Japan could soon make history with its first-ever female prime minister. Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi has been elected the new leader of Japan's ruling party, putting her on track to lead the world's fourth-biggest economy: https://bloom.bg/4gRaKNc

Yes!

MEANWHILE: In other news, a nearby Club Med reports that a Dive Master and three scuba diving students have been reported missing. www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/p...

BREAKING: Sec'y of Defense Pete Hegseth announces deadly strike on "narco-trafficking vessel," killing 4 people off Venezuela

US archivist ousted after refusing to let Trump give Eisenhower’s sword to King Charles – reports

Thank you Jane Goodall for a lasting legacy of conservation, service to all of us, and for always being brave.

MAGA’s government shutdown was totally avoidable, and I will keep fighting hard to get government back open. In the meantime, my team and I have put together a dedicated resource page to help your family navigate this rocky time.

As many as 4 million federal employees, including some service members, could go without a paycheck. Hundreds of thousands -- including airport security officers, air traffic controllers and certain members of the military -- will be told to come to work anyway. ICE agents also go without pay.

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🔥 Trump told the generals to get on board treating the American people as enemies or get purged. Hegseth eliminates the separate physical fitness requirements for women- that will destroy women in the military and says he’s bringing back hazing.

MASS WORLD PROTESTS THREAD:👇🧵 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. While 90% of media (owned by 6 billionaires) were focusing on getting teachers fired for calling Kirk a nazi… there were mass protests all over the world! Did you hear about any of them? I dug up some videos:👇🧵

The next President should make their first act to tear that monstrosity down and return the oval office to not looking like the imperial fucking palace.

that was fast

Please watch and re-post ad infinitum. This is beyond insane and dangerous AF.

The winds of heaven blow between the horse’s ears….Arab saying

This is the way.

HOLY SHIT

Look, it’s Heroin and Adderall ganging up on Tylenol.

She’s still the boss

Trump: "We've got a lot of stupid people in this country running things."

Meanwhile, back in the real world . . . Bagram Air Base was built by the Soviet Union in the 1950s. What an idiot.

“…to those who built it.” That would be the USSR!

An early look at next week’s cover: "Remote Control,” by Barry Blitt. nyer.cm/6ApBXER

A cartoon by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons

Things that need to be said to Trump.

Replace them all. Primary every single one. They are useless to us as we fight this autocracy.

For a month Trump said he was personally paying for the ballroom. Now we learn he’s been shaking down corporations to pay for it who want something from the govt. Another corrupt scam between Trump and CEOs that he lied about. I doubt he pays a penny.

Next move …Stephen Colbert has Jimmy Kimmel on as a guest and / or guest host‼️

This administration has initiated the largest assault on free speech in modern history. I just motioned to subpoena FCC Director Brendan Carr to stop the intimidation of private businesses and assault on free speech. Congress must wake up from our slumber, assert our power and do our job.

I'll say again: not a democracy. Robinson was raised by MAGAs and steeped in MAGA culture. He then entered the sinister alt-right digital ecosystem. He happens to be gay, but the presumption that that means he's a leftist is virulently homophobic. Kimmel gets this, and was suspended for saying it.

www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/m... Another politically motivated decision!

Voting is the foundation of our democracy and the freedom that safeguards all others. On National Voter Registration Day, let us honor the legacy of those who sacrificed so much to secure it. Register to vote or check your registration at IWillVote.com.

California is facing a crisis of connection among young men, with rising suicide rates and deepening isolation. So today, I'm issuing a challenge: for men to step up and volunteer as mentors, coaches, and tutors, and build a California for young men to grow and thrive.

Charlie Kirk's shooter was trained to use a gun since childhood. Secret Service Analysis of Targeted School Violence showed that 77% of school shooters have used weapons in the past & 76% get their guns from their homes of from their relatives. www.secretservice.gov/sites/defaul... #ItsTheGuns

My final though on this topic...

These are all people who wanted to kill their enemies before Charlie Kirk was shot, are more vocal about it now, and will keep lusting for it long after Charlie Kirk has been buried. Today’s biggest event could have been a dog farting and they would have reacted by wanting you dead.

It’s the guns.

Global condemnation grows after Israel attacked Hamas’s leadership in a residential area of Doha, Qatar, killing five members, including the son of Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/vyp7di

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Stay strong Nepal 🇳🇵 ✊

Ongoing Revolution in Nepal. The PM and most of the government have quit/fled. Parliament just burned to the ground.

"Yes, you can legally be racist." - The US Supreme Court, 9/8/25

30 years ago I memorized this poem so that I would always have it in my back pocket.