What happened to calls for “toning down the rhetoric?”

YouTube video by The Onion The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

Markey, Mass. pols demand answers after Trump admin kills $466M in energy funding for the Bay State

Trump just ripped away $466 million from Massachusetts’ clean energy future—blocking jobs, progress, and protections our communities depend on. We deserve answers and I will keep fighting to get this funding is restored.

If you're Army and know anything about the plans to deploy the 82nd airborne to Portland, text me securely via Signal at 202-510-1268

Federal judge, appointed by Reagan, in 161-page opinion today in deportation matter:

"There’s the issue of masks... To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police"

If people could stop giving money to Trump for no fucking reason other than a vain attempt to curry favor with a fascist, I would really appreciate it.

Yes, #Google and #YouTube, this means you.

Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’ Immigration agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidatio...

Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are being arrested based on ‘how they look’

ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.

This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.

From me for @rollingstone.com:

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lol. Emil Bove intervened. The guy that Senate Republicans just confirmed for a lifetime position on the federal bench.

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‘Andor’ Writer Dan Gilroy On Disney Suspending Jimmy Kimmel & Hollywood Facing “Venomous Evil”: “This Isn’t A Skirmish. It’s A Siege” – Guest Column 'Andor' Writer Dan Gilroy On Trump's Jimmy Kimmel Pressure Campaign: "Artists Are Censored First Because They Fear Us Most" -- Guest Column

Recent emmy-winning Andor writer Dan Gilroy just penned a column about the current Trumpian assault on free speech:

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I know #Disney and #ABC don’t care about my opinions, but unless they reverse the #JimmyKimmel decision in time to stop the Kirk retrospective, I will be canceling my subscriptions to #Disney+ and #Hulu and selling my meager stock.

Everything is censorship except actual censorship.

BREAKING: ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air indefinitely following comments he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder.

Trump’s FCC chair earlier appeared on MAGA propagandist Benny Johnson’s show and threatened to revoke ABC’s broadcast license if they didn’t take action against him.

A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.

Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.

BBQ: The great uniter.

Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.

Great reporting; astounding corruption.

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ICE killed a single dad at a traffic stop here on Friday

Today they are disappearing people again in broad daylight, they are everywhere

If you have any national platform at all

Chicago is fucking begging you, please help us

ICE threw me and other protestors to the ground on Friday because we dared to stand up for our neighbors. I’m okay, but our communities aren’t.

We can't afford apathy or inaction from our leaders right now. Abolishing ICE is a moral necessity.

If they have nothing to hide they have nothing to fear…

📌 California lawmakers just passed SB 627, the “No Secret Police Act,” which would make it illegal for law enforcement to hide their identities while on duty in the state.

No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way His assassination deserves full condemnation; his full impact should not be sidestepped.

NEW: No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way. That's what Ezra Klein said. We can condemn this heinous assassination but also recognize that with his 2020 election denialism and extremist rhetoric, Kirk built his movement with falsehoods and in a wrong and divisive manner.

Mike Johnson calls for an “End to political violence.” I agree. Also, ICE raids are a form of political violence.

"Positive Depictions" Of Trans People Banned In Alabama State Libraries Proposal The code change that has been proposed does not ban negative depictions of transgender people, however. Public comment is open until October 14.

1. You may have heard of book bans before, but the new one in Alabama takes the cake.

The Alabama Public Library Service has a new proposal that would ban—get this—only "positive depictions" of trans people.

The hearing is next month. Public comment is open.

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A panicked Trump asks for protesters to be removed from a DC restaurant tonight

Please please please keep it behind a paywall so I never even accidentally click on it…