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"It's a war from within." An important and dark Triad from @jvl.bsky.social today in @thebulwark.com on Trump's horrifying, clownish, and embarrassing speech to the generals this morning:

Pete's Quantico speech was All Fox and no Friends.

The generals are in the audience, but Trump and Hegseth are seeing their fathers sitting there in front of them, and they are not impressed.

If it were a Democrat giving this deranged speech, we'd be wondering why the cabinet isn't considering using the 25th amendment right now. But we know this cabinet won't do that. 🍌

I told a friend that the most likely explanation for this meeting was that the general was so he could show them he can do a one-arm push-up. I was right.

The look on his face!

You can set your watch to it.

And if that doesn't get everyone to stop talking about the Epstein files, inflation, and bad job numbers, there's always the option of starting a war with Venezuela

I ❤️ @mattbelloni.bsky.social for this. The ethics of Hollywood are basement level. Same for tech (see below a column I wrote in 2019).

Huh, 2014.

I don't mean to be alarmist, but: AI is going to kill us all. (Accidentally. Maybe.) Anyway, I talked to Nate Soares aboout his and Eliezer Yudkowsky's new book, "If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies" and how storytellers could better prepare us for this. www.thebulwark.com/p/how-movies...

I can’t believe how badly Jeffries and Schumer are bungling this ordeal. “Thune, Johnson, and most of all Trump know where to find us when they are ready to keep the government open. All we want is to get rid of tariffs and extend Obamacare subsidies to help the American people.” Just say that.

It’s not clear whether your refrigerator can actually run in the sense of it physically escaping your kitchen. Here’s what you need to know if anyone phones to ask you this question

On Across the Movie Aisle this week, Alyssa, Peter, and I looked at the struggle between Jimmy Kimmel, Disney, ABC affiliates, and the FCC. Then we said goodbye to Robert Redford, one of the greats. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-fcc-v-...

I mean, read @karaswisher.bsky.social's "Burn Book." It's all in there.

These two companies have a combined market cap of like $7.2B. Can't we get a few pro-democracy billions to buy them?

It really seems like Nexstar and Sinclair are getting off light right now. It does seem like somebody should note who advertises on their network and make it clear that if they continue to be instruments of the Trump Authoritarian Project™️ that we will contact those advertisers.

Visited Late Night with Seth Meyers last night youtu.be/CzTESpXjuCg?...

This is truly a deranged thing to say to someone on a personal level. This is going to be uncomfortable to hear and Waj/others will likely lash out but I hope some folks recognize that this type of 2019 era identitarianism is what drove some people towards white identity politics and thus Trump.

Cool. Put it live on Hulu.

WATCH — @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “New Yorker to New Yorker, what’s going on with the Mamdani endorsement?” @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social : “A lot has been going on in Washington.” 🤔 TARLOV: “You’ve been saying that for weeks. It’s always busy in Washington.” 🎯

lol, what was it all for then? Disney whiffed this one from the jump. They should’ve flexed that Mouse muscle on behalf of their talent and the greater good. Chumps. apple.news/A9VBZyKqLQqO...

Was Disney always planning on dropping the Baby Yoda trailer today or was this an emergency situation because of how mad everyone is at them now

Is National Review deliberately obtuse, or is this sincere? Either way, it’s hard to tell because of all the pop-up ads.

New: Sarah MacLachlan, Jewel, and more musicians scheduled to perform at tonight's premiere for Hulu's ABC News doc LILITH FAIR have all pulled out after Disney scrapped the red carpet. First notable talent consequence of the Jimmy Kimmel situation.

The host of the All-In Podcast are going to be so sad that Trump lied on their show! apple.news/AH5nCsgxqSFO...

“There’s not much at stake, just free speech, the oxygen that sustains life in this town.” deadline.com/2025/09/ando...

Good news! Hypocrisy is no longer the only modern sin. Bad news: whatever replaces it will probably be worse. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-post-h...

From @mattbelloni.bsky.social and @kimmasters.bsky.social Bob, you gotta get your coffee off campus, bub. puck.news/newsletters/...

While Trump, Carr, and others are celebrating, Kimmel has been silent. I wonder if he is preparing to sue Disney/Nexstar/FCC/Trump Administration. Maybe he is looking to make it more costly to appease this authoritarian behavior than settle with it. It’s what I would do.

Survivors of the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell respond to FBI director Patel’s testimony:

When asked for comment, White House Spokesman Lionel Hutz said, "Oh, they got this all screwed up." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

LOST writer-producer Damon Lindelof says he won’t work with Disney unless Kimmel js reinstated. I’m hearing other talent weighing similar pledges.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Disney messed this up something fierce. A lot of consumers know what time it is, and they can vote with their dollars. People are looking for a reason to cut a streaming service. Kimmel is well-liked among celebrities. They can make noise. Plus, St. Jake Tapper is a friend.

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

The Dems deliver FOR you must be a strong message, with a side of the GOP takes for itself and FROM you

The same people who bragged about "creating" the Haitian dog-eating story now demand that comedians have their facts exactly accurate at all times, or else the power of the federal government will be unleashed on them. www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

Come hang with me and @hcrichardson.bsky.social on Substack today at 3pm. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

"This isn't who we are" is whistling past the graveyard. American history has a ribbon of political violence running through it from stem to stern. 1/

I talked to Tony Gilroy, the showrunner of "Andor," on Sunday and had a good chat about the show, the state of things, etc. And I asked him who wrote that "Who ARE you" line from the eighth episode ... he had a great response. (Full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaqn...)

The Kirk thing ... don't watch the video. Christ.

Happy anniversary to the Clown Princess of Crime! Harley Quinn has been stealing the spotlight since her debut in Batman: The Animated Series, where she taught us all the true meaning of “main character energy” — especially since she was created as a side character!

"Who was president in 2025?" is turning out to be almost as hard a question as "Who was president in 2020?"

On the one hand, I'm shocked Activision would say no to a Steven Spielberg-directed Call of Duty movie. On the other, though ... I kinda get it? Plus, Alyssa, Peter, and I talk HIGHEST 2 LOWEST. Spoiler: we love the soundtrack. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-deligh...

"A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret." — Donald J. Trump

NEW PAGE FROM EPSTEIN’S BIRTHDAY BOOK: Epstein and a longtime Mar-a-Lago member joking about selling a "fully depreciated" woman to Donald Trump for $22,500.

AI makes everything worse - Part 4375 At least people aren't making their livelihoods from the platform to anything. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5-b...