I Loved him as Ed's shaman mentor in Northern Exposure
I Loved him as Ed's shaman mentor in Northern Exposure
Things I loved about today’s Washington Spirit game: Pride pennant, fireworks, Bang Garcon, Drag Queens 👑, Free DC chant, Abolish ICE banner, running into friends, talented players, and a great game. Things I did not like: dozens of National Guard with giant guns standing around outside.
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has shaken eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Trump is again threatening Chicago with a takeover on social media. We will again say those who trade liberty for the illusion of temporary safety deserve neither. We are not, and will not become, a military state. Remember freedom is something they can never take away, no matter what they tell you!
signed a letter challenging the leadership of Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump. We shared their letter of dissent about a week ago.
If you aren’t completely loyal to the regime or dare to voice dissent, you risk being removed. Time and again, anyone who stands up is pushed out. Most recently, the Environmental Protection Agency dismissed eight employees after they
NEW: Late Friday night, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration's unlawful and cruel fast-track deportation policy. This win is a blow to the president's anti-immigrant agenda. Immigrants have the right to due process and to live without fear of being torn from their families.
Paperback, with new preface, available TODAY www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...
The disappearance of U.S. aid in Nigeria's northeast has threatened a school that supports children who are victims of Boko Haram extremists.
Ukrainian Defense Forces struck two oil refineries in Russia last night: ◾️Krasnodar oil refinery: it produces up to 3 million tons of light petroleum products per year (gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel), takes part in supplying Russian troops with fuel.
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...
Talking Ukraine war with Xi Me: "Any peace plan must require Zelensky to stop fighting" Xi: "What will happen if he doesn't?" Me: "Russia will lose" I remain a master strategist
"Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out" "A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding." 🎁🔗 Nina Agrawal for @nytimes.com
‼️ALERT‼️ MPD and Federal Agents stopping cars heading east on New York Ave NE near Target (16th St NE) as of 9pm 8/28
The national Democratic Party has forgotten how to fight. But in this critical moment, we need fighters — not folders. We need a Democratic Party that is a little less Washington and a little more Texas.
The NextGen Acela trains, as Amtrak calls them, are faster and lighter than the current fleet. They're scheduled to start revenue service along the Northeast Corridor on Thursday.
New acting director of CDC Jim O'Neill expressed being pro paid organ donation. "There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused."
On the new acting CDC director. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
NO COOPERATION, END THE OCCUPATION
LOL ofc Florida
Every single Republican member of Congress has turned their back on the values they campaigned on: voting to block the release of the Epstein files.
In 2024, Scott Soucek said he voted for Trump "to fight against human/child trafficking"
Nah, this was no “coding error.” The United States government has been out to destroy habeas corpus, without a constitutional amendment, because it stands in the way of its tyrannical power.
We’re not done yet.
“When I call Kennedy a ‘dangerous crank,’ I'm not saying that as an insult or as hyperbole, but honestly as the most economical way of describing the man's views,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on RFK Jr.
In Mike Johnson's district, not only could thousands of Louisianians lose coverage, health centers are bracing for a financial hit. They're hoping for additional funding to make up for Medicaid cuts.
This is about Trump saying back on Aug 11 that Nvidia will pay 15% of H20 sales to the US gov't as a kickback. *NVIDIA COMMENTS ON US GOVT 'EXPECTATION' TO GET 15% OF H20 REV *NVIDIA: ANY REQUEST FOR % OF REV "MAY SUBJECT US TO LITIGATION" *NVIDIA: US GOVT HAS NOT PUBBED REGULATION CODIFYING 15%
The Trump administration plans to deploy more than 200 Homeland Security officers to a naval installation outside of Chicago to start an immigration enforcement campaign in the city.
Just some of the National Guard milling around Metro Center in DC.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and other top Democrats are warning President Donald Trump to stay out of the cities they run.
Folks who were worried major media wouldn't cover this book had nothing to fear. CNN saw that a 600-page Trump-Epstein book from a NYT-bestselling series had just been released and they gave the public what it wanted... ..."breaking news" on Ghislaine Maxwell going to a Clinton social event in 2013
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
NEW: A federal court again ruled the Trump administration violated the terms of our family separation settlement and must take specific steps to remedy it by ensuring that families hurt by this cruel policy can access the services they need.
JUST IN: President Trump says he's firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, after a Trump ally accused Cook of making false statements on a mortgage application. The president's authority to remove a Fed governor may be challenged in court.
In case anyone is still wondering why Bolton was raided
There is wisdom in his words.
“Map Shows States Pushing to Mandate Ten Commandments in Schools” 8/24/25 www.newsweek.com/map-shows-st...
