Florida's Surgeon General is dead wrong. Requiring children to get vaccinated to prevent measles, mumps & polio is not akin to "slavery." Over the past 50 years, vaccines have saved millions of lives & reduced the infant mortality rate by 40%. Vaccines save lives — period.
Ouch SCOTUS
It is beyond insane that Donald Trump just murdered a bunch of people on a boat and nothing is happening other than him announcing military takeovers of major Black cities.
72 career officials with nearly 450 years of service have resigned in protest rather than compromise their oaths. When public servants of this caliber are driven out, it's an alarming signal that our democracy is under extraordinary strain.
Laboratories of infection. The dumbest of times.
“They just see us as little toy soldiers to put on the street to show some muscle.” Alex, a National Guard recruiter who requested anonymity to speak freely, told Mother Jones that the DC mission has deterred potential recruits and pushed soldiers to their breaking points.
New, from me: The EPA is breaking. *About 1 in 4 employees out *Core research unit closed down *Employees suspended and fired for writing letter for dissent *Trump judicial appointees OK'd cancelling of $20 billion climate change program donmoynihan.substack.com/p/your-gover...
"In almost every area of the energy transition, one country dominates: China. Wind power, where the People’s Republic still has less than half the global market, is a rare exception. President Donald Trump is doing his best to change that." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere. @insideclimatenews.org @propublica.org
Deceptive editing is how they’re attacking media coverage they don’t like. They want every channel To be FOX.
New: If you bought Trump’s WLFI crypto token directly from the company, your holdings could be up 5–15x. If you jumped in when it hit the open market, you might be down 25%. Sound familiar? With @siladitya.bsky.social for @forbes.com 1/
Not enough people know this - and they should!
Judge Charles Breyer rules that the Trump administration brazenly violated the Posse Comitatus Act when it deployed soldiers to enforce domestic laws in LA. Breyer says Trump may not create "a national police force with the president as its chief." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
watching other countries sign real trade deals like
NEW: ProPublica is committed to increasing the diversity of our workplace as well as the journalism community more broadly, while ensuring equal opportunities for all. Each year we publish a report on those efforts. This is the report for 2025.
US foreign policy update: friends alienated, enemies united, armed forces spreading mulch in DC. MAGA
At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians. By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social (Published Oct. 2024)
Hopefully @marcmaron.bsky.social mentioning elephant graveyard on @podsaveamerica.crooked.com with @jonlovett.bsky.social will get people curious enough to watch it. Essential viewing, especially his latest 90 minute masterpiece.
With their latest video essay, YouTuber Elephant Graveyard examines how stand-up comedy has devolved into a death cult.
On this day, 17-years ago, Manchester United signed Dimitar Berbatov for around £30M. The Bulgarian could do it all - defend, midfield and attack. #DimitarBerbatov #ManchesterUnited #FootballHistory #PremierLeague #TransferAnniversary #BulgarianStar #FootballLegend
NEW: Mercenary spyware is coming to the US. ICE just quietly unsuspended their contract with spyware maker #Paragon. Remember them? Caught earlier this year being used to hack Italian journalists. This is bad, let's talk about how we got here 1/ jackpoulson.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
The Trump administration used Benny Johnson's claims that his house was "burned to the ground" and that "people were murdered in my front yard" to justify its federal takeover of DC. @kenbensinger.bsky.social found out that Johnson made it all up. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...
Some insiders have theorized that the White House installed Fugate to oversee a pivot away from traditional counterterrorism and to steer resources toward MAGA-friendly sheriffs and border security projects before eventually shuttering operations. (Published June)
RIP Graham Greene. Every time he popped up on screen when I was a kid, my mom would excitedly point him out for being an actual Native on the screen. Able to be deadly serious and infinitely hilarious (even in smaller roles like Last of Us), he ate up the screen. Nʌki’wah brother.
Welch: Am American president talks to other American citizens like that, and propagandists come on TV and normalize this behavior. And nothing about this is normal. Nothing
Su: The BLS collects statistical information — things like the nation’s inflation rate, the unemployment rate, the number of jobs created, which industries are growing, and which are contracting. And on every one of those fronts, Trump is failing.
Kressly: I expect in the next couple of weeks, this is going to get worse. You’re going to hear from the same administrative people who have gutted the expertise needed to promote child health — pushing false narratives like, “we need to look at the link between vaccines and autism.” That is a lie.
