Trump: "Don't forget I can use the Insurrection Act. 50% of the presidents almost have used that. And that's unquestioned power."

There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

Last night in LA… Nightmare fuel on a freeway wall.

Kimmel’s return proves pressure works but it shouldn’t take unions, backlash, and canceled Disney+ subs to defend free speech.

Shapiro wants a world where the status quo is virtue and dissent is pathology. But history proves that tearing down injustice is as necessary as creating new systems. open.spotify.com/episode/136V...

If Kirk’s movement wanted young people to think for themselves, it wouldn’t be hunting educators. It would be debating them.

Wild to see Kirk remembered as a “civil debater” when his record is littered with slurs, lies, and calls for violence. Coates is right if we ignore his own words, we’re just rehearsing the same historical amnesia that once sanitized Confederates. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

We can condemn Kirk’s murder and still critique his politics. Saying criticism is what killed him is disingenuous it confuses speech with violence and scapegoats millions of people who had nothing to do with it.

Someone pulled the trigger not “all liberals.” Turning a tragedy into proof of some culture war is dishonest and dangerous. Violence is wrong, but so is weaponizing grief to demonize millions.

Seventeen officers, clear signs of intoxication, car crashes, admissions of drinking and not one arrested at the scene. If that doesn’t scream double standard, what does? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

Vieques nos enseñó el costo de la militarización...tierras contaminadas, familias enfermas, años de lucha. Repetir la misma receta en 2025 no los protege, los vuelve a hacer daño. www.elnuevodia.com/corresponsal...

Yes, mRNA vaccines can have rare side effects like myocarditis. But infection itself is far riskier. Cutting research ignores data showing vaccines prevent more myocarditis than they cause. theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-s...

This isn’t a personnel spat. It’s a stress test for the Constitution. Do courts still “say what the law is,” or does the president get to be judge, jury, and executioner of vague laws? If it’s the latter, separation of powers is dead letter. theconversation.com/how-trumps-d...

Hundreds of South Korean workers shackled at a Hyundai plant in Georgia. ICE calls it law enforcement. To me it looks like political theater that risks trade, jobs, and basic human dignity. www.npr.org/2025/09/06/n...

Let’s say it plain: the Supreme Court of the United States endorsed racial profiling today.

Imagine being a U.S. citizen, arrested for a joint, and spending nearly a week in jail before even seeing a judge. That’s what’s happening in D.C. right now under this crackdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...

Kavanaugh calls being stopped and interrogated “a modest burden.” Easy to say if you’ve never been profiled, humiliated, or treated like you don’t belong in your own country. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...

We used to worry about political spin. Now we’re dealing with wholesale rejection of reality. If every photo, stat, or fact can be shrugged off as fake, what anchors us?

Klein’s essay isn’t just about Democrats. It’s about us. Every institution, every community has to decide whether to normalize what’s happening or disrupt it. Waiting for 2026 isn’t enough. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Black style shows that a look can change the world, more than fashion, it’s a way of rewriting identity, claiming power, and reshaping what freedom looks like.

So yeah… risked nuclear war, got nothing, and hid it. These shadow missions sound cool till you realize they’re coin flips with people’s lives. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

Scrubbing slavery from historic sites doesn’t make America stronger. It makes us dishonest. A nation that can’t face its past can’t fix its present. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/o...

David Brooks is starting to exhaust me. It’s not money or morals. My family had plenty of values in Newark. Hard work, sacrifice, faith. What we lacked was a system that valued those traits as much as it valued suburban kids with trust funds. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/o...

The U.S. isn’t Russia, Colombia, or Duterte’s Philippines but ICE masking sure borrows their aesthetic. Call it authoritarian chic. Not a great look for a democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

A Gaza resident said it bluntly: “The only difference between us and the Israeli hostages is they’re underground and we’re above.” That’s the tragedy trapped civilians caught between Netanyahu’s vow to erase Hamas and Hamas’s vow to never fold. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/w...

So Trump renames the Pentagon the War Department. Cute. Nothing says “peace through strength” like confirming to Russia and China that you really do want smoke. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

The Learning Pit James Nottingham's metaphor of The Learning Pit illustrates the struggle before "getting it."

New York does not miss. The bleach did it for me. 😭

Women: MAGA men = 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

Trump gutted CISA, killed foreign interference programs, and now installed an election denier to run security. The pattern is clear: dismantle every safeguard.

Trump’s line was that the PA “undermined peace” by refusing his deal. Translation: they wouldn’t sign away their land and dignity. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

If kids have to beg a judge not to be deported, it’s not reunification. It’s state-sanctioned kidnapping. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

Newark End of Summer Vibes

Puerto Rico isn’t an outlier in need, it’s an outlier in neglect. High reliance on support isn’t a failure of its people. It’s the inevitable outcome of systemic poverty and unequal treatment under U.S. policy.

Every dictator loves science until it proves them wrong. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...

Comparing themselves to 9/11 victims shows how far they’ll go to erase the violence they caused and the lives they endangered. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

Every hour spent fighting pancake logos is an hour not spent addressing corruption, public health, or the economy. Outrage is the point because it keeps voters uninformed. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/o...

So the sandwich guy ... beat the wrap

The #1 self-help tip of 2025? Be the villain. Protect your peace, cut your ties, stop apologizing. Translation: America finally found a way to turn self-care into selfishness. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/s...

Trump yesterday: “A lot of people are saying maybe we need a dictator. … I’m not a dictator.” ⬇ Trump today: “The line is that I'm a dictator, but I stop crime. So a lot of people say, ‘You know, if that's the case, I'd rather have a dictator.’”

He’s not a dictator, he just acts like one, talks like one, and dreams like one. Totally different. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

They call it cracking down. Looks more like shaking down. www.npr.org/2025/08/26/g...

To be accused of speaking too loudly about one injustice but not others by someone who doesn’t care about any of them is to be told, simply, to keep quiet. - Omar El Akkad

Trump fires Lisa Cook in an unprecedented move, and immediately the US dollar sinks against the Yen (in red), the Euro (teal), and the British Pound (purple). Stocks are also sorting it out, but down around a quarter point. Point is: Markets don't think this is move helps American business.

People: struggling with rent, groceries, medical bills. Trump: “I know! Let’s make interest rates a campaign stunt.” America: 🥴 www.npr.org/2025/08/25/n...

Court ruling or parenting manual? Hard to tell. politicalwire.com/2025/08/25/u...

Remember when “far right” meant tiki torch rallies? Now it means press briefings. Talk about a glow up. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/u...

Juls on Soulection yesterday had me ready to book a flight and a dance floor. Afrobeats, salsa, afro house, and edits. Wepa! ✈️💃🏽🔥 music.apple.com/us/station/e...