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As Trump admin plans chilling crackdown on liberal orgs following Kirk’s death, DOJ now suing Maine & Oregon, two blue states, to get sensitive voter data to advance Trump’s voter suppression agenda. Straight up authoritarianism www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

What makes JD's joke so edgy are actual fisherman worried about getting blown up by the US and posthumously called terrorist drug smugglers. trinidadexpress.com/news/local/f...; www.guardian.co.tt/news/cedros-...

Really solid roundup: The Environmental and Regulatory Scrutiny Elon Musk’s Companies Have Faced, by @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social

‘Game Over Israel’ Campaign Demands Boycott of Israeli Soccer Clubs Over Government’s Killing of Palestinian Players Read @premthakker.bsky.social's latest: zeteo.com/p/game-over-...

Vance Says It’s a ‘Statistical Fact’ the Left Commits Most Political Violence. The Actual Stats Show He’s Lying Political violence is overwhelmingly committed by the right, not the left, in the US. Just ask the experts, the DOJ, and even Trump’s own appointees: zeteo.com/p/jd-vance-p...

JD Vance claims “left-wing extremism” is “part of the reason” Charlie Kirk was killed, and that it’s “a statistical fact that most of the lunatics in American politics” are left-wing. But political violence is overwhelmingly more prevalent on the right. Read the evidence: zeteo.com/p/jd-vance-p...

"It is so hard to keep your moral integrity once you start taking the money." From the new 'We're Not Kidding', actor and activist @markruffalo.bsky.social and @mehdirhasan.bsky.social discuss Rep. Ritchie Torres' bizarre appearance on 'The Adam Friedland Show'.

Trump, GOP lawmakers and even some big-name Dems are once again calling for the repeal of Section 230, as if that would be some cure-all for misinfo on social media. But as @jkosseff.bsky.social told @propublica.org in 2021, that's just not true. Read here: www.propublica.org/article/nsu-...

NEWS: Bernie Sanders says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. 20 members of Congress have now said the G-word, @premthakker.bsky.social reports. Read the updated list of every politician, expert, and human rights group to call it a genocide: zeteo.com/p/who-says-i...

WSJ Editorial Board: Pam Bondi needs a free speech tutorial

🔊 Show Clip: Trump is using Charlie Kirk’s death to justify a political crackdown.

TODAY: Mehdi Hasan Set to Speak at Historic ‘Together for Palestine’ Benefit Concert The London event will feature some of the biggest names who've spoken out against the Gaza genocide, including Benedict Cumberbatch, Bastille, Florence Pugh, & Riz Ahmed. Read more: zeteo.com/p/today-mehd...

“The effort builds on growing calls for [Israel’s] soccer programs to be excluded from global competition.” @premthakker.bsky.social reports on #GameOverIsrael, a campaign to pressure FIFA and national soccer federations to boycott Israel over its murder of Palestinian athletes in Gaza.

Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social pay homage to the fallen journalists of Gaza at the Together For Palestine concert in Wembley. “Let us honor their sacrifice not with fear, but with courage. Not with silence, but with our loudest voices.” youtu.be/X1AFgQZW0aA

"…like almost any American family, we didn't understand the situation—Rachel brought us to that situation." Craig Corrie, father of American peace activist Rachel Corrie – who Israel killed in 2003 – reminisces on his daughter, and describes her powerful letters from Palestine.

The Authoritarians Want Your Hopelessness—Don't Give It to Them | This is how authoritarians operate: they flourish when the population feels despair, turning even moments that could bring us together into tools for separation. www.commondreams.org/opinion/the-...

I worked out today for the first time in months! Great way to get out of my head and back in my body. Trying to turn my rage into something positive!

Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield is quitting the ice cream company after 47 years to protest Unilever's "silencing" of his and his partner's pro-Palestine activism. www.commondreams.org/news/ben-and...

It's worth bearing mind that Kirk's murder has nothing to do with this campaign of oppression expect being an excuse to escalate. They already wanted to this; they said so, and had begun months ago. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...

Someone posted a clip of @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social’s interview w’right winger Ben Shapiro. I pulled up the 10-minute segment on Obama and race and it is truly despicable. For BOTH of them. I’ll deconstruct this mess on #RolandMartinUnfiltered tonight at 6 pm EST. Watch Youtube.com/RolandSMartin

NEW: ProPublica, Other News Organizations Fight to Unseal Ken Paxton Divorce Records, by @lmcgaughy.bsky.social @kutnews.bsky.social w/ @texastribune.org

Missing my Bubbles while I am away but thankfully he is in good hands!

RFK not beating those eugenicist allegations!