Local news: If you watch it through, it sounds like the police are referring to this as a “fight.” This wasn’t a fight. It was a race-based attack. On August 16, 2025, a 14 YO Black teen from Platteville, Wisconsin, was attacked by white teens at a party in the town of Pulaski, Iowa County. 3/4
“Blueskyism” Rent free lmao
Hey Congress – make Alex Acosta's testimony public and televised. There's absolutely no ethical reason for it to be private and transcribed. Nefarious AF. We need to hear your questions. We want to see him squirm. We need to see him squirm. Yet another sign of a cover-up.
Trump family amasses $6 billion fortune fter World Liberty crypto trading launch - at least on paper The Trump family's inflated crypto assets now surpass the value of their inflated portfolio assets The grift is astronomical www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
After banning visas for Palestinian children seeking medical care, the Trump administration is now banning any Palestinian passport holders from entering the United States. Extraordinary bigotry being converted into US policy. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
After each mass shooting, the public asks, “How did we get here?” The real answer goes beyond NRA lobbyists and Second Amendment zealots. It lies in large measure with the strategies of firearms executives like Richard Dyke. (Published Nov. 2023)
If you prefer to read this thread on our site, here’s the link: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/emer...
Pritzker: "We don't want troops on the streets of American cities. That's un-American and frankly the president ought to know better. This one doesn't seem to. He hasn't read any books. He doesn't seem to understand the Constitution or the laws."
He’s providing them with valuable mulching experience though.
The irony of all this is that if he manages to take down the Sullivan precedent, one of the very first victims will be the right wing social media influencers who are basically his last group of political support these days. They will get buried in lawsuits.
Ursula von der Leyen&Donald Tusk have arrived at the Polish-Belarus border to discuss security issues. Ursula von der Leyen: We have to keep this sense of urgency because we know that Putin will not change. He is a predator. In the last 25 years,he started 4wars,Chechnya,Georgia,Crimea, …#Ukraine.
Trump/RFK are decapitating our public health system, a pillar of American greatness. So Dem Govs should scour every corner of the law for creative new ways to defend their people from this madness. Dems should polarize this debate to the max. Thoughts on this here: newrepublic.com/article/1998...
This is some next level trolling 🙌👏👏👏 #electionriggingresponseact #gavinnewsom #governornewsom #pinks #resist
Trump administration to fire most of Voice of America's staff VOA was established during World War 2 in an effort to counter Nazi propaganda.
Russia says the quiet part out loud — war in Ukraine to continue, more mass bombings of cities "Today we will clarify the tasks of the troop groups in the directions for the autumn period," Valery Gerasimov said.
Finally
The extent to which ICE is ignoring all civil rights and due process is astounding — and indicative of a culture where they’ve been told they can do literally no wrong. Agency and admin leaders must face sanctions and legal consequences.
#NYC baseball coach confronts ICE child predators. “There's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that. I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids." www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...
Question: Why did US put big tariffs on India despite major national interest in cultivating a strategic counterweight to China and trying to isolate Russia? Answer: Because the US president lied that he fixed India-Pakistan and India wouldn’t go along with the lie. (Seriously, that’s the answer)
They’re doing all this to prevent people from MEMORIALIZING A MASS SHOOTING
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
Head of Yemen's Houthi government and some ministers killed in Israeli strike, Houthi-run news agency says reut.rs/4oQCCoe
The Iranian-backed Houthis said an Israeli airstrike killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.
For those trivia buffs out there, real spending by foreign tourists in the U.S. has fallen at a 17.4% annual rate since Trump took office apps.bea.gov/iTable/?reqi... At least the national parks that are burning out of control will be less crowded.
“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
NEW: The Pentagon issued a “letter of concern” to Microsoft over the company’s use of China-based engineers to maintain sensitive government computer systems. The DOD is now investigating whether any of those employees have compromised national security. By @reneedudley.bsky.social
lol, this appellate judge just smacking Alan Dershowitz around like a little cat toy. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
NEW: Social Security’s chief data officer, Charles Borges, has resigned, three days after submitting a whistle-blower complaint that alleged members of DOGE had uploaded the confidential personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to an insecure cloud server.
NEW: Trump administration threatens "imminent enforcement action" against Denver Public Schools for a single gender-neutral bathroom #copolitics
Yes, over 90% of facilities are owned or operated by private prison companies. Some are completely owned by the private prison companies (so-called Contract Detention Facilities) while others are owned by state or local governments, operated by private prison companies, and leased to ICE.
A federal appeals court has ruled that President Trump’s tariffs exceeded his authority under an emergency powers law.
Does he elaborate at all or is he banking on making ambiguous statements in case it goes either way??? What a freakin' shit show.
Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.
