Please join us in our petition to Ohio State to reject the Trump Compact and all forms of coercive federal encroachment on higher education that threaten to undercut + undermine academic freedom, merit in evaluation, & institutional autonomy @aaup.org @osuaaup.bsky.social #HigherEducation

"Show them you're not afraid. Do it for the country. For the Constitution. For your family. For yourself. Do it for your freedom. While you still can."

This is excellent. Every Dem strategist who thinks there's risk in engaging these debates should watch it for guidance.

“.. Some Republicans estimate they will eventually need to provide $35 billion to $50 billion in aid to farmers hit by Trump’s tariffs.”

[.. That’s roughly half of all the revenue raised from new 2025 tariffs so far this year, notes @ernietedeschi.bsky.social]

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

2019 vs 2025.

Didn’t even adjust for inflation this time. 🤡

@wsj.com @cnbc.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Duncan: But I’m proud to say I’m a Democrat. I’m proud that I can show up to work every day with a better toolkit to love my neighbor—instead of villainizing everyone or putting an asterisk next to someone just because they don’t look like me, talk like me, love like me, or worship like me.

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

War ravaged Portland.

> @macfarlanenews.bsky.social

CNN: The ratings are in for the first day. 6.26 million viewers on ABC. That was four times Jimmy Kimmel's average. And that's despite the show not even being available in a quarter of all American homes.

Congratulations to @jimmykimmel.com on his triumphant return!
Last night he was pitch-perfect. Inspirational, self-reflective, gracious to his haters, championing the 1st Amendment & most importantly: FUNNY.

(Shout-out to Robert DeNiro as the mob-boss head of the FCC)😆

Thank you for coming to my Teddy talk.

When authoritarianism is on the rise, you can count on the richest, least vulnerable men on the planet to be the biggest cowards.

New high of Americans saying immigration is good for the US

Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪

“.. 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 … 𝘸𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘦.”

- Donald Trump, 8/14/25 🤡

@danpfeiffer.bsky.social #PPI
open.substack.com/pub/messageb...

U.S. Factory Orders Declined in June New orders from U.S. factories contracted 4.8% month over month to $611.7 billion in June. Orders have dropped for two of the past three months.

Oh man, who's he gonna fire this time? Math? Maybe he'll fire math.

Files can’t be blackmailed.
Files can’t be extorted.
Files can’t be pardoned.
Files can’t be bribed.

Nothing can substitute for the release of all of the Epstein files.

#squirrel 🐿️

DARVO—Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender—is a documented manipulation tactic identified by Dr. Jennifer Freyd. Common among abusers, it involves denying wrongdoing, attacking the victim, and recasting oneself as the true victim to evade accountability.

“Squirrel!” 🐿️

Reposting this and a few other things for no particular reason today. Maybe I’ll do it tomorrow and the next day, too.

State media. 🇺🇸

$NMAX $DJT
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Democratic Wins Media on Substack BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Republican Senator James Lankford admits that President Biden’s border bill would have been far more successful than anything Trump has done on the border. Even Republi...

'In a stunning moment, Republican Senator James Lankford admits that President Biden’s border bill would have been far more successful than anything Trump has done on the border.' via @democraticwins.bsky.social
substack.com/@demwinsmedi...

Correction. Trump is heavy and dense.

the damage is incalculable. in the future, no one will trust our visas. no one will trust our grants. tax credits/incentives for infrastructure won't be trusted. The US is establishing itself as an unreliable partner.

Exclusive: Democrats want new leaders, focus on pocketbook issues, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds The poll identified a deep disconnect between what Democrats say their priorities are and the issues they believe party leaders care about most ahead of next year's midterm elections, when they hope to crack Republican control of Congress

www.reuters.com/world/us/dem...

Three weeks ago tomorrow. 🤡

Kinda like DOGE