The FBI told the Trump transition team Homan had taken a bribe from undercover agents. They appointed him anyway.

Just the paramilitary secret police manhandling an opposition political candidate.

NEW: Unsurprisingly, Kristi Noem extends the "mass influx" declaration authorizing it to deputize local police for ICE. Buried in the notice is new official data on ICE removals, showing 145k removal from Oct. 2024 to Sept. 8. This is substantially lower than previous figures leaked to the press.

All hail the best patent drawing ever

Brad Lander is one my favorite people on planet Earth rn.

I’m glad they are mad but it is extremely revealing what they have determined is existential to democracy and what they do not.

I truly believe that the New York Democratic Party has the most hapless, shit-for-brains party machinery in the country.

D.C. parents! A few readers have told us their children are struggling emotionally with the federal takeover and increased local law enforcement presence. We’re wondering: What strategies have you found to support your kids? And what information might help you in this challenging moment?

Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok. They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post. They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets. “Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.

Awful and dangerous to hear the Mayor echo the transphobic bigotry coming from the Trump administration. It's completely at odds with the values of our city and another reason why his single, disgraced term in office cannot end soon enough.

This morning D.C.'s three highest elected leaders are testifying before the House Oversight Committee. In her prepared testimony, @mayorbowser.bsky.social makes a number of asks, including: help D.C. hire 800 more police and build a new MPD training facility, fully fund NPS.

Anyway Me Too was a women’s free speech movement.

If you spent even one second of the last decade indulging the free speech claims made by the American right in earnest, I genuinely think you're lacking in intelligence. I do not think you have what it takes to deliver sound commentary on American politics.

Painting by Sylvia Ken, Indigenous artist from the Amata community in South Australia, relates to the Seven Sisters creation story #WomensArt

Self-portrait with Daughter (1789) by French painter Elisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun #WomensArt

Now would be a good time for Republican Members of Congress to switch caucuses, remember their oaths and Article I powers, and hold the executive branch accountable.

I am old enough to remember Reagan. I want a refund on reality

Never heard of Kublai Khan before they showed up in my YouTube playlist tonight. But 8:55 may be the most metal thing I've ever seen. 😭🤘 youtu.be/mRaJDYg-UA8?...

great news! you're not actually seeing karl rove, john yoo, and david frum criticize the administration's lawlessness more stridently than dem leadership. you, reader, were infected with rabies by a brown bat 36 hours ago and this is all just the virus working its way through your nervous system

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

I am antifa, because I am against fascism. If you have a problem with that, I am going to draw certain conclusions about your values and commitments.

a key reason they see an opening for such a blatant speech crackdown is that they already did one to Palestinian and anti-genocide activists and it got enthusiastic bipartisan approval

I MISS NYC AND I MISS SHOWTIME!!!! 😭😭😭

YO CALIFORNIA our state was recently downgraded among safest states for trans people and trans youth YOU can help make it better right now follow the quoted link, established by @lalgbtcenter.bsky.social, and tell our elected officials to sign these bills into law ASAP 👇

With all the divisiveness in politics today I thought it would be nice to launch a new website that affirms something we can all agree on: a staggering number of Republicans are pedophiles. pedoconservatives.com

Fuck these Democrats. Fuck every last one of them. Fuckin pieces of shit. Goddammit I hate these fucking people so fucking much

This should be done by every country the U.S. is deporting people to.

Also, leave your fucking smartphone (aka tracking and surveillance device) and ID at home.

UN investigators: Israeli security forces have perpetrated sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians...since October 7, 2023 — including rape, sexualized torture, forced nudity, and other forms of sexual violence causing extreme physical and psychological harm. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social

The fuck do you need to rsvp to a rally for. Please be serious

go go go a *historic*, WALL TO WALL coalition of national & California labor unions, *including* the Faculty Associations and led by the AAUP www.latimes.com/california/s...

New Tyler Robinson posts leaked to me tell a very different story than you've heard before: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...

This week the House will vote on four bills attacking DC. Nine more are in the works. No one in DC wants these measures. They will not support our safety. We want every Democrat to VOTE NO on all of these bills. Make calls today and tomorrow to 30 priority reps: freedcproject.org/news/make-ca...

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

Klein explicitly says his project is to dishonestly portray the true nature of the right for his readers in hopes that helps foster some common ground to heal our nation. This didn’t work for Obama and it’s not gonna work for him.

my favorite robert redford story is that mike nichols considered him for dustin hoffman's part in THE GRADUATE. during their conversation nichols asked redford something like, "have you ever struck out with a girl?" and redford's response was basically, "i don't understand the question"

They have no fucking idea how utterly defenseless this makes so many of us feel. The pervasiveness of the sense of abandonment cannot be overstated.

The Trump Administration is objectively pro-crime.

A news tidbit: This week the D.C. Council will vote on an emergency bill from @cmchenderson.bsky.social that will allow pharmacies to administer the COVID-19 vaccine without a doctor's prescription. Because of changes at the federal level, local pharmacies have been requiring a prescription.

This genuinely scares the **** out of me. Is Rubio just not going to let us leave? I would rather be a struggling refugee in a democracy than a citizen of a full fascist state. And given that this administration considers us "undesirables" who are ruining the country, why trap us here?

The "retail theft crime wave" disappeared as soon as companies had to actually file their annual shareholder reports. Same thing with AI: hype for the consumer, extreme skepticism from the analysts. Papers that report on this stuff rather than on "CEO said a thing" are going to be more reliable.

i have said this before but when “getting rid of race in admissions” for the administration means “you can’t even try to reach out to underrepresented communities and encourage them to apply and if you do it is illegal discrimination against white people” then the actual goal here is segregation

Just thinking about the number of Very Savvy™️ People who absolutely beclowned themselves falling for what was always a transparently fake-ass right wing kayfabe propaganda push about “cancel culture.” How embarrassing for all of them.

Here's how to support my work: I'll be teaching a version of my Columbia class on Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 next month for @resistanceschool.bsky.social. The course is online/ hybrid. Deadline is Sept. 19th! Sign up! www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

Joy Reid. Karen Attiah. Gene Robinson. Jonathan Capehart. There are lots of others. Circumstances differ. But really sad to see new organizations not keeping super-talented Black staffers. The news industry spent decades talking about diversity, improved some from 2014-2020 and is now going back.

The best I’ve seen is from the LATimes interview with Joan Donovan. It’s not conclusive by any means, but to my knowledge the markings are the only reliable public info thus far and Mrs. Donovan is unimpeachable in this realm.