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‘Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension Is a Wake-Up Call’ Link to: https://politicalwire.com/2025/09/18/jimmy-kimmels-suspension-is-a-wake-up-call/

“The big problem is YouTube…We need a way that’s as easy and scalable to host video content, independently, as it is for written content. I don’t know what the answer to that is, technically, but we ought to start working on it with urgency.”

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Fox News brings on Jack "1488" Posobiec for a segment calling for legal action against those who call the obviously fascist MAGA movement a fascist movement.

For starters, Jack calls leftists "unhuman" and praises Francisco Franco. Don't make me laugh.

It is wildly unusual for lower-court judges to so publicly express frustration with the Supreme Court’s *behavior* (versus, say, a confusing ruling in a specific case).

But the number of *different* examples is completely unprecedented—and pretty powerful evidence that something is seriously wrong.

Baby was too young to be vaccinated but we don’t just get vaccinated for ourselves but for everyone—especially the most vulnerable—around us.

thank god we’re all against political
violence

I will add that this is not like North Korea. It’s like the cheap Temu knock-off of North Korean “Dear Leader” cult worship. It’s embarrassing as hell, and must be denounced, but more importantly it must be mocked. It’s our mockery that makes clear this is just kayfabe authoritarianism.

This is some fucked up shit.

Federal Court Delivers Major Win for Black Voters in Louisiana State Redistricting Battle Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling Thursday, striking down Louisiana’s state legislative maps for violating the Voting Rights Act. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump plans massive renovation of White House The $200 million effort will add a state ballroom to the White House grounds.

From the folks who are taking away your Medicare, Medicaid, and various other healthcare elements… www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz after touring "Alligator Alcatraz": "These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you've seen don't do it just. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage...they get their drinking water & they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit"

People don’t talk about ‘For All Mankind’ enough. Such a great show.

🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.

Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵

Inside that system, DOGE members saw taxpayer funds flowing to people who appeared not to have Social Security numbers, according to an internal memo viewed by The Times and people briefed on DOGE's analysis of the Treasury data. Other recipients seemed to be dead. None of it was evidence of wrongdoing, Social Security employees would later explain to DOGE. Mr. Musk's team simply did not understand the data. But on X, Mr. Musk suddenly began accusing the agency of enabling "massive fraud," saying in a flurry of posts starting Feb. 9 that Social Security payments had been going to scammers and "illegals."

"These payments are valid," Sean Brune, an acting deputy commissioner, wrote in a memo examining one of the issues. (A Treasury spokeswoman declined to comment.) But Mr. Russo, who did not respond to a request for comment, said that DOGE would not trust career civil servants, according to people familiar with his statements. Instead, he insisted that Akash Bobba - a 21-year-old who had interned at Palantir and become one of DOGE's lead coders - conduct his own analysis. To do that, Mr. Bobba would need to gain access to the personal data Social Security kept on Americans. That could include the identifying nine-digit numbers, names, addresses, dates and places of birth, citizenship and benefit amounts, as well as other sensitive information.

This is actually worse than I assumed:
*DOGE officials looked at SSA data, did not understand it and claimed there was fraud
*SSA career staff explained the data showed no fraud
*DOGE: we don’t trust civil servants, will hand power to a 21 year old intern

Nothing could convince them they are wrong

Committee hears 2 hours of testimony on bill to ban mRNA vaccines for 10 years Sen. Brandon Shippy brought the bill and presented it with a slate of out-of-state physicians, many of whom have been linked to anti-COVID vaccine groups.

The anti-vax movement is organized and effective at undermining vaccines. An example of how they work:

An anti-vax nurse went to an Idaho state senator with a bill she wrote to ban mRNA vaccines. He introduced the bill. She “helped” him schedule a slate of anti-vax speakers for a hearing.

The Dangerous Truth About the ‘Nonlethal’ Weapons Used Against LA Protesters While they can cause serious injuries, “nonlethal” weapons are regularly used in the United States to disperse public demonstrations, including at the recent ICE protests in Los Angeles.

Protesters have come face-to-face in recent days with members of law enforcement wielding “nonlethal” weapons. While these are regularly used in the United States to disperse public demonstrations, they can cause serious injuries.

YouTube video by Democracy Docket The Supreme Court's Powered by GOP Lies and Bad Vibes | "Strict Scrutiny" Host Leah Litman

NEW VIDEO: The Supreme Court is running on nothing but Republican grievances, fringe theories and bad vibes. Leah Litman joins me to explain.

Watch and enjoy!
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Suspect in Minnesota Shooting Linked to Security Company, Evangelical Ministry The alleged shooter is a 57-year-old white male; according to his ministry's website, he “sought out militant Islamists in order to share the gospel and tell them that violence wasn't the answer.”

1. Let's put this together. The assassin appears to be the follower of the New Apolostolic Reformation, which holds that American society is literally under demonic possessions. (And you, dear reader, are one of the demon.) www.wired.com/story/shooti...

Here is a list I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits. Defense of democracy seen as basic to the job. Symmetrical accounts of asymmetrical realities seen as malpractice. “Politics as strategic game” frame seen as low quality, downmarket, amateurish— and overmatched. Bad actors with a history of misinforming the public seen as unsuitable sources and unwelcome guests. Internalizing of the “liberal bias” critique seen as self-crippling, a historic mistake in need of correction.

Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.

The man who tried to assassinate Trump was a gun-loving Trump supporter who later turned on him.

Right-wing media blamed Democrats, because of course.

The alleged Minnesota shooter is an anti-abortion Christian nationalist w/ a list with other Dems as targets.

They're still blaming liberals.

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i understand the framing, which is about RFK jr lying to a senator to get senate approval

but RFK jr also lied to the american public

just completely unacceptable for a public official and senator bill cassidy is not the only one who should take action for being lied to

I don’t think there’s ever been a more irresponsible act in US history than putting RFK in charge of public health. You’d rather have Manson.

This was *last year*

California Penal Code 409.7. Know your rights, journos.

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If we are lucky enough to make it through this fascist horseshit there need to be prosecutions of both the people giving orders to do stuff like this and the people following those orders. No excuses.

This sounds unlawful as hell. apnews.com/article/mari...

The media's dangerous 'sanewashing' of RFK Jr. - 48 hills He's not a vaccine 'skeptic,' he's a cynic—and mainstream publications are playing a losing game with our health.

My friend and fellow DPH member Bruce Mirken just published this excellent piece on the media’s sanewashing of RFK Jr., which has brought us to this terrible era in public health.

Well done, @BruceMirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy.

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History Repeats • furbo.org I’ve been developing on Apple products for a long time: typing PEEK and POKE code from magazines into an Apple ][, figuring out how QuickDraw worked using the Inside Macintosh pre-prints, having my mi...

“Apple has been the lucky recipient of developer attention for a long time and they act like it will last forever.

It won’t.”

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Painting of Lenny

I’m doing a fundraiser over the next 10 days to help the SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition, a nonprofit based in LA, save its mobile shower program.

More info below but—if you donate enough, I’ll send you a video message or a custom painting like this one.

Please share!

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Apple, the new king of meh.
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