*Albert B Fall, trying to climb out of the earth and get a role in the current administration*

oh. okay

Authoritarianism is like measles: Ignore it and it will go away. I have this guidance straight from Secretary Kennedy. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Americans disapprove of President Trump’s performance on crime by a 10-percentage-point margin and oppose him ordering the National Guard to cities by a four-point margin, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll.

fortunately our corporations are rising to the moment

Think of all the free time you’ll get back once you no longer have to spend an hour every night watching comedians criticize the regime!

It’s not a chilling effect. It would only be chilling if you had something horrid to say, and you don’t, do you? Certainly nothing critical of the regime, and absolutely no paraphrasing, not of anyone, not at this time!

When your anti-vax Health Secretary stacks the vaccine committee: "Some members seemed confused about the data they were being presented. After their vote on the program that provides free vaccines for children, some members asked what they just voted on." wapo.st/3K9OBNV

Authoritarianism is like measles: Ignore it and it will go away. I have this guidance straight from Secretary Kennedy. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

It’s not a chilling effect. It would only be chilling if you had something horrid to say, and you don’t, do you? Certainly nothing critical of the regime, and absolutely no paraphrasing, not of anyone, not at this time!

CDC's ACIP is about to discuss a potential delay in administering the hep B shot to newborns — here's what's at stake (we're tuning in and will be updating) w/ @elaineywchen.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/09/18/c...

for people who love to keep a coal plant running against its will they sure hate canaries

BREAKING: Walt Disney-owned ABC said it will indefinitely stop airing 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' after remarks the late-night host made about Charlie Kirk's assassination came under harsh criticism from the head of the FCC reut.rs/4nFcP12

no price is too high to pay in this pointless war against lifesaving science!

NEW: Ex-CDC director Susan Monarez said today in a Senate hearing that RFK Jr. is planning childhood vaccine changes in September.

Republicans moved to speed up Senate confirmation of President Trump’s nominees by changing the chamber’s rules. Senators voted 53-45 to allow themselves to change the rules with a simple majority — a move known as the “nuclear option.”

BREAKING: The Supreme Court lifts restrictions on Los Angeles immigration stops, clearing the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations.

you know how it goes

don’t forget to subtract the job of whoever compiled this report

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children

Still thinking about this mind-boggling exchange regarding the former CDC director today RFK JR: I told her that she had to resign because I asked her, “are you a trustworthy person?” and she said “no.” WARREN: What?

A partial list of politicians and organizations that have called for RFK Jr to resign

demonstrating my patriotism by steadfastly refusing to cede puns to the Nazis (also this whole piece is, of course, very good)

in case you missed it, before the “rose garden” event

you can tell how raveled I am by how early I start to get excited for Halloween and let’s just say I have already broken out the skeleton shirt as of today September 3rd

Apologies! You have reached the end of your free trial period of America

shortened this (grim, awful) headline for you

Valued users! We understand that over the past 250-odd years, you have come to rely on the services provided by the U.S. of A.: postal delivery, representative government, edible food, clean water, lifesaving vaccines, and no kings—ever, guaranteed. Well, 250 years of free is enough.

Apologies! You have reached the end of your free trial period of America

“all-hands meeting” you mean a high five?

this is starting to look optimistic

The Guardian US is releasing a new tool today, a tracker tallying the arrests, detentions, and deportations since the start of the second Trump admin. We are going to continue to update as the admin releases new data: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

just awful wapo.st/46aNJB0

US CDC chief exits after weeks in role, three top officials resign reut.rs/4mDISOM

"It is without a doubt the most illegal search I've ever seen in my life," U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui said from the bench. "I'm absolutely flabbergasted at what has happened. A high school student would know this was an illegal search." unreal quote 😭

meanwhile at the sandwich crimes unit

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday were unable to secure a felony assault indictment against a man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent on the streets of Washington this month, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Wow. On NPR, @gbrumfiel.bsky.social reports a Social Security official “copied the Social Security numbers, names and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud.” The source is a whistleblower, who is named: Charles Borges, SSN chief data officer.

The Trump administration directs 40 states, five territories and Washington, D.C. to remove references to transgender people from their sex education programs or risk losing federal funding.

Three hours of groveling www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

love to live in 2025

I don’t like the Pete and Bobby challenge

on the one hand I should absolutely put my phone down but on the other hand what if the forces attacking democracy operate on weeping angels logic

UPDATE: Fox News reports that ICE told Kilmar Abrego Garcia they are going to deport him to Uganda on Monday.

nothing suspicious here!

anybody else’s gyre feel wider lately

meanwhile at the sandwich crimes unit

Why are museums full of artifacts and stories from the past? Why don’t museums include things from the future? These are questions everyone has, not just me, Donald J Trump. I have been to a museum even once and, more important, understand how linear time works www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

can’t believe the host of the Kennedy Center Honors is wasting his valuable time like this