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You're in the Trump administration, or you're a Republican in Congress. You consider yourself a decent person. You lack the nerve directly to contradict Trump. But you COULD post your own comment on Rob Reiner to make clear Trump wasn't speaking for you. Has anyone done this?

Happy birthday, Paul Simonon. 🎸 And thank you for taking time out to sing with young street musicians playing The Clash. 💕 @theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk

Why don’t journalists fight back against Trump’s insults? Do they stay silent to protect corporate profits? Will they ever reach the point where they tell Trump to f– off? My Stop the Presses newsletter.

xAI's lack of experience in selling to big businesses is really showing in the company's inability to sell MechaHitler to the enterprise

NEW: The D.C. Circuit panel considering DOJ's mandamus request regarding Boasberg's contempt proceedings calls for briefing — that will go into the new year — over DOJ's request, including requesting briefing on "indirect contempt" issues. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Her longer quote in here whips

JUST IN: DC Circuit asks for briefs on whether Boasberg has authority to investigate indirect contempt of court (outside judge's presence) or is just supposed to refer it for prosecution if he suspects it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

It's over. New York City is getting three full casinos. Good luck to us all.

Judges Rao/Katsas have iced Judge Boasberg's contempt hearings until at least the New Year. And they want to know whether he has the power to investigate contempt at all or must refer it to DOJ. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The guardrails are gone and all the conspiracy theorists are here.

Now all we need is a political party that believes this

Following the tragic deaths of Rob & Michele Reiner, I react to the evil comments made by the US president. I reflect on the sickness in our society, and whether the sycophants within the MAGA regime will even react to the wretched words of their dear leader. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N92Z...

Brown shooting victim identified… investigators continue to ask for help and try to locate video. www.cnn.com/us/live-news...

This was a horribly violent weekend and to get right we need to be clear eyed. Violence is preventable. Mental health is meaningful. Sensible gun laws is a must. And humanity and decency from leaders must be a requirement and not simply a request.

The people who wrote this about Charlie Kirk were fired and threatened with violence

proud of this piece and the whole series

Underground Legal Clinics Offer a Lifeline to Migrants Facing Mass Deportation  talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/unde...

If people really believed that you needed to engage on conservative-dominated platforms to be effective they’d be active on Truth Social, Rumble, and Kick. They are not. They just don’t like X as much anymore and they want it to be your fault

In 1996 there was a mass shooting in Australia; 35 people were killed. Australia’s government passed a sweeping gun reform law in 12 days. 12 days. www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...

ZITRON: “.. We are in the dynasty of bullshit, a deceptive epoch where analysts and journalists who are ostensibly burdened with telling the truth feel the need to continue pushing the Gospel According To Jensen.” @edzitron.com $NVDA www.wheresyoured.at/ai-mythbuste...

This is vile.

Just so we’re all clear here, he is saying that Rob Reiner and his wife were asking for it.

“We’re only used to seeing this in news coverage of mass shootings in the United States.”

“A country can do something about gun violence and mass shootings. If it wants to…A serious country populated by serious people is not helpless to solve its problems. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

@jamespwest.bsky.social was home in Sydney on vacation when the horror happened. As good journalists are apt to do, he put his life on hold to file this story. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I know there's a lot going on but Europe is now clearly preparing for war with Russia/China/Iran/North Korea, and Trump is attempting to put the US on the wrong side of the conflict. Congress must start challenging Trump's dangerous betrayal far more aggressively. bsky.app/profile/kaja...

About Trump social media post... Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA), who also has been an intelligence officer and an investigator of political violence cases "When a popular authority figure dehumanizes opponents and engages in othering, they strip away empathy, paving the way for violence..."

I know there's a lot going on but Europe is now clearly preparing for war with Russia/China/Iran/North Korea, and Trump is attempting to the US on the wrong side of the conflict. bsky.app/profile/kaja...

"it was '100,000 percent' that the FBI would be onto them," one alleged co-conspirator said during a meeting that was 40 percent FBI (one confidential human source and one FBI undercover). www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

The sex predator president tries to distract us from his involvement in a child-rape scandal by ghoulishly celebrating the bloody murder of a beloved movie director. If you still support Trump, there's something deeply wrong with you.

Can't stop thinking about these beautiful words today.

Can't stop thinking about these words today.

