It’s about time some red state governors said this!

Huh.

Super moon in the morning.

What a great fall evening. Cool. Crisp. And the clouds are beginning to pick up some color.

Bless Stephen Colbert and Co. for this:

Leaving aside the southern governors who used state police to undermine civil rights orders, during the Flint sit-down strikes of 1937 Michigan Gov. Frank Murphy called out the National Guard to defend strikers even after a federal court order called for them to be evicted from the factory.

As I stand amid a dizzying swirl of destructive distractions, I'm reminded again of this simple fact: Whatever is in the Epstein files must be incomprehensibly bad. All of this - **waves arms wildly in all directions** - it in service to keeping those files hidden.

Even tho the sun is south around Pt Betsie, it’s doing its magic on the clouds.

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

Swear her in.

The alleged shooter in Michigan. Weird that Vance and Patel haven’t tweeted out this info. 🤷🏽‍♂️👇🏽 www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Sinclair announces the end of its Jimmy Kimmel boycott. Nexstar (which is seeking FCC approval to buy 9NEWS/TEGNA) is continuing to keep Kimmel off the air.

As I predicted in this morning’s column (www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...), money talks and bullshit walks.

The sun is SO FAR south, but still . . . Potential.

The sunset had potential, but the cloud layer suddenly went dark. Oh well. And sun off camera left/south.

Autism was first diagnosed in 1943. Tylenol was released in 1950. More stupidity from the man who advised injecting bleach and taking ivermectin.

Jimmy Kimmel is being brought back for the same reason he was suspended: Corporations only care about money. Which is why boycotts work.

Last sunset of summer. Tomorrow the sun sets south of the shore. RIP.

I have no idea what conclusions to draw from this fascinating graph. But my irrational speculations are running rampant.

Shout out to my nephew, Payton, for his 7th place finish today at the ‘25 World Greco Roman Championships in Croatia. Gave the ultimate gold medalist everything he could handle in Round of 16 in a very tight match. Next stop? U23 World Championships in Serbia in one month. #BattleTested

Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary downpayment for future bullying. We ALL need to step up for the first amendment. By-the-way, for the record, this ex-Disney employee finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny. mh

meanwhile costco was all “DEI is good and we’re keeping it, fuck you” and they’re now basically printing money

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

Man, a lot of crazy shit has happened since Epstein’s birthday letter was released a week ago Monday.

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

I hated to do it but I canceled my ESPN subscription last night. We are at that point we are going to have to start sacrificing a lot of little comforts, and do so knowing that a lot of other folks are suffering much worse than we are with this first world problem.

Kimmel is getting way more focus than the fact that the president of the United States of america just declared that anyone who’s against him could be officially labeled a terrorist.

He’s cancelling comedians because of the Epstein files. He’s killing South American fisherman because of the Epstein files. He’s taking away freedom of speech because of the Epstein files. Those files must be radioactive.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Ngl, Colbert and Kimmel getting canceled AND South Park self-censoring is making me pretty damn scared about speech in this country.

New week's cover of The New Yorker, "Remote Control," by Barry Blitt.

the hand is way too big, but otherwise? brilliant.

Glad that Gov. Gavin Newsom is up for the fight and understands the danger.

Also maybe, stop making deals that make your company so VULNERABLE to capitulation.

If this became a weekly series, it would run longer than The Simpsons.

Let’s support the Evergreen community, where a school shooting last week didn’t get much notice outside Colorado due to the killing of Charlie Kirk. I’ll match the next fifty $5 donations to the Jefferson Center. Their team is helping the community process trauma. www.coloradogives.org/story/d3eafg

Re Kimmel, it's important that Disney has left itself an out--it is a "suspension," not a cancellation or firing. What happens in the next two days--reaction within the company but also in the press, in the industry, in Washington, among consumers, and on social media--may affect how this plays out.

@loyallittlespod.bsky.social @dyagodich.bsky.social @smitty-scoop.bsky.social @coolauntclaire.bsky.social @mrjonez1.bsky.social @debmitman.bsky.social @thispersonstinks.bsky.social Will it still take place in a gazebo?

Wrote ABC, Disney, Nextstar and Sinclair to let them know how I feel about their removing Jimmy Kimmel from the air due to pressure from the dictator-want-to-be in the White House. I will do everything in my power to avoid supporting them or their advertisers until his show is restored.

An INTENDED result of going after free speech is it scares people into being silent in a moment where we need everyone to be the loudest.

It’s almost like philanthropy is good for business. Research shows that to be factually true….but Tech Bois and VC Bros don’t let facts get in the way of their feelings.

"Release the Epstein Files." - Charlie Kirk

150 years ago today a patent was awarded to George B Pierce. He was the 1st Michigan resident to get one for a fishing lure. 🌊🌊