(Bloomberg) - President Xi Jinping’s export engine has proved unstoppable during five months of sky-high US tariffs, sending China toward a record $1.2 trillion trade surplus. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Elon Musk’s father, Errol Musk, has been accused of sexually abusing five of his children and stepchildren since 1993, a New York Times investigation found. Family members have appealed to Elon Musk for help. nyti.ms/3W5glG0

Let's see who submits.

President Trump: "The newscasts are against me...they'll take a great story and they'll make it bad. I think that's really illegal, personally...When somebody is given, 97% of the stories are bad about a person, that's no longer free speech. That's just cheating." youtu.be/WAjXVJSfvXA

Self-signed epitaph

Blueskyism

Estonian airspace violated by Russian jets on Friday, sources say reut.rs/4pBrc8u

Like why invite this guy on anyway instead of an actual expert from CPJ or similar? The boundaries of acceptable discourse are really that narrow. It does remind me of the post-9/11 period. Even Jon Stewart is back.

How the outrage over Jimmy Kimmel's remarks on Charlie Kirk ballooned, starting with one X user, who monitors late night shows for liberal bias, posting a clip (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

I've got a gesture for you.

It was very telling that for three days, none of the major TV anchors would have me on air one-on-one to talk about my firing from the Washington Post over Charlie Kirk. The first offers were from Black media, independent media, Substackers, and podcasters.

Rule by Clippy

"What's happening now is what happened in Hungary and Turkey, which is using regulatory threats and lawsuits as a way to capture the media, and to capture the information ecosystem. We should be all very, very concerned," says @krforde.bsky.social. newrepublic.substack.com/p/kimmels-su...

From today's amquickie.com, haven't seen much coverage here

AP: senior Saudi official…seemed to suggest that Pakistan’s nuclear protection was a part of the deal, saying it “will utilize all defensive and military means deemed necessary depending on the specific threat.” apnews.com/article/paki...

Is electric Nebraska out yet or was it merely announced?

I'm doing my best Hillary Clinton impression here, but it shouldn't go unnoticed that the FCC chair announced his censorship demands to the Disney corporation on a Kremlin-funded show.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) said “Israel is committing genocide in Gaza”— becoming one of the highest-profile elected U.S. officials to do so and marking the first time he has used the term to describe Israel military campaign in the enclave.

Might as well tell jellyfish to stand up. They need to be bullied or bribed, straight up. Corporations will never do the right thing just because.

The “free speech” stuff was always BS, it was *obvious* it was BS, and now we see the result of people assuming good faith either earnestly or opportunistically.

BREAKING South Korean prosecutors seek arrest of Unification Church leader

Food banks across the country are experiencing high volume as prices for groceries rise. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social reports. prospect.org/health/2025-...

Been talking to some of the groups Rs want to target in post-Kirk crackdowns. The Wren Collective, with 11 employees, hired security and scrubbed staff names from its website after Chip Roy mentioned them in his demand for a "select committee" probing the left. www.semafor.com/article/09/1...

Yay

oh well, onward and upward

German press: "According to provisional Polish investigations, five [Russian] drones were on direct trajectory to a NATO base... "A direct attack is not believed to be believed, since no explosives were found in the debris parts of about 20 drones found" yesterday. archive.is/cKbl3

NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails. It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.

When Russia began bombarding farmers in Kherson with FPV drones, Oleksandr Hordienko fought back, shooting down over 80 with his rifle. Russians took notice. “They’re hunting me,” he said. Our story on what Ukraine's farmers in Kherson face: www.wsj.com/world/a-ukra...

"If Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press goes through, Weiss will likely be in a position to recruit a network of snitches and rightwing thought police, both from within existing CBS staff and from her own publication, ensconced throughout one of the four largest US media conglomerates."

"This was not an accident, obviously, given the number of drones," said [former US Army Gen. Ben] Hodges. "This was a rehearsal."

US news organizations are really doing backflips to cast doubt on Trump's contribution to Epstein's birthday book. Sometimes it's okay to promote conspiracy theories, like when the White House espouses them. A penmanship impersonator! Playing the long game!

“cleared 906 bags of trash, spread 744 cubic yards of mulch, removed five truckloads of plant waste, cleared 3.2 miles of roadway, and painted 270 feet of fencing.”

Bessent and Bondi are working overtime to make sure a bunch of rich pedophiles and Epstein accomplices are never held accountable. Following the money is one way to serve justice. Today I'm introducing my bill to force the Treasury to hand over its Epstein files.

Finger on the pulse of billionaire opinions

Abracadabra

People confront Trump at a DC restaurant. He smiles at the camera as they chant “Free DC, free Palestine, Trump is the Hitler of our time.” Trump’s masked agents have snatched residents & he’s unconditionally backed Israel’s genocide of Gaza. Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, and JD Vance seen alongside.

Nepal rolls back social media ban after deadly protests rock capital

The We Are All DC march to protest against Trump admin’s takeover of DC is currently heading toward the White House: Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social

Can’t express in words how big this rally in Chicago is. The president’s fascist goon squad is not welcome here.

Surely the courts will stop him this time.

Maru made it to 18 years. RIP

“If we go to Portland, we’re going to wipe them out, they’re going to be gone,” President Donald Trump said. “They’ve ruined that city. … What they’ve done to that place, it’s like living in hell.”

Every single word of this is pure art.

My early midterms take in today's amquickie.com newsletter:

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this is one of those things that's going to make someone at the DNC try to hire a hit man

Not really interested in how they feel so much as what they do when given unlawful orders. Chicago Tribune via amquickie.com wrote up some of the advice to servicemembers from antiwar veterans groups am-quickie.ghost.io/r/783e4d99?m...

Describe his gait please. Also isn't OANN and shit like that in the pool now?