“Trump Derangement Syndrome” has always been a way to smear people for having a logical, rational response to Trump having power. The real TDS is normalizing Trump’s power and the way he abuses it

The Supreme Court's Purcell "principle" is an intentionally flexible standard that allows the justices to do what it takes to help Republican candidates win elections

Regarding Bacon's comment, provided to @jaketapper.bsky.social (which I screen grabbed b/c you don't need to see Trump's post for the 403rd time), I do think it's important to note this is a 62-year-old man who has been in Congress the entire time Trump has been president.

SULLIVAN: While large news organizations “are doing great reporting .. government coverage often feels like business as usual. Journalism should be communicating the .. five-alarm fire that’s burning up our nation’s purpose ..” @sulliview.bsky.social margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/america-ha...

“.. Over the course of the gala, a club member struck an attendee in the face .., Trump was endorsed for a third term and a protester wearing a Nazi armband and waving a swastika-laden banner popped up .. to shout, ‘I guess we’re all Nazis!’” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Politico reports about it as if it were just another thing Trump said: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

No, NPR, you cannot report it with stenography. You must put it in its grotesque context. www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...

"Rob Reiner was a great American patriot and a very fine man. Frankly, I’m at a loss for words. Everywhere there is violence, and it’s just getting started. America is sick, and it is getting sicker." steveschmidt.substack.com/p/everywhere...

“No parents should send their child off to school or to college thinking, uh, will, will I ever see my child again?” Watch Coffee with the Contrarians now as we try to unpack the painful weekend of gun violence. Happening now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVIpPZTVDeo

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. Proverbs 10:7

This is sick, ****even for trump****** I would be inclined to focus on reporting on something else today if this abhorrent online outburst from the actual sitting president didn’t also embody his long track record of stupendously cruel policies and executive actions

Block this ghoul

Republicans have - raised prices on everything through their tariffs - raised utility prices through their cuts to clean energy subsidies - ensured people will go hungry through huge cuts to SNAP - and are now in the process of breaking the health care system in the United States. On purpose. 👇

I emailed the White House promising them I’d donate $8 million worth in Trump’s corrupt meme coin to Trump’s presidential library fund, if they could provide a convincing argument for why Trump’s Rob Reiner post this am was at all appropriate. Haven’t heard back yet zeteo.com/p/breaking-t...

@deadder.bsky.social presents: No Room at the Inn

Re: Donald Trump’s comments about Rob Reiner. Rob Reiner was a compassionate human, a devotee of democracy, a necessary moral voice and a greatly gifted creative artist. Donald Trump is a sick sociopath and a hateful person who dishonors the human race every time he opens his mouth.

From the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Oh my fucking god

With threats multiplying, resources shrinking, and adversaries now including both states and increasingly advanced AI systems, the digital rights community is being asked to do more than ever. Renewed commitment from allies is crucial, write Vita-Activa’s Luisa Ortiz Pérez and IFEX’s Rachael Kay.

BERLIN (AP) — Russia has indicated it’s open to Ukraine joining the European Union as part of a potential peace deal to end the war, U.S. officials said Monday. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/russ...

Narcissistic psychopath

Since people got fired for quoting Charlie Kirk's exact words, I think we should all start quoting some of Rob Reiner's exact words:

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From Hopium: - Rs clearly waking up to what a corrupt, malevolent monster Trump is - Important new Greg Sargent piece on Stephen Miller - "Intense Determination" - what I saw at the DNC/ASDC meeting - TX Dem Chair Kendall Scudder shares exciting news 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/trumps-ebb...

I simply could not and would not respond on social media last night about Rob and Michele. I am beyond devastated at the loss of two dear friends. There will be lots of mentions of his brilliant as an actor and director. He was just a wonderful person, as was she. Generous, a true Mensch.

The apostate maga in congress are criticizing Trump for his vile Reiner post. I’m guessing this will make him double down.

Remember when Charlie Kirk was murdered, and people got fired for quoting his exact words? Just mentioning that today for no real reason.

Trump is profoundly unfit and deeply unwell, and his enablers are putting the country in grave danger. bsky.app/profile/patr...

This article includes the first confirmation I've seen from an Australian outlet that Ahmed is Muslim.

both of these posts are still up as of 11:30 this morning

Interesting that they’re all women.

