Tim Appelo

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“The President of the United States is a criminal. He’s not just a convicted criminal. He should have been convicted for the crimes he led on January 6th. He is running the government like a mob operation.“

HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime.

Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.

An undeclared, unprovoked, and illegal war designed to, well, we can only guess—though Donald Trump and JD Vance have seemed to concede this was a war for oil—puts the United States on the same moral and legal footing as Russia, which invaded its neighbor in a war of pure aggression.

But what if Maduro’s involvement in the drug trade was an “official act”?

1. Bari Weiss’s CBS works for Ellisons and Trump.
2.They report on the world as corrupt billionaires want you to see it.
3. Their contempt for you is infinite.
4. They're America's deadliest enemies ever.
5. They despise truth, and think they can impose a fascist future on you.

“We are not out to score points with one side of the political spectrum," said Bari Weiss, whose pert nose then grew and punched right through the window of the CBS Black Rock Building.

When a major media outlet openly capitulates to the political agenda of the executive branch, they are no longer part of the fourth estate.

They are state-run media.

Add Bari Weiss and CBS to the list of those who have betrayed our Republic.

Lord knows I'm not a fan of any of this corporate media consolidation — Netflix and Paramount both should be barred from buying WBD.

But in terms of sending a message, would be stellar if everyone watched Good Night and Good Luck on Netflix together next Sunday when 60 Minutes is on the air.

To be fair, Bari Weiss and Olivia Nuzzi do feel an overwhelming sense of responsibility to the Father of Lies.

The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.

CBS NEWS: “We can’t report on the current murdering spree until we get the serial killer’s side of the story.”

Bari Weiss really is an idiot if she thought this wouldn’t come out

@BariWeiss just changed CBS to Shackled Press. After the White House complained, Weiss changed the name to Trump Shackled Press.

Firesign Theatre's David Ossman notes: Tom Stoppard, RIP. He...and Peter Bergman were together at a "literary colloquium" in Berlin. Tom went home with R&G Are Dead, and Pete brought Waiting for the Electrician back to LA. Couple of natural surrealists.

There goes the First Amendment.

There must be an effective Boycott Fascists app, so that zero dollars from Trump-victim Americans go to businesses and institutions that menace us (& democracy, rule of law, science, public health, free speech, prosperity, America's power in the world & reason itself) more with each passing day.

I lived in the beautiful apartment my landlord bought with money from making Anaconda. Same one whose door Naomi Watts knocks on and Ann Miller opens it in Mulholland Dr.

Trump's ally strikes again

Listen. I believe in my ability as a writer, but I know it’s asking a lot for you to support me when Ty Burr and Alan Sepinwall are out here with their own newsletters.

Whatever support you can offer is appreciated

The 'Don't Tread on Me' people are in jackboots treading on the other half of the country.

JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech

TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.

JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech

TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.

Also America: Bite your fingernails while Medicare delays for months in signing you up, risking a gap of coverage that enables insurance companies to bankrupt or kill you. Why did my grandparents ever leave Norway?

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From Twitter: David Oscar Markus & @domarkus X.com Dear @MuellerSheWrote : There is no such thing as work release in federal prison, so your reporting is false. All you had to do was ask any criminal law practitioner, and they would have explained this to you. I wish we had work release in federal prison — and I wish we treated people behind bars better than we do. How about you? I'm surprised to hear my progressive friends criticizing more humane prisons and Ghislaine's transfer to a safer facility, especially after she faced serious danger in Tallahassee. The outrage machine wants to turn a safer placement into a scandal. But it's still prison. And despite the soundbites, prison is a truly awful place.

My response on Twitter: Hello, Mr. Markus. Here is the BOP policy that says Out Custody is eligible for work details outside prison. Will you go on record that she will not be allowed outside despite her waiver? Also, who authorized the waiver, and in exchange for what? The BOP policy reads: ₽5100.08 9/12/2006 Chapter 2, Page 4 OUT CUSTODY. The second lowest custody level assigned to an inmate requiring the second lowest level of security and staff supervision. An inmate who has OUT custody may be assigned to less secure housing and may be eligible for work details outside the institution's secure perimeter with a minimum of two-hour intermittent staff supervision.

Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney - addressing me directly - says there’s no such thing as prisoner work details outside the facility in the federal prison system. Yes there are. I have receipts.

Republican Presidential speechwriter David Frum: Trump's tariffs are reducing supply and raising real costs of almost every good in the economy.
It's like what OPEC did to the United States in 1973-75, only this time it's the US president doing it to his own country.

Rudnick: Netanyahu just declared Mike Johnson "a goy's goy. He's like mayonnaise on white bread with a bottle of Diet Sprite. He washes Trump's golf cart with his tongue. He's what Jesus called 'an elf with no muscle tone or morals.' He's a spritz of Febreze in a cheap suit