BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.

As the whole world now sees him, while wishing he were constrained. In his first term, folks tried to reassure us there were adults in the White House who would moderate his worst instincts. That is no longer the case.

I would suggest we may soon be calling it a "Mafia State". Like Putin's only less grand and heavy on being a kakistocracy. The worst of all possible worlds.

I spent the week at the police surveillance convention and let me tell you my biggest observation: The name of the game now is consolidating as much information as humanely possible from surveillance devices, the internet, other governmental data, and literally a million other places. 🧵

Going independent has meant having the freedom to say that ICE is kidnapping people, to describe our government as authoritarian, and to say more directly when fascism is happening. I hope we'll start to see this more in large newsrooms before it's too late.

it's funny that Financial Post is absolutely convinced the problem with Mark Carney is that he's not in favor of more austerity and private-led housing financialpost.com/opinion/otta...

No veteran should have their social security number leaked, let alone passed to a political opponent by the government.

Good question! What's your guess?

Sickening behavior by this agent. The fact that Mayor Adams has rolled out the red carpet for ICE is a stain on our city.

I can't believe MSNBC is falling for this "anti-ice" on the bullet thing. The shooter's brother says he wasn't political and didn't have strong feelings about ICE. Where's the scrutiny?

“To say the military leadership is anxious would be an understatement,” one defense official told The Intercept.

NEW: Ed Martin, head of the DOJ’s weaponization task force, threatened to investigate a now-retired FBI agent who sued the far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over Jones’ lies about a mass school shooting.

Breaking News: Top House and Senate Democrats are investigating whether law firms that cut deals with President Trump are breaking the law by doing free legal work for his administration.

Homeland Security is working hard to depict the Dallas shooting as an attack on ICE rather than an attack on the detainees who were actually shot. DHS says "the shooter fired indiscriminately at the ICE building." "Indiscriminately?" How would they know that? The shooter is dead.

Ted Cruz and other officials at a press conference in Dallas after a shooting at an ICE facility all refused to name the victims as being detainees. All “thoughts and prayers” were instead directed at ICE agents. I feel like I am going crazy

"'tis a consummation devoutly to be wished"

Kristi Noem, guns, and cuddly puppies don't mix. Kristi Noem and politics are a bad mix as well.

Kristi Noem couldn’t get to Twitter fast enough to use the Dallas ICE shooting for political points. But local news now says it was detainees who were shot — not ICE agents. She played politics, and three human beings are dead. We need an investigation into how this happened now!

America’s leadership class is failing us. It’s up to you and me to defend democracy. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/22/america-democray-leadership-robert-reich

LUCRATIVE is the right word. GRIFTER is what HE is.

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The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.

and a psychopath

If they are found. They should be given the "Medal of Freedom."

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It’s easy to take democracy for granted. It’s easy to assume that the Constitution is in stone. It’s not. This is a moment when your courage and your activism are most needed.

Trump at the UN

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins? He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions. So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

On this we agree wholeheartedly.

This should be getting a lot more attention. And no journalist should sign it. "The idea that a member of the Pentagon press corps or a reporter writ large can only write what the government tells them to, that's not how it works in the United States of America." www.rawstory.com/pentagon-267...

DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now." ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."

Give Grump his meds, and his passifier, then change his diaper.

"The sleeping giant is awakening " Robert Reich, from your lips to Fate's ears.

Kat Abughazaleh, 26, made her name swatting down right-wing talking points on social media. Now she’s hoping internet fame can propel her to Congress. www.wired.com/story/kat-ab...

Of course! To be expected from the most corrupt White House in living memory. I remember Nixon, so that's saying a lot.

The moral bankruptcy of America’s leadership class open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Disney digging the hole deeper and deeper. I guess they're not feeling loved.

"It takes one to know one" an old adage that refers to a narcissistic trait of accusing others of committing the very actions the narcs is engaged in.

Although Tom Ragsdale’s oil companies owe New Mexico more than $3.5 million for pollution and unpaid fees, the state has recovered only about $50,000. Drillers across the industry have employed similar tactics in what is known as “the playbook.” (Published Dec. 2024)

Meet the Cassandra of the FCC, whose warnings are finally starting to get a broad hearing (via Bloomberg Opinion)