I’m happy to hear Jimmy Kimmel is coming back. But it will be a long time before Disney/ABC earns back trust from millions of Americans who saw how they capitulated to the Trump regime rather than stand up for our sacred right of free speech.

“So much for justice. So much for judicial protocol. So much for an independent Justice Department, in which prosecutors pursue actual evidence without fear or favor. Trump wasn’t even pretending to care about any of that: Justice is only what serves him.” www.americaamerica.news/p/trumps-exp...

This is what a boycott and the collective power of Americans can do when millions say enough is enough to sacrificing our rights and capitulating to the Trump regime.

“This is not just a warning. It should be a call to action…It may seem impossible to unravel an expanding mafia state, but let’s not give up our belief that when the majority fights back, such lawlessness and hostility can’t endure.” open.substack.com/pub/america/...

So Trump honors Charlie Kirk by telling the stadium crowd “I hate my opponent and I don't want the best for them”?

“This is not just a warning. It should be a call to action…It may seem impossible to unravel an expanding mafia state, but let’s not give up our belief that when the majority fights back, such lawlessness and hostility can’t endure.” open.substack.com/pub/america/...

For the record, I made a mental health decision and did not consume the Kirk event. My thanks to others who endured it so I could hold onto my sanity.

Trump’s grief is so enormous that he needed fireworks to get him to the stage at the Kirk memorial.

Can we agree to never again elect a man who is utterly humorless? It’s a clear indication of what kind of leader they will fail to be. www.americaamerica.news/p/trying-to-...

“Yes, we are living in mad times, when up is down and down is up, when injustice is presented as justice, when less and less is making sense…It’s surely why I am doing what I can to confront these twisted ideas and actions (and the people supporting them)…” www.americaamerica.news/p/how-do-you...

Theodore Roosevelt, 1918: “Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country.” www.americaamerica.news/p/capitulati...

An uplifting tale for your Saturday.

Can we agree to never again elect a man who is utterly humorless? It’s a clear indication of what kind of leader they will fail to be. www.americaamerica.news/p/trying-to-...

“Yes, we are living in mad times, when up is down and down is up, when injustice is presented as justice, when less and less is making sense…It’s surely why I am doing what I can to confront these twisted ideas and actions (and the people supporting them)…” www.americaamerica.news/p/how-do-you...

This is a clear statement from his depraved mind. Free speech that’s highly negative toward him must be condemned as illegal.

Theodore Roosevelt, 1918: “Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country.” www.americaamerica.news/p/capitulati...

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So 95 Democrats voted for a national day to honor Charlie Kirk. Do they really not grasp what’s at stake for our beloved country? They are hastening this authoritarian takeover.

I know what day I won’t be celebrating on Oct. 14.

"For some reason, I thought to share the story of Werner Finck, a German cabaret comic who did burlesque Nazi salutes, then adjusted a picture. In 1939, Goebbels ended his career because he was one of the “desecrators of things that are holy” to the Nazis." www.americaamerica.news/p/capitulati...

Hell of a photo by my former Chicago Tribune colleague Stacey Wescott from a protest today at an ICE facility in the Chicago suburbs. Read the sign at the bottom. @staceywescott.bsky.social

Today’s focus in this 2-min. video: Donald Trump’s hunger for vengeance and utter absence of humor. It’s a terrible combination. Americans should have known better than to elect a man who can’t take a joke. www.americaamerica.news/p/trying-to-...

"For some reason, I thought to share the story of Werner Finck, a German cabaret comic who did burlesque Nazi salutes, then adjusted a picture. In 1939, Goebbels ended his career because he was one of the “desecrators of things that are holy” to the Nazis." www.americaamerica.news/p/capitulati...

"There will be tough days ahead, I can guarantee it...But let’s stay strong, refuse to be scared into silence and embrace our shared obligation to stand up for America." www.americaamerica.news/p/capitulati...

“It’s gotten so easy to pick out the bad guys. One after another, at an escalating pace, the corporate cowards are abandoning their duty as citizens and kowtowing to Trump in a pathetic display of weakness and avarice.” www.americaamerica.news/p/capitulati...

