a country that accepts white children being massacred by gun violence. Not just accepts, but worships violence.”

Justin Webb just referred on Today to "platforms like Bluesky, where you can see the celebration of the killing" of Charlie Kirk. What I'm seeing on here is overwhelming condemnation; despair at the violence of US politics; alarm at where this might go; & calls for equal horror at other shootings.

Of course, many reports of ICE thugs grabbing American citizens, brutalizing them & throwing them into detention ignoring their pleas that they are citizens. One can imagine this from Kavanaugh: “There is no problem requiring Jews to wear yellow stars. It’s just to identify them. No harm no foul”

Look, my form isn’t better. But then again I’m not an alcoholic douche insisting I’m an alpha male who also happens to be in charge of the most powerful military in the planet.

Reminds me of when we had a Ukranian refugee join us at work, he sat in his new class and immediately 3/4 boys ran over and started talking to him. They had all learned some Ukranian phrases that might be useful and really looked after him. Nobody asked them, they were just wonderful kids!/1

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The Trump administration is a colossal failure. Forget immorality, illegality, incompetence, broken promises, broken norms, presidential ill health, Christonazism, vendetta lawsuits—forget all of it. The headline and the bottom line are the same: The Trump administration is a failure.

I always admire Becca Rothfeld's nonfiction reviews. Here I particularly admire her persistence in reading the book. What a lede: www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

People out there replying, "That's it, we're fucked. It's over." If you need to walk away, fine. But why would you message people—many of whom are exposed or can't leave—encouraging them to give up?

Of the top 10 states by violent crime—homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault—six have Republican governors and Republican-majority legislatures: #2 Alaska; #3 Arkansas; #4 Louisiana; #5 Tennessee; #8 South Carolina; and #9 Missouri. Never let a teachable moment go to waste.

He's screwing us in every big and little way.... Countries are suspending postal deliveries to the U.S. Here’s why. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Say what you want about the Nazi Party, at least they didn't disgrace the German flag. They came up with their own.

Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.

Black women are being used as test subjects for the limits of abuse of power. I want people to not ignore this since this always happens and then when the abuse arrives at people's doorstep, they're surprised. CALL IT OUT NOW.

Once you’ve listened to a 10 year old cry as they face the impossible double bind of being happy and trans or being alive and in the closet, all before they’ve even learned algebra, then you see that anything short of radical and absolute trans rights is genocide

The maddest someone has ever gotten at me was when I talked about the child sized manacles Jefferson had at Monticello for 9 year old children. They could not cope with the idea that a child the same age as their child had been enslaved. And it made them angry that I made them know facts

Supporters of the campaign say that the popular Mercator projection promotes a false view of the continent and its size. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/w...

Thank you, Boston Globe. This is how it's done.

Paul’s right, it’s unreal how little traction this story has gotten. www.mediaite.com/crime/israel...

Advice for Washingtonians.

As a DC resident I do feel that the city has been overrun by "violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals" and I would like them to leave the White House and stop destroying the federal government.

"Tangerine Tyranny" When a lifelong Republican wakes up and turns on the GOP

What were those ICE requirements again? 🤔

Absolutely essential reading. The Democratic Party is squandering people’s trust.

A tipping point is happening. From the Chair of Israel Studies at UCLA:

Our van broke down in Roswell so naturally we wrote a song about the 1947 UFO incident while we were stranded there. Now our song is featured in the latest episode of the Via Podcast. It’s a fun trip through UFO lore and bizarre desert mysteries. Tune in here: mwg.aaa.com/via/podcast/...

Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.