The NYT liveblog on the autism press conference is a fascinating read -- largely because it's written by health reporters and not political reporters. Look at how direct and appropriately shocked these posts are! www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

I have taken the Tylenol that was in the medicine cabinet and which they think probably is the reason you like trains forgive me but that’s bullshit you got autism from your dad

Kamala Harris: "We used to compare the strength of our democracy to communist dictators. That's what we're dealing with right now in Donald Trump. And these titans of industry and not speaking up ... at some point they've gotta stand up."

Kamala Harris: "It feels chaotic, but what I would offer you is what we are witnessing is the swift implementation of a plan that was decades in the making. Project 2025 didn't just drop out of thin air. That's a product of decades of work. Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation ... "

Six Republican justices are speed-running our collapse into a dictatorship and they don’t even have the integrity to explain why. (But we all know why.) slate.com/news-and-pol...

You’re probably tired of hearing this but the “unitary executive theory” that the Supreme Court is using to hand Trump absolute control over the government is demonstrably false nonsense cooked up by Republican lawyers after Watergate to create an American monarchy. slate.com/news-and-pol...

All of this to say that we are in too precarious of a position to turn our nose up at a moderate dem when the only alternative is a Maga republican. Mail-in ballots are arriving shortly, so if you're in NJ, VOTE DEM

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This........this is not what happens when vaccines are given. What the fuck is he talking about?!?

Congrats again to Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson. Very glad we were able to keep our eye on the ball.

Looking forward to Tylenol (Johnson and Johnson) suing Trump for his false and dangerous claims.

*endless screaming*

Bluesky, just here to say I appreciate you when things are otherwise no laughing matter

"We're going to destroy access to useful, factual information and use a water-destroying electricity hog that screws up all the time." people: that sounds bad. why? "It'll make a ton of money for my underground bunker once I've drained all you rubes dry" people: oh. can I write a novel with it?

This is a great time to escape into a book and ALSO an absolutely critical time to support the kind of books you want to keep seeing in the world by showing publishers they can still sell! Here are some of my favorite escape reads pubbed within the past year or so—what are yours? (More in thread!)

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." Sinclair Lewis

One thing I am realizing about this administration-- not just Trump, but his underlings-- is that they all think running the country is functionally the same as being able to have everything they want, all at once, immediately. There is no strategy, just naked expectation of instant gratification.

As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended. It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.

Hey #Romancelandia, one of our own needs our help. #HistoricalRomance author Isobel Carr is currently undergoing treatment for cancer, with her best friend Kristie acting as her caregiver. Things are rather tough atm, so let's help them out! www.gofundme.com/f/help-krist...

For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law

This is censorship. Full stop. There is no law against drawing these things, only the tendency of Bsky to think it's icky. And I know what it's like to have my art pulled for being "icky." Solidarity with pornographers. I'm not joking. We are siblings and we need to act like it.

Romancelandia: even if you don't read dark romance, the new Bsky guidelines should concern you. Disallowed: "Illustrated or animated" depictions of nonconsensual adult content. Why ban fictional depictions of anything? And how will consent be determined from an illustration?

If you’re too afraid to do your job, you should quit your job. If you’re too afraid to report on what’s going on because you’re afraid of MAGA death threats, you should stop being a reporter. if you’re too afraid to vote against honoring a white nationalist due to death threats, you should resign.

Y'all, please call, email, and/or write your representatives, then share WIDELY what this administration is doing to scapegoat, oppress, and violently erase trans folks. We need EVERYONE in on this.

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AND THEN THEY LOST. THEY ALL FUCKING LOST TO REPUBLICANS. IT WAS FIFTEEN YEARS AGO AND THEY NEVER GOT ELECTED AGAIN BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST VOTED FOR THE REPUBLICAN. DO ACTUALLY NOT FUCKING COMPREHEND WHY THAT HAPPENED

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.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Our problem isn't a lack of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

There’s a reason why the far right views Disney as woke, and it’s because its primary and enormous audience has always been liberals, leftists, centrists, moderates, and it has always understood that, and catered to them. Anyway good luck to them.

entire press has gotten bullied into treating charlie kirk as if he was one of the most important americans alive and not a modestly popular podcaster

a bit on the nose, "hiding behind the flag" edition

Don't need to hear one more 'Bluesky is an echo chamber' post ever again. Meta is scraping parents IG 'back to school photos' of their daughters in schoolgirl uniforms and using them in ads to entice men to sign up for Threads. It's all pedos and perverts running the country. All of em.

Universities. Rural hospitals. Tech companies. Several sectors are going to be profoundly hurt by this. Not to mention the chaos of the moment as current H1-B owners scramble to get back to the U.S., cancel travel, etc. due to the uncertainty. An absolute mess. As intended.

this exists it is called thinking

You guys have to read the termination letter that @washingtonpost.com sent @karenattiah.bsky.social because they essentially accused her of anti-white racism because she mentioned that Charlie Kirk was a white man 😵‍💫 Then they called her a “risk.” 🤡 karenattiah.substack.com/p/why-washin...

800 years of scholarly tradition chucked down the drain in favour of the literal stupidest bullshit in the world cos a couple billionaires opened their wallets.

“But we’ll keep digging until we find it!”

Today’s Right is dominated by people like Vought who are convinced there is nothing left to conserve – that our moment requires not “conservatism,” but a radical “counter-revolution.”   They have never been so powerful. And they are determined to abuse their power ruthlessly.

The key task, as Vought sees it, is to take over government and turn it into a tool that serves only two purposes: To enact revenge against the “woke” Left – and impose White Christian patriarchal domination on the country.   And he knows how to wield the power of the state as his instrument.

Vought is singularly focused on bending the entire government machine to Trump’s will. He believes that any check on the power of Donald Trump, who Vought literally describes as a “gift of God,” is illegitimate. There is no line he doesn’t feel justified to cross.

Enter Russell Vought – a man who is driven by the idea that a radical “Left” has taken over the country and is destroying the nation. He is determined to use his detailed understanding of how the government works in a crusade to turn the state into an instrument of Trumpist domination.

This morning’s breakfast and a book pre-NJ Romance Writers meeting. What are you reading this weekend? #amreading #saturdaymorning

Loved this book!

nobody told me my debut was on the BOGO list at libro FM - that's two books for one credit! - until I saw it shopping THE LAST DAY OF THE SALE HURRY GO GO GO (I earned out on that audiobook - every cent of royalties goes straight to meeeee!)

Trump posts on Truth Social that he’s ordered another strike on what he claims is a drug trafficking boat. He’s presented no evidence that his victims in the three previous strikes were running drugs. Drug trafficking is also not a capital crime. Trump is murdering people in international waters.

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

Using antiabortion tactics to discourage vaccination now.

The Dept. of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the U.S.