If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

Republicans can’t win on their policies, so they are trying to dodge accountability by rewriting the rules. These lawmakers are going out of their way to silence the will of the people and deliberately undermine our democracy.

I haven't had time to read up on the latest shooting, but I'm going to post my incredibly radical position that a shooting is bad no matter who did it and no matter who was shot. Stop trying to crack the code of a shooter's motives and focus on the one thing they all have in common -- the guns.

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This is what chilling free speech looks like. Everyone starts self-censoring so as not to be the next outlet to earn Trump's ire. It doesn't matter that Kimmel is back. The damage is done.

Maybe the Fox bobbleheads should shut it and check the numbers. Kimmel pulled 15 million viewers last night. Those are not “low ratings,” that’s a beatdown.

I guess I just don’t understand why an anti-ICE sniper would aim at immigrants… And why are so many people engraving bullets these days? I have questions.

Kenvue don't play!

I was able to watch @jimmykimmel.com on KETV in Omaha but some of my family in small town Nebraska didn’t get to see it. I watched it again on YouTube! youtu.be/c1tjh_ZO_tY?...

I'm so angry about the weaponization of government and corporate America capitulation, I just swore on MSNBC. Sorry, but it is how I feel.

Jimmy Kimmel's Monologue now has 14.3 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube. It would be a shame for you to share it www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

Congratulations to @jimmykimmel.com on his triumphant return! Last night he was pitch-perfect. Inspirational, self-reflective, gracious to his haters, championing the 1st Amendment & most importantly: FUNNY. (Shout-out to Robert DeNiro as the mob-boss head of the FCC)😆

Those station groups not allowing their viewers to see tonight’s Jimmy Kimmel are denying them access to an important moment in TV history.

Everyday covering politics is like marinating in sewage

He stood in front of the world at the UN today, and every other word out of his mouth was a lie. I’ll say it again, we’ve not been here before. An American President who lies as he breathes. It’s a terrible place to be. Shame on the media & everyone who’s normalized his lying and/or doesn’t care.

This is beautifully written. Everyone should read this. Thank you, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

This piece is brilliant.

I want you to read one of my 2022 investigations again + understand that the response you’re seeing from your children’s school boards-the harassment + firing of teachers, administrators & staff-is tied to a network of folks who have been in this game for years: www.propublica.org/article/geor...

I keep thinking that couldn't possibly have been written into his speech, yet I have trouble believing he actually knows what amorphous means. It's an international humiliation that the POTUS is a nasty, meanspirited, blithering idiot who brags constantly and doesn't understand how anything works.

BREAKING — Notices for the Disney+ price increase went out at noon ET today, confirming my scoop from last night. Details: www.vulture.com/article/disn...

Breaking: Trump's US envoy to Syria (also one of his few personal friends) apparently wholly unaware of what "Islam" means. This is stunning and in any normal world would be career ending for any diplomat in the Middle East.

So many coverups. Release the Epstein files. Release the Homan tapes. Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.

I still am stunned, years later, that dozens of cops at Uvalde waited 77 minutes to kill the shooter while kids died. Has ANYONE been held accountable?

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

Lawgeeks, Kilmar Abrego Garcia's reply filing in support of his motion to dismiss the criminal case in Tennessee for vindictive and selective prosecution is an excellent, powerful (and short) read. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Conservatives love to darkly say stuff like “you aren’t prepared for what’s next, we’re not going to be moderate anymore, you have no idea what you’ve unleashed” and then cry like babies when you call them fascists

Dear Kremlin, You thought Ukraine would break in days. It’s been years. And now Ukrainian drones are breaking through your skies. No refinery, no city, no corner is safe. Your war is flying home.

Disney did not apologize.

Will FCC Chair Brendan Carr have to issue an apology?

Expand the Supreme Court. Should be a major talking point for Democrats who want to lead in the future.

You’re watching mass manipulation in real time

Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate. I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man. Never change your last name.

Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.

No one talks about it, but there is one simple way to save Social Security — the wealthy pay more (Letters) trib.al/LcfAwH2

A fourth boat bombed in international waters. Total death toll now 19 What I dont get is, if these boats are "carrying fentanyl" as Trump says (they absolutely arent. Even the DEA says VZ doesnt produce fentanyl), then why not seize one and show us? www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Looks like I won't be tuning in for a few days to @msnbc.com BAD choice to air the "Charlie Kirk" Memorial. It doesn't have a Goddamned thing to do with Charlie Kirk. It's a MAGA Rally. Stick it in your ass.

Man alive. I have studied Right Wing authoritarianism for years and have watched some truly fucked up shit and today’s memorial service is maybe the most concentrated example of how messed up and disturbing that sector truly is.

Death be not proud. Or dignified.

This is… on point!

Inflation is so bad these days that taking a $50,000 cash bribe can't even get you indicted. SAD!! Thank you for your attention to this matter.

New: Sarah MacLachlan, Jewel, and more musicians scheduled to perform at tonight's premiere for Hulu's ABC News doc LILITH FAIR have all pulled out after Disney scrapped the red carpet. First notable talent consequence of the Jimmy Kimmel situation.

Harrison Butker, the back-to-the-kitchen, women! Chiefs kicker developing a version of the yips where he keeps missing chipshot kicks far to the right, is one of the funnier developments of this year. Six mandatory workplace DEI workshops will fix this.

“Charlie Chaplin was willing to mock Hitler. Colbert and Kimmel were willing to mock an American president with his own authoritarian designs. What will the rest of us be willing to do in order to stand up to fascism?” Al Franken writes. Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

It really is staggering to see so many people willing to abandon our 249 year experiment in democracy for an increasingly unstable criminally convicted reality show charlatan.

The disaster of John Roberts and his Court’s enabling of authoritarian rule by an American President, in addition to corruption among multiple Justices and the Court’s selective application of the law has damaged this country far more deeply and in more ways than the Iraq War did.

Bravo, @kenwhite.bsky.social! This is such a great piece of writing. So spot on. Everyone should read this. Everyone. Thank you!

As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended. It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.

It's like they made a clone of Goebbels but somehow the volume got stuck on "screeching banshee"