Trump Throws Military Overboard open.substack.com/pub/thefucki... @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social "If we reject the idea that the U.S. is at war with non-state terrorist organizations — and none of the cartels in question come anywhere close to accepted terrorism definitions —

open.substack.com/pub/thefucki... @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social #Hegseth

open.substack.com/pub/thefucki... @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social "Here’s the secret, uncool reason 4 not obeying unlawful orders boys & girls & people kicked out of..military The leaders who issue unlawful orders just might abandon th ship u thought u were in 2gether & torpedo it after they get clear."

A new week, month & some GOOD NEWS to share today. Of course, it's Monday, so we'll have our usual large dose of the F'ng News with @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social of thefuckingnews.substack.com. Join us LIVE today 3ET/12PT at youtu.be/_YNZ4R4T3Ns, nicolesandler.com, pod, nicolesandler.substack.com

Creeps. I was going to say something about dominoes falling or a house of cards but ‘turds congealing’ may be a more just metaphor. Whichever is most evocative for any given reader, here’s to justice ⚖️ ☮️💜 Reading about tjis shit show here, courtesy of @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/thefucki... @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social "Speaker #MikeJohnson (R-LA), visibly uncomfortable with non-Nazi hand gestures, told Trump the House GOP isn’t down with his health-care plan. (Screengrab / Katie Miller podcast that the wife of Stephen Miller got through merit.)

The Lincoln Log Lawyer open.substack.com/pub/thefucki... @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social

This is horrifying. Yes, if we are at war in another country and we persuade locals to work with us in return for promises of safety, we absolutely should allow them to come here. Every single one of them. To suggest otherwise….dear God, when will the cruelty end?

This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).

"you can watch the new season of sesame street on a subscription-only streaming service" is the most depressing thing i've heard in a minute

Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?

Their attacks on Trump are so obviously intended to erase their hand in creating him.

Here’s Sean Duffy dressing in nothing on national TV:

Excellent catch up and some original reporting just starting to make its way elsewhere via TFN @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social

It's another F'ng news Monday with @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social of TheFuckingNews.substack.com on the show, but today, there's really some good new to be thankful for. Join us LIVE 3ET/12PT at youtu.be/4jydeWnyVN0. nicolesandler.com, pod later, nicolesandler.substack.com

Trump Got Venezuela Intel from Team Behind 2020 Election-Theft “Witness” open.substack.com/pub/jonathan... @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social

Murphy: Trump Kept Dems in Dark About Rogue Intel Sources open.substack.com/pub/jonathan... @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social "Congressional #Democrats have been complaining about inadequate briefings on the administration’s #Venezuela intelligence

How Mamdani Did It open.substack.com/pub/thefucki... @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social "Praise Trump — AS I’VE BEEN SAYING SINCE 2015 — for Good Things You get Trump on your side by compartmentalizing. As you would with any child, don’t write them off no matter what they set on fire.

Excellent catching up on the news with cogent commentary and tons of lulz☮️💜 via @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social

this is the world's most confusing day for centrist Democrats who just voted to condemn socialism and tried to sink Mamdani's campaign for months

Amazing Gallup finding reported by @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social today: “The U.S. is stronger as a nation because it has people from different races, religions and cultures: 84%.” MSM can’t get enough of “concerns” about multiculturalism. So how bout reporting this?

"It’s cultural erasure, a rollback of DEI promises, and loss of platforms where Black and underrepresented voices are heard. The exact places where we created spaces are being dismantled." www.refinery29.com/en-us/black-...

The Nazis, KKK, and Confederacy killed far more Americans than Al Qaeda did. Is the Al Qaeda flag “potentially divisive,” too?

Can we stop worshiping authenticity now?

On the brighter side

Not even mayor yet already he’s doing sharia law wrong…

This bystander attitude in Congress is so baffling. How do YOU propose fixing it? What are YOU doing to build political support for your fixes? What are you doing other than posts you could be posting no matter who you were?

