Mainstream media is owned by just 6 billionaires.

Ronald Reagan would have never supported Donald Trump. And unlike all my cowardly former Republican colleagues who’ve told me PRIVATELY over the years they oppose Trump, Reagan would have PUBLICLY opposed Trump.

“When you think about this trying to out-cheat each other, rather than outperform each other, it’s all between Democrats and Republicans, and the ones that are getting left behind are the people,” Schwarzenegger said. thehill.com/homenews/sta...

Those "hard-hitting" sanctions by Trump against Russia were hardly hard-hitting...

The US Capitol Arlington Cemetery The White House The American wilderness America has sacred spaces. Trump profanes them all. www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...

Loud second

High-ranking Russian officers are running military training programs for Ukrainian children from occupied territories and overseeing a system of youth militarization, an investigation by the Kyiv Indepndent has found.

This is not sustainable, folks. #medicareforall

Scope downgrades US credit rating on public finance, governance deterioration; revises outlook to 'stable' reut.rs/43iIr4X

"Trump is rapidly transforming the presidency into a massive Bribe Delivery System...These are still functionally extortion payments, or tribute payments, being directed in accordance with Trump’s commands..." Dems need to hammer hard to taxpayers: their hard-earned dollars are flowing to Trump.

Remembering the good old days (July) when Trump was chewing out Jerome Powell for a 30% cost overrun of the Federal Reserve's renovations. Ballroom cost per Trump is now 200% of his original estimate and growing another $50 million every day.

That we know of.

The Border Lands Conservation Act gives the Department of Homeland Security the power to waive myriad federal laws, including the Wilderness Act, under the pretense of border security, shares Public Domain. buff.ly/S4kysfY

One of the best pieces I've read in a while. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...

North Carolina legislature gives final approval to new congressional map that could give Republicans one more seat in the US House. https://cnn.it/4qny8pZ

The Best Political Cartoons on Donald Trump https://bit.ly/4qoxQiG

Just for kicks, I looked for coverage on #FoxNews of Trump's proposal to seek $230 million from US taxpayers. This was a top story yesterday on non-Trumpist-propaganda outlets. But nothing on #FoxNews. Today I found a "buried" link to a video of Trump talking about it. @brianstelter.bsky.social

Bottom line after a day full of media M&A developments: We don't know who will own CNN a year or two from now.

Hundreds of anti-science bills have hit statehouses, targeting key public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety, fluoride. bit.ly/4qkw167

Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.

And Karoline Leavitt is given a pass every damn day (just like Sara Huckabee for the most part in Trump 1.0). The lies were/are a firehose. Biden’s press secretaries were A-players who did not blatantly lie and propagandize. That MAGA voters can’t see the obvious “lying as sport” is really sad.

Trump was caught on a hot mic arranging a meeting between a foreign head of state and Eric Trump, who runs the Republican's family business. Isn’t this exactly the sort of thing GOP members of Congress used to care about? www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

June 2024, Trump Las Vegas campaign rally: Trump says "I don't care about you, I just want your vote." To which his MAGA supporters cheered...

American Bar Assoc.: "Intimidating a political opponent, a lawyer or law enforcement official who was doing their job, an organization that pursued missions not favored by the president, state attorneys general and even members of Congress is unacceptable." www.jurist.org/news/2025/09...

Michael Ben'Ary who'd been prosecuting Abbey Gate terrorist Jafar, says his firing (bc of a false MAGA activist X post) "will hurt this case." DOJ leaders "more concerned with punishing" Trump's "perceived political enemies than they are with protecting our national security."

@chrisstirewalt.bsky.social Sure would like to see your commentary here, Chris!

Hamas has submitted its response to Trump’s Gaza plan, saying it is ready to release all Israeli captives – both living and dead – in exchange for an end to Israel’s war and the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the enclave, as outlined in Trump’s proposal.

“Elon Musk’s SpaceX has taken money directly from Chinese investors, according to previously sealed testimony, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of the United States’ most important military contractors.”

Farmers: sell no soy, get $0.00 in revenue, get $10B bailout The PRC: buys no US soy, pays $0.00 in tariffs, buys ARG soy ARG: gets $20B in subsidies from the US Taxpayer, then sells soy to PRC US Taxpayer: gets $0.00 in soy tariffs, but pays $30B to farmers and ARG

Got Soybeans?

CONGRESS HAS THE POWER OF THE PURSE

The director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute: "Their words should leave no doubt in anyone’s mind that the civilian leadership intends to use the threat and actuality of violence to infringe on Americans’ constitutional rights."

University presidents it’s time for a united front. I mean, it’s past time. What are you going to do.

Look, everything about this is embarrassing and horrible, but I’d like to zero in on him proudly and loudly trumpeting PROJECT 2025. Every member of the media who willingly snowed themselves when he said he knew nothing about it should be embarrassed to be seen in public ever again.

Americans are evenly divided on whether members of Congress should compromise or stand on principle even if it may lead to a shutdown, according to data released Tuesday from a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. to.pbs.org/4gUiGxo

Democrats hand Trump an executive order with a twist: release the Epstein files. Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social n for Raw Story #PoliticalCartoon #EditorialCartoon #Trump #USPolitics #Epsteinfiles

ICYMI: GOP Operative Who Pushed to Cut Early Voting Will Help Oversee North Carolina Elections www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Didn't this used to be called "price-fixing" in the good ol' days? "while aligning prices for its commercial and retail customers with competitive practices" www.newsnationnow.com/business/you...

If the government shuts down, President Donald Trump and his administration — which has already defied norms on executive power — likely will seek to exert more power. (via @politifact.bsky.social) https://to.pbs.org/47YLgLx

President Donald Trump ordered military troops to be deployed to Portland, Oregon, and said he is authorizing the use of “full force” if necessary to fight crime

2/2 Based on the FBI Arctic Haze Investigation, will be important to see if DOJ has specific evidence that Comey authorized Richman to be anonymous source. And how they deal with this: "Richman claimed Comey never asked him to talk to the media."

As investigators closed in, elite experts and professionals offered support and advice to Jeffrey Epstein. A cache of private emails obtained by Bloomberg News reveals details from his network. Read the Big Take ⬇️

Weird that he wasn't outraged when a terrorist pumped 500 bullets into the CDC recently and killed a police officer. Wonder why.

Here's the thing: The mere possibility of investigations and prosecutions is itself designed to achieve Trump/Stephen Miller's goals. “The threat to do it is itself a form of intimidation. It’s intended to chill lawful political expression.” 6/6 newrepublic.com/article/2009...

So did Halligan lie to the grand jury, since there’s no case? #JamesComey

Guess what? The house oversight committee got 8500 more pages from the Epstein Estate today and guess what we aren’t talking about? I know we only have so little time!