# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon The Guardian: 1st paragraph BBC: 4th paragraph AP: 5th paragraph Time: 6th paragraph Politico: 8th paragraph NPR: 9th paragraph CNN: 10th paragraph NBC: 12th paragraph Fox News: never mentions

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

Absolute hell hole…

I don't think you need complex political triangulation when the president is shrieking "I am sending in the WAR DEPARTMENT because Portland is AT WAR!" You should just keep saying that he should be removed from office because he is plainly insane

Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.

This is obviously bad but what does "full force" even mean in this situation? Who is a civilian and who is a combatant? What are the applicable ROE? Who is issuing the orders?

Trump says he authorizes Hegseth to deploy the military to Portland, which he lyingly calls "war ravaged," and says he is authorizing "full force."

President Donald Trump has dispatched federal agents to Portland, local elected officials said in a hastily scheduled press conference on Friday night

If this is how they act WHEN BEING FILMED, WTF are they doing when they aren't?!

This is what the next generation of Democrats does: Refuse to ask permission. Refuse to “wait your turn.” Fuck that. It’s time for change, whether the gatekeepers like it or not.

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

I'm so angry about the weaponization of government and corporate America capitulation, I just swore on MSNBC. Sorry, but it is how I feel.

The minute we start enforcing antitrust laws against the clowns at Meta (among others), they’re absolutely cooked. Leadership there is simply too dumb to compete in a truly free market

Washington Post reporter Joe Heim confirms this Trump-Epstein “Friendship Month” statue has been placed on the National Mall

"Autism: First diagnosed in 1943. Tylenol: Not invented until 1955. RFK Jr.: Born 1954. Thus RFK Jr. is more likely to have caused autism than Tylenol."

Hoody of the Day

Hate speech simplified:

What movie do you consider "perfect"?

If they're going to try and retcon Charlie Kirk, then we should try to retcon him too.

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There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

Trump’s border czar Tom Homan was recorded taking $50,000 in cash last year from undercover FBI agents in exchange for political favors, but Trump’s Justice Department shut down the investigation.

the republican line to open corruption in the government is “WE DON’T CARE” lmfao

“Once you use ChatGPT, you don’t want to think for yourself anymore” that, in a nutshell, is why I avoid these things because no matter how convinced you are that it isn’t happening to you, it is happening to you these machines will suck your creativity dry and you’ll thank them for it

🚨🚨🚨 South Korea is taking legal action against the United States government for the inhumane treatment of legal residents working at the Hyundai plant. 🚨🚨🚨 Hey, those perpetratrating these atrocities are also accountable. 1/2

Just your reminder that THIS is how the MAGA Republicans reacted to the attack on Paul Pelosi. The president’s own son posted this. I don’t ever want to hear how it’s the Democrats who need to tone down the violent rhetoric. We aren’t the ones stoking division, it’s Trump and his vile MAGA cult.

The bonus of doing it yourself is that your brain only uses 15 watts of power. For less energy than a refrigerator light or an idling laptop, you can have all of this. Without LLM!

A woman abused by Jeffrey Epstein at 14 is asking the Supreme Court to rule prosecutors violated her rights by secretly cutting his 2007 non-prosecution deal. Her lawyers argue the government should not be allowed to sideline victims in such secret agreements.

Oregon has been the national leader on vote-by-mail for decades. Now Donald Trump thinks he can undermine our elections for his own benefit. Hell no.

This is the lead story in the New York Times. If you're in the business of communicating, whether through journalism, commentary, or art, this is the five-alarm fire. People are going to remember who spoke up and who stayed conveniently silent or postured about "neutrality."

I know we keep focusing on Colbert and Kimmel as we should, but we also need to remember there are hundreds of people who work for these shows who also just lost their jobs because of this bullshit, and most of them are probably not millionaires.

Anyway, now we know what the FCC thinks is in the public interest: Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No

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the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok

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i think Kimmel could have the #1 podcast in the world in two weeks if he wanted to

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments. that fox news host still has his job.

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.

Kimmel is the first political story I shared with my offline apolitical friends in months because it's the first in a long time that impacts their lives and scans like a political crisis.

This is all he said?! This is why ABC (in response to threats from Trump's FCC) is taking Kimmel off the air?!

Susan Monarez, the ousted CDC director, told senators that RFK Jr. asked her to “pre-approve” new vaccine recommendations without regard to “scientific evidence” and tried to bar her from talking to lawmakers. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

The NYT has him nailed on a clear case of bribery with the UAE and it will likely be open to discovery if they decide to make him pay for his harassment. Of course, he’s freaking.

Q: What was RFK Jr's reaction when you raised the need to consult scientific evidence? Former CDC Director: He stated there was no scientific evidence associated with vaccines. He called CDC the most corrupt agency in the world. He said that CDC employees were horrible people, were killing children

Crockett: When you I say you are the least qualified in the history of the FBI, it’s real… Patel: That’s false Crockett: I didn’t ask you a question. I want to talk about why you're a failure and honestly we need to tell you, bye, bye

I know I’m naive but it is pretty wild that the president of the United States just publicly declares he and the military killed some guys on a boat, multiple times, and the entirety of Congress doesn’t immediately hit a giant red IMPEACH button

Vance, Trump, and Bondi each said things yesterday that were horrifying on their own. Taken together, a very clear roadmap for the future emerges Trump is actively preparing a large-scale crackdown on left-wing dissent. The threat of widescale repression is no longer abstract; it is imminent