Wired is doing some really solid reporting.

Trump hyped a huge autism announcement for months then followed through today with a press conference where his brain leaked out of his ears for an hour while he couldn't pronounce "acetaminophen" and yelled "DON'T TAKE ASPIRIN" over and over. Congratulations, America.

perhaps if the folks from Tylenol built a ballroom onto the White House or bought Trump a jet?

It’s so blatantly deliberate how the right demonized & defined the word anti-fa, much like feminism, so as to prevent people from identifying as such Why make anti-fascism a bad word unless you’re pro-fascist?

This was yesterday. He has not yet reacted to Kimmel's return. www.reuters.com/business/med...

I can’t believe I have to keep saying this, but the only way this happens is a drug company start paying us to take your product. Admittedly, I’m cool! Nonetheless, it’s not gonna happen.

what the hell did Tylenol ever do to this guy?

Yes, yes, we do. Has anybody given this guy a mirror?

Good to know!

Trump's discolored right hand is visible again today

We can fight back. And we can win.

Two comets currently in the skies cannot be a good omen. Hey, is it too late to get in on this Rapture wheeze? (Amazing photo!)

sorry, but i'm skeptical this guy is making a good faith effort to figure out autism

Currently obsessed with which big-name Hollywood stars *haven't* yet signed this @aclu.org letter, including some you would expect, like Clooney, Pitt, Zendaya and Tom, Will Smith and Jada, Scar Jo & Colin, Chris Evans, Zoe Saldana, Leo (ok, not surprised)... www.aclu.org/defend-free-...

No shit Sherlock.

I’m old enough to remember when president didn’t spew false accusations against companies, causing them to lose market cap & Americans to lose faith in safe medications.

And has such a fine specimen of health and vigor we should listen to this guy is feelings because?

Wonder if that’s how it’s going to play

Update: (I wish @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social posted here)

I’m glad Jimmy’s back. But Brendan Carr still needs to resign. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...

Now bring back Colbert.

Bet this was a major factor.

One of my favorite soliloquies comes to mind every time there's a rapture rumor. It's from Aucassin and Nicolette and it goes, in part:

"When the right doesn't have power, they turn to appeals on principle. But when they do have it, those principles become an impediment, so they are discarded. How many Republicans have you heard talking about corruption or an independent judiciary or due process lately?" — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

Disney statement:

⚠️ Disney is bringing Kimmel back:

As I wrote: "In another time — one that feels like another universe — it would have been unseemly to turn a religious memorial into a campaign rally." Anyone else old enough to remember the "Wellstone effect"? wapo.st/4pB7wBm

"It wasn’t difficult to see that the right’s commitment to free expression was lightly held, to say the least. But in the wake of Kirk’s murder, they're initiating a crackdown on the speech of their opponents so sweeping that it’s hard not to conclude they were just waiting for the opportunity."

Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate. I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man. Never change your last name.

The only evidence actually produced from these bombings was from one boat by the government of the Dominican Republic And it wasn’t fentanyl, it was 1000 kilos of cocaine.

We’ve portrayed media moguls as vicious infighters and power players but when actually threatened, they’re folding like cheap suits. I’d call them little bitches, but little bitches would fight back harder.

He knows that people need to fish to live, right? For food and everything?

When this ruling came down it was clear, if Trump won, they were handing a deeply vindictive, corrupt criminal the most powerful prosecutorial weapon in the world.

This is a genuine thing. By the time Trump is done there’s going to be nothing left, which supports much less maintains what has made America great. What we’re doing is undermining our own safety and stability.

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." ~ Albert Camus #QuoteDiem

“People work for years on these musicals, and they finally make their way to Broadway, but shows that are even selling a million dollars in tickets a week can’t survive, and it’s absolutely heartbreaking.”

Can’t buy us off that easily Iger.

This beautiful, sweet, playful happy girl deserves an excellent home I met her and she’s smart, sweet, gentle, silly, house trained, and might be perfect for you Are you looking for you new best friend? www.petfinder.com/dog/harley-7...

My Take: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This is a good explainer on the whole situation with Comey and why Trump would likely have to bring any trumped up charges against him by Sept 30.

“Under a third of American adults are Trump voters, and 53% are Trump disapprovers — with 48% intensely opposed.”

RFK Jr.’s handpicked vaccine panel just made your shots harder to get open.substack.com/pub/drericdi...

“Far left”=anyone who thinks masked federal agents rounding up hard working people and shipping them off to god knows where is babaric

With unabashed authoritarianism on full display, public may have also reached an inflection point. Politically disengaged Americans may not follow details of court fights but maneuvers like firing a comedian at behest of the president just might rouse ordinary folks who know this is un-American.

The only question here is timing. A market crash coupled with stagflation is going to be brutal particularly with this President & this Congress continuing to give money to the billionaires who are driving this mess.

Russian State TV: “Let’s give Trump a Nobel Prize from us…our Trumpushka is being mistreated… you’re wrong not to love our Trump… 🇺🇸 is moving away from its fundamental principles…” They praise him for getting Kimmel fired, sending the military to our cities, etc rooting for our democracy to crumble

A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48. Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.

Harrison Butker once again being criticized for being to the extreme right.

⚡️US move to ease Belavia sanctions raises fears of spare parts reaching Russia, Politico reports. There is growing concern that U.S.-made aircraft components could be diverted to Russian airlines, which face acute shortages of spare parts and maintenance capacity under Western sanctions.