Many of these comedians have become the bullies they once called out.

New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

Whoa, White House withdraws Trump’s controversial nominee to lead BLS after ousting predecessor over jobs data www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/p...

Zelenskyy sounds alarm over unprecedented power outage at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Yeah, thinking about when someone disobeyed orders and saved the world. We need the same energy here. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...

RIP to a useful resource “ADL deletes Glossary of Extremism under pressure from conservatives over Charlie Kirk entry”

Meduza has this breakdown of the emergency measures Russia has implemented to address the damage to its refining capacity and the subsequent fuel crunch. Currently, the worst pain seems to be for consumers (and small gas stations) in Crimea. meduza.io/en/cards/pai...

Phang: So, as we can see you have a DHS official—you clearly hear him say on that body cam footage, “I am arresting the mayor. Even though he stepped out, I’m going to put him in cuffs.” Who told him to do it? He says: the Deputy Attorney General… And who’s that? Todd Blanche.

SCOOP — The White House instructed all federal agency leadership on Tuesday to send out a mandatory message to workers blaming the impending potential government shutdown on House Democrats, The Handbasket was first to learn. Absolutely no modifications to the email were permitted. My story:

Hegseth: "As history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace and those who are willing to wage war to defend it. That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous."

THANK YOU @schumer.senate.gov Stand strong. Shut this shit down. Do not fund fascism. That's what he is, in Gen. Mark Milley's words Trump is "fascist to the core." Today's train wreck of an American embarrassment at Quantico should tell you what needs to be Dems TOP priority. Nothing else matters.

The White House withdraws Brian Quintenz's nomination to lead the CFTC; the Winklevoss twins pressured Trump in July to reconsider his nomination (Politico) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

The American people aren’t stupid. They know who’s to blame.

This is Donald Trump’s shutdown. He owns it.

Trump's 2018-19 shutdown centered on a dispute over funding for a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump demanded $5.7 billion for the project, while Democrats refused to include the funding in appropriations bills. www.cbs8.com/article/news...

BREAKING: A second Trump-appointed U.S. attorney has been disqualified after a federal judge ruled her appointment invalid. Sigal Chattah is out as US attorney in Nevada, just like Alina Habba in NJ: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I asked the FBI to expedite the release of the tape of "border czar" Tom Homan being bribed. FBI said it couldn't see how there wasn't an urgent need to provide the public more information about (checks notes) an active federal official taking bribes and denied expedition of the request.

He defended Leonard Leo after trump accurately called him a sleazebag. Now says extrajudicial murder is wrong. He might be wrecking his chances for a Supreme Court seat. www.rawstory.com/trump-john-y...

The Pete Principle. Newsday.com/matt

I’m not watching the news, but could someone tell me if anyone in the mainstream media is talking about the fact that the President of the United States and Pete Hegseth told America’s top military brass to ignore the rules of engagement and to target minorities in our cities as practice?

"There are more of us, than of them. . . . "That doesn't stop what RFK Jr. is doing to public health, or Pete Hegseth to the military. But it's crucial to bear in mind." — @jfallows.bsky.social

I'm skimming, but this paragraph stood out:

Democratic leaders think making a deal is the 'right' thing to do, but it's a deal with the devil. They're walking right into a trap. Read Rick Wilson's piece here: https://open.substack.com/pub/therickwilson/p/white-flag-democrats?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Trump wraps up a speech to military leaders that represented a major escalation of his effort to weaponize the armed forces into a tool he can use to violently quash domestic dissent. Hard to imagine how anyone with a shred of dignity can keep serving after this, which of course is the point.

Restitution du patrimoine culturel autochtone : Le Canada ne peut plus se contenter de promesses - www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi... #cdnpoli #polcan

great art and star wars: thread

“Military leaders have raised serious concerns with the Trump administration’s forthcoming defense strategy, exposing a divide between the Pentagon’s political and uniformed leadership as Def Sec Pete Hegseth summons top brass to a highly unusual summit…” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

In today’s completely unsurprising news, the ICE officer very briefly, taken off duty for shoving a woman to the ground in New York is back on the job not even a week later. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-off...

"Why would it bow to antidemocratic pressures by placing a professor on leave without their request, consent, or involvement? That any university would do this is beyond comprehension and is cause for alarm about the future of academic freedom in Canada."

lmao

Along with nurses around the globe, we are grieving the murder of Dr. Mohammed Akram Al-Kafarneh, head of the Palestinian Nursing Association in the Gaza Strip. We stand in solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues against this outrageous violence. www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nurses...

I'm a Sabine fan, but this is fair.

Boiron, the largest manufacturer of homeopathic products in the world, pulls in $300 million/year despite selling products based on a concept that violates fundamental laws of chemistry and that has never been proven beneficial for any condition in any human at any time since it was made up in 1796.

"Once an anti-vaxxer, an Alberta nurse now helps worried parents overcome fears." www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...

First time this guy has ever made me laugh

I had no idea there was a human vaccine for Lyme disease. That's because it was shelved decades ago. The dubious reasons, and the story behind a vaccine still used for dogs, is a cautionary tale in how good science can be negated by one bogus study and the ensuing hysteria of a misinformed public.

The WSJ says YouTube "has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit that President Trump brought against the company and its chief executive over its suspension of Trump’s account after that year’s riot at the U.S. Capitol." www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Dasha Ramirez, 8, and her little brother were playing with the water at the Crown Fountain in Chicago’s Millennium Park when federal agents approached their parents. She ran toward her father, Jaime Ramirez, who was suddenly surrounded by a group of heavily armed agents in full camouflage.

When are words war crimes? www.politico.eu/article/russ...

DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin reports the MASSIVE confiscation of 2 firearms and a package of fireworks from the "rioters" in Portland.

Again, I must ask, aside from not being a Convoy-supporting transphobe, how is Mark Carney not just 'Pierre Poilievre without the juvenile bluster'?

Efraín Fueres, an Indigenous land defender, was shot and killed in Ecuador on Sunday while marching in protest of high living costs and government crackdowns on Indigenous and environmental activists. 🧵 insideclimatenews.org/news/2909202...

Is "pissing off Hollywood" some dogwhistle?

Trump has empowered every miserable idiot in this country to thrust their miserable idiocy on every decent being. Every country in the world should boycott all international sporting events in the US until we as a country can demonstrate a modicum of decorum www.nbcnews.com/sports/golf/...

BREAKING: The White House claimed the FBI deep state targeted Homan in the $50K bag-o-cash bribe for government contracts, but it was actually a fellow ICE colleague that steered undercover agents to Homan. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/e...

Yes, it is certainly interesting how that "growing body of modern scholarship" suddenly manifested itself after Trump's EO. Weird that basically nobody challenged the history before Trump's policy goals required revising history. Huh. Might lead one to conclude that these folks have ulterior motives

Look at what the United States Government is citing in the birthright citizenship case. Non-expert legal scholarship and work done hastily in service of their political goals.

It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it

There was a lot of #AcademicFreedom, good scholarship, and independent thought in German universities before Hitler. After Hitler had risen to power, many academics fled the country. Some resisted the Nazi regime and were persecuted. Most adapted to a new situation. Here are some examples. 1/n