Mississippi Gov. "Reeves once called his own capital city, Jackson, the 'murder capital of the world' just under two years ago." www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2...
Natural Po-lice
In a show full of great scenes my fave is when McNulty and The Bunk sort things out only using F Bombs youtu.be/F7VQ_fvR0kw?...
Link: apnews.com/article/wash... dc.eater.com/restaurant-n...
Who would’ve thought Americans wouldn’t want to live in a military state? Oh that’s right, all Americans. Another negative impact of the military crackdown in DC small businesses are struggling to make sales. Restaurant reservations have dropped by nearly 30% compared with last year, and some owners
In a blog post published on Friday, the company explains that, as a small team, it doesn't have the resources to make the substantial technical changes this type of law would require, and it raised concerns about the law's broad scope and privacy implications.
The full weight of the Trump/WH legal/propaganda apparatus has been bearing down on this one day laborer and his family for months, all because Trump/Miller decided defying the law would thrill MAGA. No one should accept how the US government has treated this man. An absolute disgrace. 8/8
Now they're doing the very thing they always could have done rather than leave him in El Salvador: Attempt removal to a third country. This makes the ongoing prosecution of him now for trafficking look pretty suspect: Maybe they don't actually think that they can prove guilt? 7?
Everything JD said was nonsense. They never had MS-13 evidence. The idea that his fate was up to Bukele was a lie. And all this "valid deportation order" idea really meant is that they *could* have returned him at any time and attempted removal via lawful channels, but didn't. 6/
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who has been released, have been informed by ICE that he could now be subject to deportation to Uganda, and he's been told to report to ICE next week, a source confirms to me. A few points about this, because there will be a lot of bullshit about it. 1/
[Q]: It's a yes or no question, Mr. Foreign Minister. Do you acknowledge Russia invaded #Ukraine? [Lavrov]: I said to you that we started special military operations to protect.
"Those who bought into his $Trump memecoin after its launch day lost a lot of money—it is down about 90% from its high on the day he was sworn in. One consolation, of sorts: They would have lost even more in $Melania..." www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
I've been wondering how long it would take for these cases to start falling apart www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/u...
Our set on KEXP is finally up on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBXp...
A beautiful afternoon with @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social on Brooklyn’s only Summer Street, when Eastern Pkwy is closed to vehicles and opened up for New Yorkers to gather, move and play. We should do it more often!
Between March and May last year, Ukraine took out about 20% of Russia's refining capacity. However, no domestic fuel shortage followed as is happening now. The Kremlin may have depleted considerable strategic fuel reserves to prevent a fuel crisis in 2024. Now they can't.
Turns out the Justice Department sent Congress the Epstein files, but they were the same ones already made public.
Today the local NPR called this “Trump’s crime initiative.” Anything to avoid calling it what it is: a military occupation of an American city.
It is almost a badge of honor in the journalism industry to have a “New York Times didn’t credit me” story. It’s bafflingly infuriating, both because of the state of local/nonprofit media and because of the many NYT folks I know who would personally go out of their way to give credit where due.
Beyond just being the right thing to do, it also is inherently bad journalism. Example: When the Southern Baptist Convention released a 400-page report detailing leaders coverup of a sex abuse crisis, NYT didn’t mention the five years of investigations our team did to prompt such disclosures.
It is not deportation when you suspend habeus corpus and forcibly transport a human in custody to a nation where they have no connection, citizenship or affiliation. It is human trafficking. The United States is the world's shithole nation. Lawless. Soulless. Evil. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
This has been on my mind recently
Indeed. Whomsoever among us is willing to volunteer to keep America safe from homegrown, tinpot Himmlers and their soulless desire to abuse people of color and those trying to move to a better life will have my admiration. They will indeed be defending the homeland. Or whatever remainsof it.
Walked up New Hampshire Ave. to U St., where we’re having an anti-ICE, #FreeDC rally.
(🚨) ALERT: Donald Trump's Supposed Partial Release of The Epstein Files Was a Scam; Trump Told America He Was Fine with the Release, But It Turns Out That That's Because It Was Almost All Already-Released Documents and the Real Epstein Files Remain Hidden
Today Ukraine marks its National Flag Day. The blue and yellow banner is recognized worldwide as a symbol of freedom, courage and the unbreakable spirit of the Ukrainian people.
OTD in 1989 around 2 million people formed a human chain through Estonia, Lithuania & Latvia to beg mother Moscow not to remove its troops which were genuinely invited in as a result of nothing to do with Molotov Ribbentrop pact OTD 50 years prior...
Critics warn that Trump's demands for business leaders to step down, and for the government to take a cut of sales, threaten American-style capitalism.
Trump proposes to rescind AIDS funds. Congress rejects the proposal. So Trump and his henchman Russ Vought just refuse to spend the money and try to hide that decision from Congress and the public. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/h...