RIP Marilyn Hagerty and RIP to a time when the internet was fun racketmn.com/rip-marilyn-...

RFK now wants to make mental health treatment less accessible in schools, arguing that kids just need sunshine, exercise, and meals without food dyes to improve mental health. Nothing in his gross op-ed about stressors like poverty, ICE kidnapping family members, or the threat of school shootings.

This is cool, take a look.

Listen to @maxblau.bsky.social on @wbur.org @hereandnow.bsky.social: Migrant workers ensnared in 'slavery' scheme on American farms

I would say that nobody said all of this would be so exhausting except everyone who has ever lived through this before did.

Moving from quarterly to semi-annual will only make the reports THAT MUCH BIGGER, increase volatility, and disguise short-termism. The better approach? Continuous, real-time, daily updates. Management Gaming of earnings reports will disappear... ritholtz.com/2018/08/repo...

Let's compare the weight of this evidence to that of the NYAG's civil suit against the Trump Org, shall we? abcnews.go.com/US/trump-off...

"Federal prosecutors have so far uncovered no clear evidence that James knowingly made false statements... When federal prosecutors recently declined to indict James, Pulte encouraged Trump to fire Erik Siebert, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.." abcnews.go.com/US/trump-off...

“This isn’t about left or right,” said @issueonereform.bsky.social, the group behind the survey. “It’s about protecting our democracy’s foundation: Congress makes the laws. The president enforces them.”

We're Not Crazy—But This Rigged System Is www.commondreams.org/opinion/econ...

Just so we’re clear: This is an admission that they are bombing people indiscriminately, and they have no idea who their “targets” actually are.

I owe my entire career to alt-weeklies, there's so much to revive here: www.coyotemedia.org/what-we-talk...

Trump Threatens Reporter | Patel Grilled | Mississippi Hangings | The Danielle Moodie Show youtube.com/live/Z0peb4E...

Jimmy Kimmel is off the air because Trump wanted him off the air. Brian Kilmeade, though? Days after saying we should "just kill" those experiencing homelessness or mental illness? He'll be back on the job in the morning. Trump wants him on the air. youtu.be/-VSeQ9GNS30?...

At least 142 people were killed and four were confirmed missing last year for "bravely speaking out or taking action to defend their rights to land and a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment," according to an annual Global Witness report. www.commondreams.org/news/environ...

As veterans we know that the war machine runs on the deaths of innocent Indigenous people all for the glory of the almighty dollar, which is the only God the war pigs serve. www.commondreams.org/opinion/vete...

Trump's TikTok deal will hand control of the platform to two of his top billionaire allies: Marc Andreessen and Larry Ellison. "The TikTok ban wasn’t primarily about national security or influence...but rather political control," one tech columnist wrote. www.commondreams.org/news/tiktok-...

​If there is no accountability for Netanyahu and his fellow war criminals, other demagogues will do the same, says @sanders.senate.gov: www.commondreams.org/opinion/isra...

Critics have called Lucky Loser - my book with @russbuettner.bsky.social - a gripping page-turner, a multi-generational saga that brings perspective to how we got to this moment. It’s out next week in paperback. 🎉https://bsky.app/profile/penguinpress.bsky.social/post/3lz244muqt22j

Aid Groups Demand 'Decisive Action' From World Leaders to Stop Israel's Genocide in Gaza www.commondreams.org/news/aid-gro...

Business Insider is buzzing over new ChatGPT writing guidelines—part of an aggressive A.I. strategy pushed by its German parentco Axel Springer and detailed in a memo obtained by Status. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...

Pleased to be back in famously lawless crime-ridden hellhole San Francisco.

They are finding various ways to overlook right wing violence. jpaladino.substack.com/p/kash-patel...

What the Trump administration is doing in short, is going to war against drugs as a cover for opening Latin American markets to US businesses. www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

How bad is inflation in Russia and the occupied territories? In occupied Donetsk, a container of peach juice is 300 rubles. We buy peach juice in the Seattle-Bellevue area from Moldova in a similar container. Occupied Donetsk - $3.61 Bellevue, WA USA - $2.99

“Five new members have been named to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee, the US Department of Health and Human Services said Monday, just days ahead of a key meeting about vaccines for Covid-19 and other diseases.”

Just been staring at this

“President Donald Trump’s promise to carry out the ‘largest deportation program in American history’ has reshaped federal law enforcement priorities and diminished efforts to fight domestic terrorism — including extremists who target children, according to sources and newly released federal data.”

A handy figure from @americanprogress.bsky.social showing how Donald Trump's economic policies harm everyone except the top 1%. www.americanprogress.org/article/new-...

