TIMING. $$$ "FDA plans to approve a new use for the generic drug leucovorin in the coming weeks to treat kids with “cerebral folate deficiency and autistic symptoms"... The officials – FDA Commissioner, NIH Dir & Mehmet Oz – pointed to research..." […]

Another! Mark Chadbourn: Belgium recognises the State of Palestine.

That feeble old gerbil on the running wheel inside his head is wheezing and about to collapse. ‪Aaron Rupar‬ ‪@atrupar.com‬ · 15m Trump: "I think it has -- I think it's very bad. They're pumping, it looks like they're pumping into a horse. You have a little child, a little fragile child, and […]

Dr. Fascist has feels that dictate what meds and health care the US should have access to and take. FEEL safe now? ‪Aaron Rupar‬ ‪@atrupar.com‬ · 13m Trump: "The MMR I think should be taken separately. This is based on what I feel."

It must be painful. Maybe he should take some Tylenol. ‪Aaron Rupar‬ ‪@atrupar.com‬ · 6m Trump's discolored right hand is visible again today

RFK Jr comparing women who have been raped... to anti-vaxxers?? ‪Aaron Rupar‬ ‪@atrupar.com‬ · 4m RFK Jr: "Some of our friends like to say that we should believe all women. But some of these people have been silencing and demonizing these mothers for three decades."

I say that, in significant part, bc Miller is at once shameless, but also sloppy. He fucks up a lot of what he tries bc he's not detail oriented and he only knows screaming. Republicans would love to see him gone.

Folks Wait a few days before declaring victory on Disney.

Another! Via Mark Chadbourn: Monaco formally recognizes the State of Palestine.

Pressure works "Disney Co. said Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to the air on Tuesday, ending a suspension imposed following controversial remarks ..." "...“It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive. We have spent the last days having […]

FYI: Macron recognizes Palestinian state at UN Assembly

NO. Via Maddow: "Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma introduced legislation this week that would require every public university in the state to construct 'a Charlie Kirk Memorial Plaza', with a statue of the him and a sign calling him a 'modern civil rights leader'..." […]

NEW: A former Ball State University staff member is suing the university president after she was fired for a private Facebook post about the death of Charlie Kirk. She is being represented by ACLU of Indiana @acluindiana.bsky.social. READ THE COMPLAINT: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Via Josh Gerstein: BREAKING: #SCOTUS, 6-3, lets Trump sideline Biden appointee Rebecca Slaughter from Federal Trade Commission. #SCOTUS will also hear arguments in December on overruling Humphrey's Executor, case that upheld Congressional limits on firing FTC members Doc […]

#Canada "Sault MPP Chris Scott removed from Ford's PC caucus after arrest on assault, assault with weapon charges" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/chris-scott-pc-caucus-1.7640010

👏🏻 "More than 400 celebrities are backing Jimmy Kimmel and speaking out against “government threats to our freedom of speech” in an open letter organized by the ACLU." https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/entertainment/kimmel-aniston-streep-hanks?cid=ios_app

"US considering imposing sanctions against entire Internat Crim Court, putting court's day-to-day ops in jeopardy in retal for investigs of suspected Israeli war crimes" ICC holds emergency meetings to prepare Businesses could stop banking, software services to court […]

"Moldovans are facing a flood of disinformation driven by artificial intelligence ahead of a critical parliamentary election, which will determine whether the small country can stay on its path toward the European Union or is pulled back into Moscow’s orbit." #Russia […]

Via Brad Moss: The cocaine was still recoverable? That’s some quality material. NYT - Authorities in Dominican Republic say they've recovered cocaine from speedboat that was recently destroyed in a US military airstrike "It was unclear which airstrike Domin R’s announcement was connected to […]

DOJ in such a rush to dismiss another of their overcharged assault cases (for spitting) that they misgendered the defendant once. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Yet another #recall Over 3,300 pounds of Ahi Tuna Wasabi Poke sold under Costco’s Kirkland Signature brand have been recalled because potential listeria contamination in the green onions used in the product. https://nbcnews.to/3IdPwfM

#trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of #fairhousing Laws Interviews & internal documents show that signature #civilrights protections in housing are being dismissed as ideologically driven & *#dei* in disguise. #law #aporophobia #economicdiscrimination #plutocracy #uspol […]

"The night #Epstein claimed his cellmate tried to kill him Epstein would later back off the claim, ..cellmate has repeatedly disputed allegation, said he tried to revive Epstein..footage of incident either mislaid, lost or never captured by facility's faulty system" […]

“Putin offered his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump a nuclear arms control deal on Monday that would extend the last treaty limiting both countries' nuclear weapons by one year while Moscow and Washington discuss what comes next.” - […]

“I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger The news tells us that we are moving from 1 country to a different, autocratic one. The TV shows us: This country looks different, sounds different and feels different. A familiar face and a familiar voice vanish” 🎁 […]

That said, the record is still open on both hearings. So @durbin.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov and others can submit a whole slew of QFRs about why Kash allowed Homan get away with bribery.

Who could have imagined that a guy who uses the moniker “Ka$h” would take over the FBI and shut down the bribery investigations of his buddies?

lol! 👏🏻 https://mastodon.social/@Wileymiller/115242334482248109

#UK, #Canada, #Australia recognize Palestinian state, reversing decades-long positions in breaking with the U.S — WaPo

Another day, another… “Multiple shot at New Hampshire country club, police say, with one suspect in custody and another at large” #gunviolence https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/20/us/nashua-new-hampshire-shooting?cid=ios_app

Hooboy. Olga Nesterova: ‪ Reuters: Pentagon informed European diplomats that the US will partially halt military assistance to the Baltic nations and NATO member states bordering Russia. The department stated that the decision is linked to the United States’ new priority — “homeland defense.” […]

Clarity, and it ain't good. Via Justin Wolfers: Lemme spell it out. Trump's only leverage over Jimmy Kimmel and ABC came from FCC regulation. His direct power over H1-B visas gives him similar leverage over tech, higher ed, and others.

It's terrible that Trump ousted Erik Siebert bc he won't charge Tish James w/fraud when there's no evidence she engaged in fraud. But HOW he did it may lead it to backfire, just like the Eric Adams quid pro quo. www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/20/t...

🚨”EPA orders scientists to stop publishing research, officials say - “…Both employees said that the imposition of this type of review is unprecedented and warned that it could stymie the release of scientific findings important to preserving public health.” […]

“Polish and allied military aircraft were scrambled early Saturday after Russia launched a massive aerial assault on Ukraine including strikes that targeted near its western border with Poland. It came hours after NATO intercepted three Russian jets over Estonia’s airspace and with Europe on […]

“A cyberattack on a provider of check-in and boarding systems has disrupted operations at several major European airports incl London's Heathrow, the continent's busiest, causing flight delays and cancellations on Saturday.” - […]

Another illegal murder “Trump said Friday the U.S. military has carried out another "lethal kinetic strike" on a boat accused of carrying drugs — at least the third strike in recent weeks.” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-alleged-drug-boat-strike-third/

🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️“A federal prosecutor in Virginia whose monthslong mortgage fraud investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James has not resulted in criminal charges is resigning under pressure from the Trump administration: AP sources” […]

“Senate confirms Mike Waltz as Trump's ambassador to the United Nations after months of delays The Senate did not vote on a separate matter that would formally designate Waltz as a rep at General Assembly, due to objections from Dems” […]

Via @lolgop: Thune wants this shutdown. ‪Michael McAuliff‬ ‪@mcauliff.bsky.social‬ · 5m 44 to 48, the Republican stopgap funding bill fails in the Senate. So a bunch of folks didn't stick around to vote, and the Senate is scheduled to be out until Sept. 29, with government funding running out […]

#wompwomp Keep ‘em coming “Judge strikes down Trump’s $15bn lawsuit against the New York Times Judge says Trump’s complaint that the newspaper is ‘spreading false content’ about him violates federal rule” […]

New at #SCOTUS: The 28th emergency application from the Trump administration—this one asking the justices to put back into effect a new State Department policy that requires U.S. passports to state the biological sex of their bearer at birth. It's docketed as No. 25A319, and will appear here soon:

House passes GOP bill to avert a shutdown, but Senate looks likely to reject it The Republican bill would keep the government from shutting down at the end of this month, buying another seven weeks for the parties to negotiate […]

Via Steve Vladeck: In the Lisa Cook case, Chief Justice Roberts has ordered a response to Trump’s emergency application be filed by 4 ET next Thursday. Although we can’t say for sure, that at least seems to indicate that Roberts is *not* going to grant an “administrative” stay while the full […]

Here we go again Via Carl Quintanilla: * ESTONIAN AIRSPACE VIOLATED BY RUSSIAN MILITARY JETS ON FRIDAY, EUROPEAN AND NATO OFFICIALS SAY * ESTONIA DEFENCE MINISTER: INCIDENT "UNPRECEDENTEDLY BRUTAL" @reuters.com

Trump kept one promise. ‪Mark Jacob‬ ‪@markjacob.bsky.social‬ · 1m This Politico essay from January 2024 is aging very badly: "Another four years of Trump is not enough time to turn America into a dictatorship." "Trump can't be a dictator on Day One..." […]

Feel like this bears repeating— Donald Trump's net worth has increased by $3 billion in the past 12 months, mostly due to crypto. Anyway, how's your day?

"Americans disapprove of Trump on broad range of issues—crime, econ, immig, foreign wars—by double-digits...majority of Americans still say they want Democrats to control the next Congress “as a check on Trump.” […]

“DEA faced pushback at White House, Pentagon after urging Mexico strikes The suggestion, though not acted upon, was met with alarm from officials who warned that Congress has not authorized such action.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/19/trump-cartel-strikes-mexico-dea/

“As Trump’s deployment of federal agents in DC enters its second month, the effects are becoming clear. …other investigative work of the F.B.I. is being delayed, frustrating law enforcement officials and leading some to quit.” […]