Since the Fed started cutting rates last Sept: * unemployment ⬆️ 30bps * CPI ⬆️ 60bps * 10-year yield ⬆️ 50bps

On the CBS townhall — where Erika Kirk was given a chance to “open up on faith, grief, [and} political violence — she was asked: “Will you condemn the violent rhetoric of Donald Trump, the most powerful and influential person on earth?” She would not. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

Trump’s threats to Indiana lawmakers to force a partisan map are illegal & beyond his authority Republican & Democratic senators said NO This is what defending democratic norms looks like Read👇 - TN www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

On Saturday, CBS hosted a televised townhall with Erika Kirk, the widow of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, who was murdered in September. All of which raises the question: Where’s the network townhall for Melissa Hortman? open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

I couldn’t watch much of this. But it’s interesting. If you haven’t seen him speak before, you can’t help but see portents in the way the son carries himself. Unfair, probably. youtu.be/v8AdLnRM2NI

A more vile and despicable creature does not walk the earth. I hope hell just heated up another thousand degrees for his arrival.

This is deeper and darker than polarization.

Nick Reiner has been arrested following the murder of his parents Rob and Michelle Reiner and is being held in $4 million bail. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

How sick is Trump that he wants to make a double murder in Los Angeles – likely a domestic tragedy – all about him?

Got #FOIA questions? @laurenleharper.bsky.social @kevinok.bsky.social & @lizhempowicz.bsky.social have the answers. Join us for a FOIA AMA today at 1 eastern.

In Rob Reiner's memory, we should all speak out to challenge the authoritarianism closing in on us. Together, we can push it back.

We don’t have a partisan, both sides, civility issue in this country. We have a Trump problem. He’s the root that is rotting the tree.

Donald Trump maliciously mocks the brutal murder of Michele & Rob Reiner, and Republicans don’t bat an eye. But as soon as you quote Charlie Kirk’s views, all hell breaks loose.

Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD) on Trump social media post: "Trump’s statement is sick and dangerous because he suggests the Reiners killings were because they were vocal critics of the Trump admin. This rhetoric divides the country, paints targets on private citizens and risks inciting political violence"

Trump is never able to be anything other than who he is — even amidst tragedies like Rob Reiner’s death. Cruelty is always the point.

Politico documents a sociopath’s rant. @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Rob Reiner’s son, Nick, is taken into custody by the LAPD in the wake of a tragic homicide at Reiner and his wife’s home. apnews.com/live/rob-mic...

The right is gonna be so upset

The amount of money Meta made from Chinese scam ads last year is more than double Reddit's entire business. Have fun on Instagram today!

Congress is on the verge of passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Its failure to right-size industry’s role in developing AI for national security purposes could have lasting repercussions, writes Brennan Center Liberty and National Security Program senior counsel Amos Toh.

No sex, please, we're British taken to ever more extreme ends. I thought the damned Puritans left England. UK wants iPhones to require age verification for any nude images appleinsider.com/articles/25/...

Trump Derangement Syndrome is a disease that originates and spreads from patient zero Trump

INBOX: “.. ‘One Battle After Another’ Begins Streaming Exclusively On HBO Max December 19”. 💕 @warnerbrospictures.bsky.social variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Really enjoyed this special episode of AI Inside: a conversation with Nick Fox, Google's SVP of Knowledge & Information. I presented my proposal for news organizations' relationship with AI: APIs for news. And much more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=puEy...

“If people wearing ski masks & tactical gear with no visible ID swarmed your workplace to take your coworkers away...could you tell the difference between fed law enforcement & a kidnapping?…We should not have to live in fear of masked, armed agents.” --ACLU www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-e...

Update

As the film world and people of good taste around the world mourn the sudden death of legendary director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer, President Donald Trump jumped to make the apparent double homicide about himself. Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

It’s crazy how the “Don’t tread on me!” and “Live free or die” crowd is fine with masked gangs of anonymous armed federal agents hassling, detaining, and assaulting people on the streets “papers please”-style. This feels like the most basic freedom of not living in a fascist police state.

“.. concern that the National Economic Council director is too close to the president, the sources said ..” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/h...

If the New York Times was waiting for a news hook to write a long-overdue story about how Trump is mentally unfit to be president, Trump has provided one today with his post saying Rob Reiner got murdered because he was mean to Trump. Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com

What's the best/funniest/hardest hitting political street art you've seen this year? Answer in the replies.

The audiobook of Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is so so good. Completely immersive

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis effectively stole $35 million in government funding for healthcare and child welfare to unlawfully fund a state-sponsored election campaign against ballot initiatives on abortion rights & legal marijuana in 2024. Florida leading the way in authoritarian corruption

I've listened to a couple days of this, because I really did want to give it a fair chance. And maybe it will get better, but oh my God it's the worst thing I've listened to in my entire life

So much for that