I've decided to translate for you a post from the Russian Telegram channel "Nezygar" about the current state of Russian refineries and fuel market⤵️:
“Trump administration's newest allegation against political foes: Mortgage fraud” 8/20/25 … 1/ www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
“Oklahoma to require schools to teach Trump's 2020 election conspiracy theories *** The Republican-led state's new high school history curriculum says students must learn about Donald Trump's baseless claims of voting irregularities.” 5/22/25 … 1/ www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
I am reading the Maxwell Transcript and it is the biggest pile of bullshit I have ever encountered in my 25 years as a lawyer
This week, Florida executed Kayle Bates. It’s time to abolish the death penalty.
this is where we are, folks. this is the state of harvard's "resistance" - the simple statement that black lives matter is now deemed impermissible by the institution. pathetic. if the institution survives in 50 years, make sure the story of how they crawled on their belly for power is remembered
Just saw all your comments from last night’s post and someone shared a pic, Orlando showed up and used chalk to bring the rainbow crosswalk back! We love this so much!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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ICE in D.C. ––> any non-white immigrant will do. They've been hassling these two young guys who work at their parents’ boba and ice cream truck on the National Mall.
BREAKING NEWS: Federal judge in Miami orders Alligator Alcatraz, the concentration camp in the middle of the Everglades, to be dismantled within 60 days and blocks any new detainees from being brought into the facility. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It’s time this city empowered small businesses—not bury them in fines, fees and endless bureaucracy. Here’s my plan.
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
Now they're saying the Villanova University active shooter incidence was a hoax. This is just insane. It's like the goal was to ruin the first day of school. IDK WTH is wrong with people.
He claimed rainbow crosswalks and similar public art were “distractions” that posed safety risks.
It’s just like, WTF? Why? And of course, we know why cruelty is the point. The removal came at the direction of Trump’s hand-picked Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, who on July 1 sent a letter ordering states to wipe out “non-standard road designs”under his so-called Safe Roads Initiative.
BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
“‘Oh look, it's couch-fucker,’ one person shouted in a video shared on social media. Another added, ‘You gonna fuck a couch, buddy?’ As the heckling escalated, chants of ‘Go fuck a couch, JD Vance!’ and ‘pussy boy’ filled the busy train station.” www.complex.com/life/a/marke...
This is so disgusting and tacky. Everything about him is so disgusting and tacky. This is what people with zero class think class looks like.
WATCH: Laura Loomer, a self-described "Islamophobe" with very close ties to Donald Trump, successfully pressured the U.S. State Department to halt medical visas for severely injured Palestinian children from Gaza. @chrislhayes.bsky.social
Subpoenas made public this week show the government is demanding doctors turn over a wide range of sensitive, identifiable data about its trans patients — everything from social security numbers to Zoom records, notes, addresses, "everything written or recorded." Our story: wapo.st/4lAnkRy
Over at The Bad Place I just posed this question to William Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and a Trump loyalist. All news orgs should be asking this question:
Yep, I reported this several weeks ago. William Pulte, a Trump loyalist, is using the FHFA bureaucracy to help Trump gin up fake pretexts for prosecutions of his enemies. One former IG told me: “From beginning to end, this process is highly irregular." newrepublic.com/article/1980...
A periodic reminder that DC is what we call a one-party consent state, meaning you should record any interaction you have with these people because you have the right to.
NEW—Earlier this evening agents from ICE/other fed agencies were outside Rhode Island Ave metro in DC asking people exiting the station for their IDs, per someone who experienced it. When the person presented their Real ID license, an agent said that wasn't sufficient. Luckily they had secondary ID.
Reporter Eddie Kim went downtown to cover the detainment of an immigrant by ICE this morning. Then he was pepper-sprayed in the face by an ICE agent standing a foot away. Completely unprovoked. See our exclusive story and video from @eddiekimx.bsky.social here: sf.gazetteer.co/i-reported-f...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Trump administration can, at least for the moment, move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status for about 50,000 people from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua who had work authorization in the U.S.
Walmart has recalled frozen, raw shrimp sold in 13 states after federal health officials warned of potential radioactive contamination.
Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ...
The website for Elon Musk’s “Grok chatbot is exposing the system prompts for several of its AI personas, including a ‘crazy conspiracist’ that seems designed to handhold a user into beliefs that ‘a secret global cabal’ controls the world.” 8/18/25 … 1/ techcrunch.com/2025/08/18/c...
holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
President Macron called Russia "a predator, an ogre" at the Europe's doorstep. He said that Russia has become "a lasting destabilizing force and a potential threat for many of us," that it'll be naїve to think that Moscow will return to "a state of peace" due to its military spending.