The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noem’s big donors make the ask. #Florida www.propublica.org/article/kris...

Easy fruit

Tune into Salk's podcast, Beyond Lab Walls, and meet Tony Hunter, the famed cancer biologist, who just celebrated 50 years at the Institute. His persistent curiosity has fueled discovery and lifesaving medications, and continues to shape the future of cancer research. www.salk.edu/blw-podcast/...

Comey’s indictment is a warning to the Supreme Court justices

They continue to act guilty as hell www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

ok youre officially allowed to be happy about this and to regard the whole fracas a big L and self-own by the admin

“.. Tesla’s European Union sales in August decreased by 37% year over year ..” @barrons.com $TSLA www.barrons.com/articles/tes...

Are you saying an unhinged guy with a chainsaw didn’t fix things?

To leaders around the world: California is your stable and reliable partner in fighting the climate crisis and protecting our environment.

as well they should

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

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)

It IS A MUCH BIGGER STORY. PBS? ABC? NBC? BBC? ANYONE????

Obama photographer Pete Souza posted this pic of Obama on that UN escalator… www.instagram.com/p/DO9GFjUEZi...

Unfortunately, everyone who predicted the rapture still seems to be here

"They took my daughter, she’s 5-years-old. She has autism spectrum," the girl's mother says in the video. "Give me my daughter back." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

* POWELL: HIRING BELOW BREAKEVEN, BUT OTHER JOB INDICATORS STABLE

I love her. What a burden to carry. Only person close to understanding her pain is @hillaryclinton.bsky.social and this time they both knew how much worse it would be.

Look, it’s Heroin and Adderall ganging up on Tylenol.

Trump is using the U.S. government to prop up right-wing politicians in other countries. Argentina's Milei may get a U.S. bailout, and Trump imposed tariffs on Brazil's goods because it enforced its laws against the traitor Bolsonaro. Did U.S. voters know they'd be paying for this?

Trump Administration to link trade deficits and mail-in voting to autism.

Tourism down, farmers are on the verge of losing their farms, grocery prices way up, gas up, clothing prices up, censorship, people losing their jobs, the cruelty of ICE…the only people not experiencing this nightmare are the pedophile in the WH and his ecstatic boss Vladimir Putin.

Trump is steadily getting us accustomed to tyranny. Kidnapping people off the street? Normal. Armed troops in American cities? An everyday thing. Blowing up boats in international waters? Routine. Trumping up charges against political foes? Ongoing. We need to stop putting up with this crap.

What a time to be headed to Warsaw to teach American law. www.politico.eu/article/pola...

WSJ: "Cardboard-box demand is slumping .. to the lowest levels since 2016. On a per-capita basis, the drop is even sharper, with box shipments per American down more than 20% from their 1999 peak." @wsj.com www.wsj.com/business/car...

The $100,000 Mistake: Why H1-B Barriers and Policy Rollbacks Shrink America’s Future cleantechnica.com/2025/09/21/t...

We've gone from "90 deals in 90 days" to "4 deals no one really believes".

Zebra finches can not only distinguish the full range of their species’ vocalizations but also organize them by meaning—similar to what humans do, according to a new study in Science. https://scim.ag/4psyElY

WE MUST TAKE THE HOUSE IN 2026. WE MUST

Executive orders cannot supersede federal law or the constitution. Federal law sets visa fees, including for H-1B visas. And the maximum fee is $4,500, according to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-113). Current State Dept. site: travel.state.gov/content/trav...

If our environment promotes obesity, why do some people stay thin? 🤔 This new popular scientific article by Ute Eberle in @knowablemag.bsky.social delves into this question 👇 1/8 @cbmr.science knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The job market is teetering despite — and perhaps in part because of — the onset of advanced AI. A core political question for the coming years will be what, if anything, government ought to do about it. www.axios.com/2025/09/20/a...

100% Russia. NATO needs to work with NAFO’s IT Army. We know an owl that can help.

Why would anyone visit the US right now? Both professional & "low skill" international workers are being punished. Tourists are getting black bagged. Your visa can get revoked if you've made fun of some guy who was mates with the president. They're gonna host the OLYMPICS in these conditions??

Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)

Good point.

(Politico) Yes, in the opinion of many, Jimmy Kimmel should sue the Trump administration. Goodness knows, the administration has provided plenty of sound bites that will help substantially in court. BRING IT ON. @jimmykimmel.com www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Wow. Not at all surprising, but wow. Blatant corruption is perfectly fine (encouraged, even) in this administration.

Another aspect is that we are seeing massive gains in the stock market, but growth is entirely driven by the tech and AI sector while jobs in manufacturing and every sector except health care shrink.

SOYBEAN FARMER🧑‍🌾 : “It’s not good for anybody. Best case scenario is we never have to talk about tariffs again. Free trade is the answer.” China is now buying $0 from us — and soybeans are Tennessee’s #1 cash crop. Why don’t @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn etc. care? 😕