SCOOP — The White House instructed all federal agency leadership on Tuesday to send out a mandatory message to workers blaming the impending potential government shutdown on House Democrats, The Handbasket was first to learn. Absolutely no modifications to the email were permitted. My story:

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In case we forget because so much happens every day, I think it's pretty clear they knew EXACTLY whom they blew up because Vance said as much and I hope someone will report on this

Effect of tariffs I've seen — Higher clothing prices overall — Overseas sellers covering tariff costs, but passing cost to the consumer — US stores dropping brands. Example: No Man Walks Alone won't be carrying Norbit this fall bc tariff uncertainty — Fewer deals. Ebay shuts down overseas sellers

What will poor Eric Adams do for work? That’s nbody’s business but the Turks!

we must abolish ICE

If you’ve seen the new Paul Thomas Anderson film I think you realize right away that today’s Supreme Court is run by “Christmas Adventurers” now.

As Kamala proved, they’d rather lose elections than advocate for policies their big donors don’t approve.

Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens. Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...

Really important to internalize that the president of the United States is ordering troops into major population centers precisely to create violent confrontations, for the sole purpose of intimidating, criminalizing and disabling opposition

Full video since YouTube removed it

I’m at the New Yorkers Against ICE rally in Foley Square with hundreds of others. Earlier today ICE agents threw a grieving wife of a detainee to the ground inside 26 Federal Plaza, just steps from here. Elected officials @bradlander.bsky.social, @jumaane.bsky.social and others are speaking.

The Global Sumud Flotilla, sailing toward Gaza with humanitarian aid, has come under sustained drone assaults in the Mediterranean. Drop Site editor Alex Colston, aboard the Sirius-Haifa, spoke to Breaking Points about at least 12 overnight attacks two days ago which hit nine different vessels…

@hyperfixedpod.bsky.social I think you inadvertently solved a mystery of mine. I once found an abandoned orchard while hiking and I couldn't identify the apples I collected. Everyone I showed them to agreed that the closest thing they resembled was the red delicious.

News that Josh Gad would play Rick Moranis’ son in ‘Strange Brew 2’ appears to be have been cooked up by an AI slop Facebook page with hundreds of thousands of shares. open.substack.com/pub/vinceman...

When in West Virginia, have a pepperoni roll

An Update: I received an email canceling my contract as a columnist at @startribune.com after sharing this story publicly. (I had written columns past the one-year contract already + been asked to continue on in July).

Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach. To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat. And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.

Kat Abughazaleh, 26, made her name swatting down right-wing talking points on social media. Now she’s hoping internet fame can propel her to Congress. www.wired.com/story/kat-ab...

New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important www.404media.co/were-suing-i...

No one should get violent threats. But if you’re gonna change your vote because of it, you should resign. I’Ve been getting violent threats all week and not only do I have no intention of shutting up, I think it’s evidence that we need to say it louder

Ecotone Renewables’ patented Zero Emission Upcycling Systems breaks down food waste through anaerobic digestion, turning it into a liquid fertilizer and renewable energy.

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

the fact that a sitting US president is talking about antifascism being terrorism should tell you a lot about what he thinks his own government represents

I think the Kimmel stuff is quite serious and bad, but taking a rich guy off the air for speech is not as harsh as agents of the state grabbing someone over speech and deporting them without due process, and the latter person is clearly more vulnerable, come on.

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us. We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again. That's the revolution.

Right-wingers are calling for my arrest. You know why? Because they know I’m the only candidate in my race who will actually stand up to ICE and Trump. And they’re right.

If this is what it took for you to be pushed into fascism you were probably already there

Say it with me: we would not be seeing this authoritarian censorship takeover in the United States, had both parties, the media and elite institutions not already greased the path with the muzzling of speech on Palestine.

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

In 2019, I interviewed Charlie Kirk. I asked him about TPUSAs funding and he got mad and ended the interview. lyz.substack.com/p/the-day-i-...

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

Hi guys, did you already know there are competitions for window tinting? With better commentators than most of the tennis matches I’ve watched on ESPN? (Low bar I know) Anyway if you need to procrastinate harder than you’ve ever procrastinated before, I got you

The look we get when we tell Tommy Lee Jones we are doing an all-day marathon of his movies in honor of his 79th birthday. Watch him in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN and more today on Pluto TV Icons: pluto.tv/us/live-tv/6...

When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school. Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families? My own colleagues are silent.

Feeling nostalgic. Posting a thing. blovish.github.io/kirkslider/

Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.

It needs to be said that by rebranding Charlie Kirk's views as moderate by both right wingers and liberal cowards resets the extremist views he held as normal and pushes the Overton window to the far right

This is Frankie. He sometimes comes close to forming a full thought. But always decides it's just not worth the risk. 12/10 (TT: frank.the.pup)

Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party

Breaking — FEMA Acting Chief Counsel Colt Hagmaier just resigned in an email to staff. He's worked at the agency for more than a decade. Hagmaier's resignation comes immediately after two FEMA employees were placed on leave for comments about Charlie Kirk. Text of his email shared with me:

November 17, 2021 www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-n...

"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

"Not all homeless people deserve involuntary lethal injection" is one hell of an apology.

Pointing out Charlie Kirk's hate speech is not hate speech. It's objective reporting. Apologize to Matthew Dowd and rehire him. A full-throated embrace of genocide is hate speech – beyond all measure. Fire Brian Kilmeade. Immediately.

Y'know that Guardian article which cited an anonymous friend of Tyler Robinson claiming he was the only "leftist" in his family? It just got updated after the "verified source" decided he couldn't remember his "relationship" with the accused shooter well enough to be quoted

there's a weird feedback loop where the media's reaction to kirk's death pushes you to speak more ill of the dead than you otherwise would because it's the only reasonable response to the simpering praise they're heaping on him

They've been doing stops all over this area for days We collected evidence and sources, we even forwarded to other reporters with big newsroom resources because we are underwater as just two people, just had no time for write-up on larger pattern No one listened And now a man is dead