Cardinal Timothy Dolan failed to report direct admissions of rape by multiple priests, lobbied against extending the statute of limitations for sex abuse, and moved money off the church books to hide it from victims of sex abuse. In case you were wondering.

Kimmel wasn’t fired because he said something his bosses didn’t like. Kimmel was fired because the government pressured his bosses over something Trump didn’t like. 

Mullin: "When 97% of the news stories are negative about him & 99% about Pete Hegseth are negative, it is cheating, bc you're putting out a narrative that isn't true...there's a thin line between free speech & when it crosses a line and causes violence. And when you start calling someone fascist..."

The last three events I’ve spoken at have been completely sold out. And it’s not because of my speaking skills. It’s because people are pissed. That energy is palpable everywhere I go.

One time, the Missouri Ethics Committee investigated me over a $30 donation…

It’s not a crime to be in this country as an undocumented person. It’s a civil violation. But you know what is a crime? Taking a bribe from undercover agents in exchange for the promise of government contracts WHEN YOU’RE THE FCKING BORDER CZAR.

Donald Trump and top administration officials confidently assert that left-wing political violence is a huge problem in the United States. They’re wrong, say researchers who study extremism.

Psycho

Under this GOP Measure, All of Missouri’s Recent Popular Initiatives Would Have Failed boltsmag.org/missouri-ame...

entire press has gotten bullied into treating charlie kirk as if he was one of the most important americans alive and not a modestly popular podcaster

"In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration..." www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Walking back to my car after a rally…had a hard time finding my car. We all drive Subarus. Apparently.

currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter

As corrupt and appalling as the ouster of this career prosecutor for refusing to prosecute Trump's enemies truly is, I strongly encourage folks to also understand this as evidence that Trump's authoritarian designs are facing serious institutional resistance:

They put up a bust of Rush Limbaugh in Jeff City and then they had to buy a security camera for it…

The free speech comedy bros are silent on Kimmel because they were never concerned about state suppression of speech. They just wanted to use slurs without consequences in the form of people saying, “You shouldn’t say that.” They don’t know how to handle actual threats because they’re weak.

That was fast. This is also why you don’t surrender to autocrats - you fight them and beat them.

A deeply important read.

I will shame the Missouri Governor for everything except for his education level… That is some classist shit I will not participate in.

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

Right-wing Sinclair Broadcasting owns all these local media stations and many others all across America. This is not journalism, it is scripted propaganda.

Getting Jimmy Kimmel fired didn’t lower the price of my coffee…

The one where the Kansas City star muses over whether you should speak up about fascism and misogyny and white nationalism… The author says if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.

Reliable Narrator: 10/30 This is where things really fall apart in the narrative. The narrator is not at all believable — he is not trustworthy. He is not credible and reads as manipulative. The narrator feels like he is purposely misleading his audience. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

I read 1984. And Fahrenheit 451. And A Brave New World. And The Handmaid‘s Tale. And The Giver. And The Road. And The Lottery. And The Parable of the Sower. And The Hunger Games. I know what I’m seeing.

Those text messages are bullshit…

Just an observation…

The right is honoring Charlie Kirk’s legacy of “free speech” by firing everyone exercising free speech…

Don’t let this make you quieter. Get louder.

WOW -- a screaming Patel crashes out in response to Schiff's questions about Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and calls him "the biggest fraud to ever sit in the United States Senate" and "an utter coward" and "political buffoon"

They truly are the dumbest people…

Vance on Trump's strikes on boats: "I wouldn't go fishing right now in that area of the world."

Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"

The rampant rise in free-speech censorship, fueled by Trump, should alarm all Americans, no matter their politics. Jen Rubin offers seven concrete ways to push back against this assault on the First Amendment.

US President Donald Trump formally begins his unprecedented second state visit to Britain on September 17 with the royal pomp a grand veneer to key diplomatic talks, and as difficult questions about Jeffrey Epstein linger reut.rs/4guqCVF

The fight to save democracy will take everyone. If you want to play a role, but aren’t interested in being on the front lines, Rena Korb tells us how effective postcards are in getting our messages out. Postcards For America: Become Part of the Postcard Nation substack.com/@renakorb/no...

If you are still on Facebook, this page is doxxing Missouri teachers for Charlie Kirk posts. You can report the page.👇🏻

Omg did not realize until watching @chrislhayes.bsky.social that ICE had a warrant for four Latino men when they came onsite to the GA plant. So basically they saw a lot of other nonwhite people and just decided to detain them all?? What’s the reasonable suspicion

Why is the right so angry? They control the entire government and they’re still miserable f*cks. Joy Reid nailed it.

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The ideological shift in America, in the span of just a few years, from “free markets” to “select industrial policy in the service of great power competition with China“ to “unapologetic crony capitalism“ is legitimately one of the most shocking political developments of my lifetime.

Exploiting Charlie Kirk’s terrible murder to punish educators is wrong. When you play politics with tragedy, students and teachers pay the price.

I have spoken directly to teachers from Missouri and Iowa who have been placed on administrative leave for not mourning the death of CK “correctly.”

I’m sorry I don’t know who to give credit to for this meme, but damn. Truth.

Failure to ugly cry over a dead podcaster now a Federal offense.

Shit getting real dark really fast

School shootings are political violence. Young people have been exposed to political violence their entire life and they’ve noticed when people don’t take it seriously. When it becomes a joke. When it’s a literal meme. “Thoughts and prayers.”

MAGA folks absolutely thrive on conspiracy theories. If you have any of those folks in your circle, and they are blaming the Left for CK, send them down the groyper rabbit hole. They may learn something, and they may come up out of the rabbit hole understanding that this wasn’t politics as usual.

That’s DEI fam 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️