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Ken Martin has gotten a lot of shit since he was elected DNC chair, but I think there's a strong argument that a person with his background — born to a teen mom addict, spent his early years bouncing between shelters, surviving on SNAP and Medicare — (1/2)

Republicans are fleeing the House in record numbers. They've officially reached more retirements than any point since 1930: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Secretary of Defense calling rules of engagement stupid should be an immediately impeachable, if not criminal, offense.

I wonder if there's a connection between the lack of any stupid rules of engagement and the US/Israeli missile strikes that killed eighty or ninety schoolchildren 36 hours ago.

"Really long hours, highly disorganized, very chaotic:" I spoke with crew members on the Brett Ratner image rehabilitation vehicle MELANIA, a number of whom didn't want their names on the film. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

This kid and his father entered via CBP One app. It's just absurd and monumentally unfair for people who availed themselves of lawful channels when they existed by following government processes to suddenly get detained and deported to a third country. newrepublic.com/article/2056...

Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now. If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.

Sentiment check: r/wallstreetbets is absolutely libbing out, indistinguishable from Bsky.

I’m begging Democratic leaders to understand that outlining and forcefully articulating their vision for accountability now is an electoral strategy.

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

The Radicalization of Ziz Lasota: How an AI Doomer Became an Accused Cult Leader Lasota’s friends, colleagues, and family talk about how a NASA intern and Google employee wound up at the center of a bizarre string of murders across the country. Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

MUST READ from @tessastuart.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation. The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate. The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia. Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer. A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro www.propublica.org/article/andr...

Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh Indicted Over Chicago ICE Protest "The indictment makes Abughazaleh the latest Democratic figure to be targeted by the Trump administration for challenging the regime’s aggressive tactics." @tessastuart.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Hello, 28th precinct, I was just yelling slurs at a bunch of people on a public sidewalk and some little skater kid snatched my transitions lenses and when I tried to chase him I fell flat on my face. Yes I’ll hold

AOC has just officially become the top House fundraiser, beating out Hakeem Jeffries. Now lemme take a big sip of coffee as I look at the age distribution of donors to AOC vs Jeffries

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot. The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Searching for Jackie Merlos: What happened when the Trump administration disappeared an immigrant mother and her four U.S. citizen kids

Memorizing this

This straw man was literally a plot line on the Pitt

WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"

Very proud of my colleagues right now--especially @ramyakrishnan.bsky.social and @alexabdo.bsky.social. But we could not have got this far without the superb trial lawyers at Sher Tremonte. Grateful to them for all of the time and energy they put into this case. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

“I can’t see another reason,” Adelita Grijalva tells Rolling Stone. “It doesn’t change the majority, Democrats are still in the minority. That seems to be the only outstanding issue that I can see." Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

John Roberts was part of the 3-judge panel presiding over Hamdan v. Rumsfeld while actively interviewing for a seat on the Supreme Court. He didn't recuse himself, didn't inform Hamdan's lawyers, and ruled in the Bush admin's favor the day before he interviewed with Bush himself.

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

In a genuine WOW moment, this administration publicly acknowledges (perhaps for the first time) that an ICE officer violated procedure and will be taken off duty and subject to an investigation. This is a step in the right direction — I just wish it wasn't only because of such an awful viral video.

More tomorrow, but now might be a very good time to consider subscribing to What’s Alan Watching? alansepinwall.ghost.io

Utah Governor Spencer Cox: “Social media is a cancer right now. I would encourage you all to log off, be with your family, and touch grass.”

1/Our client was notified tonight by White House staff in the personnel office that she was fired. As a presidential appointee, senate confirmed officer, only the president himself can fire her.

ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?

Someone in Alabama AG Steve Marshall's office seems to have uploaded a *PDF* of an explicit video to the office's official website about 8 hours ago... www.alabamaag.gov/wp-content/u...

The WHO believes one in five children in Gaza are acutely malnourished, with the health effects potentially lasting for generations.

from his lawyer, Nazly Mamedova, to @rollingstone.com just now today: “bond was denied. [immigration judge] found that she had no jurisdiction.”

British doctor comes back from Gaza and confirms two things we knew: 1- the Israelis *specifically* confiscate formula feed to starve children 2- there is a clear pattern in gun shot wounds pointing to the fact that IDF soldiers are playing games hunting humans. www.instagram.com/reel/DMm03Kp...

10 million people kicked off health insurance! 14 million additional deaths, including 4.5 million children under 5, in the next five years! Value of US dollar falling by record levels! 500 tons or emergency food incinerated out of spite! HE’S CRUSHING IT!

no one is asking for Andrew Cuomo to touch more people! It’s the opposite!!!

Rick Scott says we need to cut Medicaid to make sure it helps “those who truly need it.” The DOJ said Scott’s company billed Medicaid for services patients didn’t need, and for services that weren’t provided www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Rick Scott is famous for his company’s alleged Medicare fraud. It was also accused of scamming Medicaid, the safety-net program he’s now demanding Republicans take $313 billion more from as part of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. New at @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

A tough loss for Planned Parenthood, and another big win for the Alliance Defending Freedom: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Dems in total disarray from @tessastuart.bsky.social. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... via @rollingstone.com

🎶What can I say except you're welcome, you're welcome🎶 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Some context for my comment above about higher ed as a valuable export: In dollar terms, last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Good graphic highlighting GOP budget: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...