This got me- Ben Terris' NY Mag profile of "Top Goon" Kristi Noem quotes the 28-year-old Noem made Deputy Director of ICE saying: “I absolutely think I’m qualified for the job,” she told me. “Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?” nymag.com/intelligence...

Hat tip to @aoc.bsky.social, this is pretty excellent

More than that. "The FBI ***recorded*** Tom Homan taking the money "after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration."

In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration

New: The federal probe of Charlie Kirk’s killing has yet to find a link between Tyler Robinson & LW groups, per 3 sources familiar “Every indication so far is that this was one guy who did one really bad thing because he found Kirk’s ideology personally offensive” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com

As corrupt and appalling as the ouster of this career prosecutor for refusing to prosecute Trump's enemies truly is, I strongly encourage folks to also understand this as evidence that Trump's authoritarian designs are facing serious institutional resistance:

A good and fair question, I think most who voted yes were more focused on the half of the text on political violence etc than on the half about Charlie Kirk. Not a benefit to voting yes, a problem with voting no. To be clear it’s not how my boss voted or what I’d advocate, just trying to explain it

one could have this kind of interaction on any social media platform, but i guess i hoped when it started that bluesky would not be this way, and unfortunately it really is this way now

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot. one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

Democrats vote against the continuing resolution, as projected. Republicans just passed it on largely party line vote:

A summary in advance of the Kirk vote, to save you time. Some Dems vote yes, some no, some present, some don’t vote. Reporters remark on how divided Dems are and award 10 points to Slytherin. Breathlessly mad Republican posts get retweets. Being non-binding, the resolution does nothing. We move on.

1/ I really want to urge people to understand that relatively minor differences: too far/not far enough left; abundance vs monopoly; bad headlines or blind spots in last few MSM cos doing good work; your ideal candidate vs not that—all irrelevant compared to uniting against authoritarianism.

Trump just now: "I think maybe their license should be taken away."

Just imagine the reaction by right wingers if the Biden administration had pressured broadcasters to pull a leading Fox "News" personality off the air (as the Trump adminstration just did with Jimmy Kimmell)? bluevirginia.us/2025/09/thur... h/t @fritschner.bsky.social

House Democrats just peeled off 3 Republicans to block Nance Mace's resolution censuring and removing Rep. Ilhan Omar from her committees for saying things she did not say

Hi @moderation.bsky.app, this is an image of a famous photograph of an American slave, it does not depict "self-harm." Would appreciate any assistance you can render

Bill Pulte is going to be PISSED when he hears about this. Wonder if he'll make a criminal referral. Wonder if Trump will fire a white dude? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Three House Republicans just flipped their votes after having their arms twisted by GOP leadership, passing the measure which will surrender their power to block Trump’s tariffs. Final vote:

We have ourselves another interesting rule vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. Significantly, this rule would again surrender, until April, congressional powers to block Trump’s tariffs. That may be at issue for Rs voting no Massie, Bacon, Obernolte, Kiley, Spartz, McClintock

Robert Redford was my favorite, it’s hard to process that he is gone. His performances made more movies beloved to me than anyone else, I’d take The Sting over any other film for flawless perfection. We don’t expect famous people to also be good people but he was. He belongs to the ages

BREAKING: The DC Circuit has *rejected* Trump's bid to fire Lisa Cook from the Fed board, allowing her to participate in tomorrow's interest-rate setting meeting. Trump's last hope is a quick stay from SCOTUS. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Reuters: No Evidence Of Primary Residence Violation By Fed Gov Lisa Cook, Says Michigan Official www.reuters.com/world/us/no-...

*looks directly at the camera*

The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters. Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence. These docs show she did not. www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

This is pretty cool for the OP, who is a big Trekkie

Texas Republican Morgan Luttrell announces that he will not seek reelection to Congress, surprising and unexpected. Trump won the current TX-08 by 34 but I don't know what the number is under the redrawn maps enacted last month

Loomer deleted the post on the left this morning

Welcome to the Virginia delegation, @jameswalkinshaw.bsky.social! We’re all excited to have you on board.

Congressman James Walkinshaw was just sworn in by the Speaker, with the Virginia delegation standing behind him including my former boss, former Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton. The House now stands at 219 R - 213 D.

The House floor has temporarily turned into a venue for the South Carolina Republican primary for Governor, as Ralph Norman and certified genital inspector Nancy Mace try to outdo each other with NDAA amendments to see who can humiliate transgender Americans serving in the military the most

For context, that's 20% of the entire population of the congressional district. Not of eligible voters. Of the entire populace. For a random Tuesday in September in a special election.

The VA-11 special election will be at ~150,000+ votes when all are counted, solid turnout — and James Walkinshaw will win by 50 points in a district Harris won by 34. Dems have now overperformed 2024 results by 15+ points in all three House special elections this year

I'm proud of the Harris-Walz Virginia Team's wins last year including the 34-point victory in the 11th, but James Walkinshaw is on a pace to crush that margin tonight. 130,000 votes in (the VA-4 special in '23 had 110,000 when all votes were counted) with more precincts out and he's up 50 points!!

Northern Virginia gets a new Congressman!

Hats off to @robertgarcia.bsky.social and @oversightdemocrats.house.gov for forcing publication of this Epstein material over the objections of the Speaker, the vast majority of the Republican majority, the White House, and the President — despite being in the minority. Well done

i can’t believe they’re really going with “does that really look like his signature?” when it’s one of the most recognizable signatures and looks exactly like all his other signatures clearly betting on the strength of their media bubble. guess we’ll see if they’re right

Finding out today what my friend Scott from biology class has done since he switched schools in 1999 has been really awesome and mind-blowing

As many have pointed out, Barrasso is a doctor

Sen. Mike Crapo, a Republican from Idaho who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, just refused to swear in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. which would have put his testimony to the Senate under oath.

House Democrats just defeated this attempt by Republicans to censure Rep. McIver and remover her from the House Committee on Homeland Security. Final vote:

“We’re firing scientists today”

Full resignation letter bsky.app/profile/donm...

All three are here: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

A patriotic and dedicated public servant who is outraged at the dangerous direction HHS and CDC have gone under Trump and RFK. Many more people will die.

Wow

My grandfather is 101. He was a doctor and researcher for generations. In his life he’s seen near-miracles of medical science come to fruition. To this day he reads Nature and Science and keeps up with the latest discoveries. He tells me he is deeply worried about public health.

It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu x.com/dr_demetre/s...