"Rep Thomas Massie is declaring victory on his move to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files after the election to fill a vacant AZ House seat, Semafor reports. And he says House Speaker Mike Johnson and “some of the powers that be in DC are in full panic right now” about it." PoliticalWire

Interesting given 1400 detainees that were held at the Florida concentration camp are missing.

With alt txt … and what I *think* is a link to the article it’s from (it begins differently but includes this section and it’s the same byline) petapixel.com/2025/09/23/m...

Mockler: We can look at the acceleration of the radicalization of young men through a few frameworks. There's the covid pandemic, which had people isolated, had a bubble around themselves, and a lot of young men got sucked down these algorithms, I've seen it happen to my close friends.

He's already at record unpopularity. Dictators still need the approval of a sizable portion of the country and doing this will only make his record lows even worse. He doesn't have the political capital to do it, imo

🎯 This is the point many fail to grasp. Drumpf is itching to break government and indefinitely suspend habeas corpus. Congressional Republicans and SCOTUS will not hold him accountable.

They already shot the dog. Now they’re threatening to desecrate its grave. Don’t blame us for your idiocy and degeneracy. These are the same Cons who lied us into Iraq and couldn’t get us out.

I don't understand this strategy? The GOP plan to win a PR war during a government shutdown is to shoot a bunch of hostages? Do they know how insane they sound?

Agreed. Trump & Vought own every branch of US Gov, they own it & want to break it. "Vought’s vision of the apocalyptic battle for the soul of America, Democrats are “increasingly evil.” The federal work force, in turn, is the enemy that must be forced into submission" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/o...

2/ start to break and people get mad it’s on them. Their economy, their govt, their government services. All on them. Voughts a degenerate criminal. Let him do it.

This seems to be their angle. If there’s a shutdown they won’t furlough employees they’ll fire them permanently. The fact that this is illegal kind of isn’t the point these days. I don’t see why this is much of a threat. They don’t have to do this. It’s a choice. They run the govt. when things …

Everyone knows that Russ Vought is a hardcore Christian Nationalist, right?

I just don’t think that it occurs to reasonably well-adjusted adults who aren’t being excessively provoked while drunk to say something like this.

“We are going to defeat the left and we are going to win” is no longer about politics. They control every branch of government. They have won. So “defeat the left” is now about eliminating us from the earth - and everything this regime does is toward that end.

Breaking News: Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s former president, was found guilty of conspiring with Libya to illegally finance his 2007 campaign.

America’s leadership class is failing us. It’s up to you and me to defend democracy. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/22/america-democray-leadership-robert-reich

Recently, Dhruv Khullar travelled to Harvard to witness a face-off between a new A.I. model named CaBot and an expert diagnostician. Both correctly solved a patient's case. What does this mean for the future of medicine?

Japanese victims of the #UnificationChurch's donation program have called for fundamental solutions regarding the controversial religious group after its leader was arrested in #SouthKorea on Tuesday. #CultsUnificationChurch #Japan www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09...

The authoritarian rhetoric has become so extreme that it’s losing credibility even with its base; people are numbing to the outrage, & that cultural fatigue gives us a window to open space for democratic norms to reassert themselves. Most of us reject violence. Painting us as terrorists won’t work.

Trump's FCC minion Brendan Carr threatens Disney over Kimmel's barbs, prompting suspension; public fury restores the host. Orange extorts $16M+ via settlement, embodying brazen Danegeld extortion against free speech. #1stAmendment

The right are the ones that say anti-ICE 🧵

So, the left doesn’t use the language anti-ICE. If that term were widely used by the left it would be all over Bsky. In my search, beyond today, the term is basically absent. Patel watches too much Fox, because you know who DOES use the language anti-ICE … A Thread 🧵👇🏼

Texas Gov. Abbott's no-bid bonanza exposes pay-to-play rot: Donors to his PAC snagged $950M in emergency contracts post-$2.9M contributions, eroding trust as elites eclipse everyday citizens. #Corruption

Yale's CEO whisperer reveals America's tycoons privately dread Trump's Maoist MAGA chaos tariffs slashing profits, Fed meddling eroding independence contrasting hollow Dear Leader sycophancy from tech outliers. #CorporateDissent

Just spoke to someone who works in a hospital. He said that patients - including those who are NOT pregnant women - are already telling their caregivers that they will NOT take Tylenol. The stupidity is already spreading like wildfire and there will be consequences.

#priorities www.propublica.org/article/geor...

Is this supposed to be a threat? They did this exact thing while the government was open

Obama scorches Trump's baseless Tylenol-autism ravings as violence against truth, endangering women's health with paranoia that supplants facts for hierarchical delusions. #PublicHealth

⚡️ Major Russian chemical plant reportedly halts operations after Ukrainian drone attack. EuroChem-Belorechensk specializes in nitrogen and complex fertilizers but also produces phosphorus-based products and sulfuric acid, a key component in ammunition manufacturing.

This is one of those things where you read the reply and you're like, yeah, if this was my client I would have practice cross examined him until he independently concluded that speaking was not in his best interest.

Random book nerd trivia: Laura Ingalls Wilder had a severe case of diphtheria during her second pregnancy at age 20-21. Her newborn of this pregnancy died at about a week old of "spasms." (Convulsions. As in, neurological damage.)

This Tylenol thing is so stupid and evil — untreated fever during pregnancy is actually dangerous!

So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

apnews.com/article/unit... of Belarus opposition warns Trump: Beware of her nation's president

Errol Musk, Elon's father, has been accused of sexually abusing five of his children and stepchildren since 1993, a Times investigation found. Family members have appealed to Elon Musk for help. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...

NEW on MSNBC: Prosecutors in the EDVA presented new U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan with a memo explaining why charges should not be brought against James Comey — because there isn't enough evidence to establish probable cause, let alone enough to convince a jury to convict.

Last week, thousands of volunteers knocked on more than 100,000 doors across the five boroughs — the first time we've crossed that single week milestone since June. We can't stop now: zohranfornyc.com/sixweeks

True but I'm older than that

An individual with strong beliefs can be easily manipulated by an agency that frames its activities as serving a "greater good". The agency might appeal to the targets sense of patriotism or ideology to convince them that killing someone is a necessary action for their cause.

Then once the target is primed & listening the recruiter has several options to turn talk into actions; they can either directly engage in planning and providing logistical or practical support or plant the idea for an action, allowing Alex to believe this came from himself.

Agencies may use psychological tactics to manipulate and influence targets. Often targeting young, male, and isolated individuals that are easily susceptible and indoctrinated.

By threatening to reveal this information, such as criminal activity such as child rape, infidelity, LGBT shaming or financial misconduct, they can pressure the person into cooperating.

Intelligence agencies might collect sensitive or damaging information about a target individual and use it for leverage. Often through monitoring their online and/or criminal activities. They select their target and isolate it from his or her community or family.

Intelligence agencies use a variety of coercion tactics, though directly coercing people to kill others is illegal. When they do use this method they typically use intimidation, manipulation, or exploitation to compel individuals to act in a manner that serves their interests.

In a bathroom of a Dupont Circle restaurant

Kash Patel also really sucks at this

A false flag is a covert operation in which one party or group carries out a hostile act and frames another party to make it look like the other party was responsible. The goal is to deceive people into thinking that a different group is responsible for the harmful action.

Sartre was right. Hell is other people.