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Why sad? “Ammosexual Separation Syndrome” (ASS)!
NONE of these plans are any more extreme than what Trump is currently doing with the help of the Supreme Court. If Trump can shut down the Department of Education and CFPB, President AOC can shut down ICE. If Trump can kill green energy projects, President Newsom can kill the fossil fuel industry.
I was in Honolulu for a week for family obligations, but I had to eat. There's a big reason I stay at a no frills hotel at the edge of Waikiki--walking distance to Foodland Farms famous poke bar. ~20 kinds of poke reflecting the many kinds of seafood. My lunch one day.
A Tale of Two Governors: Confronting versus Dick-Wagging www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/02/a...
I remember early November 2023. I think I was the first person on US mainstream media, while at MSNBC/Peacock, to say the G-word on TV. On my show. It was seen as hugely controversial then. It's controversial no longer. It's undeniable, irrefutable, the consensus view.
I'm sure the Trump administration has looked closely at Liberty University and Bob Jones and found absolutely not a trace of anti-semitism on campus.
Congrats @governor.ca.gov! A Battle for Los Angeles (& CA cities, DC & Chicago too) has been won.There are more battles pressing; there is hope.
BREAKING: Judge Charles Breyer finds that the Trump administration violated the Posse Comitatus Act by using the military for domestic law enforcement purpose in Los Angeles. He enjoins further violations of the Posse Comitatus Act ⬇️ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Lutnick Family Angling To Make Astronomical Sums Off Court Nixing Tariffs talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lutni...
This month, we shadow geoscientists who are studying the consequences of the #LAfires in regional air, soil, and water quality. eos.org/agu-news/fal... Read more: bit.ly/Eos-Sept2025
There’s a Radio Free Europe vinyl coming out this month.
Finest Worksong #HappyLaborDay (otherwise Ignoreland)
Trump is trying to repeal a roadless rule that prevents loggers from denuding National Parks—something they just announced and which public only has a few weeks to speak against insideclimatenews.org/news/3008202...
Needs moar gold. May cause a certain convicted felon to “miss a beat”.
As authors, if you and @scalzi.com got baked, it’d be a pretty wild discussion.
All animals play. Art is merely a convoluted expression of human play behavior. Before a machine can make art, it needs to be able to play. Since play is inherently useless, there’s no profit to be made by building a playful machine. So it won’t be done. For more info see my first book.
All deliberations are rooted in good faith disagreements. When bad faith is allowed to skew the deliberations then the thing (democracy) cannot be accomplished. Sortition may mean you get a bunch of Fox News viewers deliberating from a foundation of bad faith “knowledge”.
We've got more for you on Labor Day. More than 82 percent of civilian federal workers have had their right to collectively bargain stripped in the largest act of union busting in US history. Unions are a voice from below, and their autonomy poses a threat to autocrats, Harold Meyerson writes:
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.
The LGML case came very close to being JGG redux. But just before the hearing began, the judge decided not to wait. She entered a TRO barring removal of all the children. That made all the difference: DHS already had the kids loaded on planes. One plane even took off (then turned around).
Bored to Death Cult
RADDATZ: One of the things they are trying to do in DC with the National Guard is have them back up local law enforcement WES MOORE: They are picking up trash
Media should hound him at least half as much as they hounded Biden. But they won’t.
Trombone Shorty releases new album from New Orleans, a tribute to the city's soul, marking the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Imagine what he could find if someone looked at the Jeffrey Epstein surveillance tapes people.com/donald-trump...
we can just keep saying he's dead and refusing to credit or acknowledge anyone who refers to him being alive, this will work, trust me and just follow my lead
Just saw someone refer to Cheryl Hines as The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and 💀💀💀💀💀💀
This cat speaks for me!
Oh
Gee! a thermal!
If someone writes “Constitution” on the sidewalk, like in front of the National Guard, and they walk around it, can you say they’re literally bypassing the Constitution?
Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people that want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpractice—when you pray for something you have the power to change.
I really hope this becomes the black eye it deserves to be www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Rossiter, who told the stories of the many forgotten and underappreciated women of science. Like many women of her generation, she survived academia by developing a tough exterior, but her support for jr women, myself included, was unwavering. RIP, Margaret.
Philadelphia’s District Attorney Larry Krasner has suggested an effective playbook— We should arrest rogue ICE agents at the state level, which would shield them from a presidential pardon. This is the kind of hardline approach we need from our Democratic leaders.
I got to talk with @lataco.bsky.social's @eltragon.bsky.social about his tireless documentation of immigration raids in LA, and how his knowledge of the city's street food scene makes him a better immigration reporter
I wrote about this a few months ago. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I miss the old brand #CDC
This is the classic parricide pleading for clemency as an orphan, and the Trump administration does it constantly. Knowing courts are slow, they charge ahead with illegal conduct, then whine about how disruptrive it will be if, months later, courts finally tell them to stop breaking the law.
George Winston?
"Her patient had signs of what could be a cancer or could be an unusual infection — diagnoses that would require completely different treatment. Ordinarily, she would confirm an infection after sending a sample to the CDC for testing ...the CDC no longer has the capacity to do that"
Jan Carey is charged with lighting a fire in an undesignated area and in a manner causing damage to real property or park resources — Class "B" misdemeanors, typically resolved in D.C. with a small fine, per this story. He called Trump's executive order bluff.
You made your parents proud; let him go off and make you proud! 🥹
I assume Jake Tapper is camped out in the front of the White House demanding answers.
If you've never seen Trent Reznor corpsing during "Head Like A Hole" because he can't believe that a dude dressed like Santa Claus is crowdsurfing—and I'm guessing you haven't—you may want to watch this clip from last night's NIN show in Philadelphia. The fun starts about 1:30 in.
If you were a user or admirer of NOAA’s amazing climate.gov website - which has had all the good stuff (e.g., actual data and climate monitoring indices) removed by government - some web and data gurus/guerrillas are about to launch a recreation at climate.us. Follow @climate.us for launch updates.
A collection of clips from MSNBC of multiple Republicans getting booed at town halls this week.
If you live in a fire state, which is now pretty much every state, you know how apoplectically enraging this is www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6sfUYwy/
It is of course extremely important to put front and center that Robert E. Lee was literally a traitor and he was a traitor on behalf of the institution of slavery which he strongly supported. But in the battles we have over public memory - which is what the statues and portraits and base names ...
I’m really sick of the courts finding this administration broke the law in some unprecedented way, but they get to keep doing illegal things for a few months as a little treat. They’re defaulting to rewarding lawbreaking.
Please comment: Some source material to draw from here: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Psaki: Comer was a little slow to move forward with the subpoenas, at least in my view. Moskowitz: That’s actually his regular speed. He’s just a little slow in general.
We will have to hale people before truth and reconciliation commissions for these deeply unconscionable violations of human rights. What is the point of law if honest compliance on one’s own volition means state retribution?
The GOP and @JDVance have spent more time this week acting upset that "thoughts and prayers" are not a solution for gun violence than they have over the reality that the gun violence actually happened. It will continue to happen because "thoughts and prayers" is all they have.
You Senators are right there! Kick some GOPers off their asses and get a move on.
Interesting procedural nugget. The Federal Circuit decided to go en banc without the parties asking for it. (That avoids the typical 3-judge panel then en banc delay.) Hence was it was 7 to 4. #tariffs
🚨ICE agents are racially profiling and arresting Hispanic drivers in the DC area today, targeting work vehicles like trucks and vans. A friend who was targeted sent me video today. Here’s a picture that shows one of two agents before he pulled on his mask. Unmarked black Ford truck, plate: NTV9211.
Sounds like CA IL NY etc should form a “federation” to administer medicines for their citizens?
