oh so those epstein files are BAD bad

‘Hermann Göring loved his kids. That’s what’s terrifying’: James Vanderbilt, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon on Nuremberg

‪Michael Shannon: "The danger is all around us. We are suckers for this charm. It’s going to be our downfall, it seems. We’d rather be entertained than taken care of. It’s tragic, really.” Why Nuremberg is a movie for our times. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...

Folks, we need to have a little Civics #101 chat, because apparently the media no longer seems fit to explain to you whats happening. So quick review: The House passed a clean CR. The senate has not passed anything.

I absolutely don't want Senate Dems to cave, but some key things: 1. If they do, this gets kicked back over to the House, which has to vote on it again since it would differ from their own version...which I think only runs thru 11/21? 2. That presumably means having to swear in Grjalva.

Tesla board member: "How do we get the crazy fuck to completely implode?" Other Tesla board member: "We offer to make him the first trillionaire, if he can accomplish absolutely impossible tasks and meet targets more insane than he is."

It's impossible to tell which side is which in the MAGA Civil War because they're all wearing the same uniforms and driving the same jacked-up $80,000 pickup trucks which curiously never seem to be hauling anything in the back except an occasional piece of high-end outdoor patio furniture.

Republican speakers 1996 to today: Newt Gingrich: Resigned in shame. Dennis Hastert: Child molester. John Boehner: Chased out by Freedom Caucus. Paul Ryan: Quit in disgust. Kevin McCarthy: Forced out by Freedom Caucus. Mike Johnson: TBD.

When they say they’d never support Fuentes, ask them about what they used to say about Trump. This is from a now deleted piece on The Blaze from Matt Walsh

The great thing about the Trump endorsement is that even before his terms as president and all the misery attached for blue-state America, there was no more disliked celebrity in New York. Donald Trump was known to New Yorkers as a constant chisler and self-aggrandizing vulgarian. Mazel tov, Andy.

Virginia shows how it's done! 1. Dems running in ALL 100 VA House districts 2. Strong grassroots funding for EVERY race 3. Volunteers writing postcards, door knocking, and phone banking all over Our roadmap for 2026, per @davidpepperoh.bsky.social Thanks @charlesgaba.com & @90for90.bsky.social!

Count me as among those who think it's better if reporters were kicked out of WH in addition to the Pentagon. It would diminish the access journalism, people getting some morsel of a non-scoop--competing for it--in return for being nice. They'd instead compete more on exposing the horror show.

If your newspaper is giving Donald Trump softer headlines and gauzier coverage than People Magazine, that should be a bit of a wake up call.

How to ruin a MAGA streamer's day:

Fortunately one of the officers had his body cam on.

A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...

Saw a comment comparing Stephen Miller to Roark Jr. from Sin City and I can't unsee it.

Every single Trump trade negotiation:

Get it up ye. 'The march to the right is unstoppable' days the press, slavering for fascism and not even close to reality.

The Trump administration is a fascist administration, but the United States is not yet a fascist state. Total state capture takes time. Every obstacle we can present as individuals, groups, communities, and institutions helps slow that process. Everything we do to resist matters. It ALL matters.

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 60 people overnight, and I'm still seeing MAGA influencers celebrating Trump for “bringing peace” to the Middle East. Let’s get real: other than bringing the hostages home (which is a very good thing), this deal has been a total failure.

this btw is the framing that's getting a lot of traction with my normie friends. The house GOP is trying to repeal Obamacare, dems are saying no and so the GOP shut the government down to try and get the dems to cave; trump is too busy caring about the ballroom.

By contrast, Democrats spend most of their money on TV ads. This failure to build capacity means that the money on failed campaigns has a net zero return on investment. Democrats could easily divert $200 million every cycle to invest in advocacy media and have plenty more than Republicans.

I've said before, Likud has no better ally in the world than Hamas, and vice versa.

Just one year after Stonewall, June Lockhart publicly challenged homophobia, even while many with LGBT friends kept silent. 👇 youtu.be/Xm2q-F6FdoY RIP June Lockhart 1925-2025 #lgbt #equality @hrc.org @glaad.bsky.social @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social @mccdenomination.bsky.social @opentablemcc.ph

We live in an episode of Veep

World News - Genocide in Sudan worsens

NEW: Hurricane Melissa is now making landfall in Jamaica. This is the terrifying sight at Treasure Beach on the island right now; somehow the camera still working. I have never heard wind like it.

Some are mad because people are on SNAP and not working. I’m mad because people are on SNAP even though they are working.

Time for a fun reminder that Trump lost 61 lawsuits trying to prove election fraud in 2020.

The same Republican is openly rooting for bad weather to lower turnout next week: “I am also praying for torrential rain that day,” Echols said. “Hail would be even better.”

Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage. The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn. No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.

🫏 Pass a law that you CAN indict a sitting president. 🫏 Pass another law that you can’t elect a president who is a felon. 🫏 Pass laws that put teeth in the Hatch Act, the Emoluments clause, etc., basically every “norm” that every other president abided by—except Trump—should become a law.

If Dems win the Supreme Court races in Pennsylvania in 9 days, it’s extremely likely the GOP can’t get a majority on that court until 2029. The GOP really wants to have this majority during the 2028 presidential race. Can’t put the stakes any more clearly than that. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Winning the Georgia Public Service Commission races would be a very important shot in the arm ahead of next year; with perhaps the top Senate race in America and an open gubernatorial seat that is Dems’ most realistic chance to break the Republican hold on state power, GA will be a top battleground

Seems it would be easier to just send Don Jr. to rehab, but what do I know?

LAWSUIT UPDATE RE: NATIONAL GUARD IN PORTLAND: The Ninth Circuit just paused the three-judge panel’s order on our first TRO until Tuesday so they can complete their en banc vote. This means for now, both our TROs preventing National Guard deployment remain in effect.

Europe may soon fund Ukraine with Russia’s own money. EU leaders in Brussels are weighing a €140 bln “reparations loan” backed by Russia’s frozen assets at Belgium’s Euroclear, New York Times. Ukraine repays only if Moscow ever pays reparations. 1/

Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!

I hope Portland and Oregon appeal en banc ASAP. This is a ridiculous ruling.

Especially striking because the only thing Argentina is suffering from is its own government’s mismanagement.

Adding to this: As of Sunday night, 105K people have voted. The state's 10 biggest blue counties make up 50.5% of these voters; that's compared to 44.5% in 2024. That difference is largely about Fulton County and DeKalb County, which contain Atlanta (which has municipal elections).

Early voting numbers in Georgia so far suggest that blue counties are significantly out-voting red counties — not even necessarily because of enthusiasm, but because there's more on the ballot in the Atlanta region. At stake? Dems' first statewide victories in a non-federal race in decades:

Frog sighting at Indianola, Iowa #nokings event. Several hundred people lining the main drag through town with flags and signs.

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks. This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

This is brilliant. I wonder how many frogs are going to show up on October 18th.

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

The notion, not unfounded, of Democrats as humorless scolds is suddenly being overturned by inflatable frog costumes. Is humor and mockery the key to defeating Trump? www.thebulwark.com/p/can-democr...