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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

ABC has the Comey story now, with the key detail: Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer will TRY to get a GJ to indict, even though prosecutors say there's not even probable cause. abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...

In the new Reuters/Ipsos poll Trump came in at 28% approval on cost of living. 28%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Next week, on October 1st at 7:00 pm EDT, see @evapayne.bsky.social in conversation with Andrew Jewett at @edemmas.org, where they will discuss her book, Empire of Purity. Learn more here: redemmas.org/events/eva-p....

So MSNBC says EDVA is going to indict Comey. Not that they have yet. Will a GJ do it? If so, imagine how broadly Comey might get discovery on vindictive prosecution claim? (Not to mention Maurene's lawsuit might get some of that itself.)

Friday: a prosecutor is forced to resign bc he concludes there's not enough evidence to go after Trump's perceived enemies Saturday: Trump makes public post asking Attorney General why she hasn't gone after his enemies Wednesday: DOJ says enemy indictment coming right up sir do I have that right?

The President seems to have literally forced the Department of Justice to bring criminal charges against one of his most prominent critics. A dark day for the rule of law in America.

Make no mistake: This response from Thune shows Republicans know they need to put distance between themselves and Trump's corrupt censorship efforts. This is a battle libs/Dems are winning *and* it's one that's breaking through to the culture, as I try to argue here: newrepublic.com/article/2008...

I wrote this paper as an introductory guide for students and enthusiasts who want some help navigating through Schelling's Freedom Essay. epochemagazine.org/77/freedom-g...

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This finding is correct and voters are not dumb for exhibiting this response pattern Why is everyone shocked to learn that a positive vision that speaks to the widely shared goal of less crime out-polls a pure reduction of good-paying unionized government jobs that contribute to that goal

This is straight up government censorship of the press regarding the military.

i am pre committed to the view that the ravings of any single shooter don't really matter for any big picture. we know the aggregate patterns. we can maintain them as new data arrives. that's about it for sociological interpretations. ofc, the personal dimensions are quite different. is there more?

It's bizarre that Jeff Bezos explained his steering the WaPo to the right by his belief in "personal liberties" and "free markets," neither one of which this administration believes in.

BTW I wasn’t skeeting yesterday for Rosh Hashana but I wanted to circle back to let you know that D’Souza chose the day to discuss whether the Jews killed Jesus

you cannot run the justice department by Posting

LONDON MAYOR: “.. I think Donald Trump has shown he is racist, he is sexist, he is misogynistic and he's Islamophobic.” @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/world/united...

Hillary Clinton: "Good lord -- the things that have been said about me, the lies that have been propagated. If I had only known I could call up the FCC chair and say, 'Take this person off the air! Off with his head!' You have to laugh about it so you don't cry."

Harry Enten: "If Donald Trump's idea was to give Jimmy Kimmel more press and more viewership, he absolutely did so"

Trump just busted the knees of all his toadies who’ve been claiming for 24 hrs that Carr didn’t do this etc. I’m happy to see Trump up the ante. The more visible this becomes, the closer to the center of popular culture, the better.

Jimmy Kimmel has returned to his late-night show after a suspension following remarks about Charlie Kirk's killing. Here are seven key moments from his opening monologue.

Have started seeing yard signs remembering Kirk. Are these popping up anywhere else?

Hollywood+Ted Cruz=elite resistance. Too little of this. But it works! Where is the collective action from universities, law firms, etc?????

Breaking: Two people shot and shooter killed after shooting at Dallas ICE facility.

Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids signals she could run for the Senate if Kansas Republicans pass a new gerrymander to make her House district unwinnable.

Has anyone taught what they felt was a successful "Intro to European Intellectual History" course recently? Curious about approaches taken. 🗃️

Over the weekend, we wrote about how dozens of judges have found ICE's new detention policy — seeking to lock up millions of people facing deportation without a chance for bond — is illegal. Last night, four more judges added to the growing list: www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Federal district court judges are almost UNANIMOUSLY rejecting the government's new interpretation of a 1996 law to bar release from ICE detention to millions of people. Yet the Board of Immigration Appeals, fresh off a purge of Biden appointees, made it official precedent.

It’s the “In any event, I wish both Countries well” that gives this the soupçon of absurdity that is apparently necessary in 2025.

RIP Claudia Cardinale, who was magnificent in two of my very favorite movies, Once Upon a Time in the West and The Leopard.

A case of an actual pivotal voter (or 2)!

A couple weeks ago, these blowdried chucklefucks were "joking" about how they should reclaim the word Nazi and now they're "joking" about blowing up the UN or gassing the foreign leaders inside. But they didn't say anything questionable about Charlie Kirk, so no big deal.

Daily bunny no.3087 has to get to work!

not really a manageable task

The average special election over-performance is 16 points so AZ will likely be above average when all ballots are counted. Meanwhile in the GA state Senate in NW Atlanta, the Democrat over-performed by (only) 11 points. Likely the primary difference? Hispanic voters who have soured on Trump

This may have been the most insane and incoherent four days of his presidency. Tylenol, the U.N., I hate my opponents, other countries are going to hell, this escalator's broken, I'm mad at a TV comedian, I like Ukraine now. It really feels as if some minimal tether to reality has snapped.

Brian Kemp going to South Korea in a damage-control mission. www.fox5atlanta.com/news/gov-kem...

3%?

That's the whole story. No big ending. Just the rare nice famous guy. I went many years before I met another famous guy for more than three seconds, let alone be in the business of Big Joke. But he's a good man and I've always rooted for him. He won't say it, but he's the right guy for the moment.

Honestly, he got it. This is an impossibly hard thing to get right. I can quibble about some parts, and it’s impossible to do normie content that’s also sufficient for the moment, but he did as good a job as is possible. Especially glad he rightfully called out the threat to journalists.

Newsom: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country, and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is."

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Trump to Zelenskyy: "During the war you can't have elections? So let me just see -- three and a half years from me, if we happen to be in a way with somebody, no more elections. That's good."

As a former U.S. Public Delegate to the UN, I watched Donald Trump’s speech with profound concern. He treats alliances as transactions and diplomacy as a reality show. This isn't strength; it's a reckless retreat from the world stage. My thoughts:

An immediate presidency-ending scandal in any normal, halfway serious country. Totally absent from the one we live in, where only things like IT Security & Very Elderly Democrats ever become & remain nonstop front page news.

great thread. in the neighborhood, J Greene’s Peripheries and Center.

This is a really cool example of the importance of messaging and the political struggle over terms. “defund the police” has been made into a negative stereotype by the right-wing and liberal media and is now “bad”. it’s key message, ie partly defunding the police, remains popular.

Ishaan is a Washington post global affairs columnist 👇🏽

Meanwhile over the weekend, the US government sent a letter threatening France, Australia, the UK, and Canada if they recognized Palestinian statehood. Despite US warnings of “punitive measures,” they proceeded with recognition.