I’d pay good money for @dieworkwear.bsky.social to walk around AFA (or any of our other borg-like trade shows) and offer running commentary.

This is an absolutely terrific piece from @texastribune.org and reinforces my belief that the best coverage of right-wing cancelations occur at the local level, after years of the national media focusing on threats from the left. www.texastribune.org/2025/09/19/t...

The FDA statement ends with a paragraph undermining its own warning. They signal parents to avoid acetaminophen. Except sometimes. And then: No “causal relationship… established” with ADHD or autism AND Alternatives to acetaminophen have “well-documented adverse impacts.”

I mean, the other guys failed too. They just killed a few million people in the process.

I know Bluesky is still not foreign policy / national security central, but for those of us involved in CT land, this is some mind-blowing stuff right here. Lots of ISIS dudes rolling over in their graves right now.

"kristi noem and corey lewandowski, who we can confirm are not only dating but running DHS together" absolutely cursed sentence

Please spend some time today with this wonderful feature from my colleagues about the best picture books of the last 25 years. slate.com/culture/2025...

LOL. Not Disney releasing a Star Wars trailer hoping that will appease the masses. They are desperate.

Fun story this morning. I spoke with Curtis Evans, the retired Marine in the viral photo below who took part in the anti-ICE protest at Broadview. He's a thoughtful guy, well read and with a dry sense of humor. Story @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...

GUESS WHAT WEEK IT IS

the fact they're out here running "abigail spanberger will trans your kids" against one of the most conservative candidates out of the Democratic Party is a great example of why actually standing up for trans people, especially kids, is the only way to go

Death be not proud. Or dignified.

It really is like Nixon live blogging Watergate and the journalism establishment saying eh, what can you do

Shit just got real

Nixon’s presidency-ending crimes look like middle school pranks in comparison to the unprecedented corruption & authoritarianism now happening on a daily basis. We used to be a serious country in not tolerating this. We’ve lost our way. All because of One Special Boy 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

please let me off this ride

This is a good read. It explains why Kimmel may not return. It also explains how a lot of his staff are still underwater financially due to the writer's strike in 2023, and how much this is harming them is a big consideration. And how much this sucks for all of us.

That’s not how a Venn diagram works?

Tell me you know nothing about Kansas (and Missouri) politics without telling me… (Kansas has a pro choice Dem governor and resounds defeated an abortion ban referendum)

Lemme spell it out. Trump's only leverage over Jimmy Kimmel and ABC came from FCC regulation. His direct power over H1-B visas gives him similar leverage over tech, higher ed, and others.

Love to spend a weekend morning watching PT videos because you sat at your new desk too much and now you can't move.

If the concern is authoritarianism, I struggle to think of more than a very few things a state can do that are more intrusive of human rights, dignity and freedom than forced pregnancy.

Tell me you know nothing about Kansas (and Missouri) politics without telling me… (Kansas has a pro choice Dem governor and resounds defeated an abortion ban referendum)

Curtis Evans, of Evanston, carries a U.S. flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. Evans said he was a Marine during Ronald Reagan’s term.

This’ll all get worse before it gets better www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Absolutely wild how Signalgate was only 6 months ago and everyone has... forgotten about it and moved on. Signalgate would have ended careers and prompted wall-to-wall congressional hearings in any other administration. In Trump II, no one was held accountable. We just moved to the next scandal.

Googling “which president negotiated crappy exit agreement with Taliban”

At $100,000 per H1B visa, Amazon alone will end up paying $1 Billion. Or, more likely, laying off most of their international staff. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h...

this may brighten your day tbh

Amazing every time

I have a new article out in the Journal of Democracy comparing mass protests and government collapse in 2025 Nepal, 2024 Bangladesh, and 2022 Sri Lanka: www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...

Senate approved 48 Trump nominees yesterday, under new rules in a single vote. Sure, ok.

Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."

“The FCC under Brendan Carr uses mergers and business interests of media companies as leverage to extract concessions, extract bribes, and extract censorship.”

No thanks

As we’ve reported before at @rollingstone.com, trump and his gang plotted to use the federal government against his enemies in late night tv even before he was reelected. Now…. www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

“Debate Me” culture is not organic, endemic, or apolitical. This mode of high jacking discourse is and has been central to a 30-year conservative training program that has produced untold numbers of people to do this for every reason but “civil discourse”

@angelaflournoy.bsky.social’s new novel is truly a triumph. I hope you’ll make time for it. It comes out today.

What a gem of a movie. I ran into David Strathairn at Vetri in Philly while he was doing a play at the Wilma and when I shook his hand I said "Sneakers is one of my all time favorites" and he said "most fun I ever had and hardly anyone brings it up" Gonna watch it tonight.

I didn’t work at @slate.com when they made this package for the 20th anniversary of Sneakers. Worth revisiting today. slate.com/culture/2012...

Let’s all watch Sneakers tonight

Barefoot in the Park Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid The Candidate The Sting All the President’s Men Sneakers He was so good in so many of my favorite movies. And no one, no one, was ever handsomer. RIP to a legend.

Oh wow

I’ve been thinking the same thing. So many great reporters and columnists out there, as well as a new demand for it given the implosion of the NYT & WaPo

“Who was arrested in Trump’s D.C. crime emergency?” The @washingtonpost.com analyzed more than 1,000 charging documents to find out. A superb piece of journalism here. And exactly what you want to see from our local paper. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

I want this + solar panels in all airport and sports stadia parking lots

When you add in all of the publicly-owned water districts and state-owned canals in California, and top it off with extensive irrigation ditches.. It’s a whole lot more!

I can't believe they're making me watch Giants - Cowboys OT while waiting for the Chiefs game.