It’s gotten easier and easier to see who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. But I didn’t realize there were so many cowardly bad guys who’d sell out America and our most sacred rights.

Day by day, we are learning how many “leading” organizations will sell out us and our democracy to save themselves. I can only hope millions of Americans are now grasping the danger that only collective action can stem.

It’s gotten easier and easier to see who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. But I didn’t realize there were so many cowardly bad guys who’d sell out America and our most sacred rights.

This on Constitution Day. This when—in a sane world—we’d be celebrating the First Amendment rather than watching capitulating media companies abandon free speech and our democratic values in their commitment to profits. Sickening.

Day by day, we are learning how many “leading” organizations will sell out us and our democracy to save themselves. I can only hope millions of Americans are now grasping the danger that only collective action can stem.

But Fox sits tight after its host Brian Kilmeade says homeless people should be euthanized (followed later by a weak 30-second apology).

ABC: What a disgrace. Taking Jimmy Kimmel off the air for this: “We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it.”

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"If there’s ever been any doubt about the need for mass public demonstrations as a regime is stripping away our freedoms and lying its way to greater power, these latest assaults must motivate those among us who are reluctant, indifferent or fearful. There are more of us than there are of them."

Great news: Over 100 nonprofits pushing back: “Our country is built on the premise that everyone has the right to express themselves, even when others don’t agree with or like what they say. No one should fear for their safety simply for expressing their views.” medium.com/@uniteinadva...

"If there’s ever been any doubt about the need for mass public demonstrations as a regime is stripping away our freedoms and lying its way to greater power, these latest assaults must motivate those among us who are reluctant, indifferent or fearful. There are more of us than there are of them."

What a travesty to have an FBI director who’s so belligerent, hot-headed and unprofessional. The country should expect someone in this role who makes Americans safer, not create more volatility.

I am pleased to share the first of a new video series called “Got a Minute or Two? Mad Hattery and Other Outrages.” First up: Two minutes on the regime’s dangerous exploitation of the Charlie Kirk murder as a pretext to escalate their attacks on Democrats. www.americaamerica.news/p/got-a-minu...

Times like these call for —courage, not capitulation —truth-telling, not kowtowing to fear and lies —standing up for the Constitution, not forsaking all the Americans who sacrificed their lives for our democracy

In today’s political climate, “hope” isn’t just a feeling—it’s something that asks people to organize, to vote, to speak out, to build connections, and to imagine a better place even when things are bad. Hope has to be a form of push back against apathy, mistrust, and division. We, as one.

Robert Redford was a good actor, an excellent director (an Oscar for his brilliant debut Ordinary People), a meaningful storyteller and a fine man who cared about the health of our planet. RIP.

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Tyler Robinson could say he’s to the right of Atilla the Hun and Kirk was way too moderate and still these Trump regime thugs will blame leftists for everything.

The level of anger and violent rhetoric spewing forth from Trump, Vance & particularly Stephen Miller is profoundly irresponsible. There’s a reason societies depend on responsible public servants to model decent and ethical behavior—so that they don’t devolve and fracture into violence & hate.

When media companies capitulate to Trump, Vance and Miller and fire employees for expressing their First Amendment freedoms by questioning the life of Charlie Kirk, I’m both sickened and grateful that I’ve chosen to be an independent journalist. These people are un-American. www.americaamerica.news

Robert Redford was a good actor, an excellent director (an Oscar for his brilliant debut Ordinary People), a meaningful storyteller and a fine man who cared about the health of our planet. RIP.

The level of anger and violent rhetoric spewing forth from Trump, Vance & particularly Stephen Miller is profoundly irresponsible. There’s a reason societies depend on responsible public servants to model decent and ethical behavior—so that they don’t devolve and fracture into violence & hate.

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Times like these call for —courage, not capitulation —truth-telling, not kowtowing to fear and lies —standing up for the Constitution, not forsaking all the Americans who sacrificed their lives for our democracy

“A real president doesn’t push an angry, hateful, divisive message in the aftermath of a political assassination…pit American against American…incite violence…prioritize silencing dissent and seeking retribution…prefer dictatorship over democracy.” www.americaamerica.news/p/what-a-rea...