OLIVER: “I’d argue @disney & Bob Iger need to stand by @jimmykimmel and his staff — history is also going to remember the cowards who knew better. Giving the bully your lunch money doesn’t make him go away, it just makes him come back hungrier each time.” 🎯

In most places, ABC (like other networks) has contractual relationships with its affiliates. But WABC-TV is one of eight stations that ABC (or rather its parent company Disney) actually owns. abcotvpress.com

Amidst fear and capitulation from big law, big media, and universities, here is the story of ordinary moms and federal employees who are defending their agencies, good government, and American democracy. Meet the people behind Instagram's alt agency accounts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Thomas Paine wrote, “In America, the law is king.” In coming months at the Supreme Court, we will find out if that is still true. bit.ly/4lYpBpU

A handful of billionaires now have unprecedented control over banking, the food we eat, our healthcare, and the information we receive. Many are now currying favor with Trump to avoid accountability and maintain their power. This is what oligarchy looks like.

Useful reading for today: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenko...

The US is imposing sanctions on Brazil for trying to protect its democracy, and throwing a lifeline to Milei to prop up his administration.

Meet the posters behind Instagram’s federal agency alt accounts

There is no John Roberts without Leonard Leo and the other far right Catholics on the Supreme Court. Credit where credit is due. Leonard Leo spent 35 years and $600 million destroying the court. Not Roberts. John is just one of six Leo tools. newrepublic.com/article/1997...

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A lot of pretty funny very depressing stuff here youtu.be/F1MA-YqjOxw

From @hcrichardson.bsky.social: "the U.S. Dept of Agriculture is ending its annual report on household food security." An expert who explains that this is troubling because inflation is up & the job market is unstable, both of which increase food insecurity. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Arizona has ~1,700 voting precincts. Since 2012, 176 have shifted left 3x in presidential elections. 66 have shifted right 3x. I'm calling these Triple Trending precincts Triple Right precincts tend to have a higher share of Latino voters The precincts still vote Democratic, but a rate than 2012

‼️Tomorrow—Tues, Sept 23—#AZ07 votes! ‼️ 🚗 Let’s send Adelita Grijalva to Congress: a proven leader for education, housing, health care & climate. She’s ready on Day One. Her opponent would be learning on the job. In uncertain times, experience matters. Vote Adelita! Voting issues: 833-vote-4-az

Have you heard the good news? Yesterday, all across the country, Americans marched for clean energy for "Sun Day." And this'll warm your heart: "In Virginia, volunteers climbed rooftops to install solar panels on affordable homes built by Habitat for Humanity." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Any attorney that considers initiating a prosecution based not on evidence, but on Trump’s insistence Better think long and hard before doing so Because while refusing to indict might cost your job, or your place in MAGA world If you start a frivolous action it might cost your license instead

Remember, Trump can order prosecutions of political opponents—even unlawful ones—thanks to the Supreme Court. “He could use the DOJ to obstruct justice. He could use the DOJ as leverage for extortion.” He could order the fabrication of evidence.

Thank you to both you and your sister, Susan! The film's director, @elliotkirschner.bsky.social, will love to hear this. "The Last Class" is still in session, playing at 100+ theaters across the country, if others are interested in seeing it: www.thelastclassfilm.com/where-to-watch

Trump is handing out stakes in the TikTok deal to his allies like candy, or a mafia boss. There is no normal bidding process. He is once again acting alone, and out of his jurisdiction. GOP says and does nothing.

💥Dutch comedian Arjen Lubach responded Thursday night on his program LUBACH to the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show by ABC, as the Disney company and brand sink. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRX...

I think we need to officially designate that on BlueSky, Sunday is @atrupar.com day

A president weaponizing government power to silence speech he doesn't like is a crisis for our democracy. We must stand with those who refuse to bow to political blackmail — and call out those, like ABC, who cave to a wannabe king and put our rights at risk.

#AZ07 vote Tues‼️ 🚨Emergency voting is available for the AZ CD7 special election. If you know that you can’t make it to the polls check with your county Registrar’s office Look up your county at tinyurl.com/AZ07GoVote and find out where to go.

Ok for the 100th time. Democrats need to instead be reminding America they have NO POWER and this is entirely on the GOP to fund govt. entirely. If they need dem help then ok but there will be a cost. Is anyone over there any good at messaging?

Every major outlet bent the knee today, giving wall-to-wall coverage to Kirk's funeral like it was state decree. This is how propaganda works: normalize the fascist, erase the truth. Don't let them gaslight you. Find independent journalism and fight back.

Robert Redford leaves us, an icon of cinema in every sense. Actor, director, producer, & founder of the Sundance Festival. His talent will continue to move us forever, shining through the frames & in our memory 🕊️📽️🎬 R.I.P. Charles Robert Redford Jr. 🤍🖤🤍 An icon on screen & off. 1/2🧵 Spy Game 🎥

“The obvious next step in that playbook is to expand from targeting immigrants to go after anarchists, leftists, and other opponents of the regime…” What does that mean? How can we prepare to weather the storm? Read this @crimethinc.com how-to guide

2020 was perhaps the most pivotal year for American democracy since the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The organization would not be what it is today if it had started a year later. It was born in the crucible of the 2020 election — and it has carried that spirit ever since.

America is Anti-Fascism. I am ANTIFA. 🇺🇸⚖️✌️

Never Underestimate Mar🐪!

The very label “mind-ALTERING” drugs assumes a specific baseline. This fascinating feature by the author of the forthcoming book, “The Frenchmen” — a great read about the French philosophers who changed American culture — is eye-opening and mind-bending but sober: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/b...

Something that makes me truly sad about this moment is that it's a missed opportunity to come together for real gun reform. But the White House isn't interested in doing that.

Cleta Mitchell thinks President Donald Trump may declare a national emergency to allow him to take control of national elections. Her comments will add to growing concern that Trump is plotting a way to use his power over the military and federal law enforcement to rig next year’s vote.

Are Trump & Hegseth Using Soldiers' Social Medial Posts As Pretext To Punish "Woke" Military Members youtu.be/Up7elSjJ8xg?...

Several people remarked I seem sober and serious in this hit w/ @chrislhayes.bsky.social. Got that right. There is no higher duty-none-for a prosecutor then not to indict when evid is insufficient. & there is no lower blow then firing a USAtty for discharging that duty. www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch...

To honor his memory, there’s a lot of Charlie Kirk quotes in this piece—if you’re interested in what this professional talking head had to say.

We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes. That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.

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America is already complicit in Netanyahu’s campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, and now Trump wants to send him $6.4B more in offensive weapons. Our priority should be ending the war and returning the hostages  — not funneling MORE taxpayer dollars to Netanyahu to bomb starving Gaza.

Don’t understand the critique here? In the paragraphs you have selected, Baker is reporting on a specific historian’s analysis and how it was a belief among some. The entire article is damning, and why not provide a link? Gifted for those who want to read: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/u...

I’m sure someone could provide a worse three paragraphs of “analysis” in this moment, but Peter Baker really sets the bar low here — with what he opined, who he decided to rely on as a source, and why he included those absurd claims without refutation.