Attorney General Pam Bondi declared that federal law enforcement will “go after” Americans for hate speech. This muddying of distinctions between lawful and unlawful speech is dangerous and chilling, Conor Friedersdorf argues:

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. 🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

It’s time to face what we actually know about Charlie Kirk’s alleged shooter. slate.trib.al/jOJBqEQ

A whistleblower has revealed that DOGE officials copied the entire Social Security database — containing sensitive information like Social Security numbers and birthdates of over 300 million Americans — to an unsecured cloud server without proper oversight.

"This type of language spurs on depraved people, deranged people who who take that as a cue." Right, Speaker Johnson?

Charlie Kirk’s murder should be investigated and prosecuted. What we are seeing instead is a hurried campaign to scapegoat the left and justify a dangerous crackdown against Trump's political enemies.

Uniqlo founder Yanai says US may suffer most from tariffs reut.rs/3I3oAPM

So the white dude from Fox News said we should kill mentally ill homeless folks, he apologizes and they’re good; @karenattiah.bsky.social posts an accurate quote and says she’s not in the mood to mourn and gets bounced.

I think it’s fair to say there have been more overt attacks on and threats to freedom of expression in the US since January than in our entire history. And recently they are accelerating and getting more brazen.

Despite what the U.S. Attorney General says, hate speech is protected by the First Amendment. Yes, all hate speech. If some clown wants to stand on a street corner and shout transphobic nonsense, I'll defend their right to do it. Because that's how the First Amendment works.

Worth the click through on this one.

Call to Activism - Joe Gallina 🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Reporter: “They still have their First Amendment right - they’re still out there protesting.” Trump: “Well, I’m not so sure.” This should terrify everyone.

I’m more used to saying this to people on the Left than people on the Right, but, “hate speech” is not an exception to the First Amendment. “Hate speech” is protected by the First Amendment unless it falls into a traditional established exception.

absolutely repugnant, gutfeld completely dismisses the assassination of melissa hortman, calls it a "bull shit" example of political violence

ive never seen anything like rhetoric coming from the right in the last week, this is absolutely insane and it needs to stop and people in power need to start speaking the fuck up like right the fuck now

More than 100 of Donald Trump’s inaccurate statements are to be dissected by Channel 4 to coincide with his state visit, in what it described as “the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television”. Trump v The Truth, starting at 10pm 🇬🇧 Thanks UK! 🫶

This is truly the best way to expose each and every single one of these Republicans ini at a time

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“None of us should celebrate political violence, because it’s a threat to all of us,” says Mehdi Hasan following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

That’s pretty much everyone.

Individuals are being targeted on hit lists for their opinions. Private companies are being coerced into monitoring employee social media. They are weaponizing Charlie Kirk to curtail your free speech rights.

It‘s been a fucking nightmare, and we haven’t reached its entirety. Not even close.

Musk calls for new UK government at far-right rally in London *** ‘You either fight back or you die,’ Musk says via video link to demonstration organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson.” 9/14/25 … 1/ www.politico.eu/article/musk...

Steal this and post it all over social media. It was designed to invert MAGA conspiracy-brains.

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

Stephen Colbert's Emmys acceptance speech: "I have never loved my country more desperately. God bless America. Stay strong, be brave, and if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor."

Billy Joel could write a whole-ass song about just this week.

The 3 stages of grief: denial, anger, ballroom

1/16 At what point, are we going to clue in to the President's stroke? He is in ailing health, and while duly paying respects to those who lost their lives on 9/11 is barely able to control the right side of his face. x.com/adamscochra...

2/2 This is something that every qualified officer in the FBI and ATF is aware of. But when we put podcasters in control and replace our career officials in departmental purges, we get underqualified idiots!

1/2 In case you were wondering why the incorrect rumor of “trans activist” and “fascist symbols” on ammo started, it’s because arrows and initials are common ways manufacturers stamp ammo. Including “TRN” the ironsight and a direction broad arrow:

1/10 So the fake claims of "trans" and "antifa" symbols comes from both ammo stamps and casing inscriptions wrongly reported. They try to paint Tyler as left, but like Crooks this is a fringe right wing Groyper. Here's the details on registered Republican, Tyler Robinson: x.com/adamscochra...

This week marks the first time that Article 4 has been invoked in response to a Russian violation of a NATO member’s sovereign space. slate.trib.al/i3Kfbzu

Hours after Fox News' Lawrence Jones said there is only "one side that continues to say that the other side is evil and hateful," GOP Rep. Bob Onder said that the American left's ideology is "pure evil," they "hate good" and they "embrace the evil."

Pure projection.

The hypocrisy is sure thick today. The hate train is at full capacity. Ayiyi 😵‍💫

DNC spokesperson: “This afternoon, there was a bomb threat to DNC HQ that was determined to not be credible by the U.S. Capitol Police. Out of an abundance of caution, Capitol Police is conducting an interior sweep of the building."

"I didn't agree with much of what Charlie said...but I would go to WAR...to defend his right to say it!" -Senator Mark Kelly

Aside from the fact that for decades the majority of domestic terrorism incidents have been committed by right wingers, I don't recall any Dems declaring war and insisting that everyone on the right should be killed, which is exactly what the right is doing today over at the bad place.

A president that embodies the values that America is supposed to represent strives every single day to unite their country - not drive wedges, stoke fires, stir pots, and pit us against each other - closer and closer to a civil war with each stir of the pot.

Oh, just remembering this from Mitt Romney from 2 years ago www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Oh, just remembering this from 6 months ago. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Mr. Trump said that liberal criticism of conservatives was “directly responsible for the terrorism that we’re seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now.” What about actual terrorism? #1 source of domestic terror is right-wing extremist and white supremacist violence. Facts.

Trump will likely try to use this to justify authoritarian crackdowns...and delegitimize dissent. Democrats should preempt that by warning: “Yes, violence is unacceptable...and equally unacceptable...is using this tragedy as an excuse to strip away constitutional freedoms.”

Tonight, Donald Trump gave one of the most divisive and dangerous speeches a sitting American president has. Just disgraceful...

There was significantly less political violence in America prior to the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. We all know why. That doesn’t change that what happened today—in both Utah and Colorado—were tragedies. It simply underscores that revisionist history isn’t going to solve America's problems.

The right-wing have already declared war on America. What do you call the National Guard and military joining ICE to occupy blue cities? www.wired.com/story/far-ri...

WSJ edit board spins a fantasy: "for Mr. Trump, while this is a moment of personal sadness, it is also an opportunity for leadership...he can help the country rise above this madness. He can say that this is the moment when the descent into political violence must stop.” Meanwhile — no, he can’t: