The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

On October 18, we rise! Not to defend broken systems, but to defend each other! Because our communities deserve more than fear, silence, and billion-dollar bailouts for the powerful. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. FIND or HOST a 10/18 action at www.FiftyFifty.one #NoKings #Oct18 #50501Movement

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Former counselor to RFK Jr’s predecessor:

Some advertisers on propagandist Sinclair stations.

Take 30 minutes and watch my analysis of how and why Donald Trump is escalating his authoritarian crackdown on thought, dissent, media and organizations. Then share it with others. youtu.be/4kKtGgh3l5I

Today in 2020, RFK Jr's nephew risked his career to reveal how Kushner's Covid-19 task force kept PPE from hospitals and lied about infection numbers. Rather than assist the government, the team was meant to silence health experts.

The EPA has ordered scientists in at least one of its research offices to immediately pause almost all efforts to publish research. The studies will now be subject to a new review process. 
That decision — to reevaluate all manuscripts — was made by Trump political appointees.

The H1-B visa thing is, like everything else in the Trump administration, set up to carve up exceptions for friends and punish enemies. It’s the authoritarian thru-line that stitches everything together.

Also, remember it was a HUGE SCANDAL that Obama AG Loretta Lynch was accused of potentially interfering in an investigation? Funny how Fox News spent so much time on that but won't mention something like this... www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index...

They know they don’t have to hide their crimes because no one is ever going to hold them accountable. Never have and never will. #ZEROAccountability #ZEROConsequences #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

This morning at 11am, corner of Hathorn and Broadway in Somerville MA. 3 ICE vehicles idling on nearby corners. I was following two ICE cars that were cruising around the neighborhood. This person was just walking down the sidewalk when two ICE vehicles stopped and officers jumped out to stop him.

But will she #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles ?

Good point.

Hey @ericlisann.bsky.social. A ? that's been on my mind lately -- is there any creative, "outside the box" way you can think of that Dems could get around the pardon power & STILL bring fed. cases against pardoned individuals in 2029 if Dems get the Hse, Snte, & Prez.? 1/ bsky.app/profile/jabb...

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."

“The FBI recorded Tom Homan, White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help agents posing as business executives win government contracts in a 2nd Trump administration… Trump’s DOJ shut down the investigation…” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

From the Feb 28 edition of my newsletter, FOIA Files The Story Behind FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s Role in Project 2025 Docs provide a behind-the-scenes look at how Carr was tapped for the chapter on “FCC priorities”—and the swift ethics review that preceded it www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

This is amazing.

This is America today (as the rest of the world looks at us in amazement and horror.) #ShiningCityOnAHill

Highly recommended for this particular moment in time. Also, icymi, #TheyKnew

THIS is the SCOTUS “Shadow Docket.” We’re never going to break away from this until we separate the billionaires from the government. #ClearAndPresentDanger

Dutch late night TV has its take

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A man caged by ICE was found dead in his cell inside a Long Island jail 18 hours after arriving there.

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target

As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."

I will just say it again. A key facet of totalitarian fascism is information control in all forms.

#BoycottDisney #CancelHulu #BoycottABC

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov your cowardice is appalling. Murder is always wrong. But you danced to the fascist tune in voting turning Charlie Kirk into a hero to be celebrated across the land. You are not leaders. You are losers who have no idea how to rise to this moment.

The only Dems who earned respect today are @aoc.bsky.social who spoke out against their vote to turn a human racist, misogynist Christian nationalist into some kind of national hero, and poor @nancypelosi.bsky.social who left before they praised a man who mocked the near-murder of her husband.

An update on the government funding bills. Washington Republicans are ready to shut down the government in order to take away your health care.

Cartoon by ArtandResponse.com.

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump Friday said he wants Erik Siebert, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, removed because two Democratic Senators voted to confirm him to the position. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Ruffalo: I'm reaching out to all of my brothers and sisters in the entertainment industry, to join us...They're coming after celebrities because they know we are the last ones to actually be able to have our freedom to speak. So use your platform wisely, use it generously for this movement. #NoKings

Two years ago, our reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of thousands of files: years of secretly recorded conversations, private militia chat logs and videos sent by a man named John Williams. (Published Jan. 2025)

and a retired meteorologist shall lead us

We MUST respond to this attack. #CancelDisney #CancelHulu #CancelESPN #BoycottABC Disney Pulled Jimmy Kimmel as Pressure Built on Multiple Fronts www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/b...

To say that the media is bending a knee, falsely assumes there are still hardened bones and a joint in place in their operations. Their mission now is to report the news fearfully and to seek Trump’s favor. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/lega...

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

Turns out when you capitulate you still lose your job. That should be a lesson to everyone

Sen. Alex Padilla: "This isn't about one comedian or one television personality or any one network. It's about whether we as Americans still have the freedom to laugh at those in power, to question authority, and to tell the truth without fear of retribution."

"You live in a mafia state in a mafia world headed for the mother of all mergers." -- THEY KNEW (2022)

To all of the haters out there. Sarah has been right repeatedly. For years. Go back and read “Hiding in Plain Sight.” Or listen to old @gaslitnation.bsky.social episodes. lt’s all there. As are the warnings about what today would look like.

Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

The Epstein Files. www.miamiherald.com/article31214...

Absolutely nothing is going to stop them, unless we stop them now.

Everything needs to shut down. Democrats need to not fund this oppressive government which is being used by Trump to oppress Americans. National Strike. Boycotts. This country, especially Trump and his billionaire friends, worships money. Green trumps the color White. Gotta shut it down.