Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.

A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0 www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...

Fired prosecutor Mike Ben’Ary is a rock solid experienced AUSA and accuser Julie Kelly is a consistently wrong pro-Jan 6er.

Really good piece. Appalling work by NBC

exactly like the Chinese surveillance state

Pushback works Complying doesn’t

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Karen Attiah, a Washington Post opinion writer fired this month for her social media posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, has filed a grievance arguing that she should have been allowed to share her views on news events under the company’s labor agreement and social media policy.

Just gonna leave this here…. Scientist behind Trump’s Tylenol claims was paid $150K to give evidence against drug maker www.thetimes.com/article/aa7f...

Trump’s attack on vaccines yesterday — delivered from the White House — “was the most dangerously irresponsible press conference in the realm of public health in American history” @pauloffit.bsky.social told us. More on Trump’s false claims with @lenasun.bsky.social

Missing this guy today

New York Times: "Trump Administration Wields Its Full Toolbox to Bring Media to Heel." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/b... AP: “Trump’s moves against the media mirror approaches by authoritarian leaders to silence dissent.” apnews.com/article/trum...

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

WATCH: Important coverage from the Center for Media and Democracy about the repression journalists are facing from local and federal law enforcement simply for doing their jobs. ⬇️

Having Ed Martin with a DOJ job is kind of like putting a mob lawyer in charge of the FBI or the criminal division. Actually .. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

1/ OK, so here's a thought. I think the loons in the Trump administration are so sealed in their own bubble of weirdness and conspiracy that they are DRAMATICALLY overestimating the public's appetite for their nonsense. I mean dramatically. People want lower food prices, health care, jobs and calm.

This is quickly mushrooming into a real international incident www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

I’ve been to a lot of football stadiums and Lambeau Field is the loudest. Great game experience, except for Commanders stinking up the place.

Every signature in Jeffrey Epstein's birthday book was real except for Donald Trump's, which was forged. Just like every Republican victory in 2020 was real but Donald Trump's loss was rigged. Why is that so hard for the Left to understand? by Charlie Kirk

The first pop song ever written about Trump sex trafficking underage girls at the Plaza Hotel in the 1990s. Protest music aimed at educating the public. Now on all streaming platforms.

Breaking News: A court upheld E. Jean Carroll’s $83.3 million defamation judgment against President Trump after she accused him of rape.

This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law. May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.

The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents. In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.

Thread. Makes sense

Kennedy on a media tear to make it seem like he’s got widespread support. The anti-vaxx movement has been very very good at using social media to appear huge, when it has in fact been a small but vocal and well-organized minority with opinions way outside the mainstream. Unclear whether it’ll work.

Manufacturing again lost jobs last month. Despite presidential promises of a manufacturing renaissance, we have fewer manufacturing jobs today than we did at the start of the pandemic in 2020.

Great thread here:

Here's a paragraph about one of the most powerful figures in right-wing media, someone with a huge following and the ear of the White House. Seems like a bad situation. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...

Historic first-ever failure of grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.

Federal judge just called one of Pirro's cases "without a doubt the most illegal search I've ever seen in my life... A high school student would know this was an illegal search." (PS: That judge served as a federal prosecutor in St Louis and DC for 12 years.) www.npr.org/2025/08/26/g...

“Donald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city, punish his dissidence, and score political points. If this were happening in any other country, we would have no trouble calling it what it is: a dangerous power grab.” www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

It really wasn't too long ago that if an FBI director had written such a thing and the subject was under valid FBI investigation, the FBI director would've very publicly recused themselves to ensure public confidence in his integrity. Clearly that's not even a consideration here.

If pundits would like to talk about violence, a terrorist recently shot up the CDC and another assassinated Democratic officials in Minnesota but they sort of let both stories disappear Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?

Drug Enforcement Administration officers patrolling the National Mall. If you know DC you understand how tremendously goofy this is (h/t @lorenzohall1.bsky.social)

One thing that didn't make it into today's piece: Washington, DC already has by far the highest number of law enforcement officers per capita of any city of 250k+.

New this week, assessing violent crime in Washington, DC: Murder's plunging, carjacking's plunging, & overall violent crime is near modern lows, though it's probably not falling as fast as the public data says it is. jasher.substack.com/p/assessing-...

I did a big thread of the savage Jan6ers whom Trump pardoned on Xitter during his presser. This post links many of the charging docs for the assault defendants if you want to make it clear who is/was violent in DC. www.emptywheel.net/2021/06/25/t...

A picture tells 1000 words. We all wand DC to be safe- and the crime stats show it was going in the right direction www.rawstory.com/trump-dc-cri...

The crime is so bad in DC that you can take a nap at twilight and stretch out on the well manicured grass of our Capitol while other people enjoy picnics and each others company.

A video arguing that women shouldn’t be able to vote was just shared by Trump’s Secretary of Defense, the guy in charge of our whole military. And Democratic Party leaders still can’t stand up to this administration?! Our rights are on the line and all our party leaders offer us is silence.

🚨 WaPo EXCLUSIVE Hours before Trump removed Billy Long as IRS commissioner, his agency clashed with the White House over sharing immigrants’ tax data.

I have big feelings about the release of those MLK files washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/08/m...

Trump's Secretary of Defense is proud of slavery in the United States.

On Jan. 6, Jared Wise urged rioters to "kill" cops. "You are the Nazi. You are the Gestapo," Wise yelled. Trump dismissed Wise's Jan. 6 case, and the DOJ hired him as a senior adviser. We got the bodycam video showing Wise on Jan. 6. www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...

A former “Alligator Alcatraz” worker says detainees are subject to “inhumane” conditions — packed by the hundreds into cages without sunlight, with overflowing toilets and limited access to showers.

No one should be suspended or fired just for exercising their First Amendment right to speak out. I’m joining my colleagues in calling for these EPA employees to be reinstated immediately so they can keep doing the good work our country depends on.

This morning we filed a lawsuit against Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem challenging the constitutionality of two laws they are using to deport noncitizens because of speech they don't like. Nobody should get a midnight knock on the door for disfavored speech, let alone kicked out of the country.

The official version of the constitution on Congress.gov has removed Article I, Section 9 and 10 from the website which includes the writ of habeus corpus. web.archive.org/web/diff/202...