Everything may be trash but DC had a pretty rad sunset tonight

the question to ask the republican majority on the court is “what CAN’T trump do?”

When Republicans attack Medicaid, they aren’t just hurting the most vulnerable – they’re hurting our entire economy. Health care jobs disappear, hospitals close, and costs go up for everyone. I’ll use the Attorney General's office to protect Virginia’s healthcare system and keep costs down.

Someone call DOGE, I found a big ol' chunk of government waste ⬇️

Superheroes at CBCF rn

Remember: it's only racial profiling when done in connection with college admissions or hiring. Otherwise it's just sparkling common sense, as Justice Kavanaugh assured us.

Trump is absolutely cratering in new Quinnipiac poll: Overall approval: 38-54 Approval on economy: 39-56 Approval on trade: 39-54 On National Guard into cities: 42-55 On immigration, his "best" issue: 41-55 Trump is weak, unpopular, and failing. Treat him that way:

WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status. He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

NEW WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened. This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

A judge ruled the firing of thousands of federal employees was illegal. But he stopped short of ordering the government to reinstate them, predicting the Supreme Court would overturn it.

Friday: a prosecutor is forced to resign bc he concludes there's not enough evidence to go after Trump's perceived enemies Saturday: Trump makes public post asking Attorney General why she hasn't gone after his enemies Wednesday: DOJ says enemy indictment coming right up sir do I have that right?

Bret Stephens thinks we forgot that he tried to get @davekarpf.bsky.social fired for making fun of him

open.substack.com/pub/houseofm... Wrote about the radical act of returning to one's body in a digital age designed to detach us from them.

to me, the “column” is less a form than an opportunity (and a challenge). you’re telling me i have as much space as i’d like to make an argument about anything i’d like to an audience inclined to pay close attention? well let’s see if they’ll read 2000 words on democratic legitimacy. (gift link)

This is a legit BFD www.bbc.com/news/article...

DJT: I am using the state to punish criticism and extort people WH: this business decision was driven by DJT: No I am using the state to punish criticism and extort people WH: Unitary executive theory implies that DJT: I SAID I AM USING THE STATE TO PUNISH CRITICISM AND EXTORT PEOPLE FOR MONEY

2023: “Prosperity is ahead for Argentina.” 2025: “.. an economic mess.” 🇦🇷

This is the perfect encapsulation of Trumpism -- because of its obsession with imagery, the White House crew caused a problem but blamed it on other people, leading to MAGA making threats against the United Nations for their own screw up

A 12-foot statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein frolicking and holding hands appeared on the National Mall in Washington, DC on Tuesday, September 23. A plaque under the statue states that it has been erected “In Honor of Friendship Month."

In attacking the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy yesterday, Trump and RFK Jr. glossed over the potential danger of *not* using acetaminophen: the pregnancy risks posed by the fevers that acetaminophen treats.

My mom woulda sent me straight to my room if she caught me talking to people like this This boy wasn't raised right and maybe we should talk about that more

🚨BREAKING: Two registered Maine voters filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit against the state Tuesday, aiming to stop what they call a “radical” federal overreach into their personal privacy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Mumford & Dependents

Booker T and the JDs

Today would have been Ray Charles’ 95th birthday. This duet we sang for my 1981 CBS special was an all-time highlight of my career! You are missed.

Trump’s attack on vaccines yesterday — delivered from the White House — “was the most dangerously irresponsible press conference in the realm of public health in American history” @pauloffit.bsky.social told us. More on Trump’s false claims with @lenasun.bsky.social

Happy first full day of fall! youtu.be/jpzWVh7f4TE?... (via @nicklutsko.bsky.social)

It’s Election Day tomorrow! 1. Dems favored to win a congressional special in Arizona. 2. A Dem is vying to flip mayorship of Mobile, Alabama; she’d be city’s first Black woman mayor. 3. GOP defends red-leaning state legislative district in Georgia. Details on each: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

When you don't have that handy picture locked away, the evil has to land somewhere

How on god's green earth am I older than Emil Bove

Been thinking for a while I needed to post something like this on the podcast site, given how widespread LLM slop has become. This is off the top of my head, and should probably be more precise and concise, but it'll do for now.

"I’ve worked for this health department for about 18 years, and we’ve never seen a case of measles that I know of up until this point. We are just at that low rate of (vaccine) uptake that does leave us open for this kind of an outbreak.” www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Broken clock etc.etc.

Why isn't AG Miyares doing anything about this? Virginia has a weak attorney general. In November, they'll replace him with a strong one @jonesjay.bsky.social

Federal funding changes mean about 350,000 Virginians could lose health care coverage trib.al/JgrIDcD

It shouldn't be this gratifying to see a good headline in the wild but here we are

NEW: A Nebraska voter, along with pro-voting group Common Cause, sued the state to block officials from sharing sensitive voter data, including social security numbers and addresses, with the Justice Department at its request. From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social

At the Nuremberg trials, Karl Dönitz was convicted of war crimes for the sinking of civilian vessels. This is not a complicated question, it's been illegal for centuries.

STEPHEN MILLER: you have no idea what you have awakened. we will save the West. we will turn darkness into light. we will rise like a phoenix from the pit of fire and EVERYONE ELSE AT THE DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS GAME TABLE: ROLL THE FUCKING DIE ALREADY

Here is my fun new article about him suing the New York Times for a lot of money and the judge saying pls get the fuck outta my face with this shit and come back when you can act like you got some sense ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Ownership paw timeline cleanse

Sep 19th 1979 - #ForrestGump stopped running. We know he started running the morning of July 5th 1976. 📽️📅 Forrest Gump (1994)

Apparently they'll let any ol' idiot into Harvard Law

This is a clearly impeachable offense he’s reportedly going to finish committing tomorrow. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-poi...

Between demanding his underlings do illegal/unethical things to support his vengeance agenda and undermining and actually defunding pretty much every law enforcement effort that's not immigration-related, Trump is the most anti-law and order president ever. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-poi...

Nevermind the law (& the fact that when Trump +does+ find someone willing to do his bidding, it'll v obviously be fraudulent af) -- if you don't ignore the ethical obligations of your office to punish people Trump sees as enemies & wants punished, YOU become his enemy abcnews.go.com/US/trump-poi...

"Right now, the most important thing is for us to come together as Americans and stop listening to those voices who would push us apart. That is why asking me to stop beating you with this sock full of quarters will only further divide our nation." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ask...

Counterpoint: they are allowed to do that.

The Republican reaction to Kirk’s murder has been a campaign of state repression that ends with Trumpist toadies deciding what Americans are allowed to think, do and say. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

yes! congressional control of the purse applies to the white house as well. you can defund stephen miller.