My friend Matt Inman made a great comic about AI…

On the spectrum, on drugs, suffering from too much Botox to the forehead, or is being yelled at in his earpiece by people who know the goddamn law. Whatever it is, dude’s got more issues than than a lifetime subscription of Reader’s Digest.

Reup: How Kristi Noem is giving away $400K in "free" medical care www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ddz...

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats: “Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

And no. You do NOT need to RSVP for a No Kings protest. Hell, we’d prefer if you didn’t register - or at least make a burner account if you want to help give organizers a crowd size estimate (for like, food and water). If anyone is telling you have to register, they’re wrong. You do NOT have to.

ICE will reportedly hire contractors to surveil social media platforms 24/7 to target people for deportations. The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel). "The party of small government,” folks.

“In one case, a Florida state trooper tried to tase a US citizen in a vehicle stop as the citizen shouted, ‘I’m from here!’ 'You’ve got no rights here. You’re illegal, brother,’ a trooper is heard saying on video, a phrase that is simultaneously factually incorrect and deeply chilling.”

Reminder: Never travel out of the country with your main cell phone (or without backing it up and then doing a factory reset) or laptop. CBP agents are effectively Redcoats and they WILL delight in reminding you that they owe you no rights.

On Trump Deploying Troops to More Cities to Protect ICE from Antifa (Or Whatever)

🚨 A Tennessee woman was denied prenatal care because she was unmarried, exposing how reproductive privacy has collapsed since Roe’s fall and how faith and policy now clash with bodily autonomy and the right to privacy. open.substack.com/pub/theintel...

President Trump addressed backpay for furloughed workers, saying that some "don't deserve to be taken care of" and that he'll take care of them in a different way.

Today in Judiciary, the MAGA Attorney General falsely accused me of taking money, “not only once but twice,” from “one of Epstein’s closest confidantes.” She brought it up twice, in response to different questions, so no accident.

I noted that taxpayers have probably paid $400K for the hospital care (and guard) necessitated by Kristi Noem's goons. www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/05/4...

These two grafs from @elienyc.bsky.social. Woof. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

Oh SHIT. Two birds with one stone and neither were for immigration. It was to hassle black folk and make a sizzle real about it and to help Wells Fargo out. Fucking crazy shit.

With farm bailouts back in the news, it's a great time to remind everyone that US Treasury Secretary Bessent owns thousands of acres of of soybean farms. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/u...

“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”

Scoop, by @lorenzofb.bsky.social: A federal contract shows ICE spent $825,000 on vans equipped with fake cellphone towers known as cell-site simulators, which can be used to spy on nearby phones.

Turns out Corey Lewandowski is sabotaging Stephen Miller's dragnet. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

I guess we’re at the “desegregation was bad” op-Ed’s in NYT stage of MAGA’s campaign to create Jim Crow II.

And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here. www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/... And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong. #AIisnotresearch

It's a battle of wills with a dude in a frog suit doing pelvic thrusts. Do you know how much psychic damage that does?

I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop “left-wing” terrorism. He is staging it. His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns. This is now very obvious.

A life update: this wound up paying off. I'm still applying to several jobs that are hopefully careers, but I've got my survival needs covered by a job at the airport that I'm apparently pretty good at. And instead of being in an office alone, which was driving me mad, I see 20k people a day.

This photograph is 30 yrs old from the LA Riots. Thanks to those who already clocked it like @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com. Photography credit to Mark Elias/AP. CNN ought to do better, be accurate and truthful in its photojournalism (and its journalism, overall.) Shameful. Add accurate captions.

Wow gas has gotten really cheap all of a sudden

There is a major, major problem with taking what happened in Washington, D.C., as a federal enclave, and transposing it to legitimize the idea of the Texas National Guard policing the streets of Chicago in violation of the law and saying, "Chicagoans would love this!" (they would not).

ATLANTIC: “Miller, like Trump, appears to believe his side stands for what is right and good, and his opponents stand for what is evil. Any methods used by Trump are ipso facto justified, and any methods used against him illegitimate.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

1. On Friday, the president changed his mind. He decided that he is not going to break the law by withholding $187 million in federal funding for an intelligence and counterterrorism initiative in New York City. And you *should be grateful*.

26. They know their policies are so unpopular they would never become reality if Vought and Miller couldn’t whisper in the ear of a doddering old man who can't tell the difference b/w reality and TV. For indie voters who may be looking for an off ramp, it’s not Project 2025. It’s Puppet 2025.

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

The health insurance industry doesn't care who you voted for — only how much money they can extract from you. Insurance premiums are set to double, and Republicans shut down the government to make sure it happens. Now is the time to demand universal healthcare with Medicare for All.

The second autopsy on the body of Delta State University student Trey Reed has not been released, despite uncorroborated social media rumors currently circulating claiming it uncovered evidence of foul play. Reed, who was Black, was found hanging from a tree on the campus in Cleveland last month.

Alliance. Defending. Freedom. @ashtonpittman.bsky.social and I have been writing about ADF for years—probably only outlet in Mississippi that has. Um, they provided Mississippi bill that overturned Roe. I still smh about reporters fooled about origin. www.mississippifreepress.org/to-rule-hist...

But there's not enough money for healthcare...

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Texas once feared a phantom federal occupation. Now Gov. Abbott’s troops are helping carry it out under Trump. And Houston may be next, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board. bit.ly/48Q3D5C

These are the "law enforcement" tactics federal agents are using in Chicago. Their car is obstructed by a moped so they tear gas the entire neighborhood. Unacceptable in America.

THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time. Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense. 🧵

Black people in Chicago had their apartment building raided in the middle of the night, were detained for hours, and had their Fourth Amendment rights violated during an ICE operation that had nothing to do with them. Nah, they are not thrilled.

We're losing many might-have-been disease treatments under Trump without ever realizing the scale of what we've lost. Drugs for serious illnesses like cancer, HIV & seizure disorders "have years-long backstories that often trace to basic science... 1/4 www.washingtonpost.com/education/in...

Great piece from @dell.bsky.social at @wired.com about ICE's newest foray into social media monitoring: the agency is putting out feelers for contractors who can do on-site, open source intel 24/7 for ICE's Targeting Operations Division (TOD). 1/ www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

The class and Christianity of Kristi Noem anntelnaes.substack.com/p/the-christ...

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data. We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district. Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

I got my assistant to sign me up for ACA and I pay for my yearly screenings with gold bars. These rich white men think average people are dumb because rich white men are fucking ignorant. This motherfuckers don’t even know you have to re-enroll in insurance yearly even with employer insurance.