Trump has not been seen in public since Tuesday, and while that is a cause for celebration, we must prepare ourselves emotionally for the possibility that we may someday see him again

Why is the government shut down? Because Donald Trump wants you to pay more to go to the doctor and Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.

In a world of Kristi Noems, be a Jane Goodall

We don’t want you here, Donald Trump.

Looking for a rebuttal to MAGA lies about the impending government shutdown? Read this great piece from @thebulwark.com and @citizencohn.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Ronald Reagan–appointed U.S. District Judge William Young: “ICE goes masked for a single reason — to terrorize Americans into quiescence… To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed, masked secret police.”

It's that bad.

“The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril”

My thesis is that no matter how doomer you were in Nov. 2024, we're probably past your worst-case scenario for the first 9 months of this administration. It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough. www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...

Want to instead prioritize energy consumers and cheap energy? Here's how: heatmap.news/politics/ene...

More kids died from flu last season than in any non-pandemic season since monitored began 20 years ago. Almost 90% were unvaccinated. Parents: talk to your doctor about getting your kids vaccinated. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

@visibility-brigade.bsky.social Check out our upcoming dates!

Women losing their bodily autonomy, no due process, masked forces rounding people up, threatening the judiciary, ignoring the legislature, attacking artists and academics, throwing voters off the rolls, intimidating free speech, persecuting minorities How are we still calling ourselves a democracy?

Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

Most people think public health starts in the hospital. It doesn’t. It starts long before the cough, the diagnosis, or the ER visit. It starts in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and the systems we trust.

At least you can catch the ball 🎾 Patreon.com/ScottMetzgerCartoons

Autism, MAHA, and the Face of God open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Here’s last night’s story about Jimmy Kimmel, the FCC, freedom of speech in the U.S., and why certain broadcast groups could learn a thing or two from Love Island. youtu.be/ohPToBog_-g

Many states are saying they no longer have faith in the CDC's vaccine recommendations after RFK Jr.'s leadership changes. Here's how it's playing out.

I watched the 1st meeting day of RFK Jr’s handpicked committee of vaccine advisors. It was utterly depressing. 1/

This is what it looks like when ICE violates our First Amendment rights.

There's a word for what Trump and his allies are trying to do with this gerrymandering plan...

What's happening with Jimmy Kimmel is about politics and power.

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

Welcome to the U.S.S.A.

The Wall Street Journal does great reporting, but its editorial pages are too left-wing. by Jeff Bezos and Will Lewis

We were so close open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

“I think it’s worth it. I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.” — Charlie Kirk

Sure seems like Big Pharma spent way way more energy, money and lobbying capital on fighting Dems on prescription drugs than doing anything about the Secretary of HHS casually, and without any real evidence, telling everyone their products kill kids and give them autism.

There's a reason why no prior president went around making random threats, "puffery" or otherwise. Because it's generally considered reasonable to believe threats from someone with a damn army

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

Today we learned that in June the US economy lost jobs for the first time since 2020. We haven’t seen this kind of net job loss since - well, since the last time Trump was in charge.

🐥If this Senate hearing with Bobby "The Quack" Jr pissed you off, send a message: Quack-O-Gram delivery begins on 9/15🐥 🐥 $3. Man in a duck suit. Rubber duck with "impeach the quack" message to YOUR Rep🐥 Link: www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-grams #ImpeachTheQuack @standupforscience.bsky.social

US stocks vs. rest of the world: worst underperformance since 2009. @mikezaccardi.bsky.social @dailychartbook.bsky.social

the two americas

🚨EVERYONE!🚨 This is important! Sign this petition to stop the Stewart Rhodes event at Eagle Brook Country Club in Geneva! Hate is NOT welcome here! www.wecanleadchange.org/stop-stewart...

Officially prepared for the orange moron's national guard occupation (thanks @raygunsite.com )

A cult of personality. What could go wrong?

A new piece I wrote appearing in FOREIGN AFFAIRS today www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/warn...

This isn’t bad luck or coincidence or predestination. This is our choice. To live in a nation where our leaders teach hate, and military style guns are everywhere.

Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.

Good morning from Chicago!

National Guard Refuses to Go to Chicago, Citing Bone Spurs

Kilmar reunited with his children and family the Trump regime has kept him from for half a year

Fun video from recent Brigades!