Read that again. Trump-appointed Kennedy Center head Ric Grenell specifically set aside a block of 50 seats at the Kennedy Center so a group of Trumpers could heckle a Black woman performer. www.washingtonian.com/2025/09/23/l...

Humble Bundle: Cisco Networking and Certification by Cisco Press and Pearson. @humblebundle.com #AlwaysBeLabbing www.humblebundle.com/books/cisco-...

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

Your State Auditor’s Office just received the highest grade possible in peer review, again. Kudos to our excellent staff! 🥳

KFF estimates the changes could leave 68,000 Iowans without health insurance.

The Washington Post wrongly fired Opinions columnist Karen Attiah over her social media posts. The Post not only flagrantly disregarded standard disciplinary processes, it also undermined its own mandate to be a champion of free speech.

While I fight to lower health care, drug, and housing costs for working families, Ashley Hinson is supporting cuts to Medicaid and policies that favor billionaires over the rest of us. I’m running to change that.

An easy story for reporters in tech and extremism right now might be to ask major music streaming platforms why they quietly let Skrewdriver back on some time this year

Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding. A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

Every single one of Iowa's US Representatives supports this.

Joni Ernst voted to strip healthcare from 100,000 Iowans and brushed off Medicaid cuts saying, “we all are going to die.” That’s not leadership—it’s failure. Iowans deserve better.

Here’s better reporting about that which seems to be missing from most U.S. reporting

Tim Walz: "I always get in trouble for it and I'll continue to say it, I don't think we do any favors when we don't name it -- these are fascist policies."

between this and Not Like Us it’s been a rough couple years

i'll say it again, my loud and vigorous support for any democrat who calls for televised hearings and criminal charges for everyone involved in DOGE. this guy should never be able to live in peace again.

Translation: Trump says he’s increasing your electricity prices.

Imporant ICE tip.

Just heard a gaming friend I hadn’t seen in about 18 months attempted suicide and is lying brain dead in the hospital. Smart, funny and great to have as a player at the table. Fair winds and following seas John

"So that heroin shipment I was tracking before they pulled me for this shit was supposed to arrive in port yesterday"

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Signed my own skip letter like I did back in high school

The winning message going forward is "Take their shit and make them pay" Take back everything they took from us. Every fucking dime. Rebuild every thing they took from us, making them pay for it. And things that can't be brought back with money? Make them pay for that too...

A hunger strike at a South Florida immigration detention center state officials have named “Alligator Alcatraz” enters its tenth day, as detainees protest what they call inhumane and dangerous living conditions.

Motherfucking wind farms…

You're going to start hearing a lot of talk about moving in to crypto as a way to bypass payment processors and what I need all of you to understand is that Anybody Saying This Is Trying To Scam You. They Have Potentially Millions Of Dollars In Crypto They Can't Cash Out Unless You Buy It From Them.

85% of young men support Zohran Mamdani. 79% of young women support Zohran Mamdani. 67% of Jewish people aged 18-44 support Zohran Mamdani. 65% of Black people aged 18-44 support Zohran Mamdani. Would you have guessed *any* of that with how the media has covered all this?

The former CEO of My Faith Votes, a prominent conservative Christian activist, has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. My Faith Votes was founded in 2015 to mobilize millions of conservative Christians to vote in elections.

Some professional news: After more than a decade of columnizing at The Washington Post, I'm taking the buyout. This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them: wapo.st/3TU2fGw

to disable the fucking AI chatbot in Firefox: * go to about:config * set browser.ml.chat.enabled to false

Yesterday, we announced the recall of 5 million above ground pools. Please check to see if yours is on the list: cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025...

FYI for those who don't know: NBA players have in their contract that the players (ie LABOR) gets 50% of all basketball related income. WNBA players get ~9%.

"Noting that in this last segment, we have basically talked through the Velvet Revolution, the Civil Rights movement, Hot Girl Summer, fast fashion, @chenoweth.bsky.social and the Arab Spring." #Onbrand @sirenspod.bsky.social analysis on political protest podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

this is literally the guiltiest anyone has ever been in the history of the world

For those just waking up: last night Republicans voted against an amendment put forward by Democrats that would have forced the public release of all the Epstein files

ladies and gentlemen, the weekend.

Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

In case you were wondering what several of the pages in a FAA FOIA req response on GlobalX look like.

Has anyone seen any other news reports about the lack of FEMA response in Texas/Richardson being MIA?

If you've lost power due to flooding or severe storms in your area and are using a portable generator to keep the power on, make sure it is running outdoors and at least 20ft away from your home/shelter. Never run it indoors. Generators can produce deadly levels of carbon monoxide in minutes.

Money for parades but not for mental health treatment of soldiers and their families. www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...

Kyiv this morning

Flawless

In an effort to make today slightly less terrible, here is a photo of BJ and Judy next to a canister of oats for scale

A few weeks ago, an important — and largely private — chapter in my life ended; I’m incredibly thankful to @lawfaremedia.org for giving me a forum to write the next one.

ATTN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS/ADVOCATES: I'm working on a piece about ICE continuing to detain people AFTER they have won relief from an immigration judge. Pls reach out on Signal - tanvim.05 - if you have represented someone who has had that experience or been tracking this? TY.