We will never see Trump donors and backers and media elites do the full court press on Trump’s age and lack of brain function the way they did with Biden because they all agree with Trump and want all this.

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Anyone else kinda grossed out at the taste of food lately? Not all of it but a lot of food taste mass produced and it’s turning me off

The actual Rapture that’s happening in our society

INBOX- Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters says a Turning Point USA club will at every high school campus in OK. “Our kids must get involved and active. We will fight back against the liberal propaganda, pushed by the radical left, and the teachers unions.” #oklahoma #oklaed

I wrote to Sen. Thom Tillis about freedom of the press and about Trump’s extrajudicial killing people in boats. He mansplained the 1st Amendment and didn’t address the killings. Thats why he’s such a great senator!

Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties, both at home and on the world stage

Yep. And I won't go back to hulu or Disney. I actually took them off my package before the boycott but I'll never add them back on.

This is Rubicon crossed. Never has elected official or appointee interfered with drug oversight like this. It has implications for public health, national security, and economic implications. They’re not good. You can’t invest in something when you think FDA is drafting policy from tweets.

Have we ever had real medical groups come out immediately after a presentation by HHS and correct misinformation? No. But I'm glad they did.

The pronatalists aren't stupid. They know they can't get us to have more babies by just nudging us a little. It's going to take real muscle.

I think…people’s obsession with “a cause”…is precisely because autism’s genetic randomness is hard to stratify by social class……………..

Sharing for this strong opening graf. “President Trump, a slumlord at heart, is quietly halting enforcement of the Fair Housing Act...” newrepublic.com/post/200749/...

It’s fall- you know what that means. (Monarch butterflies migrating to Southern California, Mexico, and Florida)

With a lot of gratitude to NHC for the safe space to incubate this lecture, CITAP for supporting my Fellowship application, and the Thomas Wolfe Prize committee and UNC English & Creative Writing Department for the honor.

Brilliant essay. Reminded me of this other incredible Op Ed by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2022/04/12/o...

"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply." me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

NJ PBS shutting down next summer. “15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.” newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...

This is weird but not terribly surprising. This man has never met a grift he doesn’t love. I’d say he entered the right wing media ecosystem in about three to four weeks.

Resting Bitch Face comes out in just a FEW months with an August 26th release (and don't forget, it's a September pick for Roxane Gay's Audacious Book Club)! Want me to come read in your city, talk to your students, perform at your school/venue, chat about my work? Email me!!

Great convo between @taylorbyas.bsky.social on her most recent poetry book "Resting Bitch Face" with @roxanegay.bsky.social for the Audacious Book Club. Great insights on demands on Black women & their bodies—erasure, politicization, expectation of performative acceptability (e.g., smiling vs RBF).

Nobody should resubscribe to Disney until we hear Kimmel's first couple of monologues. If everything fascist and authoritarian that came for him is reduced to scorched earth and small cinder, then okay, if you want to reward a corporation for finding its nuts after losing its wallet, cool.

Not the rapture. Just human trafficking by a degenerate, vicious government.

How the World Bank left African hospital patients "detained" and in crushing debt

President Trump is using his time before the United Nations to once again rail against "the green energy scam" and...windmills. A good time to read how Trump's war on wind power has one very big exception, by @russchoma.bsky.social.

At Charlie Kirk's memorial service, it became clear that the Christian Nationalism movement had found its icon — an exemplar of their brand of nationalistic faith.

This week on Reveal, we look at potential evidence of human rights violations being collected by doctors working in Gaza. They allege Israeli forces are targeting children.

Texas Democrat Greg Casar spent his summer fighting for his job—and plotting a progressive revival. Over a tumultuous but pivotal week in August, @timothypmurphy.bsky.social tagged along as Casar juggled the dictatorial present and an uncertain future.

For the past several years, Matthew Boedy has been working on a book about Turning Point USA and its founder Charlie Kirk. Boedy’s publication day was three weeks away when Kirk was assassinated—and what was initially going to be a book with a somewhat niche readership now has a national audience.

ICE treats you like a “living ghost. They don’t care if you die.” Under Trump, several migrants have won their cases in court, but ICE is still detaining and trying to deport them.

Say it with me, kids: There's no scientific or public health body besides RFK Kr.'s HHS stating using Tylenol while you're pregnant can give your children autism.

The most striking omission from Monday's White House pageant: autistic people.

As the president brings the media to heel through coercion and multibillion-dollar lawsuits, we're doubling down on fearless reporting. Through September 30, donations will be matched dollar-for-dollar. That means TWICE the impact to power a non-profit, reader-supported newsroom.

On Sunday, a crowd of 80,000 people—plus scores more watching online—memorialized Charlie Kirk. The event was bizarre—unless you’re acquainted with the liturgy and theology of Christian nationalism.

For years, Black troops fought for policies that allowed them to thrive in the service—including around grooming. To Hegseth, that’s the whole problem: a military with Black leadership and without obstacles to a diverse corps is one in which white men have to take orders from the wrong kind.

Women are the fastest-growing population of incarcerated people. And if Republicans get their way, more pregnant women will be joining their ranks.

Trump’s long history of being obsessed with eugenics set the tone for his recent press conference, where the president and RFK Jr. framed autism as something to eliminate—rather than what scientists agree it is: a spectrum of neurological differences with a wide range of symptoms.

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800 detainees are missing after being held in Alligator Alcatraz in July, showing no record of their location in ICE’s database. Other detainees have been mistakenly deported or sent to detention centers thousands of miles away. The cruelty is the point.

With the Tesla Diner, Elon Musk could have reinvented an institution. But the restaurant looks a lot like what we already have, just weirder and worse, @elcush.bsky.social reports:

“Countless Democrats are barnstorming the country and the media, stressing the need to broaden their party’s appeal and reach voters where they are,” Marc Novicoff writes. “But they have yet to prove that they’re willing to do what it takes”: https://theatln.tc/noPR5V3P

Message from Jay and if you can help with his legal assistance for ICE victims that would be great: Venmo: @JohnathanPerk CashApp: $JohnathanPerk

Hey, @darthbluesky.bsky.social, my girl Ms Olive needs to get to the vet ASAP and probably needs to have one or more salivary glands surgically removed. Little help?

I’m sure it was strongly worded.

Because they're worried about offending white supremacists. Think about that for a moment. That's where we are as a country in 2025.

Seems bad for our society when you can’t make racist terrorists the villains

A study tracking 2.4 million children found no link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism.

It’s critical that we support the arts…🏆

Family separation is back under Trump. Just CNN alone found more than 100 American children left stranded after ICE took their parents. Here’s just one story… Meet Isaac