"kristi noem and corey lewandowski, who we can confirm are not only dating but running DHS together" absolutely cursed sentence

they’re putting Kimmel back on the air. I would now like to see the same amount of outrage for the firing of professors for their statements

DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY TRUMP, RFK JR. OR DR. OZ: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

the sycophancy for trump aside, very hard to overstate the arrogance of this majority in dispensing with a precedent that has served this country and both of its political parties well for nearly a century.

These findings in the new Washington Post poll jump off the page: Trump is underwater by 19 points on his handling of the economy (40/59) and underwater by 30 points on his handling of tariffs. By contrast, the same poll found him at +14 net approval on the economy in Oct. 2020.

The tariffs are the least popular thing Trump is doing. It's a unilateral trillion-dollar tax hike on Americans that raises prices on items they buy every day.

The concept of the corporate state was way underplayed in fascism studies for too long. The institutional union of the government, big business and the church to crush labor is the distinguishing feature of fascism.

To no one in particular: I would read 5k words on the open access to AI pipeline for academic publishing.

Interesting via @jvl.bsky.social: US democracy may have hidden resilience, per political economist Jonathan Schlefer. I would also encourage a key distinction between areas where he has what you might call an "easy" path to autocratic consolidation and where it's harder and he's failing. See below

PBS had a fun write-up (www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...) which, relevantly, also points out that untreated fevers (tylenol treats fevers) are linked to adverse health outcomes for both the mother and child

That's a LOT of current/former Disney talent. @thr.com $DIS www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...

I don't know who needs to hear this but a new vision for the country that opposes the fash can only come from the lumpen. It's not coming from Schumer and Jeffries (laughing). This is not a top-down sitch, or a "messaging problem" (do you hear yourselves?)

Under pressure from Texas government officials, Angelo State University in Texas is banning all discussion or mention of the existence of trans people along with banning the LGBTQ pride flag from campus and forced misgendering of trans people. conchoobserver.com/2025/09/19/a...

To be clear: this entire “we’ve got to run more pro-lifers” insanity is because literally a week ago polling showed that Democrats would prefer politicians like AOC and Mamdani over Jefferies and Schumer by, let me emphasize this, a 20 point fucking margin. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Premise is there's numerous former Trump supporters (a) with a change of heart (b) who will change back if Dems don't flatter them. There are trivially few such people, if any. In reality, Dems need to win back nonvoters. They won't do that by trying to placate Trumpers, they'll just look weak.

The Heritage Foundation is urging the FBI to see speech in favor of trans rights as an incitement to violence. Perfectly normal day in our great country. Plus, schools are finding out how cruel anti-trans laws impact their students, and an inspiring effort to help poor trans people afford hormones.

Who is writing the history of Wikipedia?

meanwhile costco was all “DEI is good and we’re keeping it, fuck you” and they’re now basically printing money

Many examples throughout history of civilizational regression. Take these people seriously. This is how you kick off a dark age.

A gender lens remains one of the best ways to understand far right authoritarian regimes. Male order is imposed through a family-like structure, with women subservient and children taught that fear is the price of belonging www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Oh wow.

Winner of mRNA Nobel Prize says ACIP member’s claim that Covid vaccines persist is “absolutely impossible” In Q&A, Drew Weissman says vast literature shows Covid shots are safe, refutes claims from Retsef Levi www.statnews.com/2025/09/20/d...

"We forget that a crisis is never just an emergency; it is also an education. The only question is whether universities will serve as teachers of freedom or as tutors of obedience."

Red states are getting whacked by Republican cuts in health care, but that's OK with the MAGA crowd because billionaires made out like bandits.

Two reasons to keep Netflix: making Sesame Street available after sweeping Federal cuts to public media and aiding the push to counter Texas’ GOP gerrymander with a new map in CA. sesameworkshop.org/about-us/pre... www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Does Mamdani have a brother, perhaps?

Ironically, by demanding prosecution, Trump may have given his “enemies list” a built in defense if he can find a prosecutor to indict them: Selective or vindictive prosecution is grounds for dismissal joycevance.substack.com/p/show-me-th...

This is a solid boycott thread.

When the histories of this period are written, I want there to be an emphasis on the fact that he **really thought** that asylum was about mentally ill people and not people migrating under threat of violence.

Yes, and people wanted Biden because they could ignore the presidency. Which they did. And here we are. All the dramatic sighs.

Someone canceled a ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND dollar wedding

Pardon me for not knowing (I am an old), but has Anna Joy played Pam Bondi yet on @saturdaynightlive.bsky.social or no?

If I were on TikTok, I would take the precaution of deleting my account. If you’re comfortable with the regime mining your TikTok data, I wish you luck & hope you do not live in (or have any need to visit) the US.

currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter

6-pack of Bud Light

A lot is happening today (again) *but* I don't want the sun to set without acknowledging how fucking ridic Zuck looks in those glasses and how funny it is that his party trick failed. share.google/BDLfHySuElk6...

Will someone pls tell the Disney adults about Palestine?

just saw a tiktok from a disney adult reading from On Tyranny and asking their followers to cancel their d+ and disney trips omg

And note that the lede reporter on the Homan scoop ended her 25-year career at the Washpost just last month, decamping to NBC News. Will Lewis, the Post’s CEO, had urged people to leave if they didn’t “feel aligned” w/ the company’s “significant reinvention journey” www.thewrap.com/carol-leonni...

“With a single post or video, we can influence thousands of guests to try a food, drink, or experience in the parks,” she says. “I couldn’t, in good conscience, keep giving them free publicity knowing they don’t support free speech and are willing to bow to fascism."

’Tis thought, my lord, that you took bribes

This was not a political sting operation where an official is induced to do crime. Homan was *actively soliciting bribes*, the FBI heard about it, and so gave it a try. Worth also highlighting this was a grift since he was selling influence prior to the election—so before he had any to sell

He literally testified to HUAC.

No notes.

AOC responds to the Tom Homan story.

Absolutely wild. Israel targeted and massacred 31 journalists and media staff in Yemen. The second-deadliest attack on journalists ever recorded. The Israeli regime is built on war crimes.

A billionaire could seed 50-70 local papers around the country, paying 8-10 journalists at each to cover mostly high school sports and the school board and then write op-eds with a firm liberal slant. Put it all online, don’t charge readers anything, there’s a huge audience for this everywhere

Doctor: Israel confiscates infant formula intended for babies at risk.

Media execs have fallen prey to a propaganda and harassment campaign that has completely divorced them from what people actually want right now. Both their insular information environments (group chats, podcasts) and ambient noise (Twitter reactionaries) have put them in a very stupid bubble.