Excellent thread on language and links just below. ⬇️

Federal health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain heat-and-eat pasta meals sold at Walmart and Trader Joe's because they may be contaminated with listeria bacteria linked to a deadly outbreak. www.mercurynews.com/2025/09/2...

Thought I gift linked to it. Here you go. READ it. Your welcome. GIFT. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...

This data compares Jan. 1 through Sep 26 2024 with Jan. 1 through Sep 26 2025 See for yourself: www.chicago.gov/city/en/site...

Just another form to gaslight. They want you crazy to point a finger back as all abusers do.

Hawaii police said it was too much of a burden for them to have to record every interrogation. The Hawaii supreme court's response: “If children can record everyday events with ease, law enforcement cannot claim hardship to record perhaps its most consequential investigative act.”

NYT: 7th paragraph www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/u...

DIY “balcony” solar kits, which can save residents money and give them more independence, are piquing interest from New England lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. | via CanaryMedia.com mainemorningstar.com/2025/09/25/p...

Gift Link / No Paywall Newsletter | FOIA Files Jeffrey Epstein’s Emails & His ‘Hour of Terror’ A trove of emails reveals new details about the disgraced financier's links to academics, lawyers & crisis strategists - @jasonleopold.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... via @bloomberg.com

Rafaela with a walkoff double. The Red Sox are in the playoffs.

A third batch of Jeffrey Epstein documents released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. They mention Elon Musk, Steve Bannon and Peter Thiel. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

SCOTUS conservative majority declares the president's conduct of foreign affairs appears "to outweigh the potential harm faced" by the recipients of $4 billion of foreign aid that's been withheld. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions...

Following Yuval Abraham's reporting, Microsoft cuts its ties with Israeli intelligence. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Oh my god this guy. I don’t think I have ever before learned something interesting from a political ad.

Satellite imagery shows Iran expanding construction at a secret underground site dubbed “Pickaxe Mountain” near Natanz after U.S.-Israeli strikes in June. Analysts warn the facility may house covert enrichment or uranium stockpiles, shielded deep in the Zagros mountains.-WaPo

Steve makes an old family recipe that he just made up. youtube.com/shorts/8uvJL...

Netanyahu gets green light to appoint David Zini, a Kahanist general as the head of the Shin Bet. Someone that Netanyahu himself described two years ago as a "too much of a fundamentalist".

For Bolts readers who're interested in this... ... name me your state (or a state), and I'll share one of my fave stories on it!

A pair of anti-abortion organizations on Wednesday announced their plans to pour $4.5 million into field outreach aimed at securing Michigan’s vacant U.S. Senate seat for Republicans in 2026. via @michiganadvance.com

Sox Ground the Jays: Crochet Carves, Narváez Seals 7–1 Beatdown www.redsoxdigest.com/p/sox-ground...

ELB Podcast 7:1: The Risk of Federal Interference in the 2026 Midterm Elections (Haiman, Howard, Richer) electionlawblog.org?p=152214

This decision also plants a flag against SCOTUS' originalism: “A constitution adapts." And: "Due process is agile… Due process matures with technological developments to protect constitutional rights.”

JUST IN: A new class action lawsuit challenges ICE's warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C., which they say are occuring without probable cause and based largely on perceived ethnicity. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Seems legit. "NC Senate leader Phil Berger to get endorsement from President Donald Trump in exchange for redistricting, sources say" www.cbs17.com/news/capitol...

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Our Gaza series continues... ANCIENT GAZA: FROM THE ASSYRIANS TO THE ROMANS @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by @josephinequinn.bsky.social to discuss the 5 ancient empires that conquered Gaza...

to me, the “column” is less a form than an opportunity (and a challenge). you’re telling me i have as much space as i’d like to make an argument about anything i’d like to an audience inclined to pay close attention? well let’s see if they’ll read 2000 words on democratic legitimacy. (gift link)

Here are my top 10 dog sneezes!

This one paragraph just taxonomizes the various modes people have for processing "political correctness"/"wokeness"/communication norms in somehow the most clear terms I've maybe ever seen. I'm going to reference this frequently in the future.

not getting much attention, but it's a big election in 6 weeks: Mainers will decide a conservative proposal that'd add restrictions to voting, especially mail voting. (If it's approved, it'd be in place by the 2026 midterms and the high-stakes Senate race.) boltsmag.org/maine-questi...

Why is this happening? I’ll explain. If the FCC approves Nexstar’s merger deal, the company’s reach would increase from 39% to more than 80% of US households. But the deal ALSO depends on the FCC eliminating the current 39% cap on reach. Sinclair has been lobbying for this change as well.

One very wealthy white man got his job back today (along with his 200 staff and production team) because of organizing, boycotts, and collective pushback. When will we see that same energy for the 320k+ Black women who were pushed out of the labor market?

I've got the Legal Eagle! @espinsegall.bsky.social + News and Clips! standupwithpete.libsyn.com/1442-prof-er...

NEW: The Supreme Court freezes a lower court order reinstating FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, whom Trump illegally fired, by a 6–3 vote. So Slaughter remains terminated. SCOTUS also schedules arguments to decide whether to overrule Humphrey's Executor. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

NEW: Skye Perryman @democracyforward.org joins to chat legal news & how the unitary executive theory has enabled the last 10+ nightmarish days (censorship, pretextual prosecutions, etc.) & more. Then Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social joins to talk ... Justice Jackson! crooked.com/podcast/illu...

GUESS WHAT WEEK IT IS

Listening to a discussion on the state of Israel's economy, it appears that falling exports to the EU (as a result of sanctions, boycott or just consumers' preference) is the most urgent challenge. 1/

Quick thinking and great work here. Symbolism over the imaginary world of Disney. bsky.app/profile/evan...

⬇️ The Empire Podcast (hosts and guests) is one of the best for new folks getting an idea of the lay of the land(s). And great fun especially for folks who may know some, or even most of the historical context. Always something new to learn. A good follow for sure.

I finished last night! Cliffhangers ... The details with the nitty gritty. Wonderful!

The reporter in this video asking about MEMPHIS that Trump snapped at and called “obnoxious” was @ebonymcmorris.bsky.social

Demartravion “Trey” Reed, the Delta State University student whose body was found hanging from a tree on the Cleveland campus, did not have broken bones or “injuries consistent with an assault,” coroner says. via @mississippitoday.org www.newsfromthestates.com/article/blac...

Throughout the state, voters are choosing their governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, & state House member—but there are also plenty of local offices on the ballot, including sheriffs and prosecutors. In fact, my guide to the 2025 prosecutor races has a lot on Virginia:

Very good to watch (see!) & know folks are out there speaking up and concerned. And yes we all need to step up and help where we can. Losers want crazy and chaos.

This was good! Not too long and easy to grasp 😜

I recall those who lost their lives b/c they stayed behind to care for the their pets in Katrina as there was no place they were welcome. People with power use animals and pets to abuse others to control.

The Vicksburg Post reports that Zukatis “loved his dog” so much that he had declined to move into a shelter because he'd have to give it up. “The dog got hit in front of the mission a long time ago,” Jimmy Dawson, a member of the River City Rescue Mission, told newspaper. (cont.) 2/2