An article I wrote for @wfmu.bsky.social 's Beware the Blog almost 20 years ago. It directly led to George Schlatter befriending me. He wanted to use it as the basis for a documentary he was producing with Whoopi Goldberg. blog.wfmu.org/freeform/200... Thanks, Beware the Blog.

If it talks like a Nazi...

Using a child as leverage isn’t law enforcement. It’s cruelty dressed up as authority, and we should never accept it as normal.

Let's grade the way some of the major news sites are summarizing today's Trump/RFK announcement(s) on their homepages. A grade of "A" is awarded for making crystal clear that the preponderance of scientific publications and expert opinion do not support a link between Tylenol and autism.

The cruelest thing about the Trump/Kennedy pseudoscience press conference today is that there are now women who believe they caused their child’s autism. To those women: you didn’t.

And there's one pictured below!

DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now." ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."

I'm sure it had nothing to do with the massive wave of Disney+ cancellations.

WGA WRITERS protest abc & disney : “Writers against fascism — this isn’t just about Kimmel, it’s about our ability to say what we want and not be punished by the state… a chilling effect… you don’t capitulate to bullies…” (from @moreperfectunion.bsky.social )

DON'T BE DISTRACTED!!!!!!! TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.

Due to demand, Democracy Docket has dropped the paywall on my latest. To say that the media is bending a knee, falsely assumes there are still hardened bones and a joint in place in their operations. Their mission now is to report the news fearfully and to seek Trump’s favor.

I stand with PBS. I stand with NPR. I stand with Stephen Colbert. I stand with Jimmy Kimmel. I stand with the First Amendment. PERIOD.* *Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

And that's how they've normalized his behavior...

Korea's leading press agency publishes accounts from the Hyundai/LG employees and execs who were brutalized, put in chains and subjected to hours of racist taunts by Trump's secret police... much of which was comically ignorant (ICE agents called them "Rocket Men"). Needs US translation.

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Trump keeps telling legacy media he wants to be a fascist dictator and they keep responding: "Ha, yeah, but seriously, all jokes aside, what are your intentions?"

This is another 25th Amendment interview. Dangerous, batshit crazy, encouraging political violence and law breaking. Old man, in declining health, just shitting all over the country.....

Donald Trump lost New York by 12% -- 1.1 million votes. Everyone needs to understand that Trump will insist there were irregularities and fraud anytime he or a Republican loses any election. Now is the time to start preparing for this in 2026.

I totally forgot there was a series that predated the DiC one! I was definitely way too young to remember it though (somewhere between 1 and 2, haha)

So the first conversation I heard this morning walking in to work was since Charlie Kirk was shot, everything he ever spoke must be true. Because if it takes you shooting someone to shut them up, then "logically" they must be speaking truth... What?

Charlie Kirk in 2023: "It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment." He was wrong. No child, no moviegoer and no conservative commentator should have to die to maintain this perverted notion of the 2nd Amendment.

The attack on Charlie Kirk is horrifying. Political violence has no place in this country and should never become the norm. I’m sending my sympathies to his family and friends at this time.

To be clear, this is also political violence.

I didn’t say it 🤷🏻‍♀️ but I’m also a far out thinker who doesn’t think anyone should be shot. www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk...

From Rachel Wells — “Deleted audio reveals plot to reveal Tennessee IVF & contraception protections… The morning after @GovBillLee signed the Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act, anti-abortion leaders convened to plan its undoing.” open.substack.com/pub/wellsrac...

Finally Spirit Halloween 🎃 is open! Come join Kat of Delight in Fright as she gets all touchy with the stuff n things for your enjoyment. #spirithalloween #Halloween #horror #animatronics #spookyseason #Halloweendecor youtu.be/weUN-F1DYfg?...

The Contentious History of Captain N! youtu.be/WJ7lr8WRDjg?...

WARNER: Do you accept the fact that 1 million Americans died from covid? RFK Jr: I don't know how many died W: You're the secretary of health and human services. You don't have any idea how many Americans died from covid? RFK Jr: I don't think anybody knows that W: How can you be that ignorant?

Let this sink in…

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#Seaweed farms are a dual solution for climate change & sustainable energy. - don't require freshwater, fertilizer, or arable land to grow, making it one of the most eco-friendly resources - naturally absorbs massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis helping 1/...

To be clear: Trump’s tariffs + Trump’s trillions transfer amount to the biggest tax INCREASE on regular folks ever… yet @MarshaBlackburn calls it “the biggest tax CUT ever” — because for rich people it is, and they are all she cares about. She hopes we don’t understand this.

RIP Scott Spiegel 🖤 #MutantFam

Literally.

REALITY CHECK: Under the U.S. Constitution, states are responsible for regulating elections, while Congress has the power to enact national election laws. The President does not have unilateral authority to impose new voting rules like nationwide voter ID requirements.

They labeled the image I used as “graphic,” because it is. I chose it so people could see the truth.

This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.

Great, so act.

#GGACP celebrates the 50th anniversary of one of Gilbert's favorite 70s movies, the Gene Hackman-starrer "Night Moves" (released in summer, 1975) by revisiting this discussion from back in 2015! Hear it NOW at gilbertpodcast.com#GGACP @franksantopadre@bsky.social

Fuck RFK Jr forever

“HOW CAN THEY NOT FEED THE KIDS? While last year Tennessee and Indiana joined the Summer EBT program, this year their Republican governors chose to opt out of the federal program.” Hey @GovBillLee, quick question — how do you sleep at night? capitalandmain.com/how-can-they...

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I’ve heard military law experts advise, if you are given an illegal command as a soldier, do not blindly obey. Call your attorney. Obeying an illegal command can result in a court martial.

#RobinWilliams #filmsky #moviesky 💔🔄

DATA: “TN = highest violent crime rate in the south, 4th in 🇺🇸” @TNSenateDems point out “tough on crime” @GovBillLee & Republican policies to flood the streets with guns and block anything to help regular people + underfunding schools make us less safe projects.csgjusticecenter.org/justice-data...