"That these men — who didn't ask for anything and really are on the street and trying to survive, don't know where their next meal is coming from probably — just ran over to help. So, that was pretty impactful on me." www.npr.org/2025/09/17/n...

Why is his death shocking while a 5-year-old Palestinian child’s death by bombing, or by starvation, is nothing at all? Is Kirk the only one of them who’s human?https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/charlie-kirk-s-killing

“But a few months earlier… Eric [Trump] had… [become] a major player in a complex network of cryptocurrency ventures that could become a vast new source of family wealth. Key to his plans: a brand new bitcoin mine powered by a wind farm in the Texas Panhandle.”

Liquid Glass is really reminiscent of terrible Linux windows managers in 2007. Really glad we made that aesthetic mainstream!

"It is no surprise that the Trump administration continues to retaliate against me for my exercise of free speech. Their latest attempt, through a kangaroo immigration court, exposes their true colors once again," said Mahmoud Khalil. www.commondreams.org/news/mahmoud...

Reason #7,206 I'm good about not having kids: I'll never have to destroy a child's hope by explaining any of this.

In the Bay Area people are still masking on public transit and I’m grateful to see it.

BofA raises 2025: SPX EPS to $271 (12% YoY growth) and for 2026, broader growth to $298 (10% YoY growth)

Who knew Fallon would win the market through attrition?

“The Trump administration has taken a sledgehammer to our capacity to hold sex offenders to account and undermined support and services for crime victims,” said @raskin.house.gov.

Lydia Namubiru @namlyd.bsky.social on How to Tell the Story of Sudan: The editor in chief of The Continent on how African writers cover Africa differently, with @moniango.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

ICE’s Tough Tactics Were Forged on the Streets of Boston, via @wsj.com

If there is a danger of a two-front war with Russia and China, as the Congressional Commission reported in 2023, the obvious way to avoid such a horror is through diplomacy. Not through a massive arms race that could precipitate this very war. www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

“These repeated attacks are grave violations of international humanitarian law that likely amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and acts of genocide," says @newhumanitarian.bsky.social.

FBI Director Under Fire, CDC Blows Whistle, Fed Sounds Alarm | The Danielle Moodie Show youtube.com/live/_RTJQR3...

"In Oklahoma, we will continue to put students before political indoctrination agendas," says the state superintendent while announcing investigations into schools for not lowering their flags...

Over the last week I’ve become aware that lots of infrastructure depends on local government, school board, etc, meetings being posted on YouTube. That’s quite a scary dependency & a potential vector for harm. We need to get to a world where these meetings are stored & shared in a more aligned way.

There are actual fisherman worried they are gonna get blown up. Gives JD's joke more edge. www.guardian.co.tt/news/cedros-...; trinidadexpress.com/news/local/f...

I am in The UK 🇬🇧 this week at Cambridge so I’ve been up for a while! Pub dinner the other night at The Eagle reminded me of Scottish-style pies that we used to make for my Glasgow-born dad.

On Tuesday morning, President Trump sued the New York Times for $15 billion. The lawsuit alleges that during the 2024 election, the paper published "malicious, defamatory, and disparaging articles" that were "calculated to inflict maximum damage upon President Trump."

The Federal Reserve's small interest rate cut "will do little to address Trump's economic turmoil," warned one economist. www.commondreams.org/news/federal...

Halloween is on a weekend, they said. Make sure you order enough candy, they said. My brain: Order it all. Now

Vetting, “transgender ideology,” and the race to fill a breaking-news void in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, by Ivan L Nagy. www.cjr.org/analysis/liv...

"When you say, “the market is crashing,” you’ve framed the situation that you can predict future prices. You can’t. When you say, “the market has crashed,” you’ve framed the situation more accurately. Something has already occurred; deal with the aftermath." www.acadian-asset.com/investment-i...

Posting without comment: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppets...

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WSJ editorial board: Pam Bondi needs a free soeech tutorial www.wsj.com/opinion/pam-...

Both our elevator and the nearby LinkNYC kiosks are all wishing Modi a happy birthday

Coming up at 5am ET: Senate Perm Comm Minority Staff Report on KPMG and three audit client bank failures in Spring 2023 - SVB, First Republic, and Signature. Sen. Blumenthal (D, Conn) and his team did an extraordinary job. Workpapers! Emails! Even instant messages! No paywall. thedig.substack.com

"Tammaro’s victims often came to see him as a test administered by Manhattan itself, an appraisal of their moxie." I am an absolute maniac for reading this just before my move back to NYC www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...