Brandon Alcorn

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

This is around the corner from my house and it's ridiculous that it was being held up by one person. It is clearly beneficial to the neighborhood and would have been even better with more units!

AOC absolutely nails it through this whole clip.

Andre Blake catching the final corner over Matt Freese. Bloody Alejandro Bedoya at the final whistle. Happy Bradley Carnell. The most fitting end you can ask for.

And hoping for more of this in the #MLSCup playoffs.

Watching the Birds win on Bluesky, as God intended.

All the people being fired for telling the truth about Charlie Kirk—many of them women—in the aftermath of his death demonstrates that his legacy was never one about universal free speech.

It was only ever about about straight, white, conservative Christian men spouting bigotry without consequence.

A screenshot of a tweet from the Daily Caller, which has been reposted by Rep. Nancy Mace. The tweet reads: "'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH': Rep. Nancy Mace comments on reports of Charlie Kirk's killer allegedly being 'pro-tranny'". The tweet includes a video thumbnail showing Rep. Nancy Mace outdoors wearing sunglasses and speaking to reporters. The timestamp is 11:29 AM, September 11, 2025.

A screenshot of a tweet from Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace). The tweet, posted at 10:36 AM on September 12, 2025, reads: "We know Charlie Kirk would want us to pray for such an evil, and lost individual like Tyler Robinson to find Jesus Christ. We will try to do the same."

Nancy Mace acting on disinformation that the shooter was trans: goes off on tirade against "trannies"

Nancy Mace when the actual shooter is a Christian white man: "he's just a poor lost boy, let us pray for him."

Truly shocking that slashing government, pumping tarrifs, and pushing AI isn't yielding jobs 🤔

Mike volunteered with us at Rebuilding Together Philadelphia and told me at one of our events how much he loved your articles and would email with you about them. He was quite a character and really, really sweet.

LIHEAP saves lives. It keeps the heat on for the most vulnerable residents in our country. I see the space heaters and ovens people heat their homes with when they can't keep the heat on, and I also see the impact of fires from those things. This is another horrific decision.

Inject sad Patrick Mahomes into my veins

protest sign: ABOLISH I.C.E. FUCK NAZIS PROTECT TRANS FOLKS SAVE DEMOCRACY GO BIRDS! (pic of eagle)

go birds

Good to see Dems finally focus on Musk. He's cartoonishly evil and unlikeable. Focus on Musk - it will be effective AND Trump will hate it

And the other male corrolary to this is "I'm an expert in one area, so I must be an expert in all areas."

I can understand banning TikTok. I don't want unaccountable, anti-democratic regimes to control our social media and online data. Hey, wait a a minute... 🤔🤔

Go birds

Will someone just tell Republicans that Canada as a 51st state would add two Democratic Senators and more electoral votes than California? Then we can forget about all of this.

Pretty sure it's not up to women to "think carefully" about taking a higher-paid job than their partner. It's up to their partner to get the fuck over himself and be pleased for her.

Yeah, this.

Taking time to ask Trump about making Canada a state is just playing into his game of making everything crazy so we don't talk about the terrible things administration will actually do. Can we just ignore it? Ask him about cutting essential services to give permanent tax cuts to billionaires.

Why I'm quitting the Washington Post Democracy can't function without a free press

Posting this story about how Ann Telnaes got censored not least bc it'll disseminate the image Jeff Bezos censored.

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

"It is deplorable to learn the 76ers and their billionaire owners think our communities are only worth $60 million over 30 years. They recently gave a single athlete $193 million over 30 years." What a juxtoposition.

After all the drama, City Council only getting $10m more in the CBA then voting to approve is a colossal failure. Basically nothing they expressed concerns about were addressed and they're standing by while the mayor trades an arena for a $25 million slush fund for her projects.

The Betrayal of Christ, by Giuseppe Cesari, 1596-97, 📸 by @rachelwizphoto

You got this! Kids deserve to be in all the restaurants, planes, and places! Even if they have a hard time! (Which he won't, of course! 😀)

It’s kind of wild we witnessed multiple bomb threats traced to foreign adversaries and targeting polling stations in key swing states, and we’re all kind of like, “Well, that’s just a thing that happens now.”

We want it!