We have developed a powerful new martial art, Ivan-fu, characterized by (1) stealth, (2) fisticuffs, and (3) wiggling. Training primarily consists of napping.

🚨@merkley.senate.gov is STILL speaking on the Senate floor. I’m about to join him there to call out this authoritarian president who refuses to open the government and is betraying the American people at every turn. Tune in: www.youtube.com/live/ymDt1Xe...

Not a single mention of this across the Sunday shows as far as I could tell

Are you one of the millions of people heading to a No Kings Day rally today? Be peaceful. Have fun. Build solidarity. Heather and I discuss some things to keep in mind as you hit the streets.

Pittsburgh's rally also has speakers from the ACLU, Ceasefire PA, TransYOUniting, and activists for abortion rights. Connect to the community groups who will be tabling at Mellon Square at the end of the march after the rally! Find your closest NO KINGS event! www.nokings.org

I'm loving seeing all the posts about NO KINGS marches across the world! It's still early in Pittsburgh, but I'll be at the rally at the City-County Building at 12:30. Speakers include Summer Lee, Ed Gainey, Sara Innamorato, Monica Ruiz and music by by Phat Man Dee and Sugar Ray Morrison!

If Adelita Grijalva was a Republican, Mike Johnson would have sworn her in long ago to the office she was elected to. If she wasn’t the deciding signature to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files, Mike Johnson would have sworn her in long ago. All his bs excuses are lies.

Ever wonder how important basic logic is in school? Do people actually use it? Some people clearly don't. Otherwise they'd know what "anti-anti-fascist" means.

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

Well now, would you look at that? A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

I would like to praise Donald Trump for bringing back Columbo Day, as he deserves to be celebrated

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

This speaks for itself.

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

But that’s no excuse for not showing up. Show up to a protest on the 18th. It’s a way to stand up and be counted for the proposition that what these people are doing to your country is not right, not acceptable.

Timothy Snyder has a great video on Trump's "roundtable" on "antifa" where they said that the problem we have is the same as those nasty people who were trying to prevent Hitler from coming to power (people who believed in the constitution and rule of law). snyder.substack.com/p/when-anti-...

Gene Weingarten has an interesting take on sudden silences in the midst of answering questions by Stephen Miller and later by Pam Bondi: open.substack.com/pub/genewein...

"The Labor Department’s monthly report on jobs and unemployment has been postponed by the government shutdown." That's a shame. I heard that their new spokesperson, Tonald Drump, said that the number of jobs has increased "Bigly".

Naked children torn from their mothers and tossed into vans. U.S. citizens detained for hours in zip ties. Doors kicked in and belongings stolen or destroyed. This is the reality of Trump’s deportation agenda. It was always about cruelty.

. lonely walk the sudden urge to throw a stick -Scott Mason #haiku #dogs .

Oh, goody. PA is below the herd immunity level of measles vaccination. I will _never_ understand why the GOP went full anti-science to kill people.

I will say if that whole military meeting had been an email it would have been a pretty weird email

The president just told all of the military's leaders that all Democrats are evil and promised to send the full force of the military into Democratic cities to assault the "enemy within," and there's *still* a chance that Democratic congressmen provide the crucial votes to keep this regime running.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

Lt. William Calley would’ve loved serving under Hegseth. Every day is My Lai! bsky.app/profile/atru...

Every single DC journalist should be spending this afternoon/evening finding Speaker Johnson & John Thune & asking them why the impeachment/removal has not happened yet, & continuing to hammer them with the same question over & over & over & over again & not accepting the boilerplate non-answers.

If you want some solace, and this may be copium, it does appear this shit bombed.

Our last dog died in the spring of 2011, more than 14 years ago. And yet I *still* find myself glancing down and thinking "whoa! that's a good stick!". (Spotted on my walk to the bakery this morning.)

Good for them! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Amusing typo in the first line of a newsletter I got this morning: "This morning, Donald Trump mad an announcement that..."

Today's philosophy question: If hell was real, would RFK, Jr. spend eternity in science class?

There are credible reports that federal agents may be replaying the 2020 playbook and surging into Portland with the goal of provoking conflict and violence in my hometown. I am in close contact with state and local officials to monitor this activity.

I'm sure this is going to garner a lot of good will

Obviously he just misspoke. Should have been “it can only good happen for you, bigly”

Pittsburgh U.S. Rep. Summer Lee is leading the Pennsylvania Democratic congressional delegation in opposing the Trump administration’s move to prevent climate action. The administration wants to overturn the basis for the EPA to regulate pollution that contributes to climate change.

At last week's @oversightdemocrats.house.gov hearing where Republicans were trying to impose their will on residents of DC, I made it absolutely clear: You are not going to erase Black people from the District of Columbia or any other place. www.bet.com/article/dddq...

If you had brought your baby to a clinic for their first exam and RFK and Trump walked into the room, you would fight three grizzly bears to get your baby out of that clinic.

It’s Mental Heath Awareness Day at the UN.

Listen to Pete.

It’s the “Hamburger Helper” economy. Sales “up 14.5 percent .. “.. Distressed shoppers are also buying more cans of tuna, salmon and sardines.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/b...

If it was possible to pick up Republican voters at scale by being more moderate and representing the center of politics, we would've won 2016 & 2024, and 2020 would've been a massive blowout creating a Congressional supermajority. It doesn't work in a polarized electorate!

Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus

will they get the photoshop right this time?

Today, I tried to get my COVID vaccine and was denied. Even after showing the pharmacist @govwesmoore.bsky.social 's statement that Maryland law says all Marylanders should have access to the COVID vaccine, I was still denied. They said they had to follow the box. This is RFK's fault. RFK must go.

As a guy who got a cancer that was probably caused by a virus, I think we should have /more/ vaccines.

If it’s run for profit, then it’s profiting off of … us. When I hear that the post office lost money, I think this: Good. We already paid for it. Why on earth should it make even more money from us? Who would keep the money? Would we see it?

Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.

Let's be clear what this image represents. Those skull masks were first popularized on the far right by a very specific Nazi terror movement that began on the pro-terror Ironmarch forums and entered mainstream news with the Atomwaffen Nazi terrorist murders. THAT is the reference here.