Jamelle Bouie nails where we're at: It is as if the administration is building a simulacrum of authoritarianism, albeit one meant to bring the real thing into being.

"The carcass of Western liberal democracy” is “under the rubble in Gaza.” Arundhati Roy Harsh but true. open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

What a steaming pile of pious bullshit. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...

If natural advantage determined industrial success, Silicon Valley would still be growing apricots.

We're in Bananas "Everyone must wear their underwear outside" territory

The chair of the #ACIP is a #COVID-contrarian, Martin Kulldorff, as are others on the committee (i.e., Robert Malone). COVID-contrarians also have hands on the lever of vaccine policy at #FDA (i.e., Vinay Prasad, Tracy Beth Hoeg), at #NIH (i.e., Jay Bhattacharya). 1/

Seems Montclair, NJ may have a little cancel culture prob cair-nj.org/cair-nj-cond...

KFF has updated its calculator showing how much more subsidized ACA enrollees will pay if the enhanced subsidies expire. 1/ www.kff.org/interactive/...

Axios Vitals has a great cluster of articles today spotlighting the needless, wanton violence Republicans inflicted on Medicaid in their monstrous megabill.

Pure horserace (and horseshit) from the NYT - nothing about why one might vote for either candidate.

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.

I don't get it -- why does Trump care about the Fed's cook? Does she serve woke food or something?

Starting at 8:30 EST, @immcouncil.org’s own @naynagupta.bsky.social will be testifying at a shadow hearing held by Congressional Democrats on the impact of Trump’s mass deportation policies. Check it out! www.youtube.com/live/m47GZMk...

NEW: If Republicans won’t conduct oversight of Trump’s unconstitutional and cruel immigration policies that kidnap and disappear immigrants of all statuses, I will. Today’s Shadow Hearing will focus on how his actions are destroying U.S. families and communities.

The most quoted stat re expiration of the enhanced ACA subsidies is from KFF - that avg enrollee costs will rise 75%. But that analysis is from 2024, and the actual increase, per the IRS's setting of the % of income enrollees will pay in 2026, is higher. xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/worse-than...

Thanks to RFK, Charles Gaba notes, “we've now reached the point when and the U.S. Health Insurance Lobby are on the same page.” substack.com/home/post/p-...

Monarez starts hearing by stating clearly: RFK Jr. directed me to pre-approve vaccine recommendations, regardless of scientific evidence www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIlW...

"For Trump, suing is like having lunch." - Chinese businessman quoted in NYT years ago, paraphrased from memory.

Let's say it again: 1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off. 2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off. It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.

🚨 Dear Democrats: I'm the guy who's moving heaven & earth to get the #ACA enhanced tax credits extended, and I'm telling you NOT to cave for a short-term fix: acasignups.net/25/09/11/dea...

Doctors groups going (clearly) out of their comfort zone to cut Tik Toks asking Trump to can RFK Jr www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6TES59u/

Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory? Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”

More: Bill Pulte accused Fed Governor Lisa Cook of fraud. His relatives filed housing claims similar to hers www.reuters.com/world/us/bil... Democrats needs to be making a lot of noise about this! Corrupt Bill Pulte is abusing his power to target Democrats & using taxpayer money to do it.

HHS takes a fresh whack at the ACA marketplace - Charles Gaba has the rundown acasignups.net/25/09/04/let...

One 17-year-old had WON his case, but remained in foster care because he's still a child. He had been granted Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and got deferred action as a result. He's on a path to a green card — but nevertheless, the Trump admin tried to deport him too.

Hmm, why would anyone challenge rulemaking with these effects? www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

🚨NEW: Declarations filed in the lawsuit against the rushed attempt to deport 600 Guatemalan children reveals the chaotic way the Trump admin carried out the operation. Children were taken out of bed after midnight to be rushed onto planes. One girl "was so scared she vomited."

Join Anderson Kill in NYC on Sept. 16, 2-6 p.m., for a deep dive into AI use in the insurance industry. Learn more and register: andersonkill.com/event/ai-and...

Coincidentally, on NPR in the car today, I heard one spot about planned obsolescence and another relaying a claim that you should replace your pillow every two years.

Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

There's a lot of competition (Miller, Vought), but he's up there.

Trump has vandalized the world trading system as casually as he has paved over the Rose Garden. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/decline-an...

Under-covered relative to some of the other coverage losses driven by the reconciliation bill: Lawfully-present immigrants who will lose eligibility for Marketplace subsidies — 34,000 in Massachusetts alone.

Bondi, Patel, Hegseth et al are doing what Trump wants. They're his loyalists and his agents. Trump (who is proud of Operation Warp Speed) has no similar relationship to RFK Jr. Trump made a deal with him. He could dump him. There's a potential wedge there, between Trump and Kennedy. Exploit it.

"The nostalgia for the idea of American democracy can’t blind us to its collapse." Don Moynihan totes up Trump's rapid progress on the authoritarian checklist. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...

I'm ignorant on this front, but my guess for Rule 1 is "pay."

SCOOP: A Powerful A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers. Big liberal content creators are being paid up to $8,000 per month to push party messaging. www.wired.com/story/dark-m...

Striking: New Quinnipiac poll finds 56% of voters nationally oppose Trump's sending of National Guard into DC. Only 41% support it. Independents oppose it by 61-34. Trump's overall approval on crime is cratering at 42-54. That sound you hear is a lot of dimwitted pundit narratives imploding.

A lot has changed during my 28 years in New Jersey, but one thing will never change: NJ Transit blaming Amtrak for delays (probably rightly...)

I forced myself to look up the Cracker Barrel thing. Looks like crackers had them over a barrel?

WSJ editorial board has been on him since spring. They no likee tariffs.

Or discovered them

Maybe we shouldn’t let someone who doesn’t believe in germs and who thinks it’s okay to eat roadkill and swim in contaminated ponds be in charge of our national food safety.

Oscar Wilde

Okay, I had to look up Travis Kelce. But what are his political views?

This quote belongs on page one of every legal brief filed against this administration.