SCOOP: Federal workers are being told to blame democrats for the shutdown. At SBA workers got an email suggesting they set out-of-office replies blaming Democrats for the shutdown and at HUD internal systems have a pop-up blaming "the Radical Left." @wired.com www.wired.com/story/govern...

Great ad campaign from the dictionary

Interesting from @pbump.com's latest post, based on Pew data: Married voters were about 15 to 25 points to the right of unmarried voters, across gender lines www.pbump.net/o/digging-de...

Inspired by a Perry Bacon post, I created a little game to see how well you understand the presidential electorate.

this thread!

Young’s opinion, which rules that the Trump admin illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation, is absolutely scathing. “In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”

AOL's dial-up service officially shuts down www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

this story is terrifying

Tom Homan said he was recused from anything to do with government contracts. Turns out he wasn't. He played a role in the process to move immigration detention contracts through the Defense Department www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... With @racheladhe.bsky.social and @sooophie.bsky.social

who is asking for this

Press warned to back up as DHS police take lawmakers were taken away in zip ties, among them Comptroller Brad Lander and 10 other state reps including Bobby Carol, Marcela Mitayanes, Julia Salazar, Emily Gallagher, Jabari Brisport, Jessica Gonzalez Rojas,... story TK

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

Important to note with the Kimmel news that ABC pulled the show after regional affiliate Nexstar threatened to not air the show because of Kimmel’s remarks about Kirk. Nexstar is currently trying to buy Tegna, a competitor, for $6.2 billion, and needs Trump’s FCC to approve this deal.

Now here: AI-designed genomes www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/17/1...

This is it. This is the chart. One thing recent jobs reports have shown is that an increasing share of unemployed workers are staying unemployed for longer—or dropping out of the workforce completely. What's more: It's increasingly affecting college grads www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...

I know economics isn't the most captivating topic in the world right now, but we're teetering on the edge of a recession (if we're not already in one). @amorrow.bsky.social points out that this whole thing is propped up by just a few AI bubble stocks and rich people spending, and that's about it

incredible. Bankruptcy lawyer for Claire’s offered to get his ear pierced if he could find a buyer. He did, so he got his ears pierced in court during the hearing. www.law.com/americanlawy...

happy 3²/4²/5² to ask those who celebrate

The probe comes just days after we published our Bloomberg News investigation that looked into similar incidents, as well as crashes, where Tesla's door designs led to confusion for occupants and first responders w/ @danahull.bsky.social, @emilychang.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

OpenAI's "what is ChatGPT, anyway?" study is a little weird, sort of funny, but actually illuminating nymag.com/intelligence...

Wow, this story www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

Interesting article that does not disclose that Oracle's CEO is on the board of CBS's parent company, and that Paramount's CEO is the Oracle chairman's son www.cbsnews.com/news/oracle-...

Donald Trump sues the New York Times (and Susanne Craig, Russ Buettner, and Michael S. Schmidt) for defamation, and the complaint for some reason begins thus: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump says he's suing The New York Times for $15 billion, in part because of the paper's editorial board's endorsement of his opponent, Kamala Harris, in the 2024 election www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Many of the men deported to CECOT said they are permanently changed: struggling to sleep, drink water or leave their homes. One man broke into tears describing how he had a panic attack the first time he walked down a busy Venezuelan street.

“Severance" actor Tramell Tillman has won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series. He is the first Black man ever to win the award #Emmys

This is an interesting endorsement. Hochul spends four out of the 20 paragraphs (1/5 of the article) emphasizing that she disagrees with Mamdani on a lot of issues.

Great story from @arthurallen202.bsky.social on the FDA moving to abandon advisory committees, which critics say would shield the agency's decisions from public scrutiny: www.statnews.com/2025/09/12/f...

ICE agent shoots and kills man in Chicago during attempted detention www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/p...

Puck is set to acquire Air Mail, Graydon Carter’s newsletter startup (that’s actually older than Puck) — per @breakermedia.bsky.social Also fun detail here: Jon Kelly, who runs Puck, was Carter’s assistant at Vanity Fair many years ago. www.breakermedia.com/p/puck-set-t...

Do you know how to get out if your Tesla loses power? Depending on the model, locating a manual door release can include removing speaker covers, pocket liners or carpet First responders and occupants have been flummoxed by the designs in crucial moments www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

This happened in Southern California over the summer. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

New testing data on U.S. high school seniors: • Lowest reading scores since 1992. • Lowest math scores since 2005. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

So the Supreme Court just allowed ICE agents to racially profile **in an order that was “unsigned and gave no reasons.” **

NEW: JPMorgan, the largest US bank, enabled the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein. The bank lent him money, created accounts for his victims, disregarded suspicious transactions and overruled employees who raised concerns. @mattgoldstein26.bsky.social @jsgatnyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/m...

Per @lauranahmias.bsky.social, Adams is set to announce he's staying in the mayoral race, after speculation he was negotiating a position in the Trump administration in order to clear a path for Cuomo www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Folks,.

SCOOP for ADWEEK: Top agencies mistakenly bought ads through Publicis' Epsilon SSP via opaque reselling—sending money & valuable data to a rival. Some are now blocking the platform over concerns that Publicis—the only holdco with an SSP—could gain a competitive edge. www.adweek.com/media/public...

NEW INVESTIGATION from @kendrabarnett.bsky.social: Because of the murky nature of digital ads, major advertising companies have been unknowingly sending their data to a direct competitor. www.adweek.com/media/public...

The Trump Media board member who led the SPAC merger, Eric Swider, just reported dumping another 5,000 shares.

Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death. Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

Trump guard in DC carrying live firearms apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump nationalizes chip giant Intel apnews.com/article/trum...

We got burned by an AI freelancer and a few missteps of our own. Here's the full disclosure on that. All I can add from my vantage here is that my work has always been subject to rigorous fact checking. It's sometimes a days long, maddening process, but 100% of the time I am grateful in the end.

OH MY GOD

"Red Envelopes With Cash Are Changing Hands at Adams Campaign Rallies: New York Times reporters witnessed supporters of Mayor Eric Adams handing out cash-filled envelopes. Sometimes, that money went to reporters from Chinese-language outlets." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/n...

!!! Wired and Business Insider take down articles over concerns they were fabricated and written by AI under a fake name pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...

BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...

unbelievable story www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...