This could also be about journalism. The idea of fighting back against the smears was rarely taken seriously, capitulation was widely accepted and treated as both inevitable and right

This guy didn't really expect a hard campaign. He wanted a coronation But @aftynbehn.bsky.social has other ideas

Heckuva ethics probe on Rep. Cory Mills. he may have: failed disclose required info, violated campaign finance laws, received special favors, engaged in misconduct with respect to allegations of sexual misconduct and/or dating violence, and/or misused congressional resources.

Thriving in independent media for 25 years, without a) getting hoovered into some larger media org & subsequently axed, b) getting ruined by some hedge fund guy, c) falling afoul of any short-lived "pivot to video" style trends, or d) going broke... ... is a genuinely remarkable achievement! Kudos.

My Tom Steyer take? He should take the tens (or hundred-plus?) millions of dollars he's going to waste on this campaign and instead buy / start the lib media org we've talked about: focus on hs & local sports, local biz, & Trump crime & corruption. Tired of our rich people being so short-sighted.

Any Democrat running for president who doesn't just say we should provide health care for everyone is out of their minds.

Some internal tension on the White House Correspondents Association email listserv today. Some journalists are complaining that background info circulated to the group by a reporter working for Saudi state-owned Al Arabiya did not mention the murder of Jamal Khashoggi...

We spoke w/ @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social about how Trump, Rubio and Hegseth are poised to go to war with Venezuela based on ridiculous intelligence from a couple of shadow warriors and threat fabricators financed by the Overstock CEO behind the “Kraken” election deniers soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning." I chose Larry Summers. Better late than never. Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below. naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...

@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social’s 11.17.25 TFN is a good one! Covering a lot of the current muck with some steal-worthy zingers! tinyurl.com/3nvzkkt2

Obviously he’d never treat a girl with anything but utmost respect.

Trump’s bogus Venezuela intel. Suspected Russian sabotage in Poland. And the ignored guns-vs-butter debate. Join Ian Masters and @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social, @pomonacollege.bsky.social's Mietek Boduszyński, and the @quincyinst.bsky.social's Ben Freeman to break it down. www.backgroundbriefing.org

Agreed. Never turn down people who will vote for the things you wanted in the first place. We'll take their votes asap. If they're interested in actually changing their opinions as a whole, then that's a prolonged conversation. They don't get to drive, but they're welcome as passengers.

FWIW, Elizabeth Warren and Larry Summers go back years. They had this interaction in 2009 after the 2008 financial crisis and the ensuing Great Recession. billmoyers.com/2014/09/05/i...

I'm back live today with @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social of thefuckingnews.substack.com & his eponymous substack too to kick off a new week. Come join us LIVE at 3ET/noonPT at youtu.be/9KD9fYqkS9g, nicolesandler.com. Pod later, nicolesandler.substack.com. WTF with Venezuela?

The Epstein emails have damaged Trump beyond repair, because the public has now seen the gross moral rot behind Trump's presidency and the elites who prop it up (and fawned over a convicted sex creep) Take your money out of AI and into pitchforks. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/epst...

🔥The two men who brought Sidney Powell her "holy grail" witness in 2020 are feeding Trump info to justify his Venezuela crusade

Trump Got Venezuela Intel from Team Behind 2020 Election-Theft “Witness” open.substack.com/pub/jonathan... @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: Remember "Release the kraken"? I just found out a Venezuelan dissident got Sidney Powell's star witness into the U.S. The dissident & his ex-CIA partner then gave Powell her stolen-election witness. And now they're feeding Trump the info behind his claims justifying war with Venezuela.

Just took "Winner-Take-All Politics" out from the library. Not for the first time. This essential work by @jacobhacker.bsky.social and Paul Pierson has been wildly overlooked and is key to recognizing political myths that continue to warp how we think about economics and politics. Just sayin'.

If the NYT told the story of the homeless teenager exploited by Matt Gaetz with even half as much empathy as it tells the story of Olivia Nuzzi, it would be in danger of committing journalism.

"Ho ho! Billionaire drollery! I has heard of “urban dictionary” so will now I use it in mine droll conversationing! #Pritzker, by the way, is a billionaire nepo baby named by #VirginiaGiuffre as one of the men who raped her as part of Epstein’s trafficking." @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social

What if instead of Cyber Monday (aka Daddy Bezos Day), we did a Support Indie Media Monday? What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators? Can we make this a thing?