Jeffrey Epstein died on August 10th. In the Epstein files, there is what appears to be a draft DOJ press release announcing his death that is dated August 9th. (It’s here: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)

Perhaps Trump wanted to remind people that he’s a racist so they’d stop talking about him being a rapist.

WATCH— @gallego.senate.gov : “Let’s say Trump wins that lawsuit… where would that $10 BILLION come from?” BESSENT: “Treasury.” SEN. GALLEGO: “So, taxpayers.” BESSENT: “Yes.”

What we are learning from the response to ICE. www.pbump.net/o/this-is-wh...

one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites

“There’s nothing more American than the right to dissent and question authority. It’s who we are and how we became a country.” Drink from the #CupOfJoe that @crow.house.gov is serving.

RJ Matson, Congressional Quarterly

Trump says tariff revenue will pay for $6 trillion in government costs. As usual, his claims are far from true (tariffs could only pay for the small rectangle in the upper left). wapo.st/4a6zTAG

Yup. Truth.

The OBBA gave DHS $191B (3x annual budget) with zero oversight. Noem controls $22B slush fund. Fix: (1) Freeze funds until detailed plans submitted (2) Rescind unobligated balances (3) Require quarterly GAO audits. Dems must insist Congress take back budget power it surrendered.

Meanwhile the U.S. government just shed **10,000*** STEM PhDs from the federal workforce in a single year. www.science.org/content/arti...

Senator Ruben Gallego says no to DHS money as long as Stephen Miller is in office: “Stephen Miller is the brains behind the most unhinged and depraved policies we’ve seen in generations…. No funding DHS with that creep calling the shots.”

Chris Murphy to @gregsargent.bsky.social: "If people don’t see us fighting on something as existential as whether we condone the federal govt murdering our own citizens, there will be a mass withdrawal from politics altogether. This is a critical moment." Full ep: newrepublic.com/article/2057...

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

I don't think a Trump regime without Miller would be decidedly different than the wannabe "Forever Reich" we're experiencing now. But it would lose the plotline that has driven it for a decade now, a plot that comes straight out of Stephen Miller's head and, unfortunately, into our reality.

“.. According to a sworn affidavit from a doctor who says they treated Pretti at the scene, Pretti had at least three bullet wounds in his back, an additional wound on his upper chest, and another possible wound on his neck.” abcnews.go.com/Politics/min...

And remind them that we know that Trump and his quisling Republicans killed the immigration bill that had been agreed to because he wants the bloodshed because he's a sadistic fascist.

Kent State, 1970. Four protestors shot dead. Minneapolis, 2026. How many more? youtu.be/JCS-g3HwXdc?...

The goal of nonviolent civil resistance is not to convince the regime they're wrong. The goal of nonviolent civil resistance is to convince the people to work together to make it impossible for the regime to sustain itself. We aren't nonviolent for the regime. We're nonviolent for each other.

Nice essay on Trump’s notion of what a “deal” really is: a series of “pledges, frameworks .. shakedowns, memoranda of understanding, or otherwise opaque, informal, or incomplete arrangements” that allow him “to claim a quick victory and move on to the next thing.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"There are no winners here. We are all becoming worse off." ep.ft.com/permalink/em...

Man, this is impressive. Inspiring. And shows that for all their bluster, ICE is afraid, and likely growing more so as the public turns increasingly against them. One woman and a camera drove off, what, a dozen heavily, clearly rage-filled armed men w almost unfettered permission to kill.

Mamdani: "I'm trying to inspire amongst New Yorkers a sense of faith and belief in what government can do, and it's very hard to do that when they look at masked agents and see them as another face of a similar government"

* Danish Pension Fund Bails on US Treasuries @wsj.com

Today feels like a good day to spotlight the recent appeal made by Kurihara Toshio, one of the preeminent Japanese reporters on the war memory beat, to journalists covering war today. Its drawn from his research on the failures of Japan's media establishment in the 1930s: apjjf.org/2025/9/fedman

There is no strategy www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

because from my vantage point, the white house does not have a win condition. like so many past occupiers, it seems to believe that a sufficient show of force will deter opposition. but like most occupations, the only thing you get with more force is greater resolve.

Trump texts Norway's PM linking Nobel snub to Greenland anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-text...

One way to promote federal Waste, Fraud, and Abuse is to rapidly expand spending with few controls. Here is what DHS got in Trump's budget bill:

Some European newspaper covers today. Highlights: 🇩🇪 Die Welt: Trump is becoming a threat for the U.S. 🇬🇧 Guardian: EU weighs up €93bn retaliation for Trump’s Greenland “blackmail” 🇫🇷 Le Fígaro: The containment of Trump has completely failed 🇨🇭 Reality TV has shaped him. More alt text in English.

In an unbilled performance Saturday night at the Light of Day festival in New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen took solemn time out during an otherwise celebratory 75-minute set to dedicate “The Promised Land” to the memory of slain Minneapolis woman Renee Good,

In this Mar-a-Lago ballroom, ICE still means Vanilla. But they do know this: The more trouble that federal agents can stir up in Minnesota, the more money to be made in private prisons.

Aware that he only had a few months left to live the great Mike Davis gave one of his final interviews to the Guardian in 202. "You’ve been organizing for social change your whole life. How do you deal with a future that feels so bleak?" Lois Beckett asked.

AP-NORC poll has shown a drop in support on immigration from -1% in late March to -23% nine months later.

“the lust for mud” is great. terrific piece.

The Grievances that gave rise to the #DeclarationofIndependence! It was almost 250 years ago, we fought a Revolution to throw off the chains of a King. History is trying to repeat itself. Never forget who you are and what it means to be an American! 🗽⚖️🇺🇸❗️

Which is why republicans have spent the last 50 years cutting public education. Its no accident that most of you don't know history or how our government works. And they count on you being too tired or lazy to learn. Even when it's free like four of these Harvard classes are.

One basic lesson from political research is that secret police generally rely on mediocre men willing to do the dirty work of authoritarian regimes in order to advance their careers. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...

“Do not get lost in a sea of despair.” - John Lewis #RIP

Current DOJ use of force policy states that even if the ICE officer did what Trump, Vance and others are claiming he did, that's still not allowed. From the policy here: www.justice.gov/archives/ag/...

Can anyone imagine any cabinet official or congressional leader in pre-Trump times showing this level of ignorance?

A few lawless men carving up the world to serve the interests of the rich. #NoKings 1776 to ????

Bottom line for Trump and Russia: "The law of the strongest is clearly stronger than ordinary justice” Isn't that what the American Revolution, Civil War, and WWII were all about? (not) Organize. Register new voters. Canvass. Phone bank. Mobilize. Vote. Work to defend democracy. Now.

Thank you Senator Kim for Exposing the truth!

It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason

Given our incredible track record of regime changes e.g. Iran (wtf to fubar), Iraq (Saddam to ISIS), Afghanistan (Taliban to Taliban), I’m sure Venezuelans feel pretty good about their prospects.