That silence sounds like, "hey, weekend-TV-sissy-boy, we coulda done this on Zoom and saved us all a gazillion $$$ in T&E."

Instead of a thousand words. Ukrainian rescuers.

🔥 Occupied Ukraine: Partisans torched a car belonging to Vladimir Saldo's bodyguard in Henichesk, Kherson region. Saldo is Russia's puppet governor of the partially occupied Ukrainian region.

⚡️'Classic false-flag operation' — Kyiv denounces Russian allegations of Ukrainian provocations in Poland. The statement comes after the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service alleged that Ukraine was preparing a sabotage and reconnaissance group to stage incidents on Polish territory.

Einsteins theory has been proven.

JUST NOW AT THE UN…

👀❗️Zelensky: Most NATO members are afraid of a possible Russian response. Some leaders are not afraid. They are afraid because Russia is crazy.

When Béla Bartók's son Peter served in the US Navy during WW2, he'd send his paychecks home to support his financially-struggling parents. Upon arriving home after the war, his prideful father walked up to him, checks in hand, and said "Son, these are yours; YOU earned them."

President of Finland Alexander Stubb: "When we look at war, there are elements of it that are brutal, vulgar, and unethical. But the kidnapping of children, I think, goes beyond all of that. And we have to think that it's not only about the children being abducted⤵️

Trump referred to James Comey as “a corrupt radical left Democrat.’ If you’re not wearing a MAGAt hat, changing your story everyday, ever disagreed with him… he will indict you, hound you, disparage you publicly.

Trumpnomics: When American taxpayers have to pay farmers because they can’t sell to the Chinese.

BREAKING: House of Representatives to force vote on release of Epstein Files, in defiance of Speaker Johnson's attempts to silence them.

We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.

Semi-regular reminder that a sane country would have already impeached and removed. But then again a sane country wouldn’t have elected a maniac criminal twice in the first place.

Putin has increased Russia's VAT rate to 22% from 20%, breaking a pledge not to raise taxes before 2030. Another indication of a creaking Russian economy.

President Stubb on the UN: No single state should have a veto power.If a member of the Security Council violates the UN Charter,its voting rights should be suspended.I believe that these changes at the top of the UN are necessary in order to maintain the UN's central role in international relations

Drought was likely one of many stressors affecting Classic Maya cities. This paleoclimate record can help construct holistic pictures of how Maya cities responded to climate stress. eos.org/articles/maj...

Cesium-137 contaminated shrimp… www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

⚡️A number of important facilities on the territory of Russia were hit, - General Staff 🔥 AFU struck Gazprom Neftekhim-Salavat oil refinery in Bashkortostan. ELOU-AVT-6 was hit. 💥 AFU struck important facilities in the Volgograd region: oil pumping stations “Kuzmychi-1” and “Zenzevatka”.

Pete Hoekstra the MAGA ambassador continues to gaslight Canadians for our willingness to stand up for our country. Here is my latest where I school Mr. Hoekstra on how Canadians will stand up for liberty and democracy. charlieangus.substack.com/p/elbows-up-...

Russian media report that in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region, school buses did not run due to a gasoline shortage. It is reported that private gas stations have been without gasoline for 2-3 weeks already. 67% of gas stations in Russia are privately owned, and they cover a vast part of the country

Think of it as detectives gathering evidence at a crime scene.

Newsom: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country, and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is."

PRESS STATEMENT: Simply unacceptable behavior by the UN, stopping this escalator while PM Tuxley II stepped onto it aside his wife, Lady Beakatrice. We will tariff & fire anyone who dares suggest these ramps never move, and we will SUE the lunatics who almost broke Lady B’s angelic features.

As stepdad to a terrific autistic kid, I’m just going to say that we should try to be understanding and inclusive instead of identifying difference as a ‘problem’ to blame on women and medication on the basis of ignorance masquerading as science.

In times of struggle. 💙🫂🌟 The Boxer.

🇫🇷 Macron: The Russian aggression is not a problem of Europe. It is a problem for all of us. We see that states are unequally represented on the UN Security Council. I support its expansion. We need to reform it.

Meanwhile … autumn arriving.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: We are a defensive alliance, yes, but we are not naïve. So we see what is happening and whether it is intentional or not. If it is not intentional, then it is blatantly incompetent. And of course, even if it is incompetence, we still have to defend ourselves.

Journalist: "Mr. President, do you think that NATO countries should shoot down Russian aircraft that enter their airspace?" Trump: "Yes I do."

Interesting: One of the biggest users of H1-B visas in D.C. is @dcpublicschools.bsky.social, which got 183 in 2024 and 2025 so far. (DCPS appears in two separate categories below; I combined them.) If $100,000 fee for new visa applications goes into effect, I bet DCPS will use far fewer.

Ishaan is a Washington post global affairs columnist 👇🏽

“I’m really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell.” To the people of the world who wonder if there are Americans who grasp how mad he is: There are. We can see it. We are working to mobilize our people to oppose him and his dangerous regime.

Trump speech at the UN… in one word. Hallucination.

President of Moldova Maia Sandu: Russia doesn’t act alone.The Kremlin has allies in Moldova -people who have repeatedly proven in the past that for money they would sell even own country.They have no homeland.They’ve only masters. They don’t believe in Russia or in Europe.They believe only in money

⚡️Zelensky confirms upcoming meeting with Trump at UN General Assembly. Zelensky will be heading the Ukrainian delegation to the gathering in New York, which is expected to bring together leaders from nearly 150 countries. kyivindependent.com/zelensky-con...

NATO, perchance are you waiting for Russian jets to appear over Berlin, Brussels, or Paris? NATO-member Estonia says three Russian jets violated its airspace - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

In America, we defend free speech in terrible times. We defend free speech even when it’s offensive. We defend free speech. www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/p...

A Ukrainian Defender spent three years in Russian captivity with a bullet in his heart. #Ukrainian cardiac surgeon Borys Todurov said that the Warrior had defended Azovstal, after being wounded, was taken prisoner in 2022.He was exchanged a few months ago. Fortunately, it didn’t damage anything

I know we keep focusing on Colbert and Kimmel as we should, but we also need to remember there are hundreds of people who work for these shows who also just lost their jobs because of this bullshit, and most of them are probably not millionaires.

Nearly 6 in 10 Ukrainians still trust Zelensky after more than three years of full-scale war. According to a recent survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), 59% of Ukrainians say they trust President Zelensky, while 34% say they do not.

STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.” Nailed it.