This is good: With Trump/RFK destroying CDC, JB Pritzker's officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines from manufacturers and distributing them in-state themselves, source tells me. Dem govs must step up and fill the void. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1998...
I wonder why Bill Pulte didn’t send this case over to DOJ with a criminal referral along with his selective targeting of Adam Schiff and Lisa Cook? apnews.com/article/paxt...
He’s also very weird, like the techno fascists.
DOJ always does this now, and honestly it's been working for them so far. Take the most extreme position, still get 80% of what they want.
Igneous too!
Friends, the year is 2025, Trent Reznor turned 60 (?!) earlier this year, and he is still doing this night after night. There's something to be said for Gen X getting our nostalgia tours, and increased smarts about mental health, public health, and chemical dependency making them more possible. 1/
Last 2min of Hurt… well, hurt!
Did your ears stop ringing from the NIN concert?
‘Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.’ Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ Deuteronomy 27:19
Translation: “The Pope was just practice.”
Here he goes.
Can't believe that in 2025 we have to be telling people that vaccines are safe and slavery was bad.
He is manipulating data and making absolutely horrific decisions without consulting some of the best experts in the world. They have no recourse. If you wish to rage at someone, may I suggest any Republican Senator. 2/3
For 12 months, America had a limited proof of concept for universal healthcare, and it was so uniformly successful we had no choice but to obliterate our society
Newsom: Perhaps the president could deploy the National Guard in every corner of Mississippi. Murder rate is out of control there. And the governor may want to make that phone call.
The injustice continues. A terrorist is now being honored by our military... My latest God I'm pissed!!! substack.com/@harrydunn/n...
Are we no longer talking about the EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? Are we?
It’s like the idiots think there’s an idiot exception to these signs…
It’s worth looking at the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program data tables. It’s all very transparent; anyone with a basic grasp of statistics comes away with an increased sense that vaccines are safe and effective. Antivax propaganda, however, tells *stories*. www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-comp...
New, from me: America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism. This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
Are there any Trump policies that are actually good for children?
Apparently Trump just figured out that the Utah court struck down the gerrymandered congressional map and reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms. If he subscribed to Democracy Docket he would have learned about this on Monday. Don't make the same mistake sign-up now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
There's a tendency to grade Trump economic policies in theory and not in practice. Only the reality matters and it's been generally been bad. I tried to set the record straight: prospect.org/economy/2025...
this picture of a mom shoes off sprinting to the Mpls school: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-... By Richard Tsong-Taatarii for @startribune.com, which should be a go-to source for anyone following
The fire sale at the end of the empire www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Texass may be big, but it’s not Golden!
I’m in Delilah! Texass may be Big, but it ain’t Golden!
California - show the country the bear will maul you !
Trent plays it & it’s awesome.
I hate those moments when it hits all over again that the US government is under the control of the worst human beings on the planet, truly maleficent creatures who intend to destroy the country and aren’t even hiding it. This is real.
So excited for this!
“This is a tough one.”😢 Thank you @jenpsaki.msnbc.com @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social
...not so much. That's not a typo: A 64-yr old couple earning $110,000/year would likely see their net premiums for the benchmark Silver plan skyrocket from $828/month to $4,900/month.
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
“Some activists launched ‘No sleep for Ice’ rallies, with chants and music blaring through the night, in hopes of pressuring the hotels to kick agents out. Now, public records shared w/the Guardian show that the protests indeed sent federal agencies scrambling …” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
NEW Aug. Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds Democrats up 8 pts on the U.S. House generic ballot (49-41), Trump at 41% approval (-15). Most voters say gerrymandering is a problem, and support natl law for redistricting commissions and proportional rep'n.🧵 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-...
These people will be speaking to the media when, as seems inevitable, disaster strikes and the federal response is shitty, corrupt, and partisan.
Here's more on the V&A East Storehouse on my Niche Museums website www.niche-museums.com/113
“My friend got hit in the back… my friend Victor saved me, he laid on top of me…” We are failing them.