New: After a Tesla driver using Autopilot plowed into a Florida couple in 2019, killing a 22-year-old woman, crucial data detailing how the wreck unfolded was missing, unable to be located for years. A hacker found it and Tesla said in court it had been on its own servers all along. wapo.st/46dCoQI
There is a non zero chance that a skilled prankster could convince Pete Hegseth to hang a portrait of Timothy mcveigh at DoD
I’ve seen a lot of fucked up shit in my day, but this might just take the cake.
'Supporting more terror' — Ukraine slams Russian flag display at Venice Film Festival "The organizers prefer to turn a blind eye and further ruin the festival’s reputation," read the statement issued by Ukraine’s foreign and culture ministries.
#Habs Nick Suzuki on Olympics "It's an honour to get invited to the orientation camp[...] It's a huge goal of mine this season[..] I'm sure cause they did so well at Four Nations, they have a group that they run with. They're going to want to take the best players available at that time" #GoHabsGo
Ashli Babbitt was a grown ass adult who chose to break into an unauthorized area during an insurrection against the repeated warnings of law enforcement. She ignored those warnings and got killed through no one's fault but her own. She was a traitor. She doesn't deserve full military honors.
Here he goes.
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...
The most important interview I've done in eons, from this morning on WPFW. 40 mins talking to Dr. Maurice Jackson, the preeminent historian on earth of the Black community in Washington DC since the Civil War. Yes, he has a great deal to say about what's going down archive.wpfwfm.org/mp3/wpfw_250...
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This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
#Habs Noah Dobson on joining organization "I'm really excited to be joining Montreal. Great organization top to bottom. The players and the talent on the team is exciting[...] You can see the passionate fans in the city and everyone's excited for the season" #GoHabsGo #NHL #Hockey
Lindsay Graham thinks DC "is the most dangerous place on earth" because for him it is. Those in Dupont Circle who signed NDA's laugh about his many "private" birth marks. (he calls them his "love ants".) He lives in fear of exposure so yes, for Graham, DC is in fact the most dangerous place on earth
I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.
#Habs Nick Suzuki on players in MTL over summer "It's great to have guys training all together through the summer[...] It's not usually the case. Guys have benefited a lot from training here [...] It's special to have this many guys stick around" #GoHabsGo #NHL #Hockey @RocketSports.bsky.social
The de minimis exemption, which allowed imported packages worth less than $800 to enter the U.S. without facing any duties, will end for all countries on August 29.
Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.
AI ‘Slop’ Websites Are Publishing Climate Science Denial - MSN hosted AI-generated conten citing non-existent climate experts and institutions. - “AI has brought the cost of #disinformation down to nothing. It has automated bullshit” By @joeygrostern.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2025/08/27/a...
According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago. 8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois. And yet Trump is sending troops here.
🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time. When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
1/Our client was notified tonight by White House staff in the personnel office that she was fired. As a presidential appointee, senate confirmed officer, only the president himself can fire her.
One of my most difficult interviews, but we have to listen to what is happening in Gaza. A devastating account of how Israel's genocide is maiming, killing, and starving Palestinian children from a front-line physician who has volunteered in Gaza. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences? Only one explanation now remains. They do. And it is what they want.
Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
⚡️ Update: 12 killed in Russian mass attack on Kyiv, including children. Children aged 2, 14, and 17 were among those killed in the attack, Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said.
Because destroying the US is not enough, Trump is using tariffs, visa restrictions, and trade deals to pressure other countries to abandon climate goals and increase fossil fuel use, further destroying the world and the future.
The “government” does not give two shits about being embarrassed.
In this less than 7 minutes-long video, Marcy Wheeler brilliantly sums up the substance of Chuck Borges’ whistleblower complaint. Watch it.
I really need to know if the sandwich was a ham sandwich
Here's how the real two-tier Britain works: 1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off. 2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵
NEW: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s targeting of Democrats is legally questionable, experts say, but it’s helped to further his career nationally: “The more outrageous you are, the more you are going to attract the attention of Donald Trump.” By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Devlin Barrett and Mike Schmidt Mistake the Fox in the Henhouse for a Guard Puppy www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/27/d...
"The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state." — Dan Froomkin @froomkin.bsky.social presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
'Admission of guilt' — Ukraine blasts Russia’s planned withdrawal from torture prevention convention "The decision to withdraw from the Convention for the Prevention of Torture only reinforces this reality and firmly places Russia among the countries where human life and digni...
I don’t know if this qualifies as spilling the 🫖 But release the damn Epstein files already.
Pritzker: Over the last four years, we have seen homicides drop in half. That’s something the President should pay attention to. I know he doesn’t read but I know he watches TV so perhaps if someone from Fox or Newsmax is here
A man, near the White House, who describes himself as a "retired disabled combat veteran," after burning an American flag tells bystanders "I am being detained because I expressed my First Amendment rights."
Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago: "If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."