Between this and the “no Pentagon press can report shit unless WE SAY SO,” I’d say whatever it is is likely to be horrendous

Look, say what you will about Lavrentiy Beria or Markus Wolfe, but at least they knew how to dress like grown-ups. Today’s authoritarians should really try and learn something from their historical predecessors’ sartorial habits.

An important piece by @lawfaremedia.org's incoming Public Service Fellow, @michael-feinberg.bsky.social, about the circumstances of his departure from the FBI: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...

Who is going to tell Trump that 99.9% of domestic terrorism is committed by right wing extremists? This is just a fact. His memo isn’t about terrorism it’s about silencing dissent.

Absolutely terrifying

No money for USAID, no money for healthcare or Medicaid or rural hospitals or scientific research or schools or libraries, but billions of dollars for a corrupt strongman in Argentina.

It's interesting to see many folks agree on the notion that the H-1B program needed to be reformed, but disagree on how to go about it. The $100k fee will sting a lot of companies, but particularly startups, who won't be able to absorb the cost as say, a Microsoft. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/t...

Why are we taking our latest politics cover to the streets? We wanted you to see what we saw, over many months of covering DOGE, ICE, and the rest of it. Tech leaders got what they wanted—a seat at the table with a would-be king, and a chance to haggle over the rules that govern their businesses.

NEW mayoral poll from Suffolk University, conducted Sept. 16-18, with a 4.4% margin of error: www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suff... Zohran Mamdani - 45% Andrew Cuomo - 25% Curtis Sliwa - 9% Eric Adams - 8%

I broke down Trump's executive order on "antifa"—which he describes as a “SICK, DANGEROUS RADICAL LEFT DISASTER"—for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Experts fear that Donald Trump’s anti-painkiller tirade could lead to an increase in risk factors for autism, and don’t trust the administration to assess data as it continues to search for a cause. www.wired.com/story/trumps...

"We bust our asses in here and all we get if FIFTY CENTS!" JFK8 Amazon worker —which Amazon has REFUSED to negotiate a contract w/ for 3 years since workers' union win—complained over recent raise. Amazon is valued at $2.4 trillion. www.statuscoupsubstack.com/p/amazon-giv...

I'm trying to find two journalists working together at protests in downtown Los Angeles on June 7. Female reporter, pink shirt, blue jeans, white shoes, holding mic. Male videographer, white t-shirt, blue jeans, black shoes, camera on stand. DHS shoved and shot with pepper balls at MDC ~9:30pm.

Watching video from the right wing extremist riot that happened in Hague last Saturday and of course there is some nat soc wearing a Los Angeles Tshirt.

Damn @carolleonnig.bsky.social with a barn burner of a scoop www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Someone just referred to Hegseth as a DUI hire. I’m dead. 🤣🤣💀

Contrast with: 10 years for buying baking supplies atlantablackstar.com/2025/09/19/m...

Making breakfast and my egg has two yolks in it. Never had that happen before

I experienced this last week & refused, saying I had never before been asked to provide the names of any analysts I was planning to quote to get a comment. Spox replied that maybe they were D donors. (In that case, it was 3 retired top military JAG officers.) I guess that was not a weird oneoff.

Wow this is truly beyond the pale. Also I can say on behalf of journalists everywhere you can seriously fuck all the way off with that demand Hegseth. Also something about picking fights with those that buy ink by the barrel…

L.A. folks who are plagued with cop copters, this piece tracking law enforcement helicopters in D.C., during Trump's surge, may interest you. (Gift link)

Hell of a photo by my former Chicago Tribune colleague Stacey Wescott from a protest today at an ICE facility in the Chicago suburbs. Read the sign at the bottom. @staceywescott.bsky.social

ICYMI from Walker and myself:

Nearly 50 college instructors across #Illinois landed on #CharlieKirk's “Professor Watchlist.” @wbez.org reached out to all of them and found the list triggered hateful messages, threats of rape or death, and intensification since Kirk's killing. #twill www.wbez.org/politics/202...

EXCLUSIVE: Citing Charlie Kirk murder, far-right Tennessee pastor demands removal of 'Hate Has No Home' signs www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

Great conversation with Jon Stewart and Maria Ressa youtu.be/Tsb1I7hqaJ4?...

"If you are looking for Antifa, I'm here!..The idea that it's an organization that's conducting terrorist activities is as made up as Donald Trump's business successes." - Jon Farina covers a #trumpprotest in Washington D.C. LIVE NOW: youtube.com/live/FfRGgH_...

"The emoji claims, repeated by the New York police department (NYPD), were made in four reports disseminated among law enforcement in 2024 and 2025 and obtained through records requests by @propertyofthepeople.org, a government transparency non-profit." nice work @rshapiro.bsky.social

It's a cliche to say it at this point, but breaking the law for over a year while negotiating a deal that gives two of his biggest campaign donors part ownership over the most influential social media platform in the world would have been the defining scandal for any other president.

Israel killed 31 journalists in Yemen strike

They have every right and moral obligation to do precisely that. The speed with which these free speech absolutists are shredding the First Amendment is giving me whiplash

TONIGHT! (@ 6:30pmPST) Journalist TINA-DESIREE BERG (@tinadesireeberg.com) joins to discuss her new piece with Walker Bragman about the MARTYDOM of Charlie KIRK, the WAR on the LEFT, the CRACKDOWN on FREE SPEECH, and our DESCENT into full FASCISM www.youtube.com/live/9NCZPQU...

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

another re-run

The new Disney motto

These stations are turning into propaganda outlets in real time

News organizations need to stop calling “immigration judges” — executive branch employees — judges in headlines. Doing so does virtually the only thing a headline should never do: It confuses the reader.

There is no antifa organization but that won’t stop Trump from calling all opposition antifa and charging them as terrorists.

This is a grave attack on the First Amendment.

Protester found not guilty of assault against federal officer at L.A. immigration protest despite top Border Patrol official's testimony. Latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE: What I have not seen anyone discussing is that Nexstar pulling Kimmel, forcing ABC’s hand, comes as Nexstar is leading the way for the industry on trying to get FCC approval for media consolidation. www.poynter.org/business-wor...

I just read what Jimmy Kimmel said. Are you kidding me ABC? That was not only mild but entirely accurate.

The US Justice Department appears to have removed from its website a study into political violence in America by the National Institute of Justice, the Justice Department’s research agency, which concluded that far-right extremism outpaced “all other types of domestic violent extremism”.

coates is genuinely a generational writer

When ChatGPT first took off this was the use case that confused me the most. People said they “only” used it to write “first drafts.” That’s the most important draft! That’s the thinking part!

The Brennan Center is connecting the dots between the Trump administration’s unprecedented, and in some cases illegal, moves to undermine American elections. Join us for a live virtual event on protecting the integrity of the vote on Thurs., Sept. 18, at 3pm ET. RSVP: bit.ly/46gWk3V

A great piece on our recent legal battles in Los Angeles. Nick did a great job explaining the importance of this issue:

Ahh man. This one hurts. There are very few people I’m a fan of but Robert did so many great things.