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Top US prosecutor overseeing Letitia James case resigns after Trump threat - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

The Trump administration says it will require journalists at the Pentagon to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

An Xbox Series X is $150 more than it was four months ago

At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/19/t...

The Biden-signed bipartisan law to force the sale of TikTok, based on speculative national security concerns, has led to this: the app (and its 170 million U.S. users) is probably going to get spun off into the hands of some of Trump's biggest allies www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr built his brand in part by warning against government meddling in “free speech” — now it appears he’s using his office to do just that.

btw journalists are not obligated to tell the white house anything about their sources, to be clear.

Vaccine advisers to HHS Secretary and antivax activist RFK Jr. vote against MMRV shot for children under 4 - www.reuters.com/business/hea...

"Republican leaders and conservative commentators have warned Americans to mourn Kirk respectfully or suffer consequences, and some people have been fired or suspended after discussing the killing online." www.reuters.com/world/us/dis...

The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

I sort of guessed the answer when I asked which Kirk legacy would be honored — debating your opponent, or using state power to shut down the left. But it happened very quickly. www.semafor.com/article/09/1...

"The decision comes as Republican President Donald Trump has repeatedly pressured broadcasters to stop airing content he has found objectionable and called on the FCC to pull licenses from stations."

> @brianstelter.bsky.social

Prosecutors say Tom Girardi's son-in-law should serve 3 years in lawyers' fraud case @davidjthomas.bsky.social reut.rs/48ildPu

Walt Disney-owned ABC said it will indefinitely stop airing "Jimmy Kimmel Live" after remarks the late-night host made about Charlie Kirk's assassination came under harsh criticism from the head of the Federal Communications Commission. www.reuters.com/world/us/nex...

thinking back on this..

Nexstar will indefinitely preempt broadcast of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' after remarks about Kirk reut.rs/3Vq3cXU

Also NEW from me: Federal prosecutors in Chicago are seeking a 3-year prison sentence for Tom Girardi's son-in-law following his guilty plea earlier this year www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

NEW from me: Rudy Giuliani must pay his former attorneys $1.36 million in unpaid legal fees plus interest for their work defending the former New York mayor in connection with his actions as U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Hard to think of a more on-the-nose encapsulation of how far the online speech wars have swung in the year of our lord 2025 than major U.S. corporations racing to fire people whose tweets offended Milo Yiannopoulos

Former U.S. CDC Director Susan Monarez will tell a Senate panel today that RFK Jr. required her to seek her own political staff's approval for her policy and personnel decisions before ultimately firing her. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

@404media.co: The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

At least four of the nine law firms that struck deals with President Trump to head off a crackdown on their business are involved in lawsuits opposing his administration in cases involving transgender rights, immigration, tariffs and wind power, court records show reut.rs/4mgIvsc

NEW from me and @mikescarcella.bsky.social: At least four of the law firms who made deals with President Trump earlier this year are involved in lawsuits opposing his administration in cases involving transgender rights, immigration, tariffs and wind power. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

A New York state judge dismissed two criminal counts against Luigi Mangione over the December 2024 killing of a health insurance executive, though he remains charged with murder in the second degree reut.rs/4n99lE6

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

Scoop: Status has obtained the termination letter The Washington Post sent to @karenattiah.bsky.social, in which it informed her that she was being fired for social media posts "about white men." Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/karen-atti...

Reuters: U.S. APPEALS COURT DECLINES TO ALLOW TRUMP TO REMOVE FEDERAL RESERVE GOVERNOR LISA COOK

Up to 16 people were reportedly taken into custody in the west suburb while two people were arrested near the courthouse. trib.al/9QLbAPX

The property tax authority in Ann Arbor, Michigan, told @reuters.com that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook hasn’t broken rules for tax breaks on a home there that Cook declared her primary residence. www.reuters.com/world/us/no-...

If you're writing about how Stephen Miller's going to use this as a pretext for going after the left I think it's incumbent on you to say how he plans on doing that. Otherwise it's just scaring people into submission before he's done anything.

Reuters in 2023: Political violence in polarized U.S. at its worst since 1970s www.reuters.com/investigates...

Maurene Comey, a former federal prosecutor who brought criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell and music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, has sued President Donald Trump's administration over her abrupt July firing: www.reuters.com/world/former...

Karen Attiah writes here that the Washington Post fired her as a columnist (she was the last full-time Black opinion columnist, she points out) over a post that quoted Charlie Kirk: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

We asked major AI chatbots to help craft a phishing scam. They did. From fake charities to urgent pleas, the bots delivered. This investigation shows how generative AI is fueling fraud — and why it’s so hard to stop. Read our findings here: reut.rs/3K400yU

My latest: Houston-based law firm Jackson Walker said it has agreed to pay $1.4 million to resolve a lawsuit seeking to recoup legal fees the firm was awarded by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones for its work on JCPenney's bankruptcy. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Reuters and a Harvard University researcher used top chatbots to plot a simulated phishing scam – from composing emails to tips on timing – and tested it on 108 elderly volunteers. The bots’ performance shows how AI is arming criminals for industrial-scale fraud. www.reuters.com/investigates...

The number of Americans who have discovered names like Jack Posobiec and Nick Fuentes this past week without knowing what they actually stand for is pretty alarming

Kash Patel’s FBI puts two pounds of methamphetamine in the incinerator at an animal shelter, sending 14 people to the hospital, and exposing some 75 cats and dogs to the narcotic. www.bbc.com/news/article...

We are at the point in the honoring-Charlie-Kirk's-memory cycle when faculty are being fired for posting, without comment, Charlie Kirk's words. At the behest of politicians sworn to uphold the first amendment, and in public institutions covered by first amendment protections.

Charlie Kirk's allies warn Americans: Mourn him properly or else reut.rs/3JYLkkp

By my and @ajvicens.bsky.social’s count 15 people have been fired or suspended for commentary tied to the shootings death of Charlie Kirk. Our story: www.reuters.com/world/us/cha...

One hell of a headline

Republicans, including Charlie Kirk, have mocked past victims of political violence. But after Kirk's fatal shooting, Republicans have a warning for Americans: Mourn him respectfully or suffer the consequences. www.reuters.com/world/us/cha...

wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend

Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show: “Cook’s declarations on loan, job-vetting forms appear to undercut fraud claims.” Via Reuters

internet culture desks aren't just for cute meme trend stories. ever since gamergate, understanding how and why info moves online is critical to seeing how we got *here*