whats missing from all the coverage is that the president is using the military to harass, brutalize and punish areas of the country that didnt vote for him

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

Excellent, damning analysis of the video of the killing of Ms Good, from the NYT, including a quick debunking of the “evidence” the President showed other Times reporters last night. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

As you listen to DHS and ICE offer their excuses and justifications for murdering an American mother in cold blood, a quickly-forgotten reminder from Chicago: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Important context for claims that the Nicole Renee Good was obstructing/assaulting officers before she was shot & killed: The last time immigration agents shot a woman (Marimar Martinez, Chicago) they made similar claims. Prosecutors have already dropped the charges www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

The right wants to talk about fraud? Somali fraud? Okay, give me 60 seconds.

Like there is also a huge media-based pipeline of content designed to get men to gamble on sports but no one is postulating that this was a demand-driven phenomenon of men with "having excess money" problems.

(From Pratchett's "I Shall Wear Midnight") I hope, oh, do I hope, that I do not have to wait until 2026, or 2030, or until I die, for the rough music to begin to play for Trump et al.

I genuinely don't know if this is a "Minnesotan" thing or an "old guy of a certain age" thing but in case it's Minnesotan and people need an anger translator: this guy is so angry he could just about set something on fire with his mind.

Pretty sure that one of my students pitched this exact thing for five ish years ago for an Onion headline assignment

How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?

“You may not believe me, but I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield,” the incredulous driver said on the recorded 911 call. “It absolutely shattered my windshield.” The dispatcher calmly responded, “OK. I do believe you, honestly,” then laughed.

If you start by saying how many people you are going to arrest, the entire operation should be enjoined. That’s not how anything should work.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot as well. I keep landing on the level genuine disgust and contempt in the way he used the term. I can’t think of another time a president has spoken to a citizen of any kind in this way.

In the past month, a serial child rapist has murdered 100 people in the Caribbean, destroyed the East Wing of the White House, neutralized our Congress, & stolen food from 20% of American children. We pay him, house him, drive him, fly him, and pay for his bodyguards. Call your reps 202-224-3121

Let's scrap Lean In. The career advice book I want to write for the women: You, Not Them. Working your ass off? Do it for you, not them. Standing up for yourself? GOOD. Do it for your dignity, not their approval. You can't guarantee you'll impress anyone else. Impress yourself.

A 14-word replacement for most op-eds, substacks, etc about this moment. The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult. It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history. Until then, they're all to blame.

or, in the words of the Nac Mac Feegle: “Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”

Ummm… spilled beer, the ghosts of cigarettes from the 90s, basically the Second City MainStage around 11:30pm

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Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

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Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

"We will not vote to finance a war against Americans." "We will not be complicit in the abductions of neighbors, the stealing of healthcare from elders, and the snatching of food from kids."

My trans students (and former students) are funny and nerdy and brilliant and boring and hardworking and anxious and occasionally lazy. In other words, they are exactly like all of my other students. Human and lovable and worthy of that love. I love you all.

Discworld QOTD, from A Hat Full of Sky “You couldn’t say: It’s not my fault. You couldn’t say: It’s not my responsibility. You could say: I will deal with this. You didn’t have to want to. But you had to do it.”

Advance copy just arrived in the mail!!!! This book has been a long time coming- doesn’t feel real.

On Thursday, NPR invited CPAC Chair Matt Schlapp to pay tribute to his friend, Charlie Kirk, which he did, at length.. But he ended up getting angry and cutting the interview short. This is what angered him: www.npr.org/2025/09/11/n...

Because people in 2025 place a lot of value on their leadership attending formal dances

I would like to take this opportunity to remember Melissa Hortman, a serving Democratic politician assasinated by a right-winger.

I think it is always worth mentioning that Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed with their beloved dog Gilbert: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.

This administration is like an abusive husband

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Tom Lehrer’s comedy holds up at a le el that few of his contemporaries csn mstch and he put a large chunk in public domain. RIP to a ridiculous comedy talent. tomlehrersongs.com

The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”

It’s been a long time coming but you can now preorder my book on Amazon. www.amazon.com/Funnier-New-...

One hopeful/bleak thought I'm having is the combination of Trump collapsing the health care system, and the money mostly going to the rich is going to create the hybrid of a health care reform/Occupy movement big enough actually to reshape this country. Odds all against it! But gotta have hope.

Republicans are blowing it all up for tax cuts that give more than twice as much to the top 0.1% than to the bottom half of America combined. They aren’t breaking Senate rules to like provide health care or child care or education, but for tax cuts that disproportionately go to the rich.

Asta would like to wish you a good morning and hopes you also have an excellent toy crate.

"Down there," he said, "are people who will follow any dragon, worship any god, ignore any iniquity. All of out a kind of humdrum, everyday badness. Not the really high, creative loathesomeness of the great sinners, but a sort of mass-produced darkness of the soul.

We think it's important to gather peacefully. In the face of this horror, we will mourn and mark our determination for a peaceful, just, democratic future. Our leadership team is in touch with authorities at the Capitol and will share any updates. 2/3

“No civil police force could hold out against an irate and resolute population. The trick is not to let them realize that.” - Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

Trump’s stablecoin is shady and a national security risk. He’s cashing in on foreign crypto deals—and weakening guardrails that protect our advanced technology. The Senate shouldn’t greenlight this corruption by passing the GENIUS Act without fixes.

Just…wow, terrifying

I’m on the radio talking Monty Python- www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...