Selective silencing of the CDC: ~50% of surveillance databases have halted updates —87% of these were vaccine related www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... editorial www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

Trump tariff promises don't come close to adding up, via WaPo. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

Only confirming that there has never been a good all hands meeting in the history of humanity

Give this a look.

"Power is more sustainable when it is exercised with restraint, and influence is larger when allies feel dignity rather than fear." Fareed Zakaria on the Oaf in Chief and his transactional style. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

We are, of course, stuck with presidentialism in my or your lifetime. But when democrats take power back from the fascists, the platform needs to be institutional reform. There are lots of things to be done, with normal legislation, to fix our broken system. They better be ready to go. Immediately.

This is an excellent explainer. 👀 quote: “In rough terms, the workforce of CBP officers and Border Patrol agents commit crimes at an equal or even greater rate PER CAPITA than the population of undocumented immigrants do in the United States.”

This has been a completely random 45 minutes of slushy mumbling. If this were any other president, networks would be cutting *in* and covering this with doctors and experts trying to explain what they're seeing.

He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.

NYT piece on Trump's second first year in office asks question: Is there a strategy behind his unpredictability? [Deep breath] Christ on crutches, we've watched him for a decade. He's a narcissist bully and completely transactional who acts only to enrich and flatter himself. Period. Full stop.

When the noise gets loud, I trust the songs that tend to recognize fear when it puts on a uniform. 🎵 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) — Marvin Gaye 🎵 A Change Is Gonna Come — Sam Cooke 🎵 Baltimore — Nina Simone History remembers patterns. Music remembers people. We’ll keep listening.

Blake Corum's blitz pickup and blocking is pretty damn stout.

Social media monitoring systems, cellphone location tracking, facial recognition, remote hacking tools — now being turned on Americans by ICE to target protesters. bit.ly/3Kq348R

This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV. The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence. This is not protection. This is occupation.

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

DHS official McLaughlin blatantly lies about Renee Good: "The deceased had been following our law enforcement throughout the day, stalking them. At the time of the incident, our law enforcement was outside their vehicle trying to get their vehicle out of the snow when she started harassing them."

Minnesota should move to arrest the ICE officers or CBP agents involved and prosecute, just as Idaho prosecuted the FBI sniper at Ruby Ridge.

Like those before it, that insane, vile DHS statement about the Minneapolis shooting isn't about covering anything up. It's performative lying. They aren't trying to persuade anyone that their agents did nothing wrong. They're trying to project that their agents can get away with anything.

Make it viral.

happy 99th birthday to the Harlem Globetrotters

Incapable of seeing "Hunt for Red October" on cable and not watching at least a half hour. Just sayin'.

This story Carl Nassib told on RC's pod about coming out in the NFL cracked me up. His delivery is so good!

An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth

“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.” - Garry Kasparov

The Republican tax bill rewards you more the richer you are. If you’re wealthy, you get a permanent multi-thousand-dollar tax cut. If you’re working class or poor, you get losses, slashed aid, and higher health costs. This isn’t “pro-growth.” It’s governing for the rich. buff.ly/GzhMPpV

Darn fine piece of propaganda from Jeff Bezos's side hustle. He might have even penned it himself. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

I thought Trump was “the ultimate capitalist.” He’s helping farmers by putting them out of business and putting them on welfare? bsky.app/profile/atru...

Walking thru Lowe's this morning and "Me and Baby Brother" by War suddenly came over sound system, and let's just say I was not expecting that.

WELKER: Should the 300,000 Oklahomas who rely on ACA subsidies be prepared for their costs to skyrocket? LANKFORD: We're trying to find a way to be able to help (That's a yes!)

Wyoming’s new reform mirrors a law Kansas adopted in 2011 to require proof of citizenship. That law was struck down in 2018, but in the interim, Kansas blocked roughly 30,000 citizens from registering to vote because they lacked the proper paperwork.

Look, I know I poke the kids about fascism, but in a fascist state, you don't get charged with a felony about a sandwich and then walk out when a jury - and the nation - laughs at the prosecutors.

Not true obviously, but you save more lives when you stop a vessel and arrest those aboard, alive, if they're actually trafficking drugs. Instead of drowned bodies, you get useful intel about their criminal structures, their support networks, their finances, and future vessels.

Hardly seems possible. South Florida has had ball fewer than 6 minutes mid-2nd quarter and leads UTSA 42-10. Two defensive TD don't hurt, but still ...

Farm bankruptcies are climbing again for the first time since 2020. Trump’s tariffs wiped out U.S. soybean exports — now he wants to import Argentinian beef while American ranchers go broke. Classic trickle-down: reward monopolies, punish workers.

Saw a guy wearing a t-shirt that read "Freedom" on front, and back read "Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right." I guess store sold out of shirts that read "It's OK to be an a**hole."

Need an explanation, por favor.

Assault weapons ban would be muy helpful. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

David Ignatius on tone-deaf messaging at military brass assembly. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

I get that Kevin Spacey is a sketchy, accused dude and unsure what I should think, but watching "Seven" and reminded that he's a terrific actor. That's all. Carry on.

Sounds like he really *can* put his mailbox up against Ron Wyden's. At least in terms of volume.

Might wanna get to ESPN. Venus, boys and girls.

Often say, "Focus on what the man does, not what he says." But Christ on crutches, he shouldn't be left alone with TV remote, never mind the nuclear codes.

Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.”

Fine piece by @jasonkirk.fyi on James Dobson's passing, from perspective of someone who was brought up in evangelical surroundings. Also, buy his book (Jason's, not Dobson's). sojo.net/articles/opi...

Apparently, not enough fear of fer'ners recently, so let's run with low-comprehension conclusions. apnews.com/article/fact...

Un-fucking-acceptable

Ukraine is a secondary topic for both Trump and Putin in Alaska. This is a mafia meeting arranged by war criminal Putin to restore Russia internationally & economically. Trump wants his "peace" glory and Putin used that to get this summit. But it's mainly about money for both of them, as always.

Quality piece from a journalist/historian/author on U.S. squandering potential progress and breakthroughs thru funding cuts and anti-immigrant sentiment. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...

Smarter measures than National Guard troops and Federalizing police to address D.C. crime problem, Megan McArdle says. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...