Oh look — Harshbarger getting in on the grifting. www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investi...

Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa during a panel discussion moderated by veteran researcher @Charles_Lister at the Middle East Institute in New York: 📌 We activated diplomatic efforts to engage in dialogue with Israel.

🔴 🙉 Karolying Leavitt 🙉 🐥

Rather than a resistance, the concept of an opposition is more comprehensive and durable. It recognizes that there are no time limits to the effort. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/buil...

Is paracetamol safe during pregnancy and does it have links to autism?

Family separation is back under Trump. Just CNN alone found more than 100 American children left stranded after ICE took their parents. Here’s just one story… Meet Isaac

“History will marvel at how a once great, powerful nation that lead the free world for generations let itself be destroyed by a nearly illiterate, criminal old man in severe cognitive decline.”

Jeffries: Costs aren’t going down—they’re going up. Trump doesn’t want to confront any of that. But Democrats are taking the fight to him. He was afraid of us taking that fight directly to him in front of the American people in the Oval Office, which is why he canceled the meeting.

🇺🇦 „Returning Ukrainian children is not a political matter. It is a test of our humanity. It is a humanitarian call. When it comes to humanity, neutrality is impossible.“ — First Lady of Ukraine.

Jesse Watters just called for the bombing of the UN on national television. FCC? Nothing? Crickets? Got it.

We’re at the “riskier borrower” phase of the cycle. @wsj.com $F www.wsj.com/business/aut...

As a former U.S. Public Delegate to the UN, I watched Donald Trump’s speech with profound concern. He treats alliances as transactions and diplomacy as a reality show. This isn't strength; it's a reckless retreat from the world stage. My thoughts:

“.. its delay is emblematic of the heightened caution and scrutiny in Hollywood feels as it navigates the Trump administration’s media ecosystem.” @vulture.com $AAPL www.vulture.com/article/appl...

* TRUMP SAYS NATO COUNTRIES SHOULD SHOOT DOWN RUSSIAN PLANES IF ENTER AIRSPACE @reuters.com

* POWELL: HIRING BELOW BREAKEVEN, BUT OTHER JOB INDICATORS STABLE

Federal Reserve Chair Powell States That Tariff Hikes Will Likely Cause Slightly Higher Inflation for Several Quarters

> @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

> @ishaantharoor.bsky.social

EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY: We have “reviewed a large amount of data from pregnant women who used paracetamol during pregnancy .. “.. there is no evidence that would require changes to the current EU recommendations.” @politico.com $KVUE www.politico.eu/article/eu-d...

During trump’s speech, he’s so real

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — UN chief warns world leaders that humanity has entered 'an age of reckless disruption and relentless human suffering.'

“Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reacts while listening to U.S. President Donald Trump address the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York City.” @reuters.com

* TRUMP: IF RUSSIA NOT READY TO MAKE A DEAL, U.S. READY FOR TARIFFS @reuters.com

Why is it always the one you most suspect

UK HEALTH SEC: Pregnant mothers should not pay "any attention whatsoever" to the US president's unfounded claims. $KVUE @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...

* EU'S VON DER LEYEN: JUST SPOKE WITH DENMARK'S FREDERIKSEN REGARDING DRONE INCURSION AROUND COPENHAGEN AIRPORT * VON DER LEYEN: IT IS CLEAR WE ARE WITNESSING A PATTERN OF PERSISTENT CONTESTATION AT OUR BORDERS @reuters.com

(Bloomberg) - President Xi Jinping’s export engine has proved unstoppable during five months of sky-high US tariffs, sending China toward a record $1.2 trillion trade surplus. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

“The Chinese export machine is not slowing down ... country's trade surplus has hit a record $1.2 trillion. (via Kevin Gordon)

* NORWAY GOVERNMENT: RUSSIA VIOLATED NORWEGIAN AIRSPACE THREE TIMES IN 2025 * NATO'S NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL SAYS RUSSIAN JETS' INCURSION INTO ESTONIAN AIRSPACE IS PART OF A "WIDER PATTERN OF INCREASINGLY IRRESPONSIBLE RUSSIAN BEHAVIOUR" @reuters.com

🇩🇪❗️🇺🇸 Germany’s €83 billion defense plan sends less than 10% to US weapons, with nearly all major contracts; frigates, Eurofighters, air defenses, armored vehicles going to EU suppliers, - Politico 👀 Only limited buys like Patriot missiles and P-8A torpedoes come from USA.

They've known it for years.

Trump’s polling changes week to week: Last week, The Economist/YouGov had him at 41% approve/55% disapprove (-14) This week, the same pollster hS him at 39% approve/56% disapprove (-17). A 3-point slide.

It’s always been “Oh it’s you again but in a different skin suit. Still accusing the immigrants of being evil? Yawn seen it already. Attacking different religions? I’m falling asleep. Going after mental illness and sexual orientation? Been here, seen this. BORING. Vilifying the opposition? SNORE”

Don't be these people

The Trump admin entered a $5.1 million deal with Eswatini, the last absolute monarchy in Africa, in exchange for the U.S. dumping 160 migrants there, even if they have no ties to the country. @HRW.org viewed the agreement www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity. "To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."

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...

Breaking: Jimmy Kimmel to return Tuesday.

A very, very stupid man.

The local franchises themselves are probably going to have a few questions about why they paid good money for a late-night comedy spot and now their ad's been slotted into a rerun of the same news that was on half an hour ago.

Not enough, ABC/Disney and whoever had something to do with Kimmel being "canceled" You just didn't like the backlash... 😑😑

The party of “if we don’t test, the numbers will be lower” tested Tylenol for a couple of weeks and determined that it’s definitely the cause of Autism, even though the term was introduced 44 years before the medication. Huzzah! Trump-era science!

this is… not how it works. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

There's a wrong way and a right way to report this

I have to say, the art on this piece perfectly captures the moment … bravo to Slate’s art desk slate.com/news-and-pol...

That is not a denial.

I’m just going to leave this WaPo story from April right here.