Trump hates to be the object of humor. He understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism. I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]

Amanda Litman has fast become one of my favorite writers of the mid-20s. Please don’t think any less of her just because one boomer thinks she’s awesome. Just read her stuff. @amandalitman.bsky.social “Work won’t love you back” open.substack.com/pub/amandali...

Every accusation is a confession Click here to educate yourself and recognize it.

If you wonder how bad the Epstein Files are for Donald, he had the federal government shut down so you wouldn't find out.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov Please respond forcefully and meaningfully to allegations that ISP is working with ICE. You need to act and respond promptly and not wait while social posts metastasize. Social media moves faster than the old communication model.

Spot on.

10 Terrifying Venn Diagrams of Doom (for you to color) open.substack.com/pub/jessicah...

Hey funny story… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Release the Epstein Files

REMINDER: Organized resistance includes *closing your wallet.* Apple might “re-Kimmel” like Disney/ABC did if we began cancelling services and telling them why. 25% of Apple’s revenue is services. Oligarchs feel it when consumers boycott. 70% of US GDP is consumer spending! @muellershewrote.com

I loved this piece from @amandalitman.bsky.social - It’s wry, sharp, shocking, and a great reminder just how thoroughly the sane outnumber the insane who are mainly in a “The Loudest Troll” competition. “I posted online about vaccinating my kid” open.substack.com/pub/amandali...

I hate to admit that this season of SNW made it so much easier to cancel Paramount+ after the Skydance merger put another oligarch in charge of another media company I’ve been on a subscription cancelling spree and it feels so good Closing your wallet is legit resistance

@kairyssdal.bsky.social - I don't want to bother you with a DM… The Kimmel un-suspension underscored for me how powerful American consumers are when mass sentiment turns into closed wallets. It seems to me that Americans could be more aware of our clout in times when we feel helpless & overwhelmed.

I wrote a whole thing about Project 2025 over a year ago, and goddammit, I SURE HATE BEING RIGHT. www.jefftiedrich.com/p/republican...

RTO has drastically increased my aversion to socializing

UPDATE: Hedge fund billionaire pressed Treasury Secretary for Argentina bailout, Argentine media reports popular.info/p/update-hed...

I don’t hate Schumer or Jeffries. It’s simply not the right time for their skill sets. I don’t wish them ill. I only want leaders who will make the right choices for this moment, not the before times. It’s up to the People to force change. The First Amendment is for speaking truth to power.

Read this

#FuckHim #Resist

True!

This youtube.com/shorts/FVRRK...

Trump has decided that no jobs report will issue on Friday due to the government shutdown. But it turns out there is a different reason: that report will, when issued, be catastrophically bad.

Color me convinced open.substack.com/pub/oligarch...

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown. Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

This post needs to be echoed and amplified

First the shooter was trans. Then the bullets were trans. Then the roommate/love interest was trans. Now they’ve stopped talking about it.

Happy October, and Happy Jim Comey Statute of Limitations Expiration Day to all who celebrate!! AND, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!! 😉😂

Let's have more of this www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

til “obloquy”

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

@seriouseats.bsky.social - With all due respect to the author, speaking as a former server with 20 years of experience, servers always have to deal with annoyances, including diner questions (the horror!). Welcome to reality. 1/2 www.seriouseats.com/restaurant-o...

Human brains aren’t built for this volume of incomprehensible threat, much less the parsing the real threats from the decoys Pattern-seeking primates go haywire in chaos The fascists know this It's WHY our brains are being flooded with batshit nonsense: to keep us helpless You are not crazy yet

This is enormously damning stuff Also a day that ends in “y”

If you wouldn’t hire a convict to run your business, you shouldn’t vote for a criminal to run your country.

Gosh but this sounds super fun From Cory Doctorow’s Pluralistic Blog

To the Daily Beast staffer who put “79” into this headline, know this: We salute you.

I saw a guy on the bus wearing a shirt festooned with political patches & symbols including a circle-slash around a swastika I thought wow we actually have to say “no Nazis” in 2025 “No Nazis” should be a given but we actually have to proclaim it explicitly now and tomorrow No Nazis

📌I am going to put this nicely: Democrats continuing to foist Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries on us as "leaders" during these terrifying times that demand strength, bravery, and resolve is really, really fucking insulting.

Withholding an endorsement for the Democratic nominee for mayor in your own city is bad enough, but then issuing a glowing press release praising the corrupt incumbent no one likes? All while doing fuckall to stand up to Trump? I swear, he's got the political instincts of an Amish child.

Twin Peaks: Doctor Jacoby and Major Briggs.

I know this doesn't really look like me That's partly the point

THESE TWO GOTTA GO

Occam's Razor always rules. Always.

Sadly, totally false/misleading… though certainly fun to imagine. Reuters The Associated Press PolitiFact Newsweek

I don’t think there’s enough clarity on what caused Disney/ABC, Sinclair, and Nexstar to capitulate on Kimmel. It was the public pulling money from corporations. Even a hint of consumer revolt terrifies them. Consumers are 70% of the US economy. Remember that. Closing your wallet is resistance.

Live from "war ravaged" Portland

Facts for Seattleites who still think we live in a safe blue bubble But hey, KOMO is carrying Kimmel again so everything is fine, right?

With all the talk of the left being terrorists, does anyone else remember this

I used to watch Bill Maher every week, without fail. Then I realized that I've gone over a year without watching one episode. Funny how that happened.