"I have spent the last few weeks addressing and preparing for a military invasion by the President of the United States. No, I’m not a soldier or a foreign adversary. I’m the Governor of Illinois"

“Transcribers of government statements” are not journalists.

What’s rule by arbitrary decisions of a strongman called again?

Dutch late night TV has its take

folks surfaced a lot of past brendan carr tweets that seem to contradict his current agenda but i feel like this one got unfairly slept on a bit

I find this extremely chilling: I spoke w a reporter this morning about Kimmel. (Reporter was / is great) They got back to me a short while ago to say they sought White House comment & WH demands to know first which experts they spoke with. I told reporter I'm happy to be quoted IN THE STORY but 1/x

Barely satire now. chaser.com.au/world/trump-...

“If it’s not yet clear, there’s a violent information war going on. And the folks who care about things like foundational ethics, informed consensus, and the public good are losing.” Unsubscribe from companies and billionaires keen on crushing democratic norms and basic human rights!

If you see this quote why the energy you bring to Bluesky.

From the Hankyoreh, the leading left-leaning newspaper in Korea. They’re not mincing their words. english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...

Describing Charlie Kirk as the White Citizens Council-version of the KKK is painfully accurate. He wanted to use economic pressure instead of violence to achieve the same racist ends.

I guess this was a price he was willing to pay.

Is ICE about to go buck wild using cell site simulators? Good thing EFF has a project to help you detect them: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...

/8 Fight, scorn, defy, and obstruct them, because they are the unapologetic forces of ignorance, bigotry, and thuggery.

Did @microsoft.com Outlook's attachment reminder break? It was great at reminding me to attach things when the text said "please find attached" or the like. But today I got a notice for (1) an email that just said "Thanks, I'll talk to you tomorrow," and (2) an email that included the attachment.

BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.

If you see this repost with a vampire that is not Dracula.

This will have reverberations for decades. I know the actual fire is raging, but in addition to starting fires they are also burying landmines that will be fucking things up well after the regime is deposed (if the US survives this shitshow).

Francis J. Allman, Chief Judge of Florida’s 2nd Judicial District believes that the First Amendment does not protect speech he doesn't want to hear. Someone should file a complaint against him with the Florida Bar, because he acts as a political actor, not a judge. #Constitution #FirstAmendment

Just an astonishing, powerful op-ed that drives home what we are losing and what's already been lost. We are so incredibly fortunate to live with the advances modern medicine and health science. Destroying and stymieing it is just unforgivable. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Uh oh. This presents a very upsetting conundrum for SCAD patients (almost always women) & their cardiologists, considering that the only treatment previously shown to be effective in reducing the risk of another SCAD heart attack is beta-blockers (esp. metropolol). 1/4 www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/h...

All the kudos to this judge and the clerks who gave up their long weekend to ensure that these children are not illegally deported. Also to plaintiff’s lawyer. And Drew Ensign should be unable to look into a mirror for the rest of his life. Shun him.

Read this thread to see why the anti-Newsom stuff is a bad idea. We have to allow a big enough tent of "everyone opposed to fascism" or we're going to end up with fascism.

The IRS wants Americans to weigh in on Direct File, the agency's free tax filing program. We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful. The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs. www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...

They are literally choosing to have Americans die. May RFKJr and his enablers rot in hell.

The White House just declared that the #USPTO, #ITC, and much of #NOA, as well as the Bureau of Reclamation are "have as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work" and therefore cannot have unions. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

ICE agents in DC today appear to be focusing on the North Capitol Street corridor. One is wearing a Texas-themed hat and a “thin blue line” patch that says SEND ME. Again: Keep an eye out for an unmarked black Ford truck with the Texas plate NTV9211.

Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

JFC. "We are seven months into the new administration, and no CDC subject matter expert from my Center has ever briefed the Secretary."

Fuck everyone who claims that this administration is going after immigrants to keep people safe, it's just about hurting people. They would break a fire line, potentially causing millions in damage and deaths, because they only hate.

This is why I won't buy "smart" devices that are on the Internet & have automatic updates. The idea that the manufacturer can reach into my home and brick a device I purchased is ridiculous. www.404media.co/developer-un... If anyone knows of a "dumb" robot vacuum, I'm looking for one.

Texas voters, Texas removed 100k voters from the voter rolls. Please spread the word and check your registration and re-register if necessary. thehill.com/homenews/484...

I don’t know Lisa Cook; heck, I don’t know if she committed mortgage fraud. But neither does Bill Pulte who has weaponized how much we don’t understand two things: (1) what is in our mortgage notes; and (2) how hard it is to prove mortgage fraud, www.creditslips.org/creditslips/....

Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.

If you want to believe it, check it twice ::clap clap:: If you want to believe it, check it twice ::clap clap:: Doesn’t matter if it’s awful Doesn’t matter if it’s nice If it confirms your bias, check it twice! ::clap clap::

This is absolutely bananas. I cannot believe any sane person still supports this nutcase.

🚨 ALERT🚨 DC Police (MPD) has announced that they will start collaborating with ICE at traffic checkpoints. What does this mean 👉🏽

When you see a journalist ascribing human motivations to these energy-hoovering stochastic parrots they're baring their entire ass and loudly telling you they don't understand the technology they are writing about

BREAKING: ICE Adds Random Person to Group Chat, Exposes Details of Manhunt in Real-Time 🔗 www.404media.co/ice-adds-ran...

The dismantling of the United States post secondary educational system, once the envy of the world attracting thousands of foreign students, is continuing apace.

Remember the discussion we were having @aricohn.com about why so many people don’t trust FIRE? This is why.

NEW from @kashhill.bsky.social and me: Over three weeks in May, a man became convinced by ChatGPT that the fate of the world rested on his shoulders. Otherwise perfectly sane, Allan Brooks is part of a growing number of people getting into chatbot-induced delusional spirals. This is his story.

Night owls on their way to the beach with their morning people friends.

ProPublica is asking the questions. I’m so horrified that we live in a time when our government has no respect for laws, norms, journalists, or human beings.

The US federal government’s official stance is that if you look Hispanic they should have the right to arrest you for “reasonable suspicion of being an illegal immigrant”. I’m not joking. Meanwhile there are 62.5 million Latinos in the US, 18.7% of the US population.

If you're still on substack, you are letting techbro dildos use your left-leaning journalism to launder right-wing extremism and it's just a terrible idea. You should stop doing that

So whatever happened to those lawsuits pointing out that Trump doesn’t actually have tariff powers except in very limited circumstances? It feels like everyone has just decided to accept the imperial presidency as a given.

This thread is spot on. And it worked, again. Part of the reason so many of us are so sick of traditional media.

California is an all parties consent state. Some DA needs to bring charges against one of these assholes.

“It’s not a coincidence that this resurgence of housewife iconography comes at the same time abortion rights have been stripped. What better way to quiet the next generation of girls, growing up without repro rights, than to tell them it’s actually progress? They’re making